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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers move the second section of the fairing around the Swift spacecraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the wrapped...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Wrapped inside a protective cover, the Swift spacecraft leaves Hangar AE at Cape...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers help guide a section of the fairing into place around the Swift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers move the first part of the fairing into place around the Swift...
This supercomputer simulation shows one of the most violent events in the universe: a pair of neutron stars...
With the approaching launch of NASA's Swift mission, scientists are once again in the hunt for one of astronomy's...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...
Simulation frames from this NASA Goddard neutron star merger animation: bit.ly/1jolBYY Credit: NASA's Goddard Space...