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Guppy
Guppy

Members of the flight and ground crews prepare to unload equipment from NASA’s B377SGT Super Guppy Transport cargo aircraft on…

View From Camera Not Used During Curiosity’s First Six Months on Mars
View From Camera Not Used During Curiosity’s First Six Months on Mars

This view of Curiosity’s left-front and left-center wheels and of marks made by wheels on the ground in the “Yellowknife…

The Universe Comes into Sharper Focus
The Universe Comes into Sharper Focus

This graphic illustrates the evolution of satellites designed to measure ancient light leftover from the big bang that created our…

An Astronaut’s View of the Colorado Plateau
An Astronaut’s View of the Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau spans northern Arizona, southern Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. This physiographic province is well known…

Breaking the Barrier
Breaking the Barrier

The Bell X-1 rocket plane was the first to break the supposed sound barrier (or Mach 1) on Oct. 14,…

Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight
Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight

Two retired NASA T-38 trainers mounted on a transport pallet atop a mobile transporter are positioned for loading aboard NASA’s…

Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight
Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight

As the Super Guppy in the background awaits its cargo, workmen secure the second retired T-38 to its transport pallet…

P-3B Starts the Day
P-3B Starts the Day

On March 21, 2013, the P-3B aircraft waits outside the hangar at Thule Air Base with the Greenland Ice sheet…

Let’s Twist Again
Let’s Twist Again

The X-53 was a modified F/A-18 fighter used for a joint Air Force, Boeing and NASA project called the Active…

Shhh. Be Very, Very Quiet.
Shhh. Be Very, Very Quiet.

NASA continued to explore new aircraft designs capable of reducing the noise level of sonic booms by test flying an…