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NASA image: CHART - LINE DRAWING - GEMINI PARASAIL DEPLOYMENT
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Sep 1, 1963

CHART - LINE DRAWING - GEMINI PARASAIL DEPLOYMENT

S63-12019 (1963) --- Artist concept for Gemini parasail deployment showing re-entry, drogue chute deployment, and...

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NASA image: Webb Telescope Post-Deployment Media Briefing
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Jan 8, 2022

Webb Telescope Post-Deployment Media Briefing

Webb Telescope Post-Deployment Media Briefing from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, MD on January...

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NASA image: High Speed of FBC Deployment
Video
Nov 23, 2024

High Speed of FBC Deployment

The Orion Crew Module, also known as the Orion Environmental Test Article (ETA), returned to NASA’s Neil Armstrong...

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NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

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NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

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NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

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NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

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NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT
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Jan 26, 2014

STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER DEPLOYMENT

PATHWAYS INTERN ALEXANDRA BOEHM, AND JACOBS INTERN, PEYTON NELSON DEMONSTRATE STEERABLE AIR BEARING TETHER...

MSFC
NASA image: Deployment of the PAMS-STU
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May 22, 1996

Deployment of the PAMS-STU

S77-E-5068 (22 May 1996) --- The Satellite Test Unit (STU), part of the Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized...

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NASA image: Deployment of the PAMS-STU
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May 22, 1996

Deployment of the PAMS-STU

S77-E-5067 (22 May 1996) --- The Satellite Test Unit (STU), part of the Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized...

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NASA image: Deployment of the PAMS-STU
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May 22, 1996

Deployment of the PAMS-STU

S77-E-5069 (22 May 1996) --- The Satellite Test Unit (STU), part of the Passive Aerodynamically Stabilized...

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NASA image: Pegasus ICON Solar Array Deployment Test
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Aug 10, 2019

Pegasus ICON Solar Array Deployment Test

Pegasus ICON Solar Array Deployment Test

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NASA image: Aquarius Deployment Test
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Apr 19, 2011

Aquarius Deployment Test

Aquarius reflector deployment is tested in the clean room at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

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NASA image: Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment
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Feb 6, 2024

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

Europa Clipper Solar Wing Deployment

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NASA image: Webb Telescope Secondary Mirror Deployment - Operational Coverage
Video
Jan 5, 2022

Webb Telescope Secondary Mirror Deployment - Operational Coverage

Webb Telescope Secondary Mirror Deployment - Operational Coverage; Michelle Thaller, NASA/GSFC Office of...

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NASA image: Deployment of "Parasol" solar shield
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May 26, 1973

Deployment of "Parasol" solar shield

S73-26773 (26 May 1973) --- The deployment of the ?parasol? solar shield, a sunshade to help cool the overheated...

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NASA image: Juno Solar Panel Deployment Test
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Oct 13, 2009

Juno Solar Panel Deployment Test

Technicians test the deployment of one of the three massive solar arrays that power NASA Juno spacecraft.

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How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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