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The Osprey Has Landed
The Osprey Has Landed

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an adult osprey guards its young in a nest built on a platform…

X-24B
X-24B

EC75-4806 John Manke with X-24B NASA research pilot John Manke with the X-24B lifting body after a 1975 flight. Manke’s…

X-24B Lifting Body Flares for Landing
X-24B Lifting Body Flares for Landing

With NASA F-104 and T-38 chase planes keeping pace, the X-24B lifting body flares for landing on the main runway…

NASA Research Pilot John Manke with X-24B Lifting Body
NASA Research Pilot John Manke with X-24B Lifting Body

NASA research pilot John Manke with the X-24B lifting body on the bed of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air…

NASA Research Pilot John Manke with X-24B Lifting Body
NASA Research Pilot John Manke with X-24B Lifting Body

John Manke with the X-24B lifting body after a 1975 flight.

Rhea’s Return
Rhea’s Return

Rhea emerges … After being occulted by the larger moon Titan. Occultation is a celestial event in which a larger…

July 2011 – Space Shuttle Retired
July 2011 – Space Shuttle Retired

After 30 years, Space Shuttle Atlantis lands at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the last time, marking an end to…

July 2011 – Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Retired
July 2011 – Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Retired

After 45 years of service, the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) was retired. MILA had tracked hundreds of launches and…

MEDLI and MSL Heatshield
MEDLI and MSL Heatshield

NASA Langley’s Mars Entry, Descent and Landing Instrument (MEDLI) – black box, middle left – is one step closer to…

Through the Clouds
Through the Clouds

Photographed from a shuttle training aircraft, space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member STS-134 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous…