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In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians carry the separation system, at left,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, spacecraft atop the Delta II rocket...
Chris McLean, (right) principal investigator for NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission at Ball Aerospace, and Joe...
Todd Ely (right), principal investigator for NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock, and Deputy Principal Investigator Jill...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II rocket to launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large...
Human spaceflight is a team sport – and not everyone needs a Ph.D. to be a part of it. In Cosmic Careers, we explore...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the GLAST spacecraft is lowered onto the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Neil Yorio, a Dynamac scientist(left), explains the function of the KSC Space Life...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be...
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, accompanied by Center Director Bob...
Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians in bunny suits prepare...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — At Warrington Middle School in Pensacola, Fla., astronaut Alan Poindexter explains a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space...
As NASA’s Perseverance rover prepares to ascend to the rim of Jezero Crater, its team is investigating a rock unlike...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers perform a fit check mating the AIM...
L.t. j.g Thomas Lampognana, left, explains amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha’s (LPD 26) helm control...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Pad 17-B, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space...
HOUSTON -- JSC-2013-E076055 -- The Boeing Company's Director of Crew and Mission Operations Chris Ferguson explains...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers attach a cable from the hoist to...
Amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) Commanding Officer Capt. Doug Langenberg, left, explains...
The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM spacecraft is secured onto a transporter at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Near Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Jose Perez-Morales explains...