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NASA Research Pilot Milt Thompson with F-104
NASA Research Pilot Milt Thompson with F-104

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson poses in front of an F-104 similar to the one from which he ejected on…

WISE Lifts Off to Map the Sky
WISE Lifts Off to Map the Sky

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at 9:09 a.m. EST…

Lifting Off to Study the Sky
Lifting Off to Study the Sky

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at 9:09 a.m. EST…

Liftoff!
Liftoff!

United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket launches carrying NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite toward space, lifting off from…

F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft
F/A-18 Systems Research Aircraft

F/A-18B Systems Research Aircraft (SRA) in banked flight over southern California desert.

Freezing WISE’s Hydrogen
Freezing WISE’s Hydrogen

A scaffolding structure built around NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, allows engineers to freeze its hydrogen coolant. The…

Atlantis Breaks Through the Clouds
Atlantis Breaks Through the Clouds

Space shuttle Atlantis emerges through the clouds over Launch Pad 39A on a balmy Florida afternoon at NASA's Kennedy Space…

STS-129 Flight Day 2
STS-129 Flight Day 2

Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, a partial view of space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay, vertical stabilizer,…

SOFIA Aloft
SOFIA Aloft

An F/A-18 mission support aircraft shadows NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP during a functional check flight…

SOFIA Test Flight
SOFIA Test Flight

An F/A-18 mission support aircraft shadows NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 747SP during a functional check flight in restricted…