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Map of South America, extending from the equator to the parallel of 44 degrees.

Map of South America, extending from the equator to the parallel of 44...

map from "Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, with explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the regions of the equator: being sketches from sixteen years' travel"

map from "Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, with explorations from...

This image has been taken from scan 000503 from "Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, with explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the regions of the equator: being sketches from sixteen years' travel"... More

fauna from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the Equator, during eleven years of travel"

fauna from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventure...

This image has been taken from scan 000285 from volume 01 of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under t... More

The Jacuarú from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the Equator, during eleven years of travel"

The Jacuarú from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adv...

This image has been taken from scan 000066 from volume 02 of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under t... More

Pimelodus tigrinus from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the Equator, during eleven years of travel"

Pimelodus tigrinus from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record...

This image has been taken from scan 000270 from volume 02 of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under t... More

flora from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the Equator, during eleven years of travel"

flora from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventure...

This image has been taken from scan 000183 from volume 02 of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under t... More

map from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the Equator, during eleven years of travel"

map from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures,...

This image has been taken from scan 000379 from volume 01 of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under t... More

fauna from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under the Equator, during eleven years of travel"

fauna from "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventure...

This image has been taken from scan 000078 from volume 02 of "The Naturalist on the River Amazons. A record of adventures, habits of animals, sketches of Brazilian and Indian life, and aspects of nature under t... More

wildlife from "[Wild Life under the Equator. Narrated for young people, etc.]"

wildlife from "[Wild Life under the Equator. Narrated for young people...

This image has been taken from scan 000167 from "[Wild Life under the Equator. Narrated for young people, etc.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the... More

Herbert Ward from "North Borneo. Explorations and adventures on the Equator ... With biographical sketch and notes by Joseph Hatton, and preface by Sir W. Medhurst ... Illustrated. Second edition"

Herbert Ward from "North Borneo. Explorations and adventures on the Eq...

This image has been taken from scan 000348 from "North Borneo. Explorations and adventures on the Equator ... With biographical sketch and notes by Joseph Hatton, and preface by Sir W. Medhurst ... Illustrated.... More

map from "North Borneo. Explorations and adventures on the Equator ... With biographical sketch and notes by Joseph Hatton, and preface by Sir W. Medhurst ... Illustrated. Second edition"

map from "North Borneo. Explorations and adventures on the Equator ......

This image has been taken from scan 000331 from "North Borneo. Explorations and adventures on the Equator ... With biographical sketch and notes by Joseph Hatton, and preface by Sir W. Medhurst ... Illustrated.... More

United States from "Following the Equator. A journey around the world. [With a portrait.]"

United States from "Following the Equator. A journey around the world....

This image has been taken from scan 000128 from "Following the Equator. A journey around the world. [With a portrait.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users... More

Destroyer USS Strong transiting the Panama Canal May

Destroyer USS Strong transiting the Panama Canal May

Destroyer USS Strong transiting the Panama Canal May 1952, View of the Panama Canal and locks from the deck of the USS Strong. Strong was attached to Destroyer Divisions (DesDiv) 21 and 262 bound for action in ... More

Mt. Kenya from Silverback Hotel on equator

Mt. Kenya from Silverback Hotel on equator

Public domain photograph - historical image of Nevada, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kenya Colony. Nanyuki District. Sign board precisely on the equator

Kenya Colony. Nanyuki District. Sign board precisely on the equator

The USS Strong (DD-758) is an Allen M. Sumner-class

The USS Strong (DD-758) is an Allen M. Sumner-class

The USS Strong (DD-758) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, the second destroyer to be named for James H. Strong, a notable naval commander of Union forces during the American Civil War. The Strong was Buil... More

Photograph of moon after transearth insertion

Photograph of moon after transearth insertion

AS10-27-3956 (24 May 1969) --- This photograph of the moon was taken after trans-Earth insertion when the Apollo 10 spacecraft was high above the lunar equator near 27 degrees east longitude. North is about 20 ... More

AS10-27-3956 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Lunar

AS10-27-3956 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Lunar

The original database describes this as: Description: This photograph of the moon was taken after transearth insertion when the Apollo 10 spacecraft was high above the lunar equator near 27 degrees east longit... More

Range : 7 million kilometers (4.3 million miles) Io is Jupiter's innermost of the four Galilean satellites. Photo taken at 2:00 AM through an ultraviolet filter. The photo's background is part of Jupiter's disk. North is at the top and the central longitude of Io is 180 degrees. Io shows a contrasting surface with dark polar areas and many light and dark regions around the equator. This resolution of about 100 miles/160 kilometers, no topographic features, like craters, can be seen. The brighter regions may be areas containing sulfur and various salts, making Io very reflective(six times brighter thanb Earth's Moon). Io is about the same size and density as our Moon, but has followed a different evolutionary path, influenced by its closeness to Jupiter and the intense bombardment it receives from the Jovian radiation belts of energetic charged particles. ARC-1979-A79-7022

Range : 7 million kilometers (4.3 million miles) Io is Jupiter's inner...

Range : 7 million kilometers (4.3 million miles) Io is Jupiter's innermost of the four Galilean satellites. Photo taken at 2:00 AM through an ultraviolet filter. The photo's background is part of Jupiter's dis... More

P-21742 C Range: 6 million kilometers (3.72 million miles) This Voyager 2 image shows the region of Jupiter extending from the equator to the southern polar latitudes in the neighborhood of the Great Red Spot. A white oval, different from the one observed in a similiar position at the time of the Voyager 1 encounter, is situated south of the Great Red Spot. The region of white clouds now extends from east of the red spot and around its northern boundary, preventing small cloud vortices from circling the feature. The disturbed region west of the red spot has also changed since the equivalent Voyager 1 image. It shows more small scale structure and cloud vortices being formed out of the wave structures. ARC-1979-AC79-7077

P-21742 C Range: 6 million kilometers (3.72 million miles) This Voyage...

