One of two F-16XL prototype aircraft, on loan from the Air Force, was used by NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center,…
The “strip-a-tubing” pressure belts are shown close-up on the right wing of NASA’s single-seat F-16XL (ship #1) used for the…
The South Sandwich Islands, in the far southern Atlantic Ocean, are often shrouded with thick cloud, making it difficult to…
In the early 1980s, a Schweizer SGS 1-36 sailplane was modified for the NASA controlled, deep-stall flight program. The aircraft…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover completed a shallow “mini drill” activity on April 29, 2014, as part of evaluating a rock…
M51 is a spiral galaxy, about 30 million light years away, that is in the process of merging with a…
Comet 209P/LINEAR shines faintly among the stars of Ursa Major on April 30, 2014.
A wish-bone shaped display of Aurora Australis over the Indian Ocean serves as a very colorful backdrop for the SpaceX…
Saturn’s rings cast shadows on the planet, but the shadows appear to be inside out!
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, along with Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan (out of frame), was in a standby mode to perform…