
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is launched from an Atlas V rocket and heads to Mars. Besides surveying the planet, it…

Spacecraft communicators are pictured as they keep in contact with the Apollo 11 astronauts during their lunar landing mission on…

Brilliant splashes of color lit up the night skies across North America on May 14-15, 2005 as seen in this…

Brilliant splashes of color lit up the night skies across North America on May 14-15, 2005 as seen in this…

An ocean color sensor, a passive microwave vertical sounder, and an electro-optical sensor were mounted on the Altair UAV for…

The long, slender wings of General Atomics Altair UAV are in evidence during a series of climatic and environmental monitoring…

Terrence Hertz, Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, at the NOAA/NASA Altair flight demonstration kickoff.

A pilot for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems guides the Altair remotely operated aircraft from a ground control station using both…

A satellite antenna, electro-optical/infrared, and ocean color sensors (front) were among payloads installed on the Altair for the NOAA-NASA UAV…

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