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Building A Big Rocket Fuel Tank
Building A Big Rocket Fuel Tank

Technicians prepare the 18-foot-diameter (5.5-meter) tank during manufacturing at the Boeing Developmental Center in Tukwila, Wash.

Tank Manufacturing
Tank Manufacturing

A robot heats advanced composite materials to form the skin of a composite tank designed to hold super cold propellants.

Hardy Star Survives Supernova Blast
Hardy Star Survives Supernova Blast

This hardy star within a supernova remnant is located in a region of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small companion…

Getting Ready To Ride Inside The Super Guppy
Getting Ready To Ride Inside The Super Guppy

One of the largest composite rocket propellant tanks ever manufactured is prepared for transport on NASA’s Super Guppy airplane.

Coastal Flooding in New Zealand, Early March
Coastal Flooding in New Zealand, Early March

By March 6, 2014, skies over New Zealand’s South Island had cleared enough after a powerful storm for the Moderate…

Steve Swanson Takes a Spin in a Rotating Chair
Steve Swanson Takes a Spin in a Rotating Chair

Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA takes a spin in a rotating chair.

Steve Swanson on a Tilt Table
Steve Swanson on a Tilt Table

Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA takes a turn on a tilt table.

Expedition 39/40 Crew Takes a Stroll
Expedition 39/40 Crew Takes a Stroll

Expedition 39/40 takes a stroll down the Walk of Cosmonauts.

Steve Swanson Plants a Tree
Steve Swanson Plants a Tree

Assisted by backup crew member Barry Wilmore of NASA, Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (right) plants a…

Expedition 39/40 Crew Planting Trees
Expedition 39/40 Crew Planting Trees

Expedition 39/40 are planting trees bearing their names in a traditional ceremony.