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A worker in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF 2) checks the underside of the extended solar...

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Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Building 2 prepare to move the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter to the spin...

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Solar array panels on the 2001 Mars Odyssey Orbiter undergo illumination testing in the Spacecraft Assembly and...

Where Galactic Snakes Live

This infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows what astronomers are referring to as a "snake" (upper...

Possible Path for Perseverance Rover

This annotated mosaic depicts a possible route the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover could take across Jezero Crater as...

NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps processes blood and saliva samples

iss071e414653 (Aug. 1, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 71 Flight Engineer Jeanette Epps processes blood and...

Orion Camera View of Spacecraft Adapter Jettison Panel Separation

A view of one of the spacecraft adapter jettison panels falling away from the Orion spacecraft’s service module,...

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COVID-19 has impacted us all, but has dealt a particularly damaging blow to the global aviation industry. NASA is...

NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt

iss071e403564 (July 22, 2024) --- (From left) NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt, both Expedition 71...

Human Activity Impacted Space Weather

Our Cold War history is now offering scientists a chance to better understand the complex space system that...

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti photographs samples for a space physics experiment

iss067e253397 (Dec. 2, 2024) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 67 Flight Engineer Samantha...

Life of the Monsoon

The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA...

NASA and NOAA Take to the Air to Chase Smoke

NASA, NOAA and university partners are taking to the skies, and the ground, to chase smoke from fires burning across...

Dedicating the Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility for An American Hero

NASA’s Glenn Research Center held a dedication ceremony for its Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio,...

STS-51E (WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT TRAINING FACILITY [WETF]]) - JSC

Astronauts David Griggs and Jeffrey Hoffman in Egress Training. 1. ASTRONAUT GRIGGS, DAVID - STS-51E 2. STS-51E -...

Project FIRE Flight Investigation Reentry Environment- Winds of Change

As part of the project FIRE study, technicians ready materials to be subjected to high temperatures that will...

NASA Spacecraft Finds New Magnetic Process in Turbulent Space: Explosive Magnetic Reconnection

Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new...

NASA Spacecraft Finds New Magnetic Process in Turbulent Space: Exploring Turbulent Space Around Earth

Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility can be seen the U.S. Node 2 (at left) and the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)’s Pressurized Module (at right). The Italian-built Node 2, the second of three Space Station connecting modules, attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and will provide attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, later, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet. The Pressurized Module is the first element of the JEM to be delivered to KSC. The JEM is Japan's primary contribution to the Station. It will enhance the unique research capabilities of the orbiting complex by providing an additional environment for astronauts to conduct science experiments. The JEM also includes an exposed facility (platform) for space environment experiments, a robotic manipulator system, and two logistics modules. The various JEM components will be assembled in space over the course of three Shuttle missions.

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The open doors of the payload bay on Space Shuttle Discovery await the transfer of four of the payloads on mission...

Spacelab

This is a Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-52) onboard photograph of the United States Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) in...

Burner Rig in the Material and Stresses Building

A burner rig heats up a material sample in the Materials and Stresses Building at the National Aeronautics and Space...

Microgravity

During the STS-90 shuttle flight in April 1998, cultured renal cortical cells revealed new information about genes....

Emblem - NASA Skylab (SL) Program

S73-23952 (May 1973) --- This is the official emblem for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA)...