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Shown here at Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah, in November, 2023, the six...
Animations for media and public use. These animation sequences show NASA’s Lunar Flashlight SmallSat deploying in...
The first pair of the agency’s TROPICS (Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity...
The Close Orbiting Propellant Plume Elemental Recognition (COPPER) was developed by students from St. Louis...
Students Alex Diaz and Riki Munakata of California Polytechnic State University testing the LightSail CubeSat....
CAPE-2: Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment – ELaNa IV CAPE-2 was developed by students from the University of...
NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats...
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off Launch Complex 1, Pad B, in Māhia, New Zealand on May 8 at 1 p.m. New Zealand...
Technicians prepare NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a...
Technicians place NASA’s Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a...
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. NASA’s Time-Resolved...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Scott Higginbotham, NASA mission manager for Educational Launch of...
A wet dress rehearsal is underway for Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on...
A wet dress rehearsal is underway for Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on...
A wet dress rehearsal is underway for Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on...
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand. NASA’s Time-Resolved...
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off Launch Complex 1, Pad B, in Māhia, New Zealand on May 8 at 1 p.m. New Zealand...
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket stands on Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, just ahead of liftoff at 3:46...
Two CubeSats are encapsulated at the Rocket Lab facility in Mahia, New Zealand, on April 24, 2023, in preparation...
Rocket Lab’s Electron payload fairing is in view inside a processing facility near Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New...
Two CubeSats are encapsulated at the Rocket Lab facility in Mahia, New Zealand, on April 24, 2023, in preparation...
Technicians check Rocket Lab’s Electron payload fairing inside a processing facility near Launch Complex 1 in Mahia,...
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket is poised for launch atop Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand. Launch time...
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket soars upward after liftoff from Pad B, Launch Complex 1, in Māhia, New Zealand, at...