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Principal investigator Bill Lokos, left, and test conductor Larry Hudson reviewed the test checklist prior to initiating the airbag lift…

Two of three inflatable bags used to lift NASA’s G-III research aircraft during loads testing in NASA Armstrong's Flight Loads…

Loads Lab technician Ted Powers positioned a load cell atop a hydraulic jack beneath the wing of NASA’s G-III research…

NASA’s G-III flying test bed aircraft rested on three pneumatic lifting devices or "airbags" in preparation for loads testing in…

Scientists have now spotted at planet Mercury, a classic space weather event called a hot flow anomaly, or HFA, which…

The Cassini spacecraft captures a glimpse of the moon Atlas shortly after emerging from Saturn's shadow.
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