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NASA pilot Scott Howe, left, and Sikorsky safety pilot Brent Davis, prepare to board Sikorsky’s SARA S-76B...
iss074e0000788 (Dec. 13, 2025) --- The county-level city of Erenhot in China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia...
Pilot Dick Ewers and flight test engineer Leslie Molzahn were hands-off as NASA F/A-18 #845 flew itself into the...
Autonomous wave gliders are seen onboard the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel Knorr on...
Autonomous wave gliders are seen onboard the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel Knorr on...
Autonomous wave gliders are seen onboard the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel Knorr on...
NASA Physical Oceanography Program Scientist Eric Lindstrom inspects an autonomous wave glider onboard the Woods...
NASA Physical Oceanography Program Scientist Eric Lindstrom inspects an autonomous wave glider onboard the Woods...
Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...
Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...
This unique view, looking directly up at two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous Formation Flight (AFF)...
Smoke generators show the twisting paths of wingtip vortices behind two NASA Dryden F/A-18's used in the Autonomous...
Autonomous wave gliders, right, are seen onboard the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel Knorr...
Safely bringing two spacecraft together as they speed through the vast weightlessness of space isn't easy. It's a...
NASA human factors researcher Kevin J. Monk, left, and NASA pilot Scott Howe verify the connectivity and accuracy of...
NASA research pilot David Zahn, left, wearing a temporal sensor and pupil tracking glasses works with NASA human...
NASA pilots along with Sikorsky safety pilots take off in Sikorsky’s SARA S-76B, left, and Black Hawk Optionally...
NASA pilots along with Sikorsky safety pilots flying Sikorsky’s Black Hawk Optionally Piloted Vehicle, left, and...
This image from NASA Terra spacecraft shows the Faroe Islands, an archipelago and autonomous country within the...
The Mars 2020 mission is facing the most challenging landing yet on the Red Planet. It will touch down on Feb. 18,...
NASA Headquarters lobby is seen with a model of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and...
Two EcoMapper AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles) are seen onboard the the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...
Project manager Jean-Pierre de la Croix works on an Autonomous Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (A-PUFFER) during...
NASA’s Integrated System for Autonomous and Adaptive Caretaking, or ISAAC, is advancing new technology for robots to...