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The Landsat Data Continuity Mission launched on February 11, 2013, from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard an Atlas...
This animation shows the return capsule separating from the Stardust spacecraft.
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians carry the separation system, at left,...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare the AIM spacecraft for...
Technicians secure NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) on the spacecraft separation system May 9, 2018, in...
Technicians prepare NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) to be attached to the spacecraft separation system...
This image combines two separate views of the giant asteroid Vesta obtained by NASA Dawn spacecraft. The data reveal...
This is an artist concept of the Planck spacecraft. Planck was launched with the Herschel spacecraft, though the two...
AS08-16-2584 (21 Dec. 1968) --- This is a photograph taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking back at the Saturn V...
art002m1200912231B (April 1, 2026) - A few minutes into the fight of NASA’s Artemis II mission is a view of the...
art002m1200912239B_Core-Seperation_SAW2 - Eight minutes into the flight of NASA’s Artemis II mission, the core stage...
art002m1200912231A (April 1, 2026) - A few minutes into the fight of NASA’s Artemis II mission is a view of the...
During its flight, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon. Separate images of the Earth and...
The Los Angeles Basin is bordered on the north by the San Gabriel Mountains. Other smaller basins are separated by...
This artist concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the separation of an Earth entry vehicle,...
A four-panel frame shows a section of Jupiter north equatorial belt viewed by NASA Cassini spacecraft at four...
The Onboard Scientific Imaging System OSIRIS on the European Space Agency Rosetta spacecraft captured this parting...
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory GRAIL mission utilizes the technique of twin spacecraft flying in...
This is an artist concept of NASA NuSTAR spacecraft which has a 10-meter mast that deploys after launch to separate...
This image obtained by NASA Stardust spacecraft shows a side of the nucleus of comet Tempel 1 that has never been...
Saturn F ring often appears to do things other rings dont. In this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft, a strand of...
The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory GRAIL mission utilizes the technique of twin spacecraft flying in...