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NASA XF-92A, Dryden history gallery

NASA XF-92A, Dryden history gallery

E-960 In the center foreground of this 1953 hanger photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator research. It arrived on November 28, 1949, and departed on April 21, 1954. Beside i... More

B-47A on ramp, NASA history collection

B-47A on ramp, NASA history collection

Boeing B-47A (NACA 150) shown on the ramp near NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station at South Base of Edwards Air Force Base, California, in 1953. The B-47A Stratojet's wing is mounted high on the fuselage wi... More

Bigger, Better Catalog Unveils Half a Billion Celestial Objects

Bigger, Better Catalog Unveils Half a Billion Celestial Objects

Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: Rosette Nebula; NGC 2237 Object Description: Emission nebula Position (J2000): R.A. 06h 32.3m Dec. 05° 03' Constellation: Monoceros Dist... More

X-15 #3 in flight (USAF Photo). Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-15 #3 in flight (USAF Photo). Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

This U.S. Air Force photo shows the X-15 ship #3 (56-6672) in flight over the desert in the 1960s. Ship #3 made 65 flights during the program, attaining a top speed of Mach 5.65 and a maximum altitude of 354,20... More

NASA XB-70 Valkyrie, Dryden history gallery

NASA XB-70 Valkyrie, Dryden history gallery

EC68-2131 In this photo the #1 XB-70A 62-0001 is viewed from above in cruise configuration with the wing tips drooped for improved controllability.The XB-70A, capable of flying three times the speed of sound, w... More

photo-s65-45683, NASA Gemini program

photo-s65-45683, NASA Gemini program

S65-45683 (August 1965) - Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. inside the Gemini 5 spacecraft as it orbited the Earth. Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. took this photograph. NASA Identifier: HSF-photo-s65-45683

President Kennedy at the Joint Session of Congress

President Kennedy at the Joint Session of Congress

Speaking to Congress and the Nation at the joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, President Kennedy said : "I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, ... More

After a 4,400-kilometer (2,734-mile) journey north

After a 4,400-kilometer (2,734-mile) journey north

After a 4,400-kilometer (2,734-mile) journey north from the mountains of south-central Russia, the Lena River fractures into myriad streams that fan out across the tundra and empty into the Arctic Ocean via the... More

Odyssey On Deck. NASA public domain image colelction.

Odyssey On Deck. NASA public domain image colelction.

Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. Th... More

NASA YF-12, Dryden history gallery

NASA YF-12, Dryden history gallery

E-23131 1971 NASA Photo NASA Identifier: 362389main_E-23131 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

40 years after Mt. St. Helen's eruption, the Guard continues to answer the call

40 years after Mt. St. Helen's eruption, the Guard continues to answer...

Chief Warrant Officer Mike Cairns talks with Sue Nystrom after rescuing her following the Mt. St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980. Sue was so moved by the actions of the National Guard that day she eventually j... More

COAST GUARD NATIONAL MOTOR LIFEBOAT SCHOOL

COAST GUARD NATIONAL MOTOR LIFEBOAT SCHOOL

Ilwaco, Wash. (May 1) -- The Coast Guard's National Motor Lifeboat School. USCG photo by SANTOS, DAVID PA1

Cerro Aconcagua: Image of the Day

Cerro Aconcagua: Image of the Day

As the tallest mountain in South America, Cerro Aconcagua (or Aconcagua Mountain) is one of the Seven Summits: the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. Its name is believed by many to come from an an... More

COAST GUARD CUTTER MIDGETT, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

COAST GUARD CUTTER MIDGETT, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATLE, Wash.--History of the USCGC Midgett VESSEL HISTORY USCGC MIDGETT is the twelfth and last of the Coast Guard's fleet of 378 foot High Endurance Cutters. She is the third in her class (HERO) to be name... More

Shenandoah National Park: Image of the Day

Shenandoah National Park: Image of the Day

The Shenandoah National Park stretches through the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia. The area was first set aside as a National Park in 1935 after many years of effort. One aim was to create a subst... More

