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NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center installed a conformal antenna on the door of its T-34C aircraft to test its...
SPLASH BTA Phase 2 Vertical Tests 9: Documentation of preparation, set up and results of full scale BTA (Boilerplate...
A view of the launch pedestal (at left) still standing at Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in...
This photodepicts a 15 K Fastrac motor ignition test performed at Marshall Test Stand-116. The Fastrac motor is an...
ISS016-E-006355 (25 Oct. 2007) --- Backdropped by a colorful Earth, Space Shuttle Discovery is featured in this...
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds fly over NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during the...
SPLASH BTA Phase 2 Vertical Tests 9: Documentation of preparation, set up and results of full scale BTA (Boilerplate...
Orion leadership visited Airborne Systems in Santa Ana, California on March 5, 2015 to recognize the great work...
NASA's F/A-18 research aircraft takes off from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas for a quiet supersonic research...
ISS020-E-021315 (17 July 2009) --- This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour was provided by an Expedition 20...
Orion teams perform an Orion Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) drop test using the Parachute Test Vehicle...
ISS036-E-025487 (24 July 2013) --- NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, Expedition 36 flight engineer, performs in-flight...
ISS029-E-029720 (17 Oct. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Expedition 29 commander, uses a communication system...
This is a photo of an X-34 40K Fastrac II duration test performed at the Marshall Space Flight Center test stand 116...
ISS038-E-024145 (30 Dec. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, performs in-flight...
MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames Researc Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The day...
STS112-E-05311 (12 October 2002) --- Astronaut Piers J. Sellers uses both a handrail on the Destiny Laboratory and a...
iss069e035797 (July 21, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg performs research...
Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover performs a simulated surface logistics task while attached to the ARGOS system...
NASA’s F/A-18 research aircraft takes off from Ellington Field in Houston, Texas for a quiet supersonic research...
ISS036-E-010398 (24 June 2013) --- European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, Expedition 36 flight engineer,...
iss067e191355 (7/22/2022) --- A view of the 3 Forward Osmosis Membrane membrane cells. Assessing the Performance of...
DATE: 6-26-14 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: Expedition 42/43 crew members Samantha Cristoforetti (ESA) and Terry Virts...
Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a...