
The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis gives the “all’s well” thumb’s-up sign after leaving the 100-ton orbiter following their…

At NASA’s Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, CA, technicians begin the task of mounting…

NASA’s F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, also known as the “Silk Purse,” performs a thrust vectoring test in afterburner in…

NASA’s B-52 research aircraft deploys an experimental drag chute just after landing the runway at the Dryden Flight Research Center,…

An aerial view of NASA’s B-52 research aircraft deploying an experimental drag chute just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake,…

An experimental drag chute deploys amidst a cloud of dust behind NASA’s B-52 research aircraft just after landing on Rogers…

A close-up of an experimental drag chute deploying in a cloud of dust behind NASA’s B-52 research aircraft just after…

A rear view of NASA’s B-52 research aircraft deploying an experimental drag chute just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake,…

Hubble’s first image, taken in 1990.

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was the first mission to be launched as part of the Great Observatories program. HST…