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S115-E-05305 (10 Sept. 2006) --- While working to survey the thermal protection system on the Space Shuttle...
A short during liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia in July was traced to a wire in the payload bay with damaged...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, window six on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, external fuel...
S114-E-6452 (3 August 2005) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery, docked to the Destiny laboratory of International Space...
JSC2011-E-040219 (10 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim (left), STS-135 mission specialist, and astronaut...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload bay...
S89-27380 (15 Dec 1988) --- The 155-ft. long external fuel tank (ET) is slowly lowered for mating with the twin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shuttle...
STS082-310-017 (15 Feb. 1997) --- This wide shot of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in Discovery's cargo bay,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an elbow camera...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians close the clamshell...
Workers keep check on the closing payload bay doors on Space Shuttle Discovery. Inside are the two elements to be...
STS073-106-001 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. takes direction from a crew mate...
STS093-706-035 (23 July 1999)--- This 70mm frame shows the Chandra X-Ray observatory backdropped against the...
S131-E-007410 (6 April 2010) --- The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) visible in space shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operations to...
S75-20909 (January 1975) --- A high-angle view of the high-bay area in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Orbiter Discovery backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2 atop its transporter...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a view of space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside a high bay at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the GOES-N...
ISS016-E-005909 (25 Oct. 2007) --- A close-up view of Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section is featured in this...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery's payload bay...