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NASA release April 1, 2010 It takes the addition of radio data (orange) to fully appreciate the scale of Cen A's...
S65-43482 (20 Aug. 1965) --- Table-top view of several of the optical and photographic pieces of equipment planned...
Mechanical technician, Joseph Eddy, carefully guides the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) Main Optics Bench (MOB) during...
The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) Main Optics Bench (MOB) is integrated with the Collimator Slit Assembly (CSA). The...
Global summaries of aerosol optical thickness from NASA Terra spacecraft.
The Receiver Telescope Assembly is installed on the Optics Bench for the ATLAS instrument.
The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is installed on its transportation dolly and prepared for additional integration...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NASA Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS operations team is seen at the Optical Communications Telescope...
A JPL optical technician performs a final inspection and swab cleaning of the front optics of the Mars 2020...
This image shows NASA 40 cm diameter Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope. Here the lead optical test...
art001e000466 (Nov. 23, 2022) – On flight day 8 of the Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera snapped...
NASA engineer Larry Hudson and Ikhana ground crew member James Smith work on a ground validation test with new fiber...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Systems Research Aircraft (SRA), a highly modified F-18 jet...
A team of engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) has designed, fabricated, and tested the first solar...
The new Aerospace Communications Facility allows researchers to develop various types of communication, including...
(L TO R) DR. VIKTOR VORON AND DR. MIKHAIL PAVLINSKIY WATCH AS MARK YOUNG AND CHET SPEEGLE CONDUCT BRIGHT LIGHT...
Dave Brennen, an electronics technician, installing the optical system under the belly of the PC-12 aircraft that...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...