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The WISE spacecraft is readied for its mission to scan space with a specialized infrared telescope.
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) arrived at Building AE today to begin final preparations for its...
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is rotated to a vertical position in the clean room of Building AE...
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) is uncovered in the clean room of Building AE to permit workers access...
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer specializes in surveying galaxies in ultraviolet light. Its telescope, 50 centimeters...
The NEOWISE mission, NASA’s asteroid-hunting space telescope, is retiring in summer 2024 after over a decade of...
Building a space telescope to see the light from the earliest stars of our universe is a pretty complex task....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit, or SIC&DH, arrives at NASA's Kennedy...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit, or SIC&DH, is transferred inside the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
These images represent radar observations of asteroid 99942 Apophis on March 8, 9, and 10, 2021, as it made its last...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Collimation setup is underway on a newly installed five-meter focal length telescope in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fixture is set up for collimation on the newly installed five-meter focal length...
S82-E-5084 (13 Feb. 1997) --- The first close-up look at the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) since 1993 was provided by...
A photographer focuses on part of the tracking telescope that provides optical support for launches from KSC and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This storyboard shows a diagram of the telescope design and photos for a new five-meter...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The thermolite level is in place on a newly installed five-meter focal length telescope...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A film camera is set in place on a newly installed five-meter focal length telescope in...
This photograph details Skylab's X-Ray Spectrographic Telescope, an Apollo Telescope Mount facility. It was designed...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The focus barrel is installed on a newly installed five-meter focal length telescope in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker calibrates the thermolite level on a newly installed five-meter focal length...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39B, Discovery's payload bay doors close on the STS-103 payload. STS-103...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, removal of the...