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STS067-713-072 (2-18 March 1995) --- This 70mm cargo bay scene, backdropped against a desert area of Namibia,...
STS035-604-058 (2-10 Dec 1990) --- The various components of the Astro-1 payload are seen backdropped against the...
Irene Parker, deputy assistant administrator for Systems for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and...
The Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) will fly on the next Landsat satellite, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission...
Hello, my name is Diana Alicea and I work for NASA at Kennedy Space Center, Florida with the Launch Services...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center help...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Fine Guidance...
Dr. Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, participates in a prelaunch news conference on...
In this animation, TEMPEST-D — a weather-observing satellite the size of a cereal box — captured imagery of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center check...
James Spann, senior scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Space Weather...
On April 9, 2022, as NASA's Juno mission completed its 41st close flyby of Jupiter, its JunoCam instrument captured...
Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participates in a prelaunch news...
Derrol Nail, NASA Communications, participates in a prelaunch news conference on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at the...
Clinton Wallace, director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center,...
Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participates in a prelaunch news...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An overhead crane in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center help...
TEMPEST-D — a weather-observing satellite the size of a cereal box — captured imagery of Hurricane Dorian off the...
Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX, participates in a prelaunch news conference on Sunday,...
Lara Waldrop, Carruthers Geocorona Observatory principal investigator, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A specialized overhead crane lifts the Fine Guidance Sensor, or FGS, in the Payload Hazardous...
Today's VIS image shows part of Athabasca Valles. Multiple streamlined islands are seen in this image. The teardrop...
Joe Westlake, director, Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, participates in a science briefing...