NASA Gallery

InSight Moments Away From Landing, Top View (Illustration)

This is an illustration showing a simulated view of NASA's InSight about to land on the surface of Mars. This view...

InSight Heading Down to the Martian Surface (Illustration)

This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander firing retrorockets to slow down as it descends...

InSight Moments Away From Landing, Underside View (Illustration)

This is an illustration showing a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander about to land on the surface of Mars. This...

InSight Touching Down on Mars (Illustration)

This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander kicking up dust as it lands on the Martian...

InSight on Its Parachute (Illustration)

This illustration shows a simulated view of NASA's InSight lander descending towards the surface of Mars on its...

Artemis II Launch Simulation (NO SOUND)

NASA personnel overseeing Artemis launch operations, including Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson...

A Full Flightline at Armstrong

Behind three Douglas D-558-IIs is the B-29 launch aircraft. Under its right wing is the world’s first ground-based...

Office of the Chief Technologist, OCT Innovation Workshop, and Facility Tours

A Co-inventor of the Shape Memory Alloy, Spring Tire, shows the NASA Chief Technologist the first SMA Spring Tire...

Apollo - LOLA Project

Project LOLA. Test subject sitting at the controls: Project LOLA or Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach was a simulator...

Shades of Martian Darkness

This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity...

Around Marshall

This photograph shows STS-61 crewmemmbers training for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission in the...

Isopropyl alcohol tank installed at A-3 Test Stand

An isopropyl alcohol (IPA) tank is lifted into place at the A-3 Test Stand being built at NASA's John C. Stennis...

Liquid oxygen tank installed at A-3 Test Stand

A liquid oxygen (LOX) tank is lifted into place at the A-3 Test Stand being built at NASA's John C. Stennis Space...

CSG delivery and installation

John C. Stennis Space Center employees complete installation of a chemical steam generator (CSG) unit at the site's...

Liquid oxygen tank installed at A-3 Test Stand

A liquid oxygen (LOX) tank is lifted into place at the A-3 Test Stand being built at NASA's John C. Stennis Space...

STS-64 Extravehicular activity (EVA) training view in WETF

S94-39762 (August 1994) --- Astronaut Carl J. Meade, STS-64 mission specialist, listens to ground monitors prior to...

STS-64 Extravehicular activity (EVA) training view in WETF

S94-39770 (August 1994) --- Astronaut Carl J. Meade, STS-64 mission specialist, is being submerged prior to an...

Tours with Chief Scientist and Senior Climate Advisor Dr. Kate Calvin

Tour of the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration in the HyPER lab on June 17th, 2024 at Glenn Research...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Launch Control Center, Robert Holl (left), Landing Recovery directo, and Donald Hammel, from the Shuttle Project Office, are in contact with the leaders of the “Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The simulation is being managed and directed from the LCC. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer “astronauts” who are simulating various injuries inside the crew compartment mock-up. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Emergency crew members transport an “injured” astronaut during a “Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer astronauts who are simulating various injuries. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A helicopter approaches an orbiter crew compartment mock-up as part of a “Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews will respond to the volunteer “astronauts” simulating various injuries. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

Artemis Launch Team Validation Simulation in Firing Room 1

A member of the Artemis 1 launch team participates in validation testing inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch Control...

Artemis Launch Team Validation Simulation in Firing Room 1

Members of the Artemis 1 launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and Jacobs...

Artemis Launch Team Validation Simulation in Firing Room 1

Jeremy Graeber, chief NASA test director, participates in validation testing inside Firing Room 1 in the Launch...