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Five Up in 11 Months
Five Up in 11 Months

With the launch of SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) on Saturday, January 31, a total of five NASA missions to…

Super View of Glendale and Phoenix
Super View of Glendale and Phoenix

One of the Expedition 35 crew members on the International Space Station used a still camera with a 400 millimeter…

Cloud Streets in the Bering Sea
Cloud Streets in the Bering Sea

Ice, wind, cold temperatures and ocean waters combined to created dramatic cloud formations over the Bering Sea in late January,…

Delta II Two-stage Launch Vehicle
Delta II Two-stage Launch Vehicle

Jan. 31, 2015 -- The two-stage Delta II launch vehicle is launched from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air…

SMAP Takes to the Skies
SMAP Takes to the Skies

A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) observatory onboard is seen in this…

Propellant Loaded for Delta II
Propellant Loaded for Delta II

Jan. 31, 2015 -- At Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, liquid oxygen propellant is…

Gantry Roll Back for SMAP
Gantry Roll Back for SMAP

Jan. 30, 2015 -- The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with…

NASA Supercomputer Assists the Hunt for Exomoons
NASA Supercomputer Assists the Hunt for Exomoons

NASA Supercomputer Assists the Hunt for Exomoons

CALIPSO Laser Flash
CALIPSO Laser Flash

CALIPSO lasers flash brightly in the Colorado sky on January 27, 2015.

President Truman Presents Collier Trophy to Lewis Rodert
President Truman Presents Collier Trophy to Lewis Rodert

President Harry Truman presents the 1946 Collier Trophy to the NACA's Lewis Rodert for the wartime development of a thermal…