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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…

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…