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Packaged in a protective container, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, spacecraft is about to be mated...
The Mars 2020 rover heat shield is mated to the back shell in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Huey helicopter from the Aircraft Operations branch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Through the open door of Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, external tank...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., one half of the fairing is lifted in...
The ogive panels protect Orion's crew module from harsh acoustic conditions at launch and in case of an abort....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, lightning towers are being constructed to...
Seen from below, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is in position in the aeroshell that will protect the rover on...
jsc2022e031224 (4/26/2022) --- A preflight image of an open experiment container shows the protective outer shell as...
In this photograph, Sandra Rossi user her NASA-developed prosthesis for the first time. Derived from foam insulation...
The heat shield and back shell for the Mars 2020 rover are unboxed inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility...
Terry White, United Space Alliance project lead for thermal protection systems, left, sakes hands with President...
Technicians encapsulated NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside payload fairings on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in the...
NASA’s famous “meatball” insignia is affixed to the Artemis I Orion spacecraft adapter jettison fairings, which...
The Fuel Burner Rig is a test laboratory at NASA Glenn, which subjects new jet engine materials, treated with...
Test engineers clean the ice cloud detection probe in the Icing Research Tunnel in between test runs. Steam is used...
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- (ED09-0253-25) Technicians clad in protective suits check for any hazardous gases...
Workers prepare the surface of one of the three lightning protection system towers for painting at Exploration...
In this close-up, Space Shuttle Discovery sits atop the Mobile Launch Platform on Launch Pad 39-B, with the Rotating...
Teams at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California offload several shipping containers protecting NASA’s PUNCH...
ISS015E11804 (13 June 2007) --- A digital still camera recorded this image of a gap caused by an uplifted area on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The NASA Railroad train hauling the solid rocket booster, or SRB, segments recovered from...
NEW YORK – A technician detaches a metal sling from space shuttle Enterprise as the shuttle was lowered onto a truck...