At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the upper stage of the Soyuz booster rocket awaits the mating of the Soyuz…
Some 250 student participants and approximately 500 spectators crowded the viewing area at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Tooele County,…
Student rocketeers high-five one another as their team heads out in pursuit of a touched-down flight vehicle May 17 during…
The Space Shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft to carry people into orbit, launch, recover, and repair satellites, conduct cutting-edge…
The SCaN Testbed serves as a test facility for radio communications and Global Positioning System (GPS) research on the International…
TRMM was a joint mission of NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to measure precipitation in the tropical…
The Spitzer Space Telescope was designed to detect infrared radiation, which is primarily heat radiation, allowing scientists to examine cosmic…
An engineer works on the Parachute Deployment Device of the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator test vehicle in this image taken…
In this picture, NASA’s saucer-shaped experimental flight vehicle is prepared for a Range Compatibility Test at the US Navy’s Pacific…
A saucer-shaped test vehicle holding equipment for landing large payloads on Mars is shown in the Missile Assembly Building at…
