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ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano is seen in the window as a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter...
NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team, partners from the Department of Defense, and U.S. Navy...
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska -- The PCSat payload waits for its launch aboard the Athena 1 launch vehicle at Kodiak Island,...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of the Department of Defense's Space Test Program-2...
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas gives remarks during a media event where NASA and the Department of Defense discussed...
Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis takes flight on its STS-27 mission, December 2, 1988, utilizing 375,000 pounds of...
Contrails are seen illuminated in the sky as the Sun begins to rise following the launch of a United Launch Alliance...
As part of the joint team that will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in...
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying 24 satellites as part of the Department of Defense's Space Test Program-2...
A pair of Navy MH-60 Seahawks from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 are seen as they recover astronauts from...
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams, center, speak with employees of Boeing alongside Steve...
Liliana Villarreal, NASA’s Artemis II landing and recovery director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, gives...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches on the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program 3 (STP-3) mission...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus XL rocket that will...
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska -- Technicians prepare the Starshine 3 payload for its launch aboard the Athena 1 launch...
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska -- In the Launch Service Structure, Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), workers check the fairing...
The crew assigned to the STS-51A mission included Frederick H. Hauck, commander,who is seated to the right....
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska -- Technicians inspect and secure Castor 120, the first stage of the Athena 1 launch vehicle,...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches on the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program 3 (STP-3) mission...
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska -- The Sapphire payload is moved into position next to the Starshine 3 payload at Kodiak...
As part of the joint team that will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a group of NASA and contractor workers...
KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska -- A technician performs final testing on Starshine 3 at the Naval Research Laboratory in...
Bert Kallio, lead mechanical engineer for the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), speaks with NASA astronauts Stan...