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Dec 17, 2004
ED04-0362-02
NASA's venerable B-52B mothership launch aircraft served as the backdrop at its retirement ceremony on Dec. 17, 2004.
AFRC
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Dec 17, 2004
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Dryden Center director Kevin Petersen shakes hands with AFFTC commander, Brig. Gen. Curtis Bedke, at the retirement...
AFRC
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Dec 17, 2004
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DFRC director Kevin Petersen speaks to an audience of NASA and Air Force visitors, employees and special guests at...
AFRC
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Aug 13, 1979
Around Marshall
Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building...
MSFC
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Aug 24, 1978
Around Marshall
Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building...
MSFC
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Nov 30, 1985
Space Shuttle Projects
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included Bryan D. O’Conner, pilot; Brewster H. Shaw, commander; Charles D....
MSFC
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Mar 23, 2017
Dunes of the Southern Highlands
Sand dunes are scattered across Mars and one of the larger populations exists in the Southern hemisphere, just west...
JPL
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Jun 2, 2001
Moments after release from NASA's B-52 carrier aircraft, the X-43A/Pegasus "stack" is seen before ignition of the Pegasus rocket motor on
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
AFRC
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Nov 30, 1985
Space Shuttle Projects
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included Bryan D. O’Conner, pilot; Brewster H. Shaw, commander; Charles D....
MSFC
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Nov 2, 2000
X-38 vehicle #131R during landing on first free flight
The latest version of the X-38, V-131R, touches down on Rogers Dry Lake adjacent to NASAÕs Dryden Flight Research...
AFRC
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Jun 2, 2001
X-43A departs NASA Dryden Flight Research Center for first free-flight attempt
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
AFRC
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May 6, 1980
Around Marshall
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National...
MSFC
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Nov 2, 2000
X-38 vehicle #131R in first free flight
The third iteration of the X-38, V-131R, glides down under a giant parafoil towards a landing on Rogers Dry Lake...
AFRC
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Nov 30, 1985
Space Shuttle Projects
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included Bryan D. O’Conner, pilot; Brewster H. Shaw, commander; Charles D....
MSFC
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Nov 30, 1985
Space Shuttle Projects
The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included Bryan D. O’Conner, pilot; Brewster H. Shaw, commander; Charles D....
MSFC
Image
Jun 2, 2001
Ignition of the Pegasus rocket moments after release from the B-52 signaled acceleration of the X-43A/Pegasus combination over the Pacific Ocean
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
AFRC
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Nov 1, 1985
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The crew assigned to the STS-61B mission included (kneeling left to right) Bryan D. O’conner, pilot; and Brewster H....
MSFC
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Jun 2, 2001
The X-43A/Pegasus combination dropped into the Pacific Ocean after losing control early in the first free-flight attempt
The first X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket were carried aloft by NASA's...
AFRC
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May 20, 1969
NASA research pilot Bill Dana takes a moment to watch NASA's NB-52B cruise overhead after a research flight in the HL-10. On the left, John Reeves can be seen at the cockpit of the lifting body
The HL-10 was one of five heavyweight lifting-body designs flown at NASA's Flight Research Center (FRC--later Dryden...
AFRC
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Apr 12, 1977
Around Marshall
Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building...
MSFC
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Jul 21, 1978
Around Marshall
Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building...
MSFC
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Jan 31, 2001
The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, shown here in its protective shipping jig, arrives at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center
The second of three X-43A hypersonic research aircraft, shown here in its protective shipping jig, arrived at NASA's...
AFRC
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Jul 8, 1980
Around Marshall
Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building...
MSFC
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Aug 21, 2017
Patterns Unique, Yet Familiar
This close-up image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gives the impression of looking like bacterial cells and...
JPL