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An Astronaut’s View of the Colorado Plateau
An Astronaut’s View of the Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau spans northern Arizona, southern Utah, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado. This physiographic province is well known…

APOD: 2013 March 25 – Planck Maps the Microwave Background
APOD: 2013 March 25 – Planck Maps the Microwave Background

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2013 March 25 – Planck… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss…

APOD: 2013 March 24 – Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula
APOD: 2013 March 24 – Dust Pillar of the Carina Nebula

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Breaking the Barrier
Breaking the Barrier

The Bell X-1 rocket plane was the first to break the supposed sound barrier (or Mach 1) on Oct. 14,…

APOD: 2013 March 23 – Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud
APOD: 2013 March 23 – Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud

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Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight
Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight

As the Super Guppy in the background awaits its cargo, workmen secure the second retired T-38 to its transport pallet…

Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight
Super Guppy – T-38 Loading For Ferry Flight

Two retired NASA T-38 trainers mounted on a transport pallet atop a mobile transporter are positioned for loading aboard NASA's…

P-3B Starts the Day
P-3B Starts the Day

On March 21, 2013, the P-3B aircraft waits outside the hangar at Thule Air Base with the Greenland Ice sheet…

Let’s Twist Again
Let’s Twist Again

The X-53 was a modified F/A-18 fighter used for a joint Air Force, Boeing and NASA project called the Active…

Shhh. Be Very, Very Quiet.
Shhh. Be Very, Very Quiet.

NASA continued to explore new aircraft designs capable of reducing the noise level of sonic booms by test flying an…