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Apollo 13 Crew Portrait
Apollo 13 Crew Portrait

NASA’s Apollo 13 was slated to be the United States’ third lunar landing mission. It launched April 11, 1970, at…

TWINS Orbit
TWINS Orbit

The highly elliptical orbit of TWINS offers a good view of the ring current – a hula hoop of charged…

STS-1 Launch
STS-1 Launch

On April 12, 1981, astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen launched into space on space shuttle Columbia on the STS-1…

Aerodynamic Truck: Semi-Boat Tail
Aerodynamic Truck: Semi-Boat Tail

Airflow testing on aerodynamic truck body. This slab-sided aluminum body was mounted over a standard van during research in applying…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

The newly arrived Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is seen through the platforms of the mate-demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility…

Chaos in Orion
Chaos in Orion

Baby stars are creating chaos 1,500 light-years away in the cosmic cloud of the Orion Nebula. Four massive stars make…

Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft Arrives at Kennedy

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft glides down the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.…

Concept, ‘Heart’ of the Deep Space Atomic Clock
Concept, ‘Heart’ of the Deep Space Atomic Clock

A computer-aided design, or CAD, drawing of the linear ion trap of the clock – the “heart” of the Deep…

SCA 905 departs Edwards for Discovery Ferry Flight
SCA 905 departs Edwards for Discovery Ferry Flight

NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 climbs into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base April 10, 2012.

SCA 905 departs Edwards for Discovery Ferry Flight
SCA 905 departs Edwards for Discovery Ferry Flight

NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 climbs into the morning sky after takeoff from Edwards Air Force Base April 10, 2012.