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Nereid, the last satellite of Neptune to be discovered before NASA Voyager's recent discoveries, was first seen by...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis’s solid rocket boosters trail brilliant flames that light up...
The sixth marned lunar landing mission, the Apollo 16 (SA-511), carrying three astronauts: Mission commander John W....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Dawn's early light reveals space shuttle Endeavour secure on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– When the Atlas V first stage is raised to vertical, it will be lifted into the Vertical...
STS088-S-005 (4 Dec. 1998) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour lights up the night sky as it embarks on the first...
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, assembly has begun on the first of 24 light emitting diode LED panels for...
S134-E-007595 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, technicians conduct a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the rosy dawn light, construction of the towers on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility prepare to demate the Galaxy Evolution...
ISS027-E-035215 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
0313: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 prime crewmembers Alexander...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is demated from its Pegasus launch...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
S134-E-007611 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --Racing into the night sky atop columns of fire, space shuttle Endeavour on mission...
NASA’s Space Launch System carrying the Orion spacecraft creates a streak of white light as it soars upward after...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians perform black-light...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Workers in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility begin demating the Galaxy Evolution...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 41, the Atlas V first stage is being...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The morning light spills through the open door of the Vehicle Assembly Building as...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
ISS027-E-034430 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel and Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134...