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Blue Marble – Image of the Earth from Apollo 17
Blue Marble – Image of the Earth from Apollo 17

View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew -- astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander; astronaut Ronald E.…

Big Spherules near Victoria
Big Spherules near Victoria

This frame from the microscopic imager on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows spherules up to about 5 millimeters (one-fifth…

Ikhana Captures Thermal-Infrared Imagery to Aid Firefighters
Ikhana Captures Thermal-Infrared Imagery to Aid Firefighters

With smoke from the Lake Arrowhead, CA area fires streaming in the background, NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft headed out on…

Ikhana’s Thermal-Infrared Imaging Scanner Used to Aid Firefighters
Ikhana’s Thermal-Infrared Imaging Scanner Used to Aid Firefighters

With the Autonomous Module Scanner pod slung under its left wing, NASA's Predator B unmanned aircraft, the Ikhana, headed out…

Thermal-Infrared Scanner Computer Checked Before Ikhana Flight
Thermal-Infrared Scanner Computer Checked Before Ikhana Flight

NASA Ames engineer Ted Hildum checked out the thermal-infrared scanner computer before it was loaded on NASA's Ikhana unmanned aircraft.

Ikhana’s Underwing Payload Pod Houses Thermal Imaging Scanner
Ikhana’s Underwing Payload Pod Houses Thermal Imaging Scanner

NASA Dryden's Ikhana ground crewmen Gus Carreno and James Smith loaded the thermal-infrared imaging scanner pallet into the Ikhana's underwing…

Autonomous Modular Scanner Prepped for Installation
Autonomous Modular Scanner Prepped for Installation

NASA Ames engineers Sally Buechel and Ted Hildum prepared to load the Autonomous Modular Scanner into the Ikhana unmanned aircraft's…

Rainbow on the Rings
Rainbow on the Rings

The opposition effect, a brightness surge that is visible on Saturn's rings when the sun is directly behind the spacecraft,…

The Other Side of Iapetus
The Other Side of Iapetus

Cassini captures the first high-resolution glimpse of the bright trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Iapetus in September 2007.

AMS Wildfire Imaging Components
AMS Wildfire Imaging Components

Ikhana's AMS wildfire imaging components include (from left) the data system, scan head and enclosures for the data disks, GPS…