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island

Capt. Mike Nortier, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) commanding officer, speaks during the Pearl Harbor Commemoration held in the chapel of NASWI. The event marked the 73rd anniversary of the Dec. 7, 19... More

Ribbon cutting - Defense imagery management operations center

Ribbon cutting - Defense imagery management operations center

Scott Steil, Navy Region Northwest (NRNW) Fire and Emergency Services assistant chief of operations, gives Capt. Gerral David, Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island commanding officer, a safety brief on proper... More

COAST GUARD SAFEBOAT - U.S. Coast guard photo

COAST GUARD SAFEBOAT - U.S. Coast guard photo

Bellingham, Wash. (June 6) -- A Coast Guard SAFEboat is moored at Coast Guard Station Bellingham. The 21-ft. secure all-around flotation -equipped boat features a rigid collar around it that provides additona... More

Search and rescue boat, Ilwaco, Washington

Search and rescue boat, Ilwaco, Washington

ILWACO, Wash. (Sept. 10) -- Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment's 23-foot search and rescue boat underway. The secure all-around flotation-equipped (SAFE) boat has a rigid collar that provides flotation an... More

COAST GUARD PEOPLE - U.S. Coast guard photo

COAST GUARD PEOPLE - U.S. Coast guard photo

SEATTLE. Wash. (July 26) --- Environmental portrait of Petty Officer Scott Welch (Air Station Port Angeles). USCG photo by PA2 Sarah Foster-Snell.

STS-114 Astronaut Soichi Noguchi during NBL/EVA dive

STS-114 Astronaut Soichi Noguchi during NBL/EVA dive

NASA Identifier: JSC2001-02721 Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coast Guard People - U.S. Coast guard photo

Coast Guard People - U.S. Coast guard photo

ASTORIA, Ore. (Sept. 11) -- Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Razoyk, an aviation survival technician (AVT) from Air Station Astoria. Razoyk is a qualified rescue swimmer, emergency medical technician ... More

Burhitz water pumping station manager talks with the

Burhitz water pumping station manager talks with the

Burhitz water pumping station manager talks with the Baqubah mayor during a ceremony reopening the station in Burhitz, a suburb of Baqubah, Iraq, Feb. 24.

Injured Logger Transport, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Injured Logger Transport, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - A Coast Guard HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Facility Newport transports a logger who was airlifted approximately 15-miles southeast of Newport Beach, Ore., when he sustained inju... More

Port Security Unit 313 Guantanamo Bay Deployment - FOR RELEASE

Port Security Unit 313 Guantanamo Bay Deployment - FOR RELEASE

SEATTLE - Petty Officer 3rd Class Stormy Tuffield, a member of Port Security unit 313, based in Tacoma, Wash., observes a 25-foot sailboat near Guantanamo Bay, Cuba April 17. The vessel's master requested to mo... More

Multiple agencies take part in water rescue exercise

Multiple agencies take part in water rescue exercise

SEATTLE - Coast Guard Airman Matt Marler, assigned to Air Station Port Angeles, Wash., plays the role of victim while Pierce County firefighters practice techniques for rescuing someone from the water during t... More

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle arrives in Seattle

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle arrives in Seattle

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle passes an Edmonds, Wash., ferry today on its way to Elliott Bay, Wash. The Eagle's crew has spent this summer training more than 130 Coast Guard Academy cadets and ... More

NASA DC-8, Dryden history gallery

NASA DC-8, Dryden history gallery

Alternative Jet Fuels Put to the Test at NASA Dryden › Read Feature Bruce Anderson of NASA Langley Research Center and David Liscinsky of United Technologies Research Center tie down sampling lines between the ... More