P-21742 C Range: 6 million kilometers (3.72 million miles) This Voyager 2 image shows the region of Jupiter extending from the equator to the southern polar latitudes in the neighborhood of the Great Red Spot. ... More

Range : 6 Million km. ( 3.72 million miles ) This photograph of Jupiter, shot from Voyager 2, shows the equator to the southern polar latitudes, near the Great Red Spot. The white oval that appears here is different from the one seen in a similiar position when voyager 1 passed years before. The region of white clouds now extends from east of The Red Spot and around it's northern boundary, preventing small cloud vortices from circling the feature. The disturbed region west of The Red Spot has also changed since Voyager1. It shows more small scale structure and cloud vortices being formed out of the wave structures. ARC-1979-AC79-7102

Range : 6 Million km. ( 3.72 million miles ) This photograph of Jupit...

Range : 6 Million km. ( 3.72 million miles ) This photograph of Jupiter, shot from Voyager 2, shows the equator to the southern polar latitudes, near the Great Red Spot. The white oval that appears here is dif... More

P-21742 BW Range: 6 million kilometers (3.72 million miles) This Voyager 2 image shows the region of Jupiter extending from the equator to the southern polar latitudes in the neighborhood of the Great Red Spot. A white oval, different from the one observed in a similiar position at the time of the Voyager 1 encounter, is situated south of the Great Red Spot. The region of white clouds now extends from east of the red spot and around its northern boundary, preventing small cloud vortices from circling the feature. The disturbed region west of the red spot has also changed since the equivalent Voyager 1 image. It shows more small scale structure and cloud vortices being formed out of the wave structures. ARC-1979-A79-7077

P-21742 BW Range: 6 million kilometers (3.72 million miles) This Voyag...

P-21742 BW Range: 6 million kilometers (3.72 million miles) This Voyager 2 image shows the region of Jupiter extending from the equator to the southern polar latitudes in the neighborhood of the Great Red Spot.... More

The cylindrical projections of Jupiter, representing both Voyager 1 (top) and Voyager 2 (bottom), are presented in this comparison. The top picture extends 400 degrees longitude to 0 degrees (right edge). It is aligned with the lower image so that the longitude scale is correct for both frames. The comparison between the pictures shows the relative motions of features in Jupiter's atmosphere. It can be seen that the Great Red Spot has moved westward and the white oval features eastward during the time between the acquisition of these pictures. Regulare plume patterns are equidistant around the northern edge of the equator, while a train of small spots has moved eastward at approxiamately 80 degrees south latitude. In addition to these relative motions, significant changes are evident in the recirculation flow east of the Great Red Spot, in the disturbed region west of the Greast Red Spot, and as seen in the brightening of material spreading into the equatorial region from the more southerly latitudes. ARC-1979-A79-7098

The cylindrical projections of Jupiter, representing both Voyager 1 (t...

The cylindrical projections of Jupiter, representing both Voyager 1 (top) and Voyager 2 (bottom), are presented in this comparison. The top picture extends 400 degrees longitude to 0 degrees (right edge). It ... More

The cylindrical projections of Jupiter, representing both Voyager 1 (top) and Voyager 2 (bottom), are presented in this comparison. The top picture extends 400 degrees longitude to 0 degrees (right edge). It is aligned with the lower image so that the longitude scale is correct for both frames. The comparison between the pictures shows the relative motions of features in Jupiter's atmosphere. It can be seen that the Great Red Spot has moved westward and the white oval features eastward during the time between the acquisition of these pictures. Regulare plume patterns are equidistant around the northern edge of the equator, while a train of small spots has moved eastward at approxiamately 80 degrees south latitude. In addition to these relative motions, significant changes are evident in the recirculation flow east of the Great Red Spot, in the disturbed region west of the Greast Red Spot, and as seen in the brightening of material spreading into the equatorial region from the more southerly latitudes. ARC-1979-AC79-7098

The cylindrical projections of Jupiter, representing both Voyager 1 (t...

The cylindrical projections of Jupiter, representing both Voyager 1 (top) and Voyager 2 (bottom), are presented in this comparison. The top picture extends 400 degrees longitude to 0 degrees (right edge). It ... More

Range : 34 million km. ( 21.1 million miles) P-22993C This Voyager 1 photograph of Saturn was taken on the last day it could be captured within a single narrow angle camera frame as the spacecraft neared the planet for it's closest approach on Nov. 12, 1980. Dione, one of Saturn's innermost satellites, appears as three color spots just below the planet's south pole. An abundance of previously unseen detail is apparent in the rings. For example, a gap in the dark, innermst ring, C-ring or Crepe Ring, is clearly shown. Also, material is seen inside the relatively wide Cassini Division, seperating the middle, B-ring from the outermost ring, the A-ring. The Encke division is shown near the outer edge of A-ring. The detail in the ring's shadows cast on the planet is of particular interest. The broad dark band near the equator is the shadow of B-ring. The thinner, brighter line just to the south is the shadow of the less dense A-ring. ARC-1980-AC80-7003

Range : 34 million km. ( 21.1 million miles) P-22993C This Voyager 1 ...

