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NASA image: Firefly Deployment
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Sep 17, 2010

Firefly Deployment

The small satellite, with a big mission, is appropriately named "Firefly." Sponsored by the National Science...

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NASA image: DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas
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Dec 11, 2000

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas

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NASA image: DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band transmit antenna (aft 62 degree port)
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Dec 11, 2000

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band transmit antenna (aft 62 degree port)

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band transmit antenna (aft 62 degree port)

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NASA image: DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band receive antenna (fwd zenith port)
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Dec 11, 2000

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band receive antenna (fwd zenith port)

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band receive antenna (fwd zenith port)

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NASA image: DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas
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Dec 11, 2000

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas

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NASA image: DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas
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Dec 11, 2000

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas

DC-8 returning from AFWEX deployment showing AeroSAPIENT Ku-band antennas

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NASA image: NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) Number 13 Deploy
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Nov 20, 2017

NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) Number 13 Deploy

iss053e225369 (11/20/2017) --- A view of the Asteria Satellite moments after deployment from the International Space...

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NASA image: NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #13 Deploy
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Nov 20, 2017

NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #13 Deploy

iss053e470644 (11/20/2017) --- A view of the Asteria Satellite moments after deployment from the International Space...

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NASA image: NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #13 Deploy
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Nov 20, 2017

NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #13 Deploy

iss053e216632 (Nov. 20, 2017) --- The EcAMSat, short for E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite, is seen moments after...

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NASA image: NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) Number 13 Deploy
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Nov 20, 2017

NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) Number 13 Deploy

iss053e225398 (11/20/2017) --- A view of the Asteria Satellite moments after deployment from the International Space...

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NASA image: Astronaut Don Pettit removes the small satellite orbital deployer
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Dec 24, 2024

Astronaut Don Pettit removes the small satellite orbital deployer

iss072e403381 (Dec. 24, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit removes the small...

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NASA image: Astronauts Zena Cardman and Kimiya Yui remove a small satellite orbital deployer
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Sep 25, 2025

Astronauts Zena Cardman and Kimiya Yui remove a small satellite orbital deployer

iss073e0768346 (Sept. 25, 2025) --- Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Zena Cardman of NASA and Kimiya Yui of JAXA...

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NASA image: ICESat-2 Testing and Integration B-roll: ATLAS at Orbital
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Oct 15, 2014

ICESat-2 Testing and Integration B-roll: ATLAS at Orbital

Footage of ATLAS arrival, spacecraft integration and door deployment at Orbital ATK in Gilbert, Arizona.

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NASA image: Juno Spreads its Wing
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Oct 13, 2009

Juno Spreads its Wing

Technicians test the deployment of one of the three massive solar arrays that power NASA Juno spacecraft.

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NASA image: Spirit Reaches Out at JPL
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Jan 16, 2004

Spirit Reaches Out at JPL

Footage taken at the JPL In-Situ Instruments Laboratory, or testbed, shows engineers practicing the deployment of...

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NASA image: JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui removes a small satellite orbital deployer from the Kibo airlock
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Oct 20, 2025

JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui removes a small satellite orbital deployer from the Kibo airlock

iss073e0917008 (Oct. 21, 2025) --- JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

The first of two five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper is fully extended from a shipping...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper...

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Mar 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA’s Europa Clipper...

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NASA image: Deployment of the TDRS by STS-6 Challenger
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Apr 4, 1983

Deployment of the TDRS by STS-6 Challenger

STS006-40-685 (4 April 1983) --- This view of a tilted tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) and part of its...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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