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Launched April 6, 1984, one of the goals of the STS-41C mission was to repair the damaged free-flying Solar Maximum...
This video still depicts the recently deployed starboard and port solar arrays towering over the International Space...
S115-E-05663 (12 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Joseph R. Tanner (left) and Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, both...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dust particles are readied for an experiment for the Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust...
During emergency egress practice at Launch Pad 39B, STS-97 Pilot Mike Bloomfield (left) and Commander Brent Jett...
There are many dust devils on Mars -- little twisters that raise dust from the surface. They have also cleaned dust...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Preparations are underway to conduct a dust particle experiment for the Electrodynamic Dust...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dust particles scatter during an experiment for the Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, British engineers conduct tests on the...
In this image, STS-97 astronaut and mission specialist Carlos I. Noriega waves at a crew member inside Endeavor's...
April 21, 2011 marks the one-year anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) First Light press conference,...
The largest solar flare ever recorded occurred at 4:51 p.m. EDT, on Monday, April 2, 2001. as Observed by the Solar...
In late June 2013, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, will launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
Administrator Bill Nelson and Represenative Max Miller pose for a photo together. NASA Glenn Research Center and the...
Representative Shontel Brown and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb view the eclipse together. NASA Glenn Research Center...
Administrator Bill Nelson, Snoopy and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb view the eclipse just before totality. NASA Glenn...
Solar material repeatedly bursts from the sun in this close-up captured on July 9-10, 2016, by NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
ISS018-E-041093 (19 March 2009) --- Astronaut Steve Swanson, STS-119 mission specialist, participates in the...
GRC Center Director Jimmy Kenyon, Senator Sherrod Brown and Administrator Bill Nelson view the eclipse together on...
ISS018-E-041084 (19 March 2009) --- Astronaut Steve Swanson, STS-119 mission specialist, participates in the...
Event attendees view the eclipse. NASA Glenn Research Center and the Great Lakes Science Center hosted a three-day...
Event attendees view the eclipse on April 8, 2024. NASA Glenn Research Center and the Great Lakes Science Center...
STS-97 Mission Specialist Carlos Noriega settles into his seat in Space Shuttle Endeavour on Launch Pad 39B. He and...
Event attendee views the eclipse. NASA Glenn Research Center and the Great Lakes Science Center hosted a three-day...