Technicians work on the Aquarius radiometer in a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The…
Technicians lower the cover over the shipping container holding the international Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research…
Aquarius 2.5m composite reflector being fitted with gold foil covering in a clean room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The…
Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, STS-8 mission specialist, assists Dr. William E. Thornton (out of frame) with a medical test that…
The STS-8 crew members pause for a crew photo at Pad 39A. They were about to participate in the STS-8…
With the placement of the test cell dome atop NASA’s new A-3 Test Stand at the John C. Stennis Space…
On March 29, 2011, Operation IceBridge flew between deep canyons and over glaciers along the northwest coast of Greenland. IceBridge,…
On May 5, 1961 Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. arrives at Grand Bahamas Island and is greeted by astronaut Virgil…
Commonly known simply as the shuttle, the orbiter is both the brains and heart of NASA’s Space Transportation System. Hence,…
A sky watcher from Fairbanks, Alaska took this photo at 1:20am on April 12, 2011.
