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S87-28666 (March 1987) --- Millie Hughes-Fulford, STS-40/SLS-1 payload specialist, stands near the Echocardiograph...
An F-16XL refuels in-flight. Only two XLs were built, and NASA eventually operated both for experimental purposes,...
iss055e043707 (Apr. 30, 2018) --- A close look at crystals grown under experimental conditions controlled by middle...
Experimental investigation of boundary-layer control to helicopter rotor blades to increase forward speed...
Artist's concept of the final configuration of the International Space Station (ISS) Alpha. The ISS is a...
Ames Research Center Bldg N-257 CVSSRF (Crew Vehicle System Research Facility) simulator: Experimenter/Operator...
International Flavors and Fragrances Inc., Dr. Braja Mookherjee with the Overnight Scentsation rose plant after its...
iss055e043718 (Apr. 30, 2018) --- A close look at crystals grown under experimental conditions controlled by middle...
Students examine small parts made at the Experimental Fabrication Shop at NASA’s Armstrong Research Flight Center in...
iss055e024523 (Apr. 18, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel is seen in the Cupola, holding sample bags of...
iss055e043705 (Apr. 30, 2018) --- Sample bags of crystals grown under experimental conditions controlled by middle...
Dr. Cila Herman, G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. She is the principal...
In addition to Dr. Robert Goddard's pioneering work, American experimentation in rocketry prior to World War II...
iss042e046207 (12/16/2018) --- Photographic documentation taken during the Synchronized Position Hold Engage and...
Administrator award (two) Center-Tracon Automation system Team Langley Res. CTR and Goal Award 1998, Next-Genreation...
Pictured is an artist's concept of the experimental X-37 Reusable Launch Vehicle re-entering Earth‘s atmosphere....
Charles Spern, project manager on the Engineering Services Contract, communicates instructions for the Veggie system...
Nicole Dufour, flight integration lead, communicates directly with astronaut Joe Acaba during installation of NASA’s...
Three different varieties of plants growing in the Veggie plant growth chamber on the International Space Station...
Wranglers steadied the X-40A at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, March 14, 2001, as the...
MarCO-B, one of the experimental Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats, took these images as it approached Mars from about...
The engineering club from Palmdale High School in Palmdale, California, visits NASA’s Armstrong Research Flight...
STS081-361-026 (12-22 Jan 1997) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld, mission specialist, floats into the Spacehab Double...
ISS036-E-039697 (4 Sept. 2013) --- In the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency...