Posts Tagged ‘across-the-sky’

Cloud streets off of the Aleutian Islands

Cloud streets off of the Aleutian Islands

Strong winds polished the snow of southwestern Alaska and stretched marine stratocumulus clouds into long, parallel streets in early January, 2012. [Continue]

Testing NASA’s Next Deep Space Vehicle

Testing NASA’s Next Deep Space Vehicle

"5...4...3...2...1...release." With that countdown, the Apollo-like test article that is a base model for the agency's future Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle, took flight swinging across the sky -- nearing 50 mph (80.5 kph) -- at NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility. Image Credit: NASA/Sean Smith [Continue]