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The forward heat shield is seen in the foreground of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft landing zone shortly...
Langley engineers stack the forward, mid, and aft, or rear, segments of flight re-entry vehicle for Bernard Kutter’s...
On March 15, the base heat shield for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner was freshly installed on the bottom of Spacecraft 1...
With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA's Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Doug Buford, with the Aft Engine shop, works at removing a heat shield on Columbia, in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Doug Buford, with the Aft Engine shop, works at removing a heat shield on Columbia, in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Doug Buford (top), with the Aft Engine shop, along with another worker, removes a heat...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Doug Buford, with the Aft Engine shop, removes a heat shield on one of Columbia's...
In this illustration of its descent to Mars, the spacecraft containing NASA's Perseverance rover slows down using...
In the Tile Fabrication Shop, Tony Rollins, with United Space Alliance, cuts a High-Temperature Reusable Surface...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Columbia's engine no. 2 is about to be removed....
Boeing CST-100 Starliner’s forward heat shield jettisons from a test article during the vehicle’s final balloon drop...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia's engine no. 2 is about to be pulled from the orbiter. After small cracks...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Columbia's engine no. 2 is seen at left after its...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, engine technicians position the "stinger" into...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia's no. 2 engine, removed from the orbiter, is lowered toward the floor of the...
NASA's Orion spacecraft floats in the Pacific Ocean after splashdown from its first flight test in Earth orbit. The...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, Columbia's engine no. 2 is seen at left after its...
U.S. Navy personnel aboard a rigid hull inflatable boat help recover NASA's Orion spacecraft following its...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- NASA's Orion spacecraft floats in the Pacific Ocean after splashdown from its first flight test...
The aeroshell containing NASA's Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- U.S. Navy personnel aboard a rigid hull inflatable boat help recover NASA's Orion spacecraft...
The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center...
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jettison system of its CST-100 spacecraft at the...