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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Matt Scott and Mel Romans (left and right), with...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Getting ready for the STS-123 mission, space shuttle Endeavour, atop the well-lighted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a burst of light and flames, Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39-B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Looking like a lighted taper against a cloud-streaked sky, Space Shuttle Atlantis...
Inside a laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, LED plant...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bathed in xenon lights, space shuttle Atlantis embarks on its final journey from the Vehicle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Amid the glow of lights from the fixed and rotating service structures, Space Shuttle...
NASA's SPHEREx observatory is installed in the Fiesta Area at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in July 2024. The...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Atlantis’ main gear touchdown on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility kicks...
This image of Paris was acquired on July 23, 2000 and covers an area of 23 by 20 km. Known as the City of Light,...
A long-lasting coronal hole has again rotated around to face the Earth (Nov. 28-30, 2018). This persistent hole -...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Researchers document the growth of the ground control plants in the Veggie plant growth...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Getting ready for the STS-123 mission, space shuttle Endeavour, atop the well-lighted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The lights from the fixed and rotating service structures bathe Space Shuttle...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Matt Scott, with United Space Alliance, lifts the final Reinforced Carbon-Carbon (RCC)...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shrubbery is cast in shadow as the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis lights up the sky...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Atlantis makes its historic final journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building...
Hurricane Celia as observed by NASA's spaceborne Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS). This image shows Celia on July...
12-20-55: Adorned with the artwork and the colors of the 2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi, Russia, the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Construction of the Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility begins in...
Engineers install multilayer insulation (MLI) on the Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) instrument...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Discovery seems to burst forth from a pillow of smoke as it lifts off...