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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley Research Center, and Jim McGee (right), The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., conduct impulse tests on the right wing leading edge (WLE) of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The tests monitor how sound impulses propagate through the WLE area. The data collected will be analyzed to explore the possibility of adding new instrumentation to the wing that could automatically detect debris or micrometeroid impacts on the Shuttle while in flight. The study is part of the initiative ongoing at KSC and around the agency to return the orbiter fleet to flight status.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of the world’s highest performing visual film analysis systems, developed to review and analyze previous shuttle flight data (shown here) in preparation for the shuttle fleet’s return to flight, is being used today for another purpose. NASA has permitted its use in helping to analyze a film that shows a recent kidnapping in progress in Florida. The system, developed by NASA, United Space Alliance (USA) and Silicon Graphics Inc., allows multiple-person collaboration, highly detailed manipulation and evaluation of specific imagery. The system is housed in the Image Analysis Facility inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. [Photo taken Aug. 15, 2003, courtesy of Terry Wallace, SGI ]

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley Research Center, conduct impulse tests on the right wing leading edge (WLE) of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The tests monitor how sound impulses propagate through the WLE area. The data collected will be analyzed to explore the possibility of adding new instrumentation to the wing that could automatically detect debris or micrometeroid impacts on the Shuttle while in flight. The study is part of the initiative ongoing at KSC and around the agency to return the orbiter fleet to flight status.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Bill Prosser (left) and Eric Madaras, NASA-Langley...

STS-58 crewmembers participate in baseline data collection

S93-45376 (29 Sept 1993) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon, STS-58 payload commander, participates in data collection for...

STS-58 crewmembers participate in baseline data collection

S93-45367 (29 Sept 1993) --- Astronaut Rhea Seddon, STS-58 payload commander, participates in biomedical data...

Flying Over Hurricanes For New NASA Mission

NASA scientists are investigating key questions about hurricanes in a new mission from the skies. This August, the...

16-Inch Diameter Ramjet Prepared for Flight Test

A NACA researcher prepares a 16-inch diameter and 16-foot long ramjet for a launch over Wallops Island in July 1947....

ILLUMA-T Investigation Preflight Imagery

jsc2023e064873 (8/8/2023) --- The NASA ILLUMA-T team in the Goddard Space Flight Center cleanroom in front of the...

ILLUMA-T Investigation Preflight Imagery

jsc2023e064874 (8/8/2023) --- NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload at Goddard Space Flight Center fully tested and integrated...

ILLUMA-T Investigation Preflight Imagery

jsc2023e064872 (6/10/2022) --- NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload, bound for the International Space Station, is in assembly...

The Data Downpour

In a data-processing room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., racks of high-powered computers...

The Data Downpour: Precipitation Processing System

In a data-processing room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., racks of high-powered computers...

Expedition 13 flight controller on console during mission - Orbit 1, BFCR

JSC2006-E-38928 (31 Aug. 2006) --- Flight director Rick LaBrode monitors data at his console in the Station (Blue)...

The C-17 simulator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California

The C-17 simulator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Simulators offer a safe and...

View of the Flight Dynamics Officer (FDO) console in Mission Control

View of the Flight Dynamics Officer (FDO) console in the Mission Control Center (MCC) during the flight of STS41-G....

MCC Coverage during STS-105

JSC2001-E-25399 (17 August 2001) --- Flight director Kelly Beck monitors data at her console in the shuttle flight...

STS-105 Planning Team

JSC2001-E-25466 (16 August 2001) --- Flight director Bryan Austin studies data at his console in the shuttle flight...

NASA, NOAA Climate Experts Discuss Record-Breaking Heat

On the heels of record-breaking June temperatures, climate experts from NASA and NOAA (the National Oceanographic...

NASA Armstrong is Working on AA-2 Systems

R.J. Smith mills a plate for the backup data acquisition system for the Orion Ascent Abort 2 crew module at NASA's...

EC04-0113-171

Launch of the first Dryden Aerospike rocket. The Dryden Aerospike Rocket Test provided the first known data from a...

Around Marshall

NISN at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) provides Shuttle data information for the operation of MSFC's Huntsville...

Twin Otter Aircraft

Aircraft mechanics reposition the Twin Otter after a research flight. The aircraft was used to gather data from Lake...

Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign Upgrades Mobile Operations Facility with Decals and Modifications

This specially outfitted mission control center, called the Mobile Operations Facility, can travel to any...

NASA Flight Operations Crew Monitors Supersonic Flight

NASA mission controllers, engineers, pilots and communications specialists in the mission control room monitor the...