The honeycombed, screened center of this open-circuit air intake for Langley's first wind tunnel insured a steady, nonturbulent flow of…
The launch of the first artificial satellite by the then Soviet Union in 1957 marked the beginning of the utilization…
The Space Power Facility at NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio, houses the world's largest vacuum…
Gamma-ray flares from SGR J1550-5418 may have arisen when the magnetar's surface suddenly cracked, releasing energy stored within its powerful…
Expedition 18 commander Michael Fincke prepared to take a picture of his helmet visor with a digital camera during a…
Astronaut Rex Walheim pauses before the reviewing stand during the 56th Inaugural Parade on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. He is…
The hazard avoidance camera on the front of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit took this image after a drive on…
This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole's power. Jets and lobes powered…
A violent and chaotic-looking mass of gas and dust is seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image of a nearby…
Alternatives Aviation Fuels Experiment project scientist Bruce Anderson of NASA's Langley Research Center repairs a malfunctioning instrument shortly before an…
