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Photographic documentation of the STS-109 Crew Return Ceremony. The events take place at Hangar 990 at Ellington...
It may look like something from "The Lord of the Rings," but this fiery swirl is actually a planetary...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS San Diego heads out to sea with the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Using a rigid hull inflatable boat, NASA and the U.S. Navy practice retrieving the Orion forward...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the USS San Diego, a crane is used to lower a rigid hull inflatable boat into the Pacific...
The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6, 2023, caused...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The orbiter drag chute deploys after the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis lands on...
At Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians and engineers mate the aft stub...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. and Pilot Kent V. Rominger at the controls, the...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the aft stub adapter (ASA) and interstage adapter (ISA) for a United...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the top deck of the USS San Diego, a helicopter flies overhead to monitor conditions as the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – At the U.S. Naval Base San Diego in California, the USS San Diego heads out to sea with the...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – In the well deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel gather near the Orion...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Navy personnel check support equipment aboard the USS San Diego at the U.S. Naval Base San...
A Vought F-8A Crusader was selected by NASA as the testbed aircraft (designated TF-8A) to install an experimental...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – On the deck of the USS San Diego, NASA and U.S. Navy personnel monitor the process as a crane is...
“When I first joined Twitter in 2009, one of the first accounts I followed was NASA. I knew they were doing NASA...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis, with its drag chute deployed, rolls out on Runway 33 of KSC’s Shuttle Landing...
Solar activity is heating up, and NASA’s SunRISE mission is getting ready to reveal the turbulent workings of our...
A critical preflight test for Artemis I, the first trip to space for a NASA astronaut, and new Webb Space Telescope...
A BARREL payload sits on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden. The BARREL team is at Esrange...
ISS018-E-018110 (6 Jan. 2009) --- Kerguelen Kelp Beds in the Southern Indian Ocean are featured in this image...
The sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle on March 6, 2012 at 7PM ET. ?This flare was...