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Flooding from Tsunami near Sendai, Japan
Flooding from Tsunami near Sendai, Japan

NASA’s Terra satellite’s first view of northeastern Japan in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami reveal extensive flooding…

Graphic of DRELFGE on G-III Wing
Graphic of DRELFGE on G-III Wing

This computer–generated graphic shows what the DRELFGE laminar-flow wing glove looked like and how it was placed on the G-III…

DRELFGE Laminar-Flow Experiment
DRELFGE Laminar-Flow Experiment

The DREFLGE laminar-flow wing glove was placed on the left wing of NASA Dryden’s Gulfstream G-III No. 804 in the…

DRELFGE Laminar-Flow Experiment
DRELFGE Laminar-Flow Experiment

NASA engineer Ethan Baumann and the Gulfstream G-III research aircraft that was used for the Discrete Roughness Elements Laminar Flow…

Anaglyph of Vesta Model
Anaglyph of Vesta Model

This anaglyph – best viewed through red-blue glasses – shows a 3-D model of the protoplanet Vesta, using scientists’ best…

Canadian Aurora Resulting from March 7 Solar Flare
Canadian Aurora Resulting from March 7 Solar Flare

A G1-class geomagnetic storm, resulting from a coronal mass ejection glancing strike, set off by an M3 class solar flare…

MESSENGER in Orbit
MESSENGER in Orbit

An artist’s concept shows the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit around Mercury.

Leak Test
Leak Test

The SOFIA aircraft is bathed by water from Air Force Plant 42 fire department trucks, outside its hangar at Dryden’s…

Voyagers in the Heliosheath
Voyagers in the Heliosheath

This artist’s concept shows NASA’s two Voyager spacecraft exploring a turbulent region of space known as the heliosheath, the outer…

Nature’s Drilling Exposes Deeply Buried Minerals
Nature’s Drilling Exposes Deeply Buried Minerals

This image shows the context for orbital observations of exposed rocks that had been buried an estimated 5 kilometers (3…