The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second and heaviest of NASA’s Great Observatories was launched. The four instruments onboard…
Hubble observes Eta Carina
Red and green colors predominate in this view of the Aurora Australis photographed from the space shuttle in May 1991…
The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis gives the "all's well" thumb's-up sign after leaving the 100-ton orbiter following their…
At NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, CA, technicians begin the task of mounting…
NASA’s F/A-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, also known as the “Silk Purse,” performs a thrust vectoring test in afterburner in…
NASA's B-52 research aircraft deploys an experimental drag chute just after landing the runway at the Dryden Flight Research Center,…
An aerial view of NASA's B-52 research aircraft deploying an experimental drag chute just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake,…
A rear view of NASA's B-52 research aircraft deploying an experimental drag chute just after landing on Rogers Dry Lake,…
A close-up of an experimental drag chute deploying in a cloud of dust behind NASA's B-52 research aircraft just after…
