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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Foreign object debris shields are installed and a borescope inspection is conducted on...
This artist's concept shows the InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments. InSight is will take the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Discovery seems to burst forth from a pillow of smoke as it lifts off...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, assembly has begun on the first of 24 light...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Foreign object debris shields are installed and a borescope inspection is conducted on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour leaves Launch Pad 39B...
Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, are seen by the Mars Odyssey orbiter's Thermal Emission Imaging System, or...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery rises above the lighting mast on the Fixed Service Structure...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Getting ready for the STS-123 mission, space shuttle Endeavour, atop the well-lighted...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is illuminated only by...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
In March 2015, NASA will launch four identical spacecraft to study how magnetic fields around Earth connect and...
Asteroids are the leftover building blocks of the solar system, remnants from the dawn of planet formation that may...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bathed in xenon lights, space shuttle Atlantis embarks on its final journey from the Vehicle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At the Vertical Integration Facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex...
The projection of Saturn's shadow on the rings grows shorter as Saturn's season advances toward northern summer,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Researchers document the ground control plant pillows in the Veggie plant growth system...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians lift the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft into a vertical...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Just before dawn, space shuttle Endeavour is bathed in xenon lights after being secured on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bathed in xenon lights, space shuttle Atlantis embarks on its final journey from the Vehicle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The light from engine ignition is reflected in the water near Launch Complex 37 at Cape...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in Hangar M on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida open the truck...