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Inspecting Space Station’s Raffaello Module
Inspecting Space Station’s Raffaello Module

The four-member crew is at Kenn

‘Gagarin’ Rock Examined by Opportunity
‘Gagarin’ Rock Examined by Opportunity

In this image from 2005, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity used its rock abrasion tool on a rock informally named…

The Water Planet
The Water Planet

Viewed from space, the most striking feature of our planet is the water. In both liquid and frozen form, it…

Ground Tests of Alternative Biofuels
Ground Tests of Alternative Biofuels

Researchers checked out emissions detection equipment set up behind NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory during ground tests of alternative biofuels derived…

Design Faces the Future
Design Faces the Future

This aircraft design faces the future head-on.

Future Subsonic Aircraft
Future Subsonic Aircraft

Designed for efficiency, the D8 has a very wide fuselage to provide extra lift and low-swept wings to reduce drag…

Bright Minds, Right Ideas
Bright Minds, Right Ideas

Professor Mark Drela (center), chief engineer of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology aircraft design team, helps undergraduate students Nina Siu…

The Double Bubble D8
The Double Bubble D8

One of the advanced design concepts – the D8 or "double bubble" – is now a subscale model being tested…

Alaska’s Susitna Glacier
Alaska’s Susitna Glacier

Like rivers of liquid water, glaciers flow downhill, with tributaries joining to form larger rivers. But where water rushes, ice…

Nile River Delta at Night
Nile River Delta at Night

One of the fascinating aspects of viewing Earth at night is how well the lights show the distribution of people.…