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Mary, helped by Joseph and an angel, stepping from a boat to the shore, an angel steadies a donkey before her, from the series 'The Flight into Egypt'

Mary, helped by Joseph and an angel, stepping from a boat to the shore...

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Photographer, SGT J. S. Orlando steadies his camera as he prepares to take a picture. The photographer is undergoing combat awareness field training to prepare him for combat situations

Photographer, SGT J. S. Orlando steadies his camera as he prepares to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bellows Air Force Base, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Squires Release Status: Relea... More

SGT. Jim Hendricks steadies an Mark 82 bomb being carried by a bomb loader to an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for loading

SGT. Jim Hendricks steadies an Mark 82 bomb being carried by a bomb lo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Flesland Air Station Country: Norway (NOR) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

A Marine steadies a piece of heavy equipment while constructing a fuel farm during Exercise Solid Shield '85

A Marine steadies a piece of heavy equipment while constructing a fuel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT T.K. Burch Release... More

A plane director steadies himself on the flight deck as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) turns into the wind to launch an S-3A Viking aircraft of Air Anti-submarine Squadron 32 (VS-32). The ROOSEVELT is undergoing readiness testing during post-commissioning sea trials

A plane director steadies himself on the flight deck as the nuclear-po...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Clarence F. Arnold Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

A Marine steadies a child playing with the M60 Maremount machine gun mounted atop an M998 High-mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The vehicle is one of the displays on the pier beside the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) during Navy Appreciation Week, which is being sponsored by the local Navy League chapter

A Marine steadies a child playing with the M60 Maremount machine gun m...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Port Everglades State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 J. Alan Elliott Release Status: Released ... More

A crewman wearing sound-powered phones steadies his arms on the barrel of a Mark 3 40 mm cannon as he peers through a pair of binoculars while on patrol in a PB Mark III patrol boat. This patrol boat and the one following in its wake are among the Navy assets operating in support of efforts to provide security for US-flagged shipping in the gulf

A crewman wearing sound-powered phones steadies his arms on the barrel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Persian Gulf Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Smith Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A plant employee steadies a propulsion stage from a Pershing 1A missile as it is lowered into place on a firing stand. Several missiles are being destroyed in the presence of Soviet inspectors in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty

A plant employee steadies a propulsion stage from a Pershing 1A missil...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jose Lopez Jr. Release Stat... More

A soldier wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit and mask steadies a metal container as a simulated chemical artillery round is lowered into it during Operation CROCODILE, a training exercise for medical, decontamination and chemical reaction team personnel

A soldier wearing nuclear-biological-chemical (NBC) protective suit an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Z. Rockett Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A crew member from the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD 6) steadies a steel beam as another crew member operates a gas welder while repairing a building as part of typhoon relief efforts in the area

A crew member from the amphibious transport dock USS DULUTH (LPD 6) st...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cebu Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Gregory P. Curry Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

STAFF SGT. Joseph Labaska steadies a Mark 82 500-pound bomb on the arm of an MJ-1 weapons loader as he and the loader's driver, AIRMAN John Eskat, arm an A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft from the 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing during the joint readiness Exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Labaska and Eskat are members of the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron

STAFF SGT. Joseph Labaska steadies a Mark 82 500-pound bomb on the arm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: MASTER SGT. Ed Boyce Release Status: Rele... More

SSGT Joseph Labaska, left, steadies a Mark 82 500-pound bomb as AMN John Eskat drives an MJ-1 weapons loader under the wing of a 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt aircraft during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Labaska and Eskat are members of the 343rd Aircraft Generation Squadron

SSGT Joseph Labaska, left, steadies a Mark 82 500-pound bomb as AMN Jo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operat... More

A soldier gives a raised fist signal while another soldier steadies cargo during off-load operations at Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A soldier gives a raised fist signal while another soldier steadies ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Val Gempis (USAF) Release Status: Rel... More

CAPT. Loisann M. Hopkin steadies a rope while helping to set up a field treatment center during the Battlefield Nursing Course