Range : 34 million km. ( 21.1 million miles) P-22993C This Voyager 1 photograph of Saturn was taken on the last day it could be captured within a single narrow angle camera frame as the spacecraft neared the p... More

Range : 2.3 million km. ( 1.4 million miles ) P-24067C This Voyager 2 photograph of Titan, a satellite of Saturn, shows some detail in the cloud systems. The southern hemisphere appears lighter in contrast, a well defined band is seen near the equator, and a dark collar is evident at the north pole. All these bands are associated with the cloud circulation in titan's atmosphere. The extended haze, composed of of sub-micron size particles, is seen clearly around the satellite's limb. This image was composed from blue, green, and violet frames. ARC-1981-AC81-7065

Range : 2.3 million km. ( 1.4 million miles ) P-24067C This Voyager 2...

Range : 2.3 million km. ( 1.4 million miles ) P-24067C This Voyager 2 photograph of Titan, a satellite of Saturn, shows some detail in the cloud systems. The southern hemisphere appears lighter in contrast, a... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during Exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship cross the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship cross the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship cross the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during Exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participate in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship cross the equator

Crewmen aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A crewman aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) participates in the traditional shellback initiation ceremony during exercise Unitas XXI. The shellback initiation takes place anytime a U.S. Navy ship crosses the equator

A crewman aboard the destroyer USS ARTHUR W. RADFORD (DD-968) particip...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXI Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: Mcmanus Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A crewman playing the role of Neptune's royal baby participates in the "Shellback" initiation of another crewman who is crossing the Equator for the first time. The ceremony is taking place during Operation UNITAS XXV

A crewman playing the role of Neptune's royal baby participates in the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Kirby Harrison Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military S... More

A crewman emerges from a baptism of salt water, the last step in the "Shellback" initiation ceremonies being conducted for crewmen crossing the Equator for the first time. The ceremonies are taking place during Operation Unitas XXV

A crewman emerges from a baptism of salt water, the last step in the "...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JOCS Harrison Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

P-29521 BW Range: 557,000 kilometers ( 346, 000 miles) The southern hemisphere of Umbriel displays heavy cratering in this Voyager 2 image. This frame, taken through the clear-filter of Voyager's narrow-angle camera, is the most detailed image of Umbriel, with a resolution of about 10 km (6 mi). Umbriel is the darkest of Uranus' larger moons and the one that appears to have experienced the lowest level of geological activity. It has a diameter of about 1,200 km (750 mi) and reflects only 16 percent of the light striking its surface; in the latter respect, Umbriel is similiar to lunar highland areas. Umbriel is heavily cratered but lacks the numerous bright-ray craters seen on the other large Uranian satellites; this results in a relatively uniform surface albedo (reflectivity). The prominent crater on the terminator (upper right) is about 110 km (70 mi) across and has a bright central peak. The strangest feature in this image (at top) is a curious bright ring, the most reflective area seen on Umbriel. The ring is about 140 km (90 mi) in diameter and lies near the satellite's equator. The nature of the ring is not known, although it might be a frost deposit, perhaps associated with an impact crater. Spots against the black background are due to 'noise' in the data. ARC-1986-A86-7037

P-29521 BW Range: 557,000 kilometers ( 346, 000 miles) The southern he...

P-29521 BW Range: 557,000 kilometers ( 346, 000 miles) The southern hemisphere of Umbriel displays heavy cratering in this Voyager 2 image. This frame, taken through the clear-filter of Voyager's narrow-angle c... More

P-29502C Range: 1.04 million kilometers (650,000 miles) This color photo of Umbriel, the darkest of Uranus' five large moons was synthesized from frames exposed with the Voyager narrow-angle camera's violet and clear filters and has a resolution of 19 km (12 mi.). Umbriel is characterized by the darkest surface and smallest brightness variations of any of the large satellites of Uranus. As seen here, the surface is also generally gray and colorless. Nevertheless, at this resolution, considerable topographic detail is revealed, showing that Umbriel's surface is covered by impact craters. The brightest spot (shown at top near the equator at approxiamately 270 ° longitude) appears as a bright ring. Its geological significance is not yet understood. Umbriel has a diameter of about 1,200 km (750 miles) and orbits 267,000 km (166,000 mi) from Uranus' center. The satellite's name, from Alexander Pope's 'Rape of the Lock,' means 'dark angel'. ARC-1986-AC86-7018

P-29502C Range: 1.04 million kilometers (650,000 miles) This color pho...

P-29502C Range: 1.04 million kilometers (650,000 miles) This color photo of Umbriel, the darkest of Uranus' five large moons was synthesized from frames exposed with the Voyager narrow-angle camera's violet and... More

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) dress up as women during the Golden Shellback Initiation given to sailors crossing the equator for the first time. The ship is on a cruise around the world

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) dress up as wo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erickson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A crew member aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) is baptized in saltwater as part of the Golden Shellback Initiation given to sailors crossing the equator for the first time. The ship is on a cruise around the world

A crew member aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) is baptized i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erickson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) participate in the Golden Shellback Initiation given to sailors crossing the equator for the first time. The ship is on a cruise around the world

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB-63) participate in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Erickson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) participate in the Golden Shellback Initiation given to sailors crossing the equator for the first time. The ship is on a cruise around the world

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) participate in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) participate in the Golden Shellback Initiation given to sailors crossing the equator for the first time. The ship is on a cruise around the world. (SUBSTANDARD)

Crew members aboard the battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) participate in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Missouri (BB 63) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sailors aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate in a line crossing initiation ceremony where wogs, Sailors who have never crossed the Equator, will become shellbacks. The SUMTER is in the Atlantic Ocean on a six-month West African

