The long, slender wings of General Atomics Altair UAV are in evidence during a series of climatic and environmental monitoring…
Terrence Hertz, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, at the NOAA/NASA Altair flight demonstration kickoff.
A pilot for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems guides the Altair remotely operated aircraft from a ground control station using both…
A satellite antenna, electro-optical/infrared, and ocean color sensors (front) were among payloads installed on the Altair for the NOAA-NASA UAV…
When a star is born, they possess all the weight they will ever have their entire lives. Why? Good questions.
Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn’s northern latitudes in this true color view. The…
In a dazzling and dramatic portrait painted by the Sun, the long thin shadows of Saturn’s rings sweep across the…
A coronal mass ejection that sent plasma hurtling toward space erupted Jan. 1, 2005 from the sunspot designated Active Region…
A view of the Aurora Australis as taken by NASA’s IMAGE satellite on Jan. 7, 2005.
NASA’s B-52B mothership launch aircraft served as the backdrop at its retirement ceremony on Dec. 17, 2004.
