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The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...
On March 15, the base heat shield for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner was freshly installed on the bottom of Spacecraft 1...
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...
This annotated image was taken by a parachute-up-look camera aboard the protective back shell of NASA's Perseverance...
This photo shows the upper side of the cruise stage of NASA's InSight spacecraft as specialists at Lockheed Martin...
The heat shield drops away toward Mars after being released from the Mars 2020 back shell during the spacecraft's...
The heat shield drops away toward Mars after being released from the Mars 2020 back shell during the spacecraft's...
This illustration of the Mars 2020 spacecraft (the solar-panel-covered cruise stage most visible here along with a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers take photographs of NASA's Orion spacecraft during a viewing at the Launch Abort...
The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis I mission is in view inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion spacecraft is positioned inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's...
NASA's Europa Clipper is tasked with up-close study of Jupiter's enigmatic moon Europa, which orbits the gas giant...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers take photographs of NASA's Orion spacecraft during a viewing at the Launch Abort...
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover reached its halfway point to Jezero Crater on Oct. 27, 2020 at 1:40 p.m. PDT...
The NASA insignia, also called the “meatball,” and the American Flag are applied to the Orion crew module back shell...
The NASA insignia, also called the “meatball,” and the American Flag are applied to the Orion crew module back shell...
The NASA insignia, also called the “meatball,” and the American Flag are applied to the Orion crew module back shell...
Frank Pelkey, ASRC technician, paints a clear adhesive over the NASA insignia, also called the “meatball,” on the...
Shawn Corwin, at left, ASRC technician, Shawn Corwin, at left, points to the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers take photographs of NASA's Orion spacecraft during a viewing at the Launch Abort...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers take photographs of NASA's Orion spacecraft during a viewing at the Launch Abort...
Todd Biddle, ASRC technician, is shown in the foreground with the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission behind...
The NASA insignia, also called the “meatball,” and the American Flag are applied to the Orion crew module back shell...