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First Image of the Moon Taken by a U.S. Spacecraft
Ranger 7 took this image, the first picture of the moon by a U.S. spacecraft, on…
Next-Generation Microshutter Array Technology
NASA technologists have hurdled a number of significant challenges in their quest to improve a revolutionary…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Images of Lunar Transit
On July 26, 2014, from 10:57 a.m. to 11:42 a.m. EDT, the moon crossed between NASA’s…
Tethys in Sunlight
Tethys, like many moons in the solar system, keeps one face pointed towards the planet around…
NASA’s Webb Sunshield Stacks Up to Test!
The Sunshield on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is the largest part of the observatory—five layers…
President Nixon Greets the Returning Apollo 11 Astronauts
The Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Commander Neil A. Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins…
Fifteen Years Ago, Chandra X-Ray Observatory Deployed by Space Shuttle Crew
On July 23, 1999, a little more than seven hours after Space Shuttle Columbia and its…
President Obama Meets With Crew of Apollo 11
President Barack Obama meets with Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, seated left, Buzz Aldrin, Carol Armstrong,…
Orion Crew Module at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, Kennedy Space Center
NASA's Orion spacecraft crew module has been stacked on the service module inside the Operations and…