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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

NASA exhibits coordinator Mary Ann Harness from the Dryden Flight Research Center provides information on NASA Aeronautics to attendees of…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

Ron Strong, a SOFIA telescope technician at NASA’s Ames Research Center, explains elements of the infrared telescope carried onboard the…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

The colorful and unique butterfly balloon was one of the new special-shape balloons this year at the 2011 Albuquerque International…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

Colorful hot-air balloons filled the skies during a mass ascension on the second day of the 40th annual Albuquerque Balloon…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

Amidst a throng of spectators, the Bee Family special-shape hot-air balloons lift off during the 2011 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

NASA’s inflatable half-scale F/A-18 exhibit model blended in with the hot air balloons at the 2011 International Balloon Fiesta in…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

“Star Wars” storm troopers – actually members of the Darth Vader hot air balloon crew – meet another alien in…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

A colorful panoply of hot-air balloons filled the skies on the second day of the 40th annual International Balloon Fiesta…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

If Darth Vader of “Star Wars” fame lost his head, he could find it at the 2011 Albuquerque International Balloon…

Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1

On Oct. 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 successfully launched and entered Earth’s orbit. Thus, began the space age. The successful launch…