
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, tours Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Gilbert, Arizona facility including the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) satellite,…

The High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-1, launched on Aug. 12 1977, aboard an Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle.

This Perseid fireball meteor was observed in the skies over Chickamauga, Ga., on Aug. 11, 2013, at 2:14:49 a.m. EDT.…

This Perseid fireball meteor was observed in the skies over Chickamauga, Ga., on Aug. 11, 2013, at 2:14:49 a.m. EDT.…

NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Chris Cassidy are seen during rendezvous operations with the approaching “Kounotori” H2 Transfer Vehicle-4.

NASA astronauts Karen Nyberg and Chris Cassidy, both Expedition 36 flight engineers, are pictured at the robotic workstation in the…

NASA’s high-altitude ER-2 prepares for take off from the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, CA.

The ER-2 aircraft arrives at Ellington Field in Houston to prepare for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds, and…

The ER-2 aircraft arrives at Ellington Field in Houston to prepare for NASA’s Studies of Emissions, Atmospheric Composition, Clouds, and…