Sailors aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Sumter (LST 1181) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton Savage, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Sailors board the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate in a line crossing initiation ceremony where wogs, Sailors who have never crossed the Equator, will become shellbacks. The SUMTER is in the Atlantic Ocean on a six-month West African t

Sailors board the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Sumter (LST 1181) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton Savage, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Sailors aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate in a line crossing initiation ceremony where wogs, Sailors who have never crossed the Equator, will become shellbacks. The SUMTER is in the Atlantic Ocean on a six-month West African

Sailors aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Sumter (LST 1181) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton Savage, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Sailors aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate in a line crossing initiation ceremony where wogs, Sailors who have never crossed the Equator, will become shellbacks. The SUMTER is in the Atlantic Ocean on a six-month West African

Sailors aboard the tank landing ship USS SUMTER (LST 1181) participate...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mauritania Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Milton Savage, Usnr-R Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

August 17 to 19, 1989 Range : 11.5 million km (7.1 million mi.) to 7.9 million km (4.9 million mi.) Four black and white images of Neptune's largest satellite, Triton, show it's rotation between the first (upper left) image and the last (lower right). Resolution improves from about 200 km (124 miles) to 150 km (93 miles) per line pair. Triton's south pole lies in the dark area near the bottom of the disk. Dark spots, roughly 1,000 km (620 miles) across, occur near the equator, and show Triton rotation between images. The rotation appears to be synchronous with Triton's 5.88-day orbital period (i.e., Triton rotates on its axis in the same time it revolves around Neptune.) The spots' constant rotation rate and their visibility near the edge of the disk suggest the spots are surface features. Whatever atmosphere is present on Triton appears transparent enough that Voyager 2's cameras can see through it. ARC-1989-A89-7005

August 17 to 19, 1989 Range : 11.5 million km (7.1 million mi.) to 7....

August 17 to 19, 1989 Range : 11.5 million km (7.1 million mi.) to 7.9 million km (4.9 million mi.) Four black and white images of Neptune's largest satellite, Triton, show it's rotation between the first (upp... More

Range : 5.4 million km (3.3 million miles) Features as small as 100 km (62 miles) across can be seen in this color image of Neptune's satellite Triton, photographed by Voyager 2. Triton's overall pinkish color may be due to reddish materials produced by irradiation of methane gas and ice on the satellite. The dark areas near the top of the image seem to be part of a belt of dark markings observed near Trition's equator at different longitudes. Generally, darker areas on Triton appear to be somewhat redder in color than brighter areas. The central longitude in the image is 123 degrees. Here the south pole is at about 6 o'clock, approximately 1/6th of the way up from the bottom. The color image was made from three black-and-white frames, taken through clear, violet and green filters. ARC-1989-AC89-7011

Range : 5.4 million km (3.3 million miles) Features as small as 100 k...

Range : 5.4 million km (3.3 million miles) Features as small as 100 km (62 miles) across can be seen in this color image of Neptune's satellite Triton, photographed by Voyager 2. Triton's overall pinkish colo... More

P-34615 These three color images of Triton were taken at three different orbital longitudes to show different faces of the neptune moon. the overall pinkish cast of the images may be due to the presence of reddish material on Triton produced by irradiation of methane gas and ice on Triton. In these pictures the south pole is at roughly 6 o'clock, about 1/6th of the way from the bottom. Near the top of the left on Triton's equator are several large dark spots that are probably suface markings. These markings rotate with a 5.88-day orbital period of Triton. The left image has a central longitude 288 degrees, the center at 351 degrees ( nearly the hemisphere that will be seen at Voyager's closest approach to Triton), and the right image is at 35 degrees logitude. ARC-1989-AC89-7002

P-34615 These three color images of Triton were taken at three differe...

P-34615 These three color images of Triton were taken at three different orbital longitudes to show different faces of the neptune moon. the overall pinkish cast of the images may be due to the presence of red... More

Range : 12 million km (7.5 million miles) Resolution 110 km (68 miles) per pixel. These 2 images of Neptune were taken by Voyager 2's narrow-angle camera. During the 17.6 hours between the left and right images, the Great Dark Spot, at 22 degrees south latitude (left of center), has completed a little less than one rotation of Neptune. The smaller dark spot, at 54 south, completed a little more than one rotation, as can be seen by comparing its relative positions in the two pictures. The Great Dark Spot and the smaller spot have a relative velocity of 100 meters per second (220 miles an hour). The light and dark bands circling Neptune indicate predominantly zonal (east-west) motion. The diffuse white feature north of the Great Dark Spot is near Neptune's equator, and rotates with about the same period as the Great Dark Spot. Streak of bright clouds at the south edge, and just east of the Great Dark Spot, are its constatnt companions, and change the details of their appearance, often within a few hours. Changing brightness of the cloud streaks could be a result of vertical mortions. ARC-1989-A89-7006

Range : 12 million km (7.5 million miles) Resolution 110 km (68 miles...

