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SMAP Launch Postponed
SMAP Launch Postponed

Jan. 29, 2015 -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the launch of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or…

Mini Models Fire Up for SLS Base Heating Tests
Mini Models Fire Up for SLS Base Heating Tests

A 2-percent scale model of the Space Launch System core stage RS-25 engines, in the pictures at left, and a…

COSI Payload Tested on Super Pressure Balloon
COSI Payload Tested on Super Pressure Balloon

A NASA Super Pressure Balloon with the COSI payload is ready for launch from McMurdo, Antarctica.

Delta II Rocket With Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Onboard
Delta II Rocket With Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Onboard

A worker is seen preparing the launch gantry to be rolled back from the ULA Delta II rocket with the…

The NACA’s First Collier Trophy
The NACA’s First Collier Trophy

President Herbert Hoover presents the NACA's first Collier Trophy to Chairman Joseph Ames in 1929 for the NACA engine cowling.

Cowboy Joe
Cowboy Joe

Cowboy Joe (NACA High-Speed Flight Station test pilot Joseph Walker) and his steed (Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A) are pictured in…

Kepler-444: An Ancient System with Five Planets
Kepler-444: An Ancient System with Five Planets

The tightly packed system, named Kepler-444, is home to five small planets in very compact orbits that formed when the…

Developing a Daytime Star Tracker
Developing a Daytime Star Tracker

Wallops' engineer Scott Heatwole and team are developing a star tracker with the ability to locate stars during daylight hours.

Northeastern U.S. After the Snow
Northeastern U.S. After the Snow

This image shows the northeastern United States on Jan. 28, 2015, following intense winter weather in New England and the…

SpaceX Preps Pad Abort Test Vehicle
SpaceX Preps Pad Abort Test Vehicle

Engineers and technicians prepare the test version of the company's Crew Dragon for a pad abort test at Cape Canaveral,…