
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.