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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s View of Tycho Central Peak
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s View of Tycho Central Peak

In honor of the fifth anniversary of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), the public selected this image of Tycho Central…

Astronauts Watch the World Cup Aboard the International Space Station
Astronauts Watch the World Cup Aboard the International Space Station

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Steve Swanson and ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst take a break to watch ten minutes of live…

ISS Assembly Mission 2A.1
ISS Assembly Mission 2A.1

Space Shuttle Discovery with the STS-96 crew delivered and outfitted the International Space Station with logistics and supplies. A Russian…

ISS Assembly Mission 2A
ISS Assembly Mission 2A

Space Shuttle Endeavour delivered the Unity Node with two pressurized mating adapters. On Dec. 6, 1998, the STS-88 crew captured…

ISS Assembly Mission 1 A/R
ISS Assembly Mission 1 A/R

The Zarya Control Module was launched atop a Russian Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 20, 1998. Zarya…

M2-F2
M2-F2

The first flight of the M2-F2 – which looked much like the M2-F1 – occurred on July 12, 1966 with…

Turning Down the Volume on Rocket Noise
Turning Down the Volume on Rocket Noise

A 5-percent scale model, including solid rocket motors, of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is ignited to test how low-…

ISS Assembly Mission 2A.2a
ISS Assembly Mission 2A.2a

The STS-101 crew readied the International Space Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module. Four new batteries, 10…

G-III 804 Loads Tests for ACTE Flight Research
G-III 804 Loads Tests for ACTE Flight Research

Armstrong lead engineering tech Aaron Rumsey adjusted a rubber contact pad between the wing of NASA’s G-III and a load…

Loads Tests on G-III 804 for Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge Research
Loads Tests on G-III 804 for Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge Research

Three airbags supported NASA’s G-III in the Armstrong Flight Loads Lab, thus isolating the airplane’s landing gear to prevent interference…