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New Active Region Release M5.6 Class Solar Flare
New Active Region Release M5.6 Class Solar Flare

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of an M5.6 class solar flare on August 17, 2012, at 9:01…

Galactic Island
Galactic Island

In terms of intergalactic real estate, our solar system has a plum location as part of a big, spiral galaxy,…

Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder Mounted
Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder Mounted

The Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder was mounted on the bottom of NASA Global Hawk 872 in preparation for the HS3…

X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body

A small television camera seen through the left front window of the sub-scale X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body aircraft…

X-48C Awaits its First Flight
X-48C Awaits its First Flight

Now modified with two higher-thrust turbojets in place of the original three, an extended rear deck, and its vertical tails…

X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body

The remotely operated X-48C Blended Wing Body aircraft lifted off Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, on…

X-48C Begins New Flight Test Phase
X-48C Begins New Flight Test Phase

The X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator lifted into the skies after taking off from the bed of…

Touchdown on Dry Lake
Touchdown on Dry Lake

The sub-scale X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstration aircraft touched down on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air…

X-48C Hybrid Being Prepared for its First Flight
X-48C Hybrid Being Prepared for its First Flight

Boeing Phantom Works technicians prepared the sub-scale X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body technology demonstrator for its first test flight…

X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body
X-48C Hybrid / Blended Wing Body

Two 89-pound-thrust turbojet engines housed in larger nacelles were one of the major modifications in the "C" version of the…