Range : 12 million km (7.5 million miles) Resolution 110 km (68 miles) per pixel. These 2 images of Neptune were taken by Voyager 2's narrow-angle camera. During the 17.6 hours between the left and right imag... More

Range : 4 million km (2.5 million miles) Already-intriquing patterns of unknown origin appear on the surgace of Neptune's largest satellite, Trition, in this image from Voyager 2. Voyager images show that Trition's diameter is about 2,720 km (1,690 miles), and that it is one of the brightest objects in the solar system, reflecting about 70 percent of the sunlight that strikes it. THis is the hemisphere of Triton that always faces away from Neptune. The south pole is near the botton of the image. Triton's rotation axis is tilted so that the latitude at the center of the disk is 55 degrees south. Dark regions at the top of the disk extend from roughly the equator to beyond 20 degrees north. The margin between the bright and dark regions varies with longitude around the satellite. The gray, featureless area just to the right of the center of the disk is due to a reseau (reticule mark) in the camera. ARC-1989-A89-7012

Range : 4 million km (2.5 million miles) Already-intriquing patterns ...

Range : 4 million km (2.5 million miles) Already-intriquing patterns of unknown origin appear on the surgace of Neptune's largest satellite, Trition, in this image from Voyager 2. Voyager images show that Tri... More

P-34666 This false color photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from two images taken by Voyager 2's wide angle camera, through the orange and two different methane filters. Objects that deep in the atmosphere are blue, while those at higher altitudes are white. Light at methane wavelengths is mostly absorbed in the deeper atmosphere. The bright, white feature is a high altitude cloud just south of the Great dark Spot. The hard, sharp inner boundary within the bright cloud is an artifact of computer processing on Earth. Other, smaller clouds associated with the Great Dark Spot are white or pink, and are also at high altitudes. Neptune's limb looks reddish because Voyager 2 is viewing it tangentially, and the sunlight is scattered back to space before it can be absorbed by methane. A long, narrow band of high-altitude clouds near the top of the image is located at 25 degrees north latitude, and faint hazes mark the equator and polor regions ARC-1989-AC89-7019

P-34666 This false color photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from ...

P-34666 This false color photograph of Neptune was reconstructed from two images taken by Voyager 2's wide angle camera, through the orange and two different methane filters. Objects that deep in the atmosphere... More

Range : 4 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) P-34654 This Voyager 2 image of Neptune's satteltite Triton was made by combining images taken through the green, clear, and violet filters. The smallest feature seen are about 74 km, or 46 miles accross. The south pole of Triton is currently tipped toward the sun and it is summer in the southern hemisphere. The south pole is located about a quarter of the way up from the bottom if the image. The bright band near the top of the image nearly coincides with the equator of Triton. One prominent and several smaller bright, wispy streaks extend from the band into the darker northern hemisphere. The prominent wispy streak shows bluish-white color, while the darker northern hemisphere is reddish in color. This may indicate that the streak is freshly deposited frost while the red color in the northern hemisphere may result from methane frost that has been darkened by radiation. Individual markings appear to rotate with the satellite and retain their shapes indicating they are indeed surface features and not in the tenuous atmosphere. ARC-1989-AC89-7016

Range : 4 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) P-34654 This Voyager 2 im...

Range : 4 million km. ( 2.5 million miles ) P-34654 This Voyager 2 image of Neptune's satteltite Triton was made by combining images taken through the green, clear, and violet filters. The smallest feature see... More

Range : 530,000 km (330,000 mi.) This color photo of Neptune's large satellite Triton has a resolution of about 10 km (6.2 mi), sufficient to begin to show topographic detail. The image was made from pictures taken through the green, violet and ultraviolet filters. In this technique, regions that are highly reflective in the ultraviolet appear blue in color. In reality, there is no part of Triton that would appear blue to the eye. The bright southern hemisphere of Triton, which fills most of this frame, is generally pink in tone as is the even brighter equatorial band. The darker regions north of the equator also tend to be pink or reddish in color. ARC-1989-AC89-7032

Range : 530,000 km (330,000 mi.) This color photo of Neptune's large ...

Range : 530,000 km (330,000 mi.) This color photo of Neptune's large satellite Triton has a resolution of about 10 km (6.2 mi), sufficient to begin to show topographic detail. The image was made from pictures... More

P-34630 Range: 10.5 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) This cylindrical projection view of Neptune uses five narrow-angle images equally spaced around the planet. They were taken by Voyager 2 over the course of a Neptunian day, an interval of about 18 hours. Latitude lines are horizontal in the image, and range from 80 degrees south to 30 degrees north of the equator. Near the center, the Great Dark Spot leaves a disturbed wave-like pattern that stretches around Neptune. Features further south move eastward at speeds up to 400 mph relative to the Great Dark Spot. The features are storms--moving cloud systems that persist for months or longer. The weather forecast for Neptune is therefore continued high winds and cold with little change in temperature. ARC-1989-A89-7040

P-34630 Range: 10.5 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) This cylind...

P-34630 Range: 10.5 million kilometers (6.5 million miles) This cylindrical projection view of Neptune uses five narrow-angle images equally spaced around the planet. They were taken by Voyager 2 over the cours... More

Range : 60,000 miles This image is a false-color version of a near- infrared map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard Galileo. Taken at an infrared wavelength of 2.3 microns (about three times the longest wavelength visible to the human eye) the map shows the turbulent, cloudy middle atmosphere some 30-33 miles above the surface, 6-10 miles below the visible cloudtops. The image shows the radiant heat from the lower atmosphere (about 400 degrees F) shining through the sulfuric acid clouds, which appear as much as 10 times darker than the bright gaps between clouds. The colors indicate relative cloud transparency; white and red show thin cloud regions, while black and blue represent relatively this clouds. This cloud layer is at about 170 degrees F., at a pressure about 1/2 Earth's atmospheric pressure. About 2/3 of the dark hemisphere is visible, centered on longitude 350 West, with bright slivers of daylit high clouds visible at top and bottom left. Near the equator, the clouds appear fluffy and blocky; farther north, they are stretched out into East-West filaments by winds estimated at more than 150 mph, while the poles are capped by thick clouds at this altitude. The Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on the Galileo is a combined mapping (imaging) and spectral instrument. It can sense 408 contiguous wavelengths from 0.7 microns (deep red) to 5.2 microns, and can construct a map or image by mechanical scanning. It can spectroscopic-ally analyze atmospheres and surfaces and construct thermal and chemical maps. Designed and operated by scientists and engineers at the JPL, NIMS involves 15 scientists in the US, England and France. ARC-1990-AC91-2005

Range : 60,000 miles This image is a false-color version of a near- i...

