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iss053e130267 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- The Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) CubeSat is deployed from the tip of the Dextre attached...
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s FOSS, Fiber Optic Sensing System, recently supported tests of a system...
iss053e130267 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- The Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) CubeSat is pictured shortly after it was deployed from...
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new...
Optical engineer, Brendan McAndrew, installs radiometers inside the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) thermal vacuum...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror being polished at the the Perkin-Elmer...
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new...
Although the new fiber optic sensors on the Ikhana, which are located on fibers that are the diameter of a human...
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror being ground at the Perkin-Elmer...
NASA researcher Dr. Donald Frazier uses a blue laser shining through a quartz window into a special mix of chemicals...
This photograph shows engineers inspecting the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror at the Perkin-Elmer...
NASA's Space Optics Manufacturing Center has been working to expand our view of the universe via sophisticated new...
Ikhana fiber optic wing shape sensor team: clockwise from left, Anthony "Nino" Piazza, Allen Parker, William Ko and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft takes off on a test...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft taxis on the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA aerospace engineer Brian Barnett suits up before a test flight of the WB-57F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F aircraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA pilot Rick Hull secures his helmet before a test flight of the WB-57F aircraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft is ready for a test...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA pilot Rick Hull and aerospace engineer Brian Barnett are strapped into their seats...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F aircraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., the WB-57F aircraft is ready for a test...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F aircraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Patrick Air Force Base in Cocoa Beach Beach, Fla., workers prepare the WB-57F...