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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dr. Carlos Calle, senior research scientist on the Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust...
NMTSat is a student-built satellite built by undergraduate and graduates students primarily from New Mexico Tech....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., the GOES-O satellite will...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers ensure the upper...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dust particle experiments are conducted for Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust Mitigation...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Rollback of the mobile service tower, or gantry, from the Delta II rocket is complete...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crane lifts a refurbished lantern to place on top of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse,...
This photograph is of the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-2 telescope being checked by engineers in the...
This image is from an animation that shows the evolution of the 2018 Mars global dust storm from late May to...
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. -- The lantern room of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse, with its modern...
After five days of service and upgrade work on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the STS-109 crew photographed the...
This is a view of a solar cell blanket deployed on a water table during the Solar Array deployment test. The Hubble...
Workers prepare to inspect instrument and optics covers on NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the mobile service tower, or gantry (at right), is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., the GOES-O satellite is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the mobile service tower, or gantry (at left), is...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dr. Carlos Calle, senior research scientist on the Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust...
Just like drivers sometimes use snow to clean their car mirrors in winter, two Exelis Inc. engineers are practicing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers guide the upper...
This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers move the platform with the...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers help guide a refurbished lantern on top of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse,...