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This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) flight article assembly with multilayer insulation, high gain...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to uncover and check the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F aircraft...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, or OPALS, an optical technology demonstration...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA pilot Rick Hull secures his helmet before a test flight of the WB-57F aircraft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science, or OPALS, an optical technology demonstration...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician monitors the progress as a forklift...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician uses a forklift to remove the...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
Adam Wroblewski p A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician monitors the progress as a forklift...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to move the Optical Payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians uncover and check the Optical Payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft is ready for a test...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA pilot Rick Hull and aerospace engineer Brian Barnett are strapped into their seats...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F aircraft...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians move the Optical Payload for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technicians monitor the progress as a forklift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft is ready for a test...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F aircraft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Preparations are underway to conduct a dust particle experiment for the Electrodynamic Dust...