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S69-40749 (July 1969) --- Dr. Grant Heikan, MSC and a Lunar Sample Preliminary Examination Team member, examines...
The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
ISS029-E-025108 (11 Oct. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, works on the Fluids...
The load pad bonding process for the vertical tails was a preliminary step in the process to test the F/A-18E from...
A Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket is launched at 7:07 p.m., Wednesday October 7, 2015. (NASA Photo/A....
A Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket is launched at 7:07 p.m., Wednesday October 7, 2015. (NASA Photo/T....
A Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket is launched at 7:07 p.m., Wednesday October 7, 2015. (NASA Photo/A....
This image of the Jovian moon Ganymede was obtained by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during its...
A transport truck moves a United Launch Alliance (ULA) two-engine Centaur upper stage from the company’s Mariner...
S73-27182 (25 May 1973) --- A close-up view of the Skylab 1 space station cluster can be seen in this reproduction...
Viewed from the side, orbiter Discovery, with its seven-member crew, is about to touch down on the landing strip at...
NASA Researchers view a demonstration of the moon dust simulator in the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel facility...
Shuttle crew escape systems (CES) tractor rocket tests conducted at Hurricane Mesa, Utah. This preliminary ground...
With its drag chute deployed, orbiter Discovery and its seven-member crew roll toward a stop at Edwards Air Force...
Viewed from the side, orbiter Discovery, with its seven-member crew, touches down on the landing strip at Edwards...
Viewed from the side, orbiter Discovery, with its seven-member crew, touches down on the landing strip at Edwards...
This close-up shows the 12-inch-long dent on Shuttle Discovery's main propulsion system liquid hydrogen...
A transport truck moves a United Launch Alliance (ULA) two-engine Centaur upper stage from the company’s Mariner...
A truck transports a United Launch Alliance (ULA) two-engine Centaur upper stage from Port Canaveral in Florida to...
A transport truck moves a United Launch Alliance (ULA) two-engine Centaur upper stage from the company’s Mariner...
Getting ready for preliminary heats, students and mentors prepare their team robot to compete in the NASA/KSC FIRST...
A transport truck with a United Launch Alliance (ULA) two-engine Centaur upper stage arrives at the Atlas...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory and its Taurus booster lift off Feb. 24 from...
Orbiter Discovery, with its seven-member crew, approaches the landing strip at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after...