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James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Waterfall
James Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Waterfall

This shiny silver "waterfall" is actually the five layers of the full-scale engineering model of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope…

Launch of Apollo 8
Launch of Apollo 8

The December 21, 1968 launch of Apollo 8 (AS-503) from Cape Kennedy, Fla. was the beginning of a mission designed…

Test Article for Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor Project
Test Article for Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor Project

NASA engineers buckled an aluminum-lithium cylinder similar in size to fuel tanks for the largest rockets ever built.

Preparing a Test Article
Preparing a Test Article

NASA engineers prepare a test article for a series of tests at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.

Spotlight on Webb Telescope Test
Spotlight on Webb Telescope Test

Dressed in a clean room suit, NASA photographer Desiree Stover shines a light on the Space Environment Simulator's Integration Frame…

110 Years of Powered Flight
110 Years of Powered Flight

December 17, 2013 marks the 110th anniversary of the world's first powered flight by the Wright Brothers in Kill Devil…

XP-51
XP-51

A North American P-51D Mustang (the P meaning pursuit), redesignated as an F-51 Mustang (with the F standing for fighter),…

Shuttle Discovery Touches Down at End of STS-95 Mission
Shuttle Discovery Touches Down at End of STS-95 Mission

After nine days and 3.6 million miles in space, orbiter Discovery prepares to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle…

STS-95 Crew and Shuttle Discovery
STS-95 Crew and Shuttle Discovery

Members of the mission STS-95 crew (foreground) take a close look at the orbiter Discovery on Nov. 8, 1998, that…

John and Annie Glenn Before Return Flight to Houston
John and Annie Glenn Before Return Flight to Houston

At the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Station, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio…