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Captive Carry Flight of Dream Chaser
Captive Carry Flight of Dream Chaser

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser engineering test spacecraft was suspended from a cable from a large helicopter during its captive…

Sikorsky S-64 Sky Crane Helicopter used for Captive Carry Flight
Sikorsky S-64 Sky Crane Helicopter used for Captive Carry Flight

A Sikorsky S-64 Sky Crane helicopter operated by Erickson Air Crane lifted Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser test spacecraft into the…

The Barred Sculptor Galaxy
The Barred Sculptor Galaxy

The spectacular swirling arms and central bar of the Sculptor galaxy are revealed in this new view from NASA’s Spitzer…

The Tortured Clouds of Eta Carinae
The Tortured Clouds of Eta Carinae

Massive stars can wreak havoc on their surroundings, as can be seen in this new view of the Carina nebula…

James Webb Telescope ‘Backbone’ Arrives at Marshall for Testing
James Webb Telescope ‘Backbone’ Arrives at Marshall for Testing

Crews unload the James Webb Space Telescope’s “backplane,” which was flown aboard a Lockheed C-5 airplane to NASA’s Marshall Space…

James Webb Telescope ‘Backbone’ Arrives at Marshall for Testing
James Webb Telescope ‘Backbone’ Arrives at Marshall for Testing

The James Webb Space Telescope’s primary backplane support has arrived for testing at the Marshall Center’s X-ray and Cryogenic Test…

NASA Astronaut and Research Pilot Gordon Fullerton Flies His Final Mission
NASA Astronaut and Research Pilot Gordon Fullerton Flies His Final Mission

Long-time NASA Dryden research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying career, including more than…

Three More James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirrors Arrive at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Three More James Webb Space Telescope Primary Mirrors Arrive at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

Three of the 18 James Webb Space Telescope’s primary mirrors arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.…

Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula
Comets Kick up Dust in Helix Nebula

This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Helix nebula, a cosmic starlet often photographed by amateur astronomers…

Dream Chaser Captive Carry Tests
Dream Chaser Captive Carry Tests

An Erickson Air-Crane helicopter lifts Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser flight vehicle during a captive-carry flight test. The test was…