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NASA image: Raffaello in the Atlantis Payload Bay
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Jul 9, 2011

Raffaello in the Atlantis Payload Bay

S135-E-006440 (9 July 2011) --- Part of the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, packed with supplies and spare...

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NASA image: Endeavour Payload Bay
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May 18, 2011

Endeavour Payload Bay

S134-E-006936 (18 May 2011) --- The space shuttle Endeavour (foreground) appears to be in a waiting mode as the...

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NASA image: Node 2 in Payload Bay
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Oct 26, 2007

Node 2 in Payload Bay

ISS016-E-006722 (26 Oct. 2007) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered portion of Earth, the Harmony node in Space...

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NASA image: Node 2 in Payload Bay
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Oct 26, 2007

Node 2 in Payload Bay

ISS016-E-006718 (26 Oct. 2007) --- Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the Harmony node in...

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NASA image: STS-39 OV-103 reaction control system (RCS) jets fire during onorbit maneuver
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 OV-103 reaction control system (RCS) jets fire during onorbit maneuver

STS039-27-016 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery fires reaction control subsystem (RCS) thrusters...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in the photo is one end of the airlock that is installed in the payload bay of orbiter Discovery. The airlock is normally located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.
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Jan 22, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in the photo is one end of the airlock that is installed in the payload bay of orbiter Discovery. The airlock is normally located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in the photo is one end of the airlock that is installed in the payload bay of...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a worker checks out part of the equipment in the airlock, at one end of Discovery’s payload bay. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.
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Jan 22, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a worker checks out part of the equipment in the airlock, at one end of Discovery’s payload bay. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a worker checks out part of the equipment in the...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a cameraman films part of Discovery’s payload bay for a special feature on the KSC Web. In the background is the open hatch of the airlock, located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.
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Jan 22, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a cameraman films part of Discovery’s payload bay for a special feature on the KSC Web. In the background is the open hatch of the airlock, located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in the photo is one end of the airlock that is installed in the payload bay of orbiter Discovery. The airlock is normally located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.
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Jan 22, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in the photo is one end of the airlock that is installed in the payload bay of orbiter Discovery. The airlock is normally located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in the photo is one end of the airlock that is installed in the payload bay of...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Standing inside Discovery’s payload bay, Carol Scott (right), lead orbiter engineer, talks about her job as part of a special feature for the KSC Web. With his back to the camera is Bill Kallus, Media manager in the KSC Web Studio. Behind Scott can be seen the open hatch of the airlock, which provides support functions such as airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.
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Jan 22, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Standing inside Discovery’s payload bay, Carol Scott (right), lead orbiter engineer, talks about her job as part of a special feature for the KSC Web. With his back to the camera is Bill Kallus, Media manager in the KSC Web Studio. Behind Scott can be seen the open hatch of the airlock, which provides support functions such as airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Standing inside Discovery’s payload bay, Carol Scott (right), lead orbiter engineer,...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker in the Orbiter Processing Facility checks the open hatch of the airlock in Discovery’s payload bay. The airlock is normally located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.
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Jan 22, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker in the Orbiter Processing Facility checks the open hatch of the airlock in Discovery’s payload bay. The airlock is normally located inside the middeck of the spacecraft’s pressurized crew cabin. The airlock is sized to accommodate two fully suited flight crew members simultaneously. Support functions include airlock depressurization and repressurization, extravehicular activity equipment recharge, liquid-cooled garment water cooling, EVA equipment checkout, donning and communications. The outer hatch isolates the airlock from the unpressurized payload bay when closed and permits the EVA crew members to exit from the airlock to the payload bay when open.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker in the Orbiter Processing Facility checks the open hatch of the airlock in...

NASA image: Payload Bay and OBSS on STS-132 Space Shuttle Atlantis
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May 23, 2010

Payload Bay and OBSS on STS-132 Space Shuttle Atlantis

S132-E-012289 (23 May 2010) --- The International Space Station (center) appears very small from the point of view...

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NASA image: STS-39 AFP-675 and STP-1 MPESS in OV-103's payload bay (PLB)
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May 6, 1991

STS-39 AFP-675 and STP-1 MPESS in OV-103's payload bay (PLB)

STS039-10-019 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- This 35mm frame, taken from inside the crew cabin, shows some of the cargo...

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NASA image: STS-8 payload flight test article prior to shipment to KSC
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Jun 20, 1983

STS-8 payload flight test article prior to shipment to KSC

STS-8 payload flight test article (PFTA) shown prior to shipment to Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The PFTA is designed...

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NASA image: Palapa-B communications satellite launched from the Shuttle Challenger
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Jun 24, 1983

Palapa-B communications satellite launched from the Shuttle Challenger

S83-35764 (19 June 1983) --- The Indonesian Palapa B communications satellite is just about to clear the vertical...

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NASA image: Astronauts Jerry Ross and Sherwood Spring assemble ACCESS components
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Dec 1, 1985

Astronauts Jerry Ross and Sherwood Spring assemble ACCESS components

Astronauts Jerry L. Ross (left) and Sherwood C. (Woody) Spring are photographed as they assemble pieces of the...

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NASA image: STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescopes documented in OV-102's PLB with RCS firing
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Dec 10, 1990

STS-35 ASTRO-1 telescopes documented in OV-102's PLB with RCS firing

STS035-35-007 (2-10 Dec 1990) --- During the STS-35 mission, the Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) payload, in its...

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NASA image: DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay
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Dec 21, 2006

DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay

S116-E-07837 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a...

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NASA image: View of the Payload Bay, Vertical Stabilizer, and RMS/OBSS taken during STS-118
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Aug 9, 2007

View of the Payload Bay, Vertical Stabilizer, and RMS/OBSS taken during STS-118

S118-E-05512 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the SPACEHAB pressurized...

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NASA image: DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay
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Dec 21, 2006

DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay

S116-E-07831 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a...

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NASA image: STS-30 Atlantis', OV-104's, payload bay (PLB) with Magellan spacecraft & IUS
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Apr 11, 1989

STS-30 Atlantis', OV-104's, payload bay (PLB) with Magellan spacecraft & IUS

S89-30720 (29 March 1989) --- The spacecraft Magellan is in the payload bay of the orbiter Atlantis at launch pad...

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NASA image: View of the Payload Bay,Vertical Stabilizer,and RMS/OBSS taken during STS-118
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Aug 9, 2007

View of the Payload Bay,Vertical Stabilizer,and RMS/OBSS taken during STS-118

S118-E-05513 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the SPACEHAB pressurized...

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NASA image: DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay
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Dec 21, 2006

DOD Pico-Satellite known as ANDE released from the STS-116 shuttle payload bay

S116-E-07838 (21 Dec. 2006) --- As seen through windows on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery, a...

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NASA image: Safety divers prepare HST mockup in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at MSFC
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Jun 1, 1993

Safety divers prepare HST mockup in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator at MSFC

Safety divers in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) prepare a mockup of...

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