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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour erupts from the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Twin columns of fire help propel space shuttle Atlantis into space on mission STS-122...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour roars into the...
Stars which are 8 times or more massive than our Sun end their lives in a most spectacular way; they go supernova. A...
Large impact craters have central hills or mountains, because the tremendous shock waves from the impact first...
The nearby intense star-forming region known as the Great Nebula in the Orion constellation reveals a bow shock...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This view of the shock wave condensation collars backlit by the sun occurred during...
An aerospace research engineer and technicians inspect the X-59 Commercial Supersonic Transport model’s installation...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This view of the shock wave condensation collars backlit by the sun occurred during...
NASA Photographer Carla Thomas holds the Airborne Schlieren Photography System (ASPS), aiming it out the window in...
Columbia, which opened the era of the Space Transportation System with four orbital flight tests, is featured in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spewing twin columns of fire from the solid rocket boosters, space shuttle Discovery...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis rockets into the blue sky above Launch Pad 39A after liftoff....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is silhouetted against the clear blue Florida sky as it hurtles...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Discovery roars between the clouds into the blue Florida sky toward...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, smoke and steam billow across Launch Pad 39A as space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis soars into the cloudy sky after liftoff on mission STS-122,...
This Spitzer false-color image is a composite of data from the 24 micron channel of Spitzer's multiband imaging...
NASA is targeting 2022 for the first flight of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology (QueSST) research aircraft. Its...
This full resolution mosaiced image covers an area of approximately 100 kilometers by 120 kilometers (62 by 74...
STS099-749-063 (11-22 February 2000) ---One of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for the STS-99...
A Vought F-8A Crusader was selected by NASA as the testbed aircraft (designated TF-8A) to install an experimental...
This Chandra image reveals, in detail, the turbulent debris created by a supernova explosion that was observed by...
NASA's single-seat F-16XL makes a drag chute landing at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. The...