Computer Numeric Control (CNC) Lathe

Computer Numeric Control (CNC) Lathe

Computer Numeric Control (CNC) Lathe NASA Identifier: 290200main_fabshop007_full

Firestorm of Star Birth Seen in a Local Galaxy

Firestorm of Star Birth Seen in a Local Galaxy

*Description*: This full mosaic WFPC2 image shows a slightly larger area around NGC 604. The scale of this image is 2.5 arcminutes along the bottom. Technical facts about this news release: About the Obj... More

Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

Hubble Finds Ring of Dark Matter

*Description*: This rich galaxy cluster, catalogued as Cl 0024+17, is allowing astronomers to probe the distribution of dark matter in space. The blue streaks near the center of the image are the smeared image... More

The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme

The Carina Nebula: Star Birth in the Extreme

Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Carina Nebula, NGC 3372 Object Description: Emission Nebula in the Milky Way Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 10h 44m Dec. -59° 53' Constella... More

SE-5A Aircraft, NASA history collection

SE-5A Aircraft, NASA history collection

SE-5A Aircraft at LaRC hanger. This Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5A was used by NACA engineers at Langley in a study of vertical, lateral and longitudinal accelerations while maneuvering. While at Langley the airc... More

Shuttle and Mir Docking. NASA orbital flight public domain image.

Shuttle and Mir Docking. NASA orbital flight public domain image.

STS-79, Spacelab DM, Mir-docking-4, Shuttle and Mir Docking NASA Identifier: MSFC-9613397

Mercury 7 50th Anniversary, NASA Glenn Research Center

Mercury 7 50th Anniversary, NASA Glenn Research Center

The Mercury 7 astronauts examining their "couches." Each astronaut had his own couch specifically molded to fit his body to help withstand the G-loads of the launch. Plaster casts of the astronauts were created... More

NASA Dryden«ÉŸs F-18 #853 Research Aircraft Returns to Flight

NASA Dryden«ÉŸs F-18 #853 Research Aircraft Returns to Flight

ED09-0157-02 NASA Dryden's F-18 #853 research aircraft that was the centerpiece of the Active Aeroelastic Wing project several years ago took to the skies again June 18 for the first time since 2007. The flight... More

Water Detected at High Latitudes on the Moon

Water Detected at High Latitudes on the Moon

NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper, an instrument on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 mission, took this image of Earth's moon. It is a three-color composite of reflected near-infrared radiatio... More

Aerial View of Columbia Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Aerial View of Columbia Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Aerial view of the STS-2 Columbia launch from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, taken by astronaut John Young aboard NASA's Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). NASA Identifier: GPN-2000-001358

Spider" Over The Ocean, NASA Apollo program

Spider" Over The Ocean, NASA Apollo program

View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider," in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed form the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the Luna... More

photo-jsc2000_01953. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-jsc2000_01953. NASA public domain image colelction.

JSC2000-01953 (7 March 2000) --- Astronaut Mary Ellen Weber, mission specialist, has just put on a training version of the shuttle pressure, launch and entry garment in Suit Room B in the Systems Integration Fa... More

photo-s65-46638, NASA Gemini program

photo-s65-46638, NASA Gemini program

S65-46638 (08/29/65) - Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. tweaks Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper's eight-day growth of beard for the cameramen while onboard the prime recovery vessel after their Gemini 5 flight. NASA Iden... More

photo-s94-31663. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-s94-31663. NASA public domain image colelction.

S94-31663 (7 April 1994) --- Terrence W. Wilcutt, astronaut NASA Identifier: HSF-photo-s94-31663

photo-jsc2006e11929. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-jsc2006e11929. NASA public domain image colelction.

JSC2006-E-11929 (30 March 2006) --- Astronaut Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member, looks into a mirror to check his hair after donning his pressure suit in preparation to launch onboard the ... More

photo-jsc2005e41482. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-jsc2005e41482. NASA public domain image colelction.

JSC2005-E-41482 (11 October 2005) --- Astronaut John L. Phillips talks with chief astronaut Kent V. Rominger onboard the Russian Search and Rescue helicopter as they prepare to fly to Kustanai, Kazakhstan. Memb... More

photo-jsc2002-01762. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-jsc2002-01762. NASA public domain image colelction.

