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NASA researcher Dr. Donald Frazier uses a blue laser shining through a quartz window into a special mix of chemicals...
NASA research Dr. Donald Frazier uses a blue laser shining through a quartz window into a special mix of chemicals...
jsc2020e003407 (9/27/2019) --- A preflight image of the Polymer Convection investigation the the Microgravity...
Looking for a faster computer? How about an optical computer that processes data streams simultaneously and works...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A film camera is set in place on a newly installed five-meter focal length telescope in...
How might lasers revolutionize deep space communications? NASA will test high-bandwidth laser (or optical)...
S72-49482 (November 1972) --- The Optical Recorder of the Lunar Sounder Experiment (S-209) which will be mounted in...
S48-E-013 (15 Sept 1991) --- The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) in the payload bay of the earth-...
S48-E-007 (12 Sept 1991) --- Astronaut James F. Buchli, mission specialist, catches snack crackers as they float in...
NASA image release August 23, 2012 What looks like a giant golden spider weaving a web of cables and cords, is...
NASA image acquired November 11-12, 2012. On November 12, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite...
Houston, We Have a Podcast! Welcome to the official podcast of NASA Johnson Space Center, Episode 404: CHAPEA...
Ep396_The Art of Astronaut Photography Joseph Zakrzewski Houston, We Have a Podcast. Welcome to the official podcast...