The primary science objective of the TIMED mission is to understand the energy transfer into and out of the Mesosphere…
Artist’s concept of the TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) spacecraft in orbit above the Earth, with light from…
In the clean room at Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare the New Horizons spacecraft for a…
With the sun on the horizon, NASA’s DC-8 flies over Antarctica’s Weddell Sea on Oct. 28 during a Fall 2010…
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center pilots Troy Asher (left) and Bill Brockett (right) flew NASA’s DC-8 research aircraft during NASA’s…
Xenon lights illuminate space shuttle Discovery on Launch Pad 39A following the retraction of the rotating service structure. The structure…
Oct. 18, 2010: Four satellites sit atop a Minotaur IV launch vehicle at Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska. Clockwise from front…
Robonaut 2, a dexterous, humanoid astronaut helper, will fly to the International Space Station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the…
Oct. 18, 2010: Technicians working in support of the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s Space Test Program S26 launch lift the…
Vertical structures, among the tallest seen in Saturn’s main rings, rise abruptly from the edge of Saturn’s B ring to…