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With a laser beam centered on its panel of photovoltaic cells, a lightweight model plane makes the first flight of...
Powered by a laser beam directed at it from a center pedestal, a lightweight model plane makes the first flight of...
With a laser beam centered on its solar panel, a lightweight model aircraft is checked out by technician Tony...
The SELENE Optics project was designed to send powerful laser beams into space to repower satellites and to recharge...
A team of NASA researchers from Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and Dryden Flight Research center have proven...
NASA Dryden project engineer Dave Bushman carefully aims the optics of a laser device at a solar cell panel on a...
Richard Lancashire operates a gas laser interferometer in the Electric Conversion Laboratory at the National...
In this infrared photograph, the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) at NASA Jet Propulsion...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center researcher Americo Forestieri aims a ruby...
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance rover uses its Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL)...
The Aerosciences Evaluation and Test Capabilities (AETC) Portfolio implemented the Capability Challenge “Optical...
This infrared photograph shows the uplink laser beacon for NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
The goal of the CHOMPTT mission is to demonstrate new technologies that could be used for navigation and satellite...
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center's Interstellar Propulsion Research department are proposing different...
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) Interstellar Propulsion Research department are proposing...
Workers in a clean room in Cannes, France, load the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite into a...
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is shown in orbit over Earth in this...
The new international satellite mission called Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) — slated for launch in late...
Members of the international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission test one of the antennas for the...