NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket…
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Freezing WISE’s Hydrogen
A scaffolding structure built around NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, allows engineers to freeze…
SOFIA Aloft
An F/A-18 mission support aircraft shadows NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, 747SP during…
Approaching Marquette Island
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity took this picture of a rock informally named 'Marquette Island' as…
Administrator Bolden Speaks at AAIA-WIA Luncheon
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks during a luncheon co-hosted by the American Institute of Aeronautics and…
Earth’s Moon
During its mission, the Galileo spacecraft returned a number of images of Earth's only natural satellite.…
Proctor Crater, Mars
This view from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Dry Valleys, Antarctica
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a row of valleys west of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, so named…
Honoring Apollo 13’s Fred Haise
At a 1 p.m. ceremony on Dec 2, 2009, Administrator Charles Bolden presented NASA's Ambassador of…
Profile
Surrounded by the blackness of space, this profile view of the space shuttle Atlantis was photographed…