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S88-40898 (4 May 1988) --- Astronauts, members of the orbiter close-out crew and fire and rescue personnel...
S93-25030 (15 Dec 1992) --- Two astronauts assigned to fly aboard Endeavour for the STS-54 mission are briefed on...
S93-25028 (15 Dec 1992) --- Astronauts assigned to fly aboard Endeavour pose near the Shuttle during a break in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle prime crew Commander John Young and Pilot Bob Crippen watch as backup...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shutle astronauts being briefed on the emergency pad escape system are (left to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle prime crew astronauts Bob Crippen (left) and John Young (center) board...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Complex 39A, space shuttle prime and backup...
VAN HORN, Texas – Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule escaped to an altitude of 2,307 feet before deploying...
Members of the Artemis II launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems participate in an...
Jeremy Graeber, Artemis assistant launch director, Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Members of the Artemis II launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems participate in an...
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Members of the Artemis II launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems participate in an...
Joseph Pavicic, operations project engineer, Exploration Ground Systems at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
The Little Joe launch vehicle for the LJ1 mission on the launch pad at the wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island,...
The launch of the Little Joe booster for the LJ1B mission on the launch pad from the wallops Flight Facility,...
VAN HORN, Texas – Blue Origin’s pusher escape system rockets its New Shepard crew capsule away from a simulated...
Two mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles, or MRAPs, sit ready to receive astronauts and ground crews during a...
Chris Ferguson, Boeing’s Director of Crew and Mission Operations for their Commercial Crew Program, is helped into...
NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance personnel run a water deluge test on the Crew Access Tower at Space Launch...
NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance personnel begin a water deluge test on the Crew Access Tower at Space Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-100 Mission Specialists Chris A. Hadfield (left) and John L. Phillips (right)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-100 Mission Specialists Chris A. Hadfield (left) and John L. Phillips (right)...