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Preparing to Dip
Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, and NASA astronaut Nicole Mann prepare for the...
At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched atop the Space Launch System (SLS)...
At first glance a dry lake bed in the southern California desert seems like the last place to prepare to study ice....
NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft being prepared in the clean room at Wallops...
Opportunity Prepares for Egress
Preparation for Moving a Rock on Mars
Preparing for Lights Out on Mars
UP Aerospace employees preparing their SpaceLoft rocket to carry NASA technologies for testing in microgravity.
UP Aerospace employees preparing their SpaceLoft rocket to carry NASA technologies for testing in microgravity
UP Aerospace employees preparing their SpaceLoft rocket to carry NASA technologies for testing in microgravity.
UP Aerospace employees preparing their SpaceLoft rocket to carry NASA technologies for testing in microgravity.
UP Aerospace employees preparing their SpaceLoft rocket to carry NASA technologies for testing in microgravity.
To prepare the Perseverance rover for its date with Mars, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team conducted a wide array of...
The Orion Crew Module, also known as the Orion Environmental Test Article (ETA), returned to NASA’s Neil Armstrong...
From the volcanic fields of Arizona to the lunar-like landscape of Iceland, NASA scientists are actively preparing...
The addition of a Boeing 777 to NASA's science fleet brings a large platform for the newest laboratory in the sky. A...
NASA Dryden engineer Gary Cosentino prepares the X-48B for flight.
The Voyager 1 Golden Record is prepared for installation on the spacecraft in this archival image from 1977....
NASA engineer Gary Cosentino communicates with fellow X-48B flight team personnel in preparation for another flight.
Snow White Trench Prepared for Sample Collection
Preparing for Lights Out on Mars 3-D
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronaut Steve Swanson, a mission specialist for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The crew members for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space...