VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California begins to roll back from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with NASA's ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, awaits launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket inside the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 on Van... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, awaits launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket inside the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 on Van... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A crane transfers the first stage ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A crane transfers the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, into the mobile service tower at Spa... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers steady the first stage of ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers steady the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, after it is lifted into a vertical posi... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician ensures the transportation canister containing NASA's Soil Moisture Acti... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft has had the appropriate logo... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – The transportation canister is removed fr...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – The transportation canister is removed from around NASA's SMAP spacecraft after positioning the satellite atop a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 for launch. For more, go t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Space Launch Complex 2 on Vande...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket roars to life. The liftoff will boost NASA's Soil Moisture Acti... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers prepare to lift the fairin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers prepare to lift the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, from a transportation trailer in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg Air For... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers lower a half section of th...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers lower a half section of the 10-foot-diameter fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, onto a hardware dolly in the Building 836 high bay on s... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Logos affixed to the United Launch...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Logos affixed to the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California identify the majo... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, stands ready for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket following rollback of the mobile service tower on Spac... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A United Launch Alliance Delta II ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, satellite onboard from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Representatives of news and social...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Representatives of news and social media outlets are given the opportunity to ask questions of NASA and aerospace contractor management during a post-launch news conference a... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A post-launch news conference is h...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A post-launch news conference is held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California following the successful launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2. From left ... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians enclose a transportation canister containing NASA's Soil Moisture Active ... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – The payload fairing is moved into place a...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – The payload fairing is moved into place around NASA's SMAP spacecraft inside the service structure at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California - the launch site for NASA... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A Delta II rocket lifts off Space ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A Delta II rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, carrying NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite, or SMAP, to Earth orbit. Liftoff was ... More
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
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenbe...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is illuminated following the rollback of the mobile service tower, preparing the way for launch of NASA's Or... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California begins to roll back from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with NASA's ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A solid rocket motor for the Delta...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A solid rocket motor for the Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is delivered to the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 2 on V... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians secure a transportation canister around NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passi... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians check the alignment of NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spac... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A section of the fairing for NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A section of the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, secured to a lifting device, glides across the floor of the Building 836 high bay on Vanden... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers hoist the lid off the tran...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers hoist the lid off the transportation trailer containing the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenbe... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers lift a section of the fair...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers lift a section of the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, from a transportation trailer in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg Air F... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers prepare to rotate a sectio...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers prepare to rotate a section of the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in a lifting device in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg Ai... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden talks with representatives of the news media at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California during activities leading ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, stands ready for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket following rollback of the mobile service tower on Spac... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Ca...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, awaits loading of its cryogeni... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower has been ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower has been rolled back from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, on Space Launch Complex... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta I...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off through the fog at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engines blazing, carrying NASA's Or... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower has been ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower has been rolled back from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, on Space Launch Complex... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Nightfall on Space Launch Complex ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Nightfall on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California follows the rollback of the mobile service tower for launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observato... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are underway at...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are underway at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for liftoff of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, aboard a U... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to roll ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to roll the mobile service tower away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, at Sp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Ralph Basilio, project manager for...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Ralph Basilio, project manager for NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory participates in a post-launch news conference at Vand... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Space Launch Complex 2 on Vande...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, an exhaust cloud builds around the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbo... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The first stage of the United Laun...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is hoisted into a vertical position for its transfer i... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is hoisted to the ...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is hoisted to the top of a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 for launch. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: USAF
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is positioned atop...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is positioned atop a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 for launch. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: USAF
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is hoisted to the ...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft is hoisted to the top of a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 for launch. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: USAF