Range : 60,000 miles This image is a false-color version of a near- infrared map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard Galileo. Taken at a... More

Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Galileo spacecraft.The map shows the turbulent, cloudy middle atmosphere some 30-33 miles above the surface, 6-10 miles below the visible cloudtops. The image to the left shows the radiant heat from the lower atmosphere (about 400 degrees F) ahining through the sulfuric acid clouds, which appear as much as 10 times darker than the bright gaps between clouds. This cloud layer is at about 170 degrees F, at a pressure about 1/2 Earth's atmospheric pressure. About 2/3 of the dark hemisphere is visible, centered on longitude 350 West, with bright slsivers of daylit high clouds visible at top and bottom left. The right image, a modified negative, represents what scientists believe would be the visual appearance of this mid-level cloud deck in daylight, with the clouds reflecting sunlight instead of clocking out infrared from the hot planet and lower atmosphere. Near the equator, the clouds appear fluffy and clocky; farther north, they are stretched out into East-West filaments by winds estimated at more than 150 mph, while the poles are capped by thick clouds at this altitude. The Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on the Galileo is a combined mapping (imaging) and spectral instrument. It can sense 408 contiguous wavelengths from 0.7 microns (deep red) to 5.2 microns, and can construct a map or image by mechanical scanning. It can spectroscopic-ally analyze atmospheres and surfaces and construct thermal and chemical maps. ARC-1990-A91-2002

Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed...

Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Galileo spacecraft.The ... More

Range : 1 million miles (1.63 million km) This image of the planet Venus was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shortly befor 10pm PST when the space craft was directly above Venus' equator. This is the 66th of more than 80 Venus images Galileo was programmed to take and record during its Venus flyby. In the picture, cloud features as small as 25 miles (40 km) can be seen. Patches of waves and convective clouds are superimpposed on the swirl of the planet's broad weather patterns, marked by the dark chevron at the center. North is at the top. The several ring-shaped shadows are blemishes, not planetary features. The spacecraft imaging system has a 1500-mm, f/8.5 reflecting telescope; the exposure time was 1/40 second. The image was taken through the violet filter (0.41 micron.). It was produced by the imaging system in digital form, as a set of numbers representing the brightness perceived in each of the 640,000 picture elements defined on the solid-state plate, called a charged-coupled-device or CCD, on which the image was focused. ARC-1990-A91-2000

Range : 1 million miles (1.63 million km) This image of the planet Ve...

Range : 1 million miles (1.63 million km) This image of the planet Venus was taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft shortly befor 10pm PST when the space craft was directly above Venus' equator. This is the 66th ... More

Range : 1.4 to 2 million miles These are enhanced versions of four views of Venus taken by Galileo's Solid State Imaging System. The pictures in the top row were taken about 4 and 5 days after closest approach, and those in the bottom row 6 days after closest approach, 2 hours apart. These show the faint Venusian cloud features vary clearly. A high-pass filter way applied to bring out broader global variations in tone. The bright polar hoods are a well-known feature of Venus. Of particular interest to planetary atmospheric scientists are the complex cloud patterns near the equator, in the vicinity of the bright subsolar point, where convection is most prevalent. ARC-1990-A91-2013

Range : 1.4 to 2 million miles These are enhanced versions of four vi...

Range : 1.4 to 2 million miles These are enhanced versions of four views of Venus taken by Galileo's Solid State Imaging System. The pictures in the top row were taken about 4 and 5 days after closest approac... More

Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Galileo spacecraft.The map shows the turbulent, cloudy middle atmosphere some 30-33 miles above the surface, 6-10 miles below the visible cloudtops. The image to the left shows the radiant heat from the lower atmosphere (about 400 degrees F) ahining through the sulfuric acid clouds, which appear as much as 10 times darker than the bright gaps between clouds. This cloud layer is at about 170 degrees F, at a pressure about 1/2 Earth's atmospheric pressure. About 2/3 of the dark hemisphere is visible, centered on longitude 350 West, with bright slsivers of daylit high clouds visible at top and bottom left. The right image, a modified negative, represents what scientists believe would be the visual appearance of this mid-level cloud deck in daylight, with the clouds reflecting sunlight instead of clocking out infrared from the hot planet and lower atmosphere. Near the equator, the clouds appear fluffy and clocky; farther north, they are stretched out into East-West filaments by winds estimated at more than 150 mph, while the poles are capped by thick clouds at this altitude. The Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on the Galileo is a combined mapping (imaging) and spectral instrument. It can sense 408 contiguous wavelengths from 0.7 microns (deep red) to 5.2 microns, and can construct a map or image by mechanical scanning. It can spectroscopic-ally analyze atmospheres and surfaces and construct thermal and chemical maps. ARC-1990-A91-2001

Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed...

Range : 60,000 miles These images are two versions of a near-infrafed map of lower-level clouds on the night side of Venus, obtained by the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer aboard the Galileo spacecraft.The ... More

A bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) conducting underway replenishment operations with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) at the equator

A bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) conducting und...