CAPT. Loisann M. Hopkin steadies a rope while helping to set up a fiel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Maria Fox Release Status: Released t... More

NASCAR driver and 1999 Busch series Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. carefully lines up an AIM 120missile during a load crew competition at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia as STAFF Sergeant Johnny Martin, 27th Fighter Squadron Weapons Load Crew CHIEF, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, steadies the missile

NASCAR driver and 1999 Busch series Champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. carefu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Status... More

Airman Shamari Green from Brooklyn, N.Y., steadies a phone and distance line during an underway replenishment (UNREP) between the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) and the Theodore Roosevelt.

Airman Shamari Green from Brooklyn, N.Y., steadies a phone and distanc...

At sea aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt Airman Shamari Green from Brooklyn, N.Y., steadies a phone and distance line during an underway replenishment (UNREP) between the fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE... More

NASCAR driver Matt Kensith carefully lines up an AIM 120 missile during a load crew competition at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia as STAFF Sergeant Curtis Gorham, 1ST Operations Group Weapons Load Crew CHIEF, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, steadies the missile. MASTER Sergeant Eric Hoff, background, Weapons Academic Instructor for the 1ST Operations Group watches to insure proper safety rules are followed

NASCAR driver Matt Kensith carefully lines up an AIM 120 missile durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Status... More

Katie Krize, 6, steadies a pair of binoculars to her face while trying to keep up with the USAF Thunderbird's performance (not shown) at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Krize, daughter of US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Michael Krize, is one of a number of special needs children, sponsored by the Make a Wish foundation, attending the performance

Katie Krize, 6, steadies a pair of binoculars to her face while trying...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

While the shower trailer, held up by a crane, hovers close to the concrete support posts a member of the 355th AEG (Air Expeditionary Group) Civil Engineering Squadron steadies and adjusts it into position. The shower trailer is one of 60 trailers set up at Masirah Air Base, Oman, in support of deployed troops during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad

While the shower trailer, held up by a crane, hovers close to the conc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jack Braden, USAF Release Status: Re... More

Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC steadies the KC-130s Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engine by the propeller. Using the Pettibone crane Corporal Douglas Peterson, USMC, (rear) starts to move the engine into position. The Marines are with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58. They are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations

Corporal Leonard Rodriguez, USMC steadies the KC-130s Allison T56-A-15...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR 352 Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Usmc Release... More

Corporal Douglas Peterson, USMC, (left), inside the Pettibone crane gets signals from an unseen Marine as he prepares to place the engine hoist into position. Corporal Justin Agan, (center) USMC, also checks the signals as he steadies the hoist. The Marines are in the process of swapping an engine on a Marine KC-130 Hercules at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Both are members of the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58

Corporal Douglas Peterson, USMC, (left), inside the Pettibone crane ge...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR 352 Scene Camera Operator: CAPT Charles Grow, Usmc Release... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near the bunker at the bottom of Launch Pad 39A, Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan steadies the slidewire basket, part of the emergency egress system from the orbiter. In the basket are Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld and James Newman and Pilot Duane Carey. The training is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that include a simulated countdown at the pad. Columbia is scheduled to be launched Feb. 28 on mission STS-109, a Hubble Servicing Mission. The goal of the mission is to replace Solar Array 2 with Solar Array 3, replace the Power Control Unit, remove the Faint Object Camera and install the ACS, install the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, and install New Outer Blanket Layer insulation. . The launch will be the first for Columbia after returning from California where it underwent extensive maintenance, inspections and enhancements. More than 100 upgrades make Columbia safer and more reliable than ever before KSC-02pd0079

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near the bunker at the bottom of Launch ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near the bunker at the bottom of Launch Pad 39A, Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan steadies the slidewire basket, part of the emergency egress system from the orbiter. In the ba... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) James Bowman, USA, "A" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery (FA) steadies a the mast of a double discone HF Band antenna as it is setup for communications with soldiers from "A" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery (FA) and his incoming units. SGT Bowman, armed with a Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, and his teammates are part of the advanced party