JSC2002-01762 (20 September 2002) --- Astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-116 mission specialist, floats in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) ... More

photo-sts112-705-011. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-sts112-705-011. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS112-705-011 (7-18 October 2002) --- The light-blue region in the middle of this view, photographed from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, is the shallow flat platform known as the Great Bahama Bank. The platform i... More

photo-sts108-718-041. NASA orbital flight public domain image.

photo-sts108-718-041. NASA orbital flight public domain image.

STS108-718-041 (5-17 December 2001) --- The triangular Sinai Peninsula of Egypt appears below the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) or Canadarm2 in the foreground (right), with the Gulf of Suez to... More

photo-sts102-712-005. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-sts102-712-005. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS102-712-005 (18 March 2001) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space, the International Space Station (ISS) is now separated from the Space Shuttle Discovery after several days of joint activities and ... More

photo-s99-00987. NASA public domain image colelction.

photo-s99-00987. NASA public domain image colelction.

S99-00987 (01-15-99) --- Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, mission specialist, has completed donning her training version of the extravehicular mobility unit (EMU) space suit and prepares to be submerged to a neutr... More

STS 102 photo-sts102-s-001 mission

STS 102 photo-sts102-s-001 mission

STS102-S-001 (January 2001) --- The central image on the STS-102 crew patch depicts the International Space Station (ISS) in the build configuration that it will have at the time of the arrival and docking of D... More

Space Shuttle Discovery: photo-sts095-702-057

Space Shuttle Discovery: photo-sts095-702-057

STS095-702-057 (29 OCT. - 7 NOV 1998) STS-95 ONBOARD PHOTO --- The horizon of a blue and white Earth forms the backdrop for this view of the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery, as seen through windows on ... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, right, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and the lead Russian Flight Surgeon, left, enjoy a midday stroll down the Walkway of Cosmonauts at their crew qu... More

Expedition 8 Certification. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 8 Certification. NASA public domain image colelction.

European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque of Spain, smiles at a reporter's question during a prelaunch news conference, Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls) NASA Id... More

Constellation Program Update. NASA public domain image colelction.

Constellation Program Update. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin, left, and Scott J. Horowitz, NASA Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems, announce to NASA employees and members of the media the responsibilities of the NASA center... More

Expedition 7 Leak Check. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 Leak Check. NASA public domain image colelction.

Astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer, has a leak check performed on his Russian Sokol suit in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the Baikonur ... More

Expedition 7 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Edward T. Lu steps out of the Soyuz capsule while Mission Commander Yuri I. Malenchenko looks on. The crew entered the Soyuz cap... More

Expedition 9 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 9 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-4 capsule and its booster rocket begin to roll to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for the launch of the Expedition 9 c... More

House Hearing Nunn-McCurdy Review of NPOESS

House Hearing Nunn-McCurdy Review of NPOESS

NOAA Administrator, Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.), left, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin and Under Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Ronald Sega, right, testify before the House Com... More

Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

Expedition 9 Preflight Activities

Left to Right: European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands, Expedition 9 Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke, Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, Backup Flight Enginee... More

Expedition 14 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 14 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

American spaceflight participant Anousheh Ansari gives a thumbs up as she prepares for pressure checks on her Russian Sokol suit at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Sept. 18, 2006, in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz TMA... More

Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Spac... More

Expedition 14 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 14 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, right, sit in chairs in near their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft ... More

Expedition 16 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 16 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Oct. 8, 2007, in Kazakhstan for an October 10th launch date. The Soyuz will carry Expedition 16 Comma... More

Expedition 7 Soyuz Check. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 7 Soyuz Check. NASA public domain image colelction.

Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer for Expedition 7, enters the Soyuz TMA-2 capsule for inspection and seat liner check in the Soyuz Integration Facility at the B... More

Expedition 11 Launch Day. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 11 Launch Day. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev, left, is seen outfitted in his Russian Sokol suit, Friday, April 15, 2005, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Krikalev, along with Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer John Ph... More

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

Russian security personnel walk the railroad line ahead of the Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft as it is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The Soy... More

Expedition 13 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-8 rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 9:30 p.m. EST, (Thursday, March 30, 2006, 8:30 a.m. Kazakhstan time). Aboard the spacecraft a... More

Space Shuttle Discovery: STS-128 Firing Room

Space Shuttle Discovery: STS-128 Firing Room

NASA Astronaut John "Danny" Olivas is seen preparing to board the space shuttle Discovery at pad 39a on a monitor in Firing Room Four of the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Monday, Aug. 24, 2009. ... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Brazilian Space Agency Soyuz crew member Marcos Pontes, left, and Expedition 13 Commander Pavel V. Vinogradov point out friends and family watching them during the pressure checks on their suits. The two will b... More

Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Press Conference

Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Press Conference

NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale introduces NASA Administrator Michael Griffin who outlined the President's budget for fiscal year 2007 during a news conference, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at NASA Headquarters i... More

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 10 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

From left to right, Russian Space Forces cosmonaut Yuri Shargin, Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov, Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, backup Soyuz Commander Valer... More

Michael Griffin Discusses Exploration Architecture Study

Michael Griffin Discusses Exploration Architecture Study

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin discusses the results of the agency's exploration architecture study on Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The study made specific design recommendati... More

Expedition 12 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 12 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.

Astronaut Marcos Pontes, Brazilian Space Agency participant, and Brazil's first astronaut to go into space, greets personnel on hand at the Expedition landing site in Kazakhstan. The Expedition 12 crew members ... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Technicians check suit pressure for Expedition 13 Science Officer and Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams prior to launch onboard the Soyuz spacecraft from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Thursday, March 30. 2006. Photo ... More

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft is transported by railcar to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke, Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchako... More

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

Expedition 18 Soyuz TMA-13 Rollout

The Soyuz TMA-13 spacecraft arrives at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station Oct. 12 with Expediti... More

Sean O'Keefe Portrait Unveiling

Sean O'Keefe Portrait Unveiling

Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) NASA Identifier: 200910190002HQ

Expedition 21 Crew Prepares For Launch

Expedition 21 Crew Prepares For Launch

Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev talks to his family from behind glass just a few hours before he and Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Lalibert _ lau... More

Expedition 19 Press Conference. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 19 Press Conference. NASA public domain image colelction.

Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, left, Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, center, and Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt answer questions from behind glass during a press conference on Wednesda... More

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 13 backup crew members, Sergei Volkov, left, Russia's Federal Space Agency Soyuz crew member; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Russia's Federal Space Agency Commander; and Michael Fincke, right, Science Officer... More

Jupiter's Moons NASA Image of The Day

Jupiter's Moons NASA Image of The Day

On Jan. 7, 1610, Galileo Galilei's improvements to the telescope enabled humanity to see Jupiter's four largest moons for the first time. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto--the so-called Galilean satellites--we... More

NASA Remembers Walter Cronkite, History of NASA

NASA Remembers Walter Cronkite, History of NASA

Legendary CBS newsman Walter Cronkite speaks at a ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington celebrating the 35th anniversary of Apollo 11 in 2004. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA Identifier: 36... More

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Image Gallery

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Image Gallery

ED09-0286-047 A sea of spectators attended opening day activities the 38th annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. October 3, 2009 NASA Photo / Tom Tschida NASA Identifier: 391326main_ED09-0286-047

Saluting Our Nation's Independence NASA Image of The Day

Saluting Our Nation's Independence NASA Image of The Day

NASA Dryden's four F/A-18 mission support aircraft flew in formation for a pilot proficiency flight on Nov. 24, 2008, in this image. NASA Dryden photographer Tom Tschida created this composite image from an ori... More

