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Cosmic Evolution. Setting the stage. Life on Earth (contains some copyrighten material - no for general release)
Cosmic Evolution. Setting the stage, Life off Earth (contains some copyrighted material - no for general release)
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) instrument will be placed in the Hubble Space Telescope during Service Mission...
From sparkling blue rings to dazzling golden disks and mined from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer Survey of Nearby...
In the Multi-Payload Processing Facility, workers check the deployment of the cover of the telescope on NASA Galaxy...
Millions of galaxies populate the patch of sky known as the COSMOS field, short for Cosmic Evolution Survey, a...
The Galaxy Evolution Explorer was launched on April 28, 2003. Its mission is to study the shape, brightness, size...
Composite Artwork Cosmic Evolution. Setting the stage. Life on and off Earth. (contains some copyrighted materials -...
The Cosmic X-Ray Background NanoSat-2 (CXBN-2) CubeSat Mission developed by Morehead State University and its...
WFIRST, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, is shown here in an artist's rendering. It will carry a Wide Field...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is lowered toward a work stand....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is placed on a work stand. Foreign...
CXBN-2 Integration Team in the Morehead State University Spacecraft Integration and Assembly Facility. Left to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer, or CHIPSat, undergoes final processing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer, or CHIPSat, undergoes final processing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility prepare to demate the Galaxy Evolution...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is demated from its Pegasus launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility begin demating the Galaxy Evolution...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is moved away from the Pegasus XL...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is lifted toward a work stand (in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Foreign object debris shields are installed and a borescope inspection is conducted on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is demated from its Pegasus launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Foreign object debris shields are installed and a borescope inspection is conducted on...