NASA’s Apollo 13 was slated to be the United States’ third lunar landing mission. It launched April 11, 1970, at…
The highly elliptical orbit of TWINS offers a good view of the ring current – a hula hoop of charged…
On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen launched into space on space shuttle Columbia on the STS-1…
Airflow testing on aerodynamic truck body. This slab-sided aluminum body was mounted over a standard van during research in applying…
The newly arrived Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is seen through the platforms of the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility…
Baby stars are creating chaos 1,500 light-years away in the cosmic cloud of the Orion Nebula. Four massive stars make…
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft glides down the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…
A computer-aided design, or CAD, drawing of the linear ion trap of the clock – the “heart” of the Deep…
NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 climbs into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base April 10, 2012.
NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 climbs into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base April 10, 2012.