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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Painted graphics line the side of NASA 905 depicting the various ferry flights the Shuttle...
An oil slick from naturally occurring oil seeps off the coast of Santa Barbara, California. The NASA-NOAA Marine Oil...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – During a free-flight test of the Project Morpheus vehicle at the Shuttle Landing Facility at...
The space shuttle Enterprise is seen mated on top of the NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) at Washington...
S72-49482 (November 1972) --- The Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment (S-209) which will be mounted in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden joins Morpheus...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Daniel Lefebvre, an engineer with the Canadian Space Agency, points out some of the features...
Looking like a giant air mattress, the world's largest parafoil slowly deflates seconds after it carried the latest...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – During a free-flight test of the Project Morpheus vehicle at the Shuttle Landing Facility at...
In 1946 the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory became the NACA’s official icing research center. In addition to the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla., members of the STS-107 crew familiarize themselves...
A model of the General Dynamics YF-16 Fighting Falcon in the test section of the 8- by 6-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –This panoramic view shows a rock and crater-filled planetary scape has been built so engineers...
A knee brace that uses Space Shuttle propulsion technology has moved a step closer to being available to help knee...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, from Israel, works on an experiment at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA In Situ Resource Utilization Project Manager William Larson discusses the design and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Commander Rick Husband and Mission Specialist Laurel Clark learn to work with...
Pilot William Swann, right cockpit, prepares the North American XF-82 Twin Mustang for flight at the National...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At SPACEHAB, Cape Canaveral, Fla., members of the STS-107 crew familiarize themselves...
NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is prepared for lifting by a crane in preparation for a tethered-flight...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has designed a high-pressure ventilator device tailored to the needs of critical...
Two of KSC's X-34 technicians (far right), David Rowell and Roger Cartier, look at work being done on the modified...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, from Israel, pauses during an experiment at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Painted graphics line the side of NASA 905 depicting the various ferry flights the Shuttle...