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Mechanical technician, Andrew Scharmann, installs a shim and inspects an optic on the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)...
After removal from the handling container physical science technician, Kristen Washington, performs an inspection of...
Optical engineer, Maurice Stancil, performs final optical alignment metrology measurements prior to the Ocean Color...
NASA engineer Larry Hudson and Ikhana ground crew member James Smith work on a ground validation test with new fiber...
Mechanical technician, Andrew Scharmann, slides a lift fixture into position to ensure the Ocean Color Instrument...
Optical technician, Timothy Madison, uses a theodolite to perform optical measurements on the Ocean Color Instrument...
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new...
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new...
Jeri Briscoe of the video team inspects the optical system for proper alignment during a test run of the Equiaxed...
ProVision Technologies, a NASA commercial space center at Sternis Space Center in Mississippi, has developed a new...
ProVision Technologies, a NASA research partnership center at Sternis Space Center in Mississippi, has developed a...
Patrick Chan, electronics engineer, and NASA Armstrong’s FOSS portfolio project manager, closely examines an optic...
An Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) optical lens is installed into the flight housing hardware for alignment...
iss073e0981212 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov (left) and Alexey Zubritsky (bottom right)...
iss073e0981126 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov is pictured attached to the end effector of...
STS039-20-006 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats, STS-39 mission commander, works controls of a...
In the Image Analysis Facility in the Vehicle Assembly Building, Brad Lawrence (second from left, standing)...
Inside the dome building at Playalinda Beach, Bob Fore points to a map of camera sites during a presentation to the...
STS039-11-027 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- Astronaut Michael L. Coats, STS-39 mission commander, is seen in a close-up...
In the Image Analysis Facility in the Vehicle Assembly Building, news media representatives are briefed on the...
STS042-05-006 (22-30 Jan 1992) --- Astronaut Norman E. Thagard, payload commander, performs the Fluids Experiment...
iss053e130305 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- The Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) CubeSat is deployed from the tip of the Dextre attached...
Engineering technician Jeff Howell mounts conventional strain gauges to the Mock Truss-Braced Wing 10-foot model at...
S65-42598 (10 Nov. 1965) --- Douglas S. Idlly, Electromagnetic Systems Branch, Instrumentation and Electronic...