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The capsule contains cometary and interstellar samples gathered by NASA Stardust spacecraft. Here, the capsule is...
This animation shows the return capsule separating from the Stardust spacecraft.
Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann (right) and Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Chief of...
Stennis Space Center Director Patrick Scheuermann (right) and Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command Chief of...
The capsule contains cometary and interstellar samples gathered by NASA Stardust spacecraft.
Stardust Capsule Return as seen from NASA DC-8 Airborne Laboratory with a mission to explore the conditions during...
The Space X capsule being tested at NASA Langley’s Splash Test Basin. A series of drop tests into the Hydro Impact...
The Space X capsule being tested at NASA Langley’s Splash Test Basin. A series of drop tests into the Hydro Impact...
Mercury capsule in Spin Tunnel
Mercury capsule in Spin Tunnel
Caption: Off the pad abort shot at Wallops using Langley PARD designed full scale capsule with Recruit rocket and...
S63-19319 (October 1963) --- Pen and ink drawing of a proposed arrangement for a Pig Capsule in Little Joe capsule...
L59-4073 A model of the Mercury capsule undergoes flotation tests. -- Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th...
Practicing with a full-scale model of the Gemini Capsule in Langley's Rendezvous Docking Simulator. -- Caption and...
S88-31374 (29 April 1961) --- A close-up of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his space suit with his helmet on...
Mercury capsule model (Pohlhamus).
Space Station Freedom option A showing two Soyuz Assured Crew Return Vehicle (ACRV) capsules docked at berthing ports.
Technicians prepare a full-scale capsule which would be used for the first rocket-launching on March 11, 1959. The...
Artist rendering of NASA Stardust capsule returning to Earth. The Stardust spacecraft will bring back samples of...
A mechanic at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center prepares the inverted...
Video of testing and transportation of an Orion capsule test article at the Langley Research Center. This video won...
The capsule ready to be installed in the nose cone of Jupiter, AM-18, for pre-flight test, May 18, 1959. The capsule...
Ablation Test of Mercury Capsule
Ablation Test of Mercury Capsule