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB,...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California, is the launch site for NASA's SMAP spacecraft. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Detail of mission and NASA logos at Space...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Detail of mission and NASA logos at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California - the launch site for NASA's SMAP spacecraft. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB,...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California, is the launch site for NASA's SMAP spacecraft. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to move ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to move a section of the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, onto a transportation cradle in the Building 836 high bay... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers rotate a section of the fa...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers rotate a section of the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in a lifting device in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg Air Force Ba... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians prepare to roll the mo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Technicians prepare to roll the mobile service tower away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, at Space La... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to pick ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to pick up the countdown to liftoff of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, on Space ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to weigh...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to weigh NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft in the clean room of the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air F... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft arrives at Space L...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft arrives at Space Launch Complex-2 from the Astrotech processing facility for placement atop a Delta II rocket for launch. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Ph... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers begin lifting N...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers begin lifting NASA's SMAP spacecraft to the top of a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 for launch. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: USAF
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers prepare to lift a half sec...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers prepare to lift a half section of the 10-foot-diameter fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, from a transportation trailer in the Building... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The lid is removed from the transp...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The lid is removed from the transportation trailer containing a half section of the 10-foot-diameter fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in the ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta I...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, is ready for launch over the flame trench on Space Launch Complex 2 at Van... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Nightfall on Space Launch Complex ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Nightfall on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California follows the rollback of the mobile service tower for launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observato... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to roll ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to roll the mobile service tower away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, at Sp... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Ca...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, awaits loading of its cryogeni... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are underway fo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are underway for liftoff of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, following rollback of the mobi... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Geoff Yoder, deputy associate admi...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Geoff Yoder, deputy associate administrator for Programs, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participates in a post-launch news conference at Vandenberg Air Forc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A post-launch news conference is h...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A post-launch news conference is held at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California following the successful launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2. From left ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta I...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the transportation canister containing NASA's Soil Moisture Activ... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – A convoy assembles to take NASA's SMAP sp...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – A convoy assembles to take NASA's SMAP spacecraft from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for placement atop a Delta II rocket for launch. For more, go to w... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Detail of mission and NASA logos at Space...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Detail of mission and NASA logos at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California - the launch site for NASA's SMAP spacecraft. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Installation of the Delta II paylo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Installation of the Delta II payload fairing around NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is under way in the White Room at Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenber... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A half section of the 10-foot-diam...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A half section of the 10-foot-diameter fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, glides across the floor of the Building 836 high bay on south Vandenb... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The lid is removed from the transp...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The lid is removed from the transportation trailer containing the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are underway fo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Final preparations are underway for the launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, following rollback of the m... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolls away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbit... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolls away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbit... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Representatives of news and social...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Representatives of news and social media outlets participate in a post-launch news conference at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California following the successful launch of NA... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processin...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft, secured inside a transporta... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft inside the service...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft inside the service structure at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: USAF
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft inside the service...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – NASA's SMAP spacecraft inside the service structure at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California. For more, go to www.nasa.gov/smap Photo credit: USAF
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway at Space L...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to enclose the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in the launch gantry. Aboar... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A section of the fairing for NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A section of the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, hovers above its hardware dolly in the Building 836 high bay on south Vandenberg Air Force ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The lid is lifted from the transpo...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The lid is lifted from the transportation trailer containing the fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in the Building 836 high bay on Vandenberg ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta I...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, is illuminated on Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in C... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California rolls away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbit... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, stands ready for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket following rollback of the mobile service tower on Spac... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Space Launch Complex 2 on Vande...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, an exhaust cloud builds around the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying NASA's Orbiting Carbo... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A United Launch Alliance Delta II ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is seen eight minutes before launching from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday, July 2, 2... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta I...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket lifts off through the fog at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, engines blazing, carrying NASA's Or... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The first stage of the United Laun...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, is raised off its transporter into a vertical position... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to weigh...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Preparations are underway to weigh NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, spacecraft in the clean room of the Astrotech payload processing facility on Vandenberg Air F... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transpo...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – Technicians and engineers place a transportation canister around NASA's SMAP spacecraft so it can be taken from the Astrotech processing facility to Space Launch Complex-2 for place... More
VANDENBERG AFB, California – The transportation canister is removed fr...
VANDENBERG AFB, California – The transportation canister is removed from around NASA's SMAP spacecraft after positioning the satellite atop a Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex-2 for launch. For more, go t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway at Space L...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Operations are underway at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to enclose the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket in the launch gantry. Aboar... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower rolls tow...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – The mobile service tower rolls toward the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Aboard the rocket is NO... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers rotate a half section of t...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Workers rotate a half section of the 10-foot-diameter fairing for NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, in a lifting device in the Building 836 high bay on so... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2, stands ready for launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket following rollback of the mobile service tower on Spac... More