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One of NASA's two F-15 research aircraft gets refueled in mid-air over Lake Isabella from a USAF KC-135 tanker while...
Clad in thermal protection suits, fire/rescue crew aid a volunteer "Injured astronaut" to a head-first ride down the...
Air Force fire/rescue crew enter the space shuttle cabin mockup hatch to evacuate the shuttle crew during a shuttle...
Complete with makeup to simulate facial injuries, a volunteer "astronaut" is tended to by aeromedical rescue staff...
Air Force rescue team members load the volunteer "injured astronaut" on a stretcher into a Blackhawk helicopter for...
Air Force fire/rescue crew place a volunteer "injured astronaut" on a stretcher after exiting the shuttle cabin...
STS044-32-030 (24 Nov-1 Dec 1991) --- STS-44 Commander Frederick D. Gregory wears a cap honoring his alma mater, the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse stands in the midst of space-age structures, a monolith born in...
The Eclipse projectís modified QF-106 under tow by a USAF C-141A.
FLAC (USAF 55% Scale) Model, Machine Shop N-220 .
S85-39868 (1985) --- William A. Pailes (Major USAF), Payload specialist on 51J.
FLAC (USAF 55% Scale) Model, Machine Shop N-220 . fitting wing panels (with Cesar Acosta)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- CCMTA, NASA:MERCURY, Pad 14 Mercury Atlas-6 with Capsule #13. Photo credit: NASA/USAF
FLAC (USAF 55% Scale) Model, Machine Shop N-220 . fitting wing panels with Paul Scharmen
FLAC (USAF 55% Scale) Model, Machine Shop N-220 . fitting wing panels (with Jerry Holmes & Bill Moreland)
FLAC (USAF 55% Scale) Model, Machine Shop N-220 . fitting wing panels (with Cesar Acosta)
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman conducts a formation flight with two of his personal F-5 aircraft, piloted by...
FLAC (USAF 55% Scale) Model, Machine Shop N-220 . Phelum Chambers, outward & upward blowing slots, feed manifolds...
A panel session on the first day of the 37th Space Congress presents "50 Years of Space Exploration."...
A panel session on the first day of the 37th Space Congress presents "50 Years of Space Exploration."...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft inside the service structure at Space Launch Complex-2 at...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is positioned atop a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2...
General Lester L. Lyles, USAF (Ret.) NASA Advisory Council member, listens during a meeting of the council at the...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is positioned atop a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2...