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NASA successfully tested the Orion spacecraft’s parachute system on March 16, 2018 at the U.S. Army Proving Ground...
Terry White, United Space Alliance project lead for thermal protection systems, left, shows President Barack Obama...
President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia, left, Sasha, Marian Robinson, Astronaut Janet...
At Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, NASA's Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite...
JSC2009-E-284901 (15 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronauts Gregory H. Johnson (left), STS-134 pilot; and Michael Fincke,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
Teams inside the Operations and Checkout building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Feb. 1,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A NASA helicopter releases the contents of the high-impact-resistant flexible plastic...
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program, including an astronaut stand-in, participate in a series of...
iss072e143491 (Nov. 1, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams displays the Space Tissue...
Engineers from NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, and Marshall Space Flight Center in...
The ogive panels protect Orion's crew module from harsh acoustic conditions at launch and in case of an abort....
The ogive panels protect Orion's crew module from harsh acoustic conditions at launch and in case of an abort....
Teams at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California offload several shipping containers protecting NASA’s PUNCH...
The Mars Helicopter and its Mars Helicopter Delivery System were attached to the Perseverance Mars rover at Kennedy...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-125 Mission Specialist...
Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida practiced various emergency rescue training scenarios with the...
iss040e098572 (8/19/2014) --- A dark view of the Orbital Cygnus 2 reentry taken by the Expedition 40 crew. Light...
Inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work is underway Aug. 21, 2019,...
Engineers from NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, and Marshall Space Flight Center in...
The Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft is moved from a bridge in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In bay 3 of the Orbiter Processing Facility, the thermal protection system tiles on the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers attach a high-impact-resistant flexible plastic bucket to a NASA helicopter....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker (left) at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., questions another...