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Greenland by Air
Greenland by Air

This photo of the Sondrestrom Glacier in Greenland was taken from a window on NASA's Gulfstream III environmental research aircraft…

Solar Eclipse Seen in Baja California
Solar Eclipse Seen in Baja California

This photo mosaic shows a view of the sun from Baja California during an eclipse on July 11, 1991, with…

Across Resplendent Rings
Across Resplendent Rings

The shadow of Saturn's moon Mimas dips onto the planet's rings and straddles the Cassini Division in this natural color…

Crew Impact Attenuation Testing
Crew Impact Attenuation Testing

A successful test of the Orion crew module's energy absorbing strut concept, was performed June 9, 2009, at the Landing…

The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River
The Road to Apollo – Touching Down in the Back River

In impact studies conducted in Hampton's Back River by NASA's Langley Research Center, astronauts practiced the dangerous maneuver of exiting…

Shooting for the Moon
Shooting for the Moon

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, rolled aboard their Atlas V…

LRO and LCROSS Launch on Lunar Journey
LRO and LCROSS Launch on Lunar Journey

An United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasts off with NASA's LRO/LRCOSS mission from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air…

Jack Hills, Australia
Jack Hills, Australia

The oldest material on Earth which has yet been dated by man is a zircon mineral that is 4.4 billion…

Preparing Endeavour
Preparing Endeavour

In this image, taken June 14, workers on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A prepare to remove the 7-inch quick…

Shedding Light on Dark Gamma Ray Bursts
Shedding Light on Dark Gamma Ray Bursts

Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's biggest explosions, capable of producing so much light that ground-based telescopes easily detect it billions…