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Space Launch System Core Stage: Vertical Weld Center
Space Launch System Core Stage: Vertical Weld Center

A barrel is lifted off the Vertical Weld Center (VWC) at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

Space Launch System Core Stage: Qualification Ring
Space Launch System Core Stage: Qualification Ring

Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans lower a qualification ring for the SLS core stage.

Liftoff! OCO-2 Heads to Orbit
Liftoff! OCO-2 Heads to Orbit

July 2, 2014 — A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite onboard…

America’s Rocket
America’s Rocket

NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, will be the most powerful rocket in history.

Advanced Solar Arrays: Powering Exploration
Advanced Solar Arrays: Powering Exploration

NASA’s Solar Electric Propulsion project.

Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Aboard Delta II Rocket
Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) Aboard Delta II Rocket

The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2…

Mach 4 to Pacific
Mach 4 to Pacific

Two members of the Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal team perch on the test vehicle used in the first flight of…

L-1011
L-1011

NASA has conducted the Adaptive Performance Optimization experiment aboard Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Lockheed L-1011-100. The program was developed by engineers…

SOFIA arrives in Germany for major maintenance
SOFIA arrives in Germany for major maintenance

NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flares for landing at Hamburg, Germany on June 28, 2014 following a long…