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) James Bowman, USA, "A" Battery, 2nd Battalion, 32...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM Scene Camera Operator: Marshall W.... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ernest Jiron (foreground), 39th Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Transient Aircraft Flight Team, steadies the rope while other team member fix the landing gear as a USAF A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft is sling lifted, during a monthly training exercise, conducted at Incirlik Air Base (AB), Turkey

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Ernest Jiron (foreground...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Dennis J. Henry Jr, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A technician steadies a jacking, equalization and leveling (JEL) cylinder and bearing from Crawler-Transporter No. 2 as it is lowered by a crane to a position on the ground. During routine maintenance inspections last week, technicians removed two of the 16 JEL cylinders on the crawler to gain access to the bearings and found three of the four bearings cracked. Further eddy current inspections indicated that cracks are present on 15 of the bearings. There are 16 cylinders and 32 bearings per crawler. Engineers are evaluating the situation to determine the cause of the cracks and an appropriate solution to the problem. KSC-02pd1185

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A technician steadies a jacking, equaliz...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A technician steadies a jacking, equalization and leveling (JEL) cylinder and bearing from Crawler-Transporter No. 2 as it is lowered by a crane to a position on the ground. Durin... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Phillip Young, 30th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), steadies a support brace holding camouflage netting over a field ambulance, during part of the cover, conceal, and deception training conducted at the North Star Training Encampment during the 30th Space Wings (SW) training Exercise FOGGY SHORES 02-06, held at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Phillip Young, 30th Civil En...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOGGY SHORES Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an aircrew egress systems craftsman, with the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), steadies a hoisted ejection seat while SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher "Beau" Mosley, an aircrew egress systems journeyman, refers to the Technical Order (TO) manual while they install a canopy unto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Isaac G.L. Freeman, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an aircrew egress systems craftsman, with the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), steadies a hoisted ejection seat while SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher "Beau" Mosley, an aircrew egress systems journeyman, refers to the Technical Order (TO) manual while they install a canopy unto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Isaac G.L. Freeman, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an aircrew egress systems craftsman, with the 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), steadies a hoisted ejection seat while SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Christopher "Beau" Mosley, an aircrew egress systems journeyman, refers to the Technical Order (TO) manual while they install a canopy unto an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Timothy Lopez, left, an airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SRA Isaac G.L. Freeman, USAF Rele... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, a technician steadies the Pump Flow Control Subsystem (PFCS) as it is lifted and moved toward the S6 Truss. The PFCS pumps and controls the liquid ammonia used to cool the various Orbital Replacement Units on the Integrated Equipment Assembly that make up the S6 Photo-Voltaic Power Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The fourth starboard truss segment, the S6 Truss measures 112 feet long by 39 feet wide. Its solar arrays are mounted on a “blanket” that can be folded like an accordion for delivery to the ISS. Once in orbit, astronauts will deploy the blankets to their full size. When completed, the Station's electrical power system (EPS) will use eight photovoltaic solar arrays to convert sunlight to electricity. Delivery of the S6 Truss, the last power module truss segment, is targeted for mission STS-119. KSC-04pd1479

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility,...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, a technician steadies the Pump Flow Control Subsystem (PFCS) as it is lifted and moved toward the S6 Truss. The PFCS pumps and controls th... More

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jacob Watson, a weapons loader assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., steadies an AIM-120A Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) during the weapons load competition during exercise William Tell 2004 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., on Nov. 9, 2004. This is the 50th Anniversary of the William Tell competition, an exercise that tests an aircrew's ability to perform under combat conditions. (USAF PHOTO by TECH. SGT. Ben Bloker) (Released)

