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NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for...
Ikhana fiber optic wing shape sensor team: clockwise from left, Anthony "Nino" Piazza, Allen Parker, William Ko and...
In this photograph, Vince Huegele of the Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC's) Space Optics Manufacturing...
This image illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Optical Telescope Assembly (OTA). One of the three major...
This photograph shows Wes Brown, Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC's) lead diamond tuner, an expert in the...
Dan Raible, an Electronics Engineer in NASA Glenn Research Center’s Optics and Photonics Branch. Raible has a long...
iss074e0433179 (April 3, 2026) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Sophie...
B-roll for media and public use. NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment marked a historic...
The Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy, or Mini-DOAS is a telescope instrument used to measure trace gases...
This image illustrates how a light echo works, and how an optical illusion of material moving outward is created.
Take a virtual tour of LCRD's ground and flight modems lab and the optical modules cleanroom at NASA's Goddard Space...
The Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS undergoes vibration testing at NASa Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
Take a virtual tour of LCRD's ground and flight modems lab and the optical modules cleanroom at NASA's Goddard Space...
The Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS undergoes vibration testing at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
NASA Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS is pictured in the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA Jet...
An infrared composite image of the two hemispheres of Uranus obtained with Keck Telescope adaptive optics.
This illustration depicts a concept for operation of an optical communications system on NASA Mars...
Animation b-roll for media and public use. NASA’s Psyche mission, scheduled to launch in October 2023, is the first...
NASA Dryden project engineer Dave Bushman carefully aims the optics of a laser device at a solar cell panel on a...
NASA research engineer Jonathan Lopez secures a Compact Fiber Optic Sensing System unit, also known as a FOSS Rocket...
NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) technology demonstration has successfully concluded after two years,...
An engineer from NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory oversees a fit check during the integration & testing of the Optical...