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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As night settles over Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In dawn's early light, the orbiter Atlantis (left), on top of its transporter, heads...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is silhouetted against the dawn's early light as it makes the slow...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As night settles over Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
At Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), the first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket is moved into the...
ISS027-E-034464 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel (bottom) and Greg Chamitoff, both STS-134 mission...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the clear morning light, Space Shuttle Atlantis , atop the mobile launcher platform...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The water near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center captures the light from...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is moved away from the Pegasus XL...
S134-E-007551 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
A sculpture created out of non-perishable canned and boxed foods is on display at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
At Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), the first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket is ready to be...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Endeavour's launch on the STS-123 mission lights up the night sky over...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Blazing towers of flame propel space shuttle Endeavour into the dark sky past the...
A sculpture created out of non-perishable canned and boxed foods is on display at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
S134-E-009309 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, enters the Quest airlock...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Clearing the lighting rod on Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Discovery makes history as...
S134-E-007542 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel (top left) and Greg Chamitoff (center left), both...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As night settles over Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
STS109-E-5627 (5 March 2002) --- With the Space Shuttle Columbia in limited natural light, two astronauts work on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery is silhouetted against the dawn's early light as it makes the slow...
At Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), the first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket is raised for its...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
S134-E-007670 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel (top) and Greg Chamitoff, both STS-134 mission...