Homecoming NASA Image of The Day

Homecoming NASA Image of The Day

Darkness enshrouded space shuttle Endeavour as it touched down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After 14 days in space, Endeavour's 5.7-million-mile STS-13... More

US COAST GUARD Polar Star, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

US COAST GUARD Polar Star, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SEATTLE - Adm. Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, addresses the media aboard the Polar Class Icebreaker Polar Star, homeported here, as Lt. Cmdr. Jack W. Jackson the icebreaker's Commanding Officer o... More

Administrator Bolden Delivers Speech at AAS

Administrator Bolden Delivers Speech at AAS

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks at the 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society AAS in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2009. Throughout the meeting, NASA research and mission highlights will b... More

Expedition 22 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 22 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 22 NASA Flight E... More

Expedition 22 Launch Day. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 22 Launch Day. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Creamer of the U.S. smiles for photographers after performing the traditional door signing at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur, Kazakhstan before departing with fell... More

NASA Altair, Dryden history gallery

NASA Altair, Dryden history gallery

ED06-0208-1 A high-tech infrared imaging sensor in its underbelly pod, the Altair unmanned aircraft flew repeated passes over the Esperanza fire to aid firefighting efforts. October 25, 2006 NASA Photo / Genera... More

NASA Altair, Dryden history gallery - Public domain map

NASA Altair, Dryden history gallery - Public domain map

ED05-0234-19 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA joined forces to conduct a series of environmental science demonstration flights with the Altair unmanned aerial vehicle in mid-November... More

NASA Gulfstream III, Dryden history gallery

NASA Gulfstream III, Dryden history gallery

ED07-0027-68 Shimmering heat waves trail behind NASA's Gulfstream-III research aircraft as it departs the Edwards AFB runway on a UAVSAR pod checkout test flight. February 26, 2007 NASA Photo / Tony Landis Read... More

NASA Eclipse, Dryden history gallery

NASA Eclipse, Dryden history gallery

EC97-44233-4 View of the release hook on the QF-106 that allowed the pilot to release the tow rope extending from the C-141A tow plane in the Eclipse project. September 1997 NASA Photo / Tony Landis Eclipse Pro... More

Expedition 23 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

Expedition 23 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Ale... More

Gen. Jackson capsized barge, Portland, Maine

Gen. Jackson capsized barge, Portland, Maine

PORTLAND, Ore. - A Coast Guard 47-foot motor lifeboat from Station Cape Disappointment, Wash., is seen approaching a capsized barge eight miles west of the Columbia River bar near Astoria, Ore., Tuesday, April ... More

Spacewalkers at Work NASA Image of The Day

Spacewalkers at Work NASA Image of The Day

During the second of three spacewalks STS-131 astronauts Rick Mastracchio (left) and Clayton Anderson continued maintenance activities outside the International Space Station by installing a 1,700-pound ammonia... More

NASA Power Beaming, Dryden history gallery

NASA Power Beaming, Dryden history gallery

ED03-0249-07With a laser beam centered on its solar panel, a lightweight model aircraft is checked out by technician Tony Frakowiak and researcher Tim Blackwell before its power-beamed demonstration flight. Sep... More

NASA Quiet Spike, Dryden history gallery

NASA Quiet Spike, Dryden history gallery

ED06-0187-04NASA F-15B #836 in flight with Quiet Spike attached. The project seeks to verify the structural integrity of the multi-segmented, articulating spike attachment designed to reduce and control a sonic... More

X-40A Space Manuever Vehicle. NASA public domain image colelction.

X-40A Space Manuever Vehicle. NASA public domain image colelction.

EC01-0145-3CH-47 and X-40A before Free flight 4A May 5, 2001 NASA Photo / Tony Landis NASA Identifier: 356770main_EC01-0145-3

Firing Room Four, History of NASA

Firing Room Four, History of NASA

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, right, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations William H. Gerstenmaier, center, and other NASA mission managers monitor the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis a... More

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