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A new model has been developed to look at how potential landslide activity is changing around the world. A global...
NASA image captured January 4, 2012 Most of us prefer our winter roads free of ice, but one kind of road depends on...
Over the weekend of Oct. 5 and 6, Typhoon Phanfone's center made landfall just south of Tokyo and passed over the...
NASA and the Department of Defense Human Space Flight Support (HSFS) Office Rescue Division conducted a crew rescue...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The U.S. Navy uses two rigid hull inflatable boats to practice Orion underway recovery test...
ISS016-E-010894 (17 Nov. 2007) --- Cosiguina Volcano, Nicaragua is featured in this image photographed by an...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the USS San Diego, a crane is used to lower the forward bay cover, attached to tether lines,...
The late winter sun shone brightly on a stunning scene of clouds and ice in the Davis Strait in late February, 2013....
Soon after NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft launched toward Jupiter's icy moon on Oct. 14, 2024, the mission team...
ISS030-E-005118 (22 Nov. 2011) --- A dust plume over the Bahia Blanca, Argentina is featured in this image...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion boilerplate test vehicle floats in the Pacific Ocean during Underway Recovery Test 4A....
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Visitors tour the well deck of the USS Anchorage and view the Orion boilerplate test vehicle...
This image of Saunders Island and Wolstenholme Fjord with Kap Atholl in the background was taken during an Operation...
The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, is a laboratory for...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Visitors tour the well deck of the USS Anchorage and view the Orion boilerplate test vehicle...
The National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, is a laboratory for...
This image of San Francisco, California shows how the radar distinguishes between densely populated urban areas and...
SL4-139-3971 (8 Jan. 1974) --- An oblique view of Japan as seen from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. The...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Using a rigid hull inflatable boat, NASA and the U.S. Navy practice retrieving the Orion forward...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the USS San Diego, a crane is used to lower a rigid hull inflatable boat into the Pacific...
Astronaut Neil Armstrong examines a Vertical and Short Takeoff and Landing test setup in the 9- by 15-Foot Low Speed...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the top deck of the USS San Diego, a helicopter flies overhead to monitor conditions as the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In the well deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel gather near the Orion...