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An overhead view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) underway at the equator

An overhead view of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM L...

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A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) conducting underway replenishment operations with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) at the equator

A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) cond...

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A starboard quarter view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) conducting underway replenishment operations with the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG-39) at the equator

A starboard quarter view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Marty Norman Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) conducting underway replenishment operations with the guided missile frigate USS DOYLE (FFG-39) at the equator

A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) cond...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Sean Linehan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) conducting underway replenishment operations with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) at the equator

A starboard bow view of the fleet oiler USNS PAWCATUCK (T-AO-108) cond...

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The crew of the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-987) takes part in the "Wog Day" festivities as the ship crosses the equator during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations

The crew of the destroyer USS O'BANNON (DD-987) takes part in the "Wog...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: USS O'Bannon Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Bivera Release Status: Released ... More

NASA Earth Science. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA Earth Science. NASA public domain image colelction.

This image depicts a full view of the Earth, taken by the Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite (GOES-8). The red and green charnels represent visible data, while the blue channel represents inverted ... More

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-K is built for NASA and NOAA by Space Systems/LORAL of Palo Alto, Calif. The advanced weather satellite was built and launched for NOAA under technical guidance and project management by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Once it is in geosynchronous orbit at 22,240 miles above the Earth’s equator at 105 degrees West Longitude and undergoes its final checkout, the GOES-K will be designated GOES-10. The primary objective of the GOES-K launch is to provide a full-capability satellite in an on-orbit storage condition to assure NOAA backup continuity in weather coverage of the Earth in case one of the existing two operational GOES satellites now in orbit begins to malfunction KSC-97pc713

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Can...

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new adva... More

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-K is built for NASA and NOAA by Space Systems/LORAL of Palo Alto, Calif. The advanced weather satellite was built and launched for NOAA under technical guidance and project management by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Once it is in geosynchronous orbit at 22,240 miles above the Earth’s equator at 105 degrees West Longitude and undergoes its final checkout, the GOES-K will be designated GOES-10. The primary objective of the GOES-K launch is to provide a full-capability satellite in an on-orbit storage condition to assure NOAA backup continuity in weather coverage of the Earth in case one of the existing two operational GOES satellites now in orbit begins to malfunction KSC-97pc715

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Can...

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new adva... More

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-K is built for NASA and NOAA by Space Systems/LORAL of Palo Alto, Calif. The advanced weather satellite was built and launched for NOAA under technical guidance and project management by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Once it is in geosynchronous orbit at 22,240 miles above the Earth’s equator at 105 degrees West Longitude and undergoes its final checkout, the GOES-K will be designated GOES-10. The primary objective of the GOES-K launch is to provide a full-capability satellite in an on-orbit storage condition to assure NOAA backup continuity in weather coverage of the Earth in case one of the existing two operational GOES satellites now in orbit begins to malfunction KSC-97pc716

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Can...

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new adva... More

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-K is built for NASA and NOAA by Space Systems/LORAL of Palo Alto, Calif. The advanced weather satellite was built and launched for NOAA under technical guidance and project management by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Once it is in geosynchronous orbit at 22,240 miles above the Earth’s equator at 105 degrees West Longitude and undergoes its final checkout, the GOES-K will be designated GOES-10. The primary objective of the GOES-K launch is to provide a full-capability satellite in an on-orbit storage condition to assure NOAA backup continuity in weather coverage of the Earth in case one of the existing two operational GOES satellites now in orbit begins to malfunction KSC-97pc712

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Can...

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new adva... More

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-K is built for NASA and NOAA by Space Systems/LORAL of Palo Alto, Calif. The advanced weather satellite was built and launched for NOAA under technical guidance and project management by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Once it is in geosynchronous orbit at 22,240 miles above the Earth’s equator at 105 degrees West Longitude and undergoes its final checkout, the GOES-K will be designated GOES-10. The primary objective of the GOES-K launch is to provide a full-capability satellite in an on-orbit storage condition to assure NOAA backup continuity in weather coverage of the Earth in case one of the existing two operational GOES satellites now in orbit begins to malfunction KSC-97pc714

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Can...

The GOES-K weather satellite lifts off from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) at 1:49 a.m. EDT April 25. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new adva... More

Cloud Features North of Jupiter Equator

Cloud Features North of Jupiter Equator

Cloud Features North of Jupiter Equator NASA/JPL-Caltech Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workers (left) at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., get ready to prepare NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) for encapsulation in the rocket faring (left) before launch. The spacecraft is expected to be launched Dec. 16 aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket from the AFB's Space Launch Complex 3 East. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, Terra will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1411

Workers (left) at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., get ready to prepare NASA's ...

Workers (left) at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., get ready to prepare NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) for encapsulation in the rocket faring (left) before launch. The spacecraft is expected to be launched Dec. 16 aboa... More

The rocket faring (left) displays a logo of the many science instruments that make up NASA's Terra spacecraft (background). When fully assembled, Terra will be encapsulated in the faring before launch, scheduled for Dec. 16 aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, it will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1415

The rocket faring (left) displays a logo of the many science instrumen...

The rocket faring (left) displays a logo of the many science instruments that make up NASA's Terra spacecraft (background). When fully assembled, Terra will be encapsulated in the faring before launch, schedule... More

NASA's Terra spacecraft awaits installation of the instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Terra is expected to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that, together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1414

NASA's Terra spacecraft awaits installation of the instruments that wi...

