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STS-37 Shuttle Crew of Atlantis after Edwards Landing
STS-37 Shuttle Crew of Atlantis after Edwards Landing

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

Mate-Demate Device
Mate-Demate Device

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

F/A-18 Performs Thrust Vectoring Test
F/A-18 Performs Thrust Vectoring Test

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

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

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

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

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

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

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

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

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

B-52 Stratofortress
B-52 Stratofortress

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

First Light
First Light

Hubble’s first image, taken in 1990.

April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Launched
April 1990 – Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Launched

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