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Sep 10, 1997
Launch of Galileo on STS-34 Atlantis
Liftoff of STS-34 Atlantis, carrying NASA Galileo spacecraft and its Inertial Upper Stage IUS booster on October 18,...
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Jun 20, 2011
NASA Spacecraft Captures First Recorded Eruption of Volcano in Africa Horn
Nabro volcano, Eritrea, in the Horn of Africa, began erupting June 12, 2011, the first-ever recorded eruption of...
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Aug 31, 2005
The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms are clearly evident in this view of the Pathfinder-Plus solar aircraft as it flies over Rogers Dry Lake.
The Atmospheric Turbulence Measurement System booms are clearly evident in this view of the Pathfinder-Plus solar...
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Nov 19, 1996
Pathfinder aircraft flight #1
The Pathfinder solar-powered research aircraft settles in for landing on the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at the Dryden...
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Oct 23, 2024
NASA Air Taxi Passenger Comfort Studies
NASA employee Naomi Torres sits inside the air taxi passenger ride quality simulator at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
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Sep 14, 2017
Active Galactic Nucleus
SCI2017_0007: Artist illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near...
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Oct 2, 2019
X-57 Mod II Vehicle Arrives at NASA Armstrong
NASA’s all-electric X-57 Maxwell, in its Mod II configuration, arrives at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
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Apr 8, 2008
Industrial College of the Armed Forces students on a VIP tour receive a briefing on the Ikhana unmanned air vehicle from NASA Dryden pilot Mark Pestana
Industrial College of the Armed Forces students on a VIP tour receive a briefing on the Ikhana unmanned air vehicle...
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Dec 12, 2022
NASA Armstrong Tests Model Wing
Aaron Rumsey and Beto Hinojos carefully add weight to a 6-foot model of the Transonic Truss-Braced Wing at NASA’s...
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May 25, 2023
UAVSAR pod install
The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, UAVSAR, is prepared for installation onto NASA’s C-20A...
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Nov 21, 2019
The TigerShark Unmanned Aircraft
The Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation’s TigerShark prepares for its final takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base for...
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Feb 16, 2005
Two panels of Space Shuttle TPS insulation were mounted on the flight test fixture underneath NASA's F-15B during the Lifting Foam Trajectory flight test series
Two panels of Space Shuttle TPS insulation were mounted on the flight test fixture underneath NASA's F-15B during...
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Sep 26, 2019
Daniel Williams Displays Aeronautics AR App
Daniel Williams, intern, shows what the app looks like while in use with the 3D model of the X-57 Maxwell displayed...
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Jan 21, 2020
Engineers Prepare X-57 Cruise Motor Controller for Vibration Testing
Engineers from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center and Empirical Systems Aerospace prepare a cruise motor...
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Jun 14, 2018
ER-2 Cockpit Effort Will Enhance Pilot Safety
Technician Johnny Bryant works on rewiring the high-altitude aircraft's fixed nose and cockpit.
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Apr 19, 2021
X-56B Begins New Flight Series
The X-56B remotely piloted aircraft takeoff marks the start of a new flight series. The flight was April 19 at...
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Oct 30, 1997
X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft in flight
The tailless X-36 technology demonstrator research aircraft cruises over the California desert at low altitude...
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Jun 21, 2019
DATR Supports Space Communication, Research Flights
Jesus Vazquez, Zach Springer and Sonja Belcher, from left, are at stations in the Mobile Operations Facility 5 at...
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Apr 18, 2024
NASA Prepares for Mock Truss-Braced Wing Tests
Engineering technician Jeff Howell removes thin pieces of tape from fiber used for a bonding process on the Mock...
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Dec 12, 2023
Test Pilots Inspect Newly Painted X-59
NASA and Lockheed Martin test pilots inspect the painted X-59 as it sits on the ramp at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works...
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Jul 9, 1999
X-38 Ship #2 Mated to B-52 Mothership in Flight
This photo shows one of the X-38 lifting-body research vehicles mated to NASA's B-52 mothership in flight prior to...
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Apr 7, 1993
LSRA
A NASA CV-990, modified as a Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA), in flight over NASA's Dryden Flight Research...
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Dec 21, 2007
A water-cannon salute from two Air Force fire trucks heralds NASA research pilot Gordon Fullerton's final mission as his NASA F/A-18 taxis beneath the spray.
Long-time NASA Dryden research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying...
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May 5, 2007
Complete with makeup to simulate facial injuries, a volunteer "astronaut" is tended to by aeromedical rescue staff after evacuation from the shuttle mockup
Complete with makeup to simulate facial injuries, a volunteer "astronaut" is tended to by aeromedical rescue staff...
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