U.S. Air Force STAFF SGT. Jacob Watson, a weapons loader assigned to t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Ben Boker, USAF Release Status: R... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76), USN SEAMAN (SN) Shanyn Eckstein steadies a phone and distance line on the flight deck during a refueling at sea (RAS) Exercise between their ship and the USN Henry J. Kaiser Class Oiler USNS JOHN ERICSSON (T-AO 194). The REAGAN and USN Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are currently on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) and Maritime Security Operations (MSO) in the Pacific Ocean. In the background is a F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REA...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Marc Rockwell-Pate, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, the crew for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission receives instruction on the operation of a slidewire basket during emergency egress training. Mission Specialist Takao Doi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency observes from the basket as Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan steadies the basket for Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman to jump to the ground. The crew is at Kennedy for a full launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test or TCDT. The terminal countdown demonstration test provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. Endeavour is targeted to launch March 11 at 2:28 a.m. EDT on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. On the mission, Endeavour and its crew will deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd0516

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, the crew for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission receives instruction on the operation of a slidewire basket during emergency e... More

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Jeffrey M. Giraldo, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), steadies a phone and distance line.

Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Jeffrey M. Giraldo, assigned to the fo...

GULF OF THAILAND (Jun. 06, 2008) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Recruit Jeffrey M. Giraldo, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), steadies a phone and distance line during an unde... More

Seaman Niketa Hopson, from Detroit, steadies the phone and distance line aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

Seaman Niketa Hopson, from Detroit, steadies the phone and distance li...

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Mar. 02, 2010) Seaman Niketa Hopson, from Detroit, steadies the phone and distance line aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during an underway replenishment wi... More

Seaman Craig Hagan, from Lakewood, Calif., steadies the phone and distance line aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

Seaman Craig Hagan, from Lakewood, Calif., steadies the phone and dist...

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Mar. 02, 2010) Seaman Craig Hagan, from Lakewood, Calif., steadies the phone and distance line aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Co... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A worker steadies the interstage adapter, or ISA, for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, or OCO-2, upon its arrival in the environmental enclosure, or clean room, near the top of the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. OCO-2 is scheduled to launch into a polar Earth orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II 7320-10C rocket in July. The ISA is the interface between the Delta II first and second stages. The second stage engine fits within the ISA. Once in orbit, OCO-2 will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere and provide scientists with a better idea of the chemical compound's impacts on climate change. Scientists will analyze this data to improve our understanding of the natural processes and human activities that regulate the abundance and distribution of this important atmospheric gas. To learn more about OCO-2, visit http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin KSC-2014-2323

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A worker steadies the interstage a...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A worker steadies the interstage adapter, or ISA, for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission, or OCO-2, upon its arrival in the environmental enclosure, or clean room, ... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A worker steadies the lid of the transportation trailer containing the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The fairing will protect the SMAP spacecraft from the heat and aerodynamic pressure generated during its ascent to orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Space Launch Complex 2. SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data will also be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for November 2014. To learn more about SMAP, visit http://smap.jpl.nasa.gov. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin KSC-2014-2835

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A worker steadies the lid of the t...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A worker steadies the lid of the transportation trailer containing the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in the Building 836 high bay on Vande... More

The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) steadies its course while in formation during a photo exercise.

The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) steadies its course wh...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 23, 2014) The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) steadies its course while in formation during a photo exercise. Peleliu will participate in exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), th... More

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) steadies its course while in formation during a photo exercise.

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) steadi...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Jun. 23, 2014) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) steadies its course while in formation during a photo exercise. Mercy will participate in exercise Rim of the Pacifi... More

180317-N-VN584-1253 ARABIAN GULF (March 17, 2018) Aviation

180317-N-VN584-1253 ARABIAN GULF (March 17, 2018) Aviation

180317-N-VN584-1253 ARABIAN GULF (March 17, 2018) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Martin Flores steadies a jet engine aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its ... More

180317-N-VN584-1286 ARABIAN GULF (March 17, 2018) Aviation

180317-N-VN584-1286 ARABIAN GULF (March 17, 2018) Aviation

180317-N-VN584-1286 ARABIAN GULF (March 17, 2018) Aviation Machinist’s Mate 2nd Class Martin Flores steadies a jet engine aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its ... More