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Perfectly Balanced
Perfectly Balanced

Working to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope, astronaut John Grunsfeld is positioned on a foot restraint on the…

Trio of Galaxies Mix It Up
Trio of Galaxies Mix It Up

A small spiral galaxy is caught between two elliptical galaxies, in a cluster called the Hickson Compact Group 90. As…

Art Contest: Transportation on the Moon
Art Contest: Transportation on the Moon

Unlike Earth the moon does not have air, food and water, so it would take a lot of effort for…

Three Scientific Balloons Afloat Above Northern Hemisphere
Three Scientific Balloons Afloat Above Northern Hemisphere

Technicians attach the Sunrise payload to its balloon and parachute. The giant crane holds the gondola plus telescope payload steady…

Training for Apollo 9
Training for Apollo 9

This fish-eye camera lens view of the interior of the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center…

The Road to Apollo
The Road to Apollo

NASA Langley Research Center engineers designed the control cab of the Lunar Landing Research Facility's original landing module from the…

Flight of the X-15
Flight of the X-15

A technician straps legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield into the cockpit of the X-15 rocket plane before an early test…

The Road to Apollo – Lunar Surface Landing Practice
The Road to Apollo – Lunar Surface Landing Practice

With floodlights shining down to simulate lunar light and the base modeled to resemble the lunar surface, 24 astronauts practiced…

Crystal Formation
Crystal Formation

This artist's concept illustrates how silicate crystals like those found in comets can be created by an outburst from a…

Gulfstream C-20A Arctic Ice Radar Mission Flight Tracks
Gulfstream C-20A Arctic Ice Radar Mission Flight Tracks

The blue lines superimposed over a Google Earth image of Iceland showed the tracks flown by NASA's Gulfstream C-20A science…