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The Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS flight terminal undergoes testing in a thermal vacuum chamber at...
Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS is covered in white thermal blankets awaiting integration with its...
This image shows the Andromeda galaxy, first as seen in visible light by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory,...
NASA Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS integration and test team is seen at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
This photo shows the Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS flight terminal at JPL being prepared for shipment...
NASA Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS integration and test team is seen at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
This is a 3-foot 1-meter aperture main telescope located at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Optical...
This photo shows the Optical PAyload for Lasercomm Science OPALS being installed in SpaceX Dragon capsule prior to...
Artist concept of a magneto-optical trap and atom chip to be used by NASA Cold Atom Laboratory CAL aboard the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker calibrates a tracking telescope, part of the Distant Object Attitude...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers calibrate a tracking telescope, part of the Distant Object Attitude Measurement...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers calibrate a tracking telescope, part of the Distant Object Attitude Measurement...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker calibrates a tracking telescope, part of the Distant Object Attitude...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers calibrate a tracking telescope, part of the Distant Object Attitude Measurement...
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins works on Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument Experiment Diffusion Coefficient...
A tank is used in CryoFILL experiments to liquefy oxygen at minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit as it could be done on the...
Jonathan Lopez works on a hypersonic Fiber Optic Sensing System at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
A tank is used in CryoFILL experiments to liquefy oxygen at minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit as it could be done on the...
A tank is used in CryoFILL experiments to liquefy oxygen at minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit as it could be done on the...
A tank is used in CryoFILL experiments to liquefy oxygen at minus 290 degrees Fahrenheit as it could be done on the...
Jonathan Lopez and Allen Parker confer on the hypersonic Fiber Optic Sensor System at NASA’s Armstrong Flight...
Jonathan Lopez prepares the hypersonic Fiber Optic Sensing System for vibration tests in the Environmental...
Jonathan Lopez prepares the hypersonic Fiber Optic Sensing System for vibration tests in the Environmental...
Jonathan Lopez and Nathan Rick prepare the hypersonic Fiber Optic Sensing System for vibration tests in the...