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InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)
InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport)

InSight studies the processes that shaped the rocky planets of the inner solar system by studying Mars’ interior structure.Launch: May…

HL-10
HL-10

The HL-10 was one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body Research Program. It was a NASA design and…

Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)

IRIS traces the flow of energy and plasma through the chromosphere and transition region into the corona of the Sun…

Chandra Celebrates 15th Anniversary: Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8
Chandra Celebrates 15th Anniversary: Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8

At a distance of about 20,000 light years, G292.0+1.8 is one of only three supernova remnants in the Milky Way…

NASA’s Webb Sunshield Stacks Up to Test!
NASA’s Webb Sunshield Stacks Up to Test!

For the first time, engineers stacked and unfurled a full-sized test unit of the Sunshield and it worked perfectly.

HL-10
HL-10

The HL-10 was one of five aircraft built in the Lifting Body Research Program. It was a NASA design and…

Orion Launch Abort System Rotated to Vertical Position
Orion Launch Abort System Rotated to Vertical Position

The completed launch abort system for Orion’s first launch in December was rotated into a vertical position on July 25,…

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Frank Batteas is a research test pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Flight Research Pilots
Flight Research Pilots

Jim Smolka is a research test pilot and director of the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center,…

Inflatable Solar Array Technology Packs Incredible Power In Small Package
Inflatable Solar Array Technology Packs Incredible Power In Small Package

NASA engineers recently built and tested a large, inflatable solar array with the potential to provide affordable, lightweight power for…