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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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...
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 roll the second half of the Pegasus fairing into an environmental enclosure for reinstalla... More
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 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 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. – 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 Van...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In Orbital Sciences’ hangar on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians align half of the Pegasus fairing before it is reinstalled around NASA’s Nuclear Spectrosc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, is positioned under Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft at the “hot pad,”... More
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 transport NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A coolant line is connected to the...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A coolant line is connected to the fairing enclosing NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, after the Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket to which it is ma... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way to roll...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way to roll the transporter from under NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, which was... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Fog engulfs NASA’s Nuclear Spectro...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Fog engulfs NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, as it arrives at the “hot pad,” located on the ramp adjacen... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft is one step closer to launching NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR. The Pegasus XL rocket to which the telesco... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, is transported from Orbital’s processing hangar to the “hot pad,” locat... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, rolls out of Orbital’s processing hangar headed for the “hot pad,” loca... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The transporter rolls away from Or...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The transporter rolls away from Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft at the “hot pad,” located on the ramp adjacent to the runway on Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califor... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, begins its move from Orbital’s processing hangar to the “hot pad,” loca... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A technician prepares to roll the ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A technician prepares to roll the transporter from under NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, attached benea... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians attach NASA’s Nuclear ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians attach NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, beneath Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft at the “ho... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians attach a coolant line ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians attach a coolant line to the fairing enclosing NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, beneath Orb... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, rolls toward Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft at the “hot pad,” locate... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, travels along the roadway from Orbital’s processing hangar to the “hot ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians prepare to attach NASA...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians prepare to attach NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, beneath Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The sun rises over Vandenberg Air ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The sun rises over Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to reveal NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, ma... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, comes to rest under Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft at the “hot pad,”... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, rolls out of Orbital’s processing hangar headed for the “hot pad,” loca... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, makes its way from Orbital’s processing hangar to the “hot pad,” locate... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Teles...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus XL rocket, approaches Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft awaiting its arrival at th... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus rocke...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus rocket and NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are installed under Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft and await departure fr... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way for the...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are under way for the departure of Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft prepares for takeoff from the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus roc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are under way f...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are under way for the departure of Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Or... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are under way f...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are under way for the departure of Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Or... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft prepares for takeoff from the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus roc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The flight crew boards Orbital Sci...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The flight crew boards Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus rocket and NASA’s... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft, transporting Orbital’s Pegasus rocket and NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, leaves Vandenberg Air Force Base... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Supplies are loaded onto the Miami...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Supplies are loaded onto the Miami Air International Boeing 737 airplane that will accompany Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft taxies to the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus rocket and NASA’s N... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo aircraft, foreground, sits on the tarmac at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as final preparations are under way for the departure of... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus rocke...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – An Orbital Sciences’ Pegasus rocket and NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, are installed under Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft awaiting departure fro... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Miami Air International Boeing...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Miami Air International Boeing 737 airplane, at right, accompanying Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft, takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft lifts off the runway as it departs from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus roc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft, transporting Orbital’s Pegasus rocket and NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, takes off from Vandenberg Air Fo... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The nose gear of Orbital Sciences’...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The nose gear of Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft rises from the runway as the plane takes off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transpo... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft taxies to the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus rocket and NASA’s N... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft taxies to the runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus rocket and NASA’s N... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft lifts off the runway as it departs from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’s Pegasus roc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Miami Air International Boeing...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The Miami Air International Boeing 737 airplane, at right, accompanying Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft, prepares for takeoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Cali... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft appears to hover above the runway as it departs from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft is transporting Orbital’... More
KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands – Orbital Sciences' L-1011 carrier a...
KWAJALEIN ATOLL, Marshall Islands – Orbital Sciences' L-1011 carrier aircraft has arrived at the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, delivering Orbital’s Pegasus ro... More