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XF-92A
XF-92A

By the late 1930s, it was clear that traditional straight wings and relatively thick airfoils were not suitable for flight…

Solar Dynamics Observatory Shows Sun’s Rainbow of Wavelengths
Solar Dynamics Observatory Shows Sun’s Rainbow of Wavelengths

This still image was taken from a new NASA movie of the sun based on data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics…

Galactic Metropolis
Galactic Metropolis

The collection of red dots seen near the center of this image show one of several very distant galaxy clusters…

Orbital-1 Mission Preps for Launch
Orbital-1 Mission Preps for Launch

An Orbital Science Corporation Antares rocket is seen on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2013 as it is rolled out to launch…

Artists at Work
Artists at Work

Saturn’s moons create art on the canvas of Saturn’s rings with gravity as their tool. Here Prometheus is seen sculpting…

Putting the Big Chill on Propellant
Putting the Big Chill on Propellant

The Cryogenic Propellant Storage and Transfer (CPST) Project has conducted several technology demonstration tests in the Small Multi-purpose Research Facility…

Doubling Down With Rare White Dwarf Systems
Doubling Down With Rare White Dwarf Systems

New observations from Chandra may help depict white dwarf systems and predict what may happen to them in the future.

James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Waterfall
James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Waterfall

This shiny silver “waterfall” is actually the five layers of the full-scale engineering model of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope…

Launch of Apollo 8
Launch of Apollo 8

The December 21, 1968 launch of Apollo 8 (AS-503) from Cape Kennedy, Fla. was the beginning of a mission designed…

Test Article for Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor Project
Test Article for Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor Project

NASA engineers buckled an aluminum-lithium cylinder similar in size to fuel tanks for the largest rockets ever built.