
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. in his silver Mercury spacesuit during pre- flight training activities at Cape Canaveral.

The Alternative Fuel Effects on Contrails and Cruise Emissions, or ACCESS II, research campaign now underway in California involves ground…

A sokol suit helmet can be seen against the window of the Soyuz TMA-11M capsule shortly after the spacecraft landed…

The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft’s docking probe is seen just after separation from the International Space Station.

The Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft’s docking probe is seen just after separation from the International Space Station.

Flight Directors Dina Contella and Tomas Gonzalez-Torres look at monitors in the space station flight control room.

Norm Knight, chief of the Flight Director Office at the Johnson Space Center, monitors activities aboard the International Space Station…

Flight Director Dina Contella (foreground) and Orbit 3 CAPCOM Christie Bertels are involved in the undocking of the Soyuz TMA-11M.

CAPCOM Christie Bertels talks with Expedition 39 and 40 crew members involved in the undocking of the Soyuz TMA-11M.

A typical model test using the NASA Ames 60-MW arc heater. For More specifications, see Arc Jets