NASA's Terra spacecraft awaits installation of the instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Terra is expected to be launched aboa... More

The rocket faring is lifted up the launch tower for mating with the Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket after encapsulation of Terra, formerly EOS AM-1. It is scheduled for launch Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, it will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1416

The rocket faring is lifted up the launch tower for mating with the Lo...

The rocket faring is lifted up the launch tower for mating with the Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket after encapsulation of Terra, formerly EOS AM-1. It is scheduled for launch Dec. 16 from Space Launch Comple... More

NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) is prepared for encapsulation in the rocket faring (left) before launch at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The faring displays a logo of the many science instruments that make up Terra. The spacecraft's launch aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket is scheduled for Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, Terra will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1410

NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) is prepared for encapsulation in the r...

NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) is prepared for encapsulation in the rocket faring (left) before launch at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The faring displays a logo of the many science instruments that make up Terra. T... More

Workers at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., help prepare NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) for encapsulation in the rocket faring (left). Terra is expected to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, Terra will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1412

Workers at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., help prepare NASA's Terra spacecraf...

Workers at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., help prepare NASA's Terra spacecraft (right) for encapsulation in the rocket faring (left). Terra is expected to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket Dec. 16... More

NASA's Terra spacecraft (foreground) is ready for encapsulation in the rocket faring behind it. Terra is expected to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 East at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. Terra comprises five state-of-the-art sets of instruments that will collect data for continuous, long-term records of the state of Earth's land, oceans and atmosphere. Together with data from other satellite systems launched by NASA and other countries, Terra will inaugurate a new self-consistent data record that will be gathered over the next 15 years. From an altitude of 438 miles, Terra will circle the Earth 16 times a day from pole to pole (98 degree inclination), crossing the equator at 10:30 a.m. The five Terra instruments will operate by measuring sunlight reflected by the Earth and heat emitted by the Earth KSC-99pp1413

NASA's Terra spacecraft (foreground) is ready for encapsulation in the...

NASA's Terra spacecraft (foreground) is ready for encapsulation in the rocket faring behind it. Terra is expected to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS rocket Dec. 16 from Space Launch Complex 3 Ea... More

Bright Equator - NASA Saturn images

Bright Equator - NASA Saturn images

Bright Equator NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - CloudSat and CALIPSO ¯ Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations ¯ thunders skyward after launch at approximately 6:02 a.m. EDT atop a Boeing Delta II rocket. The two satellites will eventually circle approximately 438 miles above Earth in a sun-synchronous polar orbit, which means they will always cross the equator at the same local time. Their technologies will enable scientists to study how clouds and aerosols form, evolve and interact. CloudSat is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, Calif. JPL developed the radar instrument with hardware contributions from the Canadian Space Agency. CALIPSO is collaboration between NASA and France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). Langley Research Center, in Hampton, Va., is leading the CALIPSO mission and providing overall project management, systems engineering, and payload mission operations. Photo credit: Boeing/Thom Baur KSC-06pd0755

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - CloudSat and CALIPSO ¯ Cloud-Aer...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - CloudSat and CALIPSO ¯ Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations ¯ thunders skyward after launch at approximately 6:02 a.m. EDT atop a Boeing Delta... More

The Colorful Equator of Rhea. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Colorful Equator of Rhea. NASA public domain image colelction.

These three enhanced-color views of an equatorial region on Saturn moon Rhea were made from data obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft. The colors have been enhanced to show colorful splotches and bands on the ic... More

Sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) participate

Sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) participate

Sailors aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) participate in a Crossing the Line Ceremony, an ancient seafaring tradition to mark the ship's passing of the Equator. Carl Vinson is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area ... More

Movie of Mercury Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude

Movie of Mercury Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude

Movie of Mercury Magnetic Equator Versus Longitude NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

Old Cratered Terrain on Vesta Equator

Old Cratered Terrain on Vesta Equator

This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows old cratered terrain located on asteroid Vesta equator. Many of these craters have very degraded, rounded rims. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians have reinstalled half of the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, and prepare to reinstall the other half. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3233

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians have reinstalled half of the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians reinstall half of the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, protected in an environmental enclosure. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3230

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians reinstall half of the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus fairing closes around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, during operations to reinstall the fairing. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3236

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus fairing closes around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, during oper... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way in Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to reinstall the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3229

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way in Orbi...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way in Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to reinstall the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telesco... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus fairing has been reinstalled around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. NuSTAR is mated to Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket, extending outside the environmental enclosure, at right. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3240

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus fairing has been reinstalled around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTA... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus fairing has been secured around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3239

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Pegasus fairing has been secured around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. ... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to roll the second half of the Pegasus fairing into in an environmental enclosure for reinstallation around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3231

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to roll the second half of the Pegasus fairing into in an environmental enclosure ... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is hidden from sight as the Pegasus fairing closes around it during the fairing’s reinstallation. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3237

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is hidden from sight as the Pegasus fairing c... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, half of the Pegasus fairing has been reinstalled around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, as technicians align the other half. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3234

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, half of the Pegasus fairing has been reinstalled around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, ... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician secures the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. Access to the spacecraft was needed for compatibility testing to verify communication with a tracking station in Hawaii. With the change in the launch timeframe to June, this station will be needed to support launch. After processing of Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket and the spacecraft is complete, they will be flown on Orbital's L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg, to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus, mated to its NuSTAR payload, will be launched from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. Launch is scheduled for June 13. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing/Aaron Taubman, VAFB KSC-2012-3238

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Van...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician secures the Pegasus fairing around NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTA... More

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