GALEX was an orbiting ultraviolet space telescope that conducted local universe investigations, star formation history investigations, and many corollary surveys.Mission…
The GOES program is a key element of National Weather Service (NWS) operations providing continuous satellite monitoring of the Earth’s…
Technology Development at NASA provides the onramp for new space technologies, creating a pipeline that matures them from early-stage through…
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden poses with an all-girl engineering team that participated in the White House Science Fair. “Team Rocket…
The Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft heatshield. This was the largest thermal protection heatshield made from PICA sections and performed perfectly…
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A North American P-51D Mustang (the P meaning pursuit), redesignated as an F-51 Mustang (with the F standing for fighter),…
his panoramic image, which shows parts of Chile and Argentina, and which was exposed with an 80mm lens from the…
GRACE provides highly accurate measurements of the gravitational field of the Earth, and determines how this field varies with time.Launch:…