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iss048e050816 (8/5/2016) --- A view of the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP), containing the NanoRacks-Gumstix and...
ISS022-E-011876 (16 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, services the Advanced...
s115e06407 (9/17/2006) --- The Materials International Space Station Experiment-5 (MISSE-5) was an external payload...
STS102-E-5114 (10 March 2001) --- An out-the-window view of the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module resting in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Launch Pad 39B prepares for the closing of Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay doors are ready to be closed....
In the Space Station Processing Facility, members of the STS-92 crew practice working with the Pressurized Mating...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Integrated Truss Structure S0 arrives at the payload canister in the Operations...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room at Launch Pad 39A, workers change out badges and pick up...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay doors are ready to be closed....
SPACE STATION SCIENCE INVESTIGATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TOUR THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER (POIC). THE...
iss048e057073 (8/12/2016) --- A view of Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) installed on ExPRESS (Expedite...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, the U.S. Laboratory Destiny waits in Atlantis’s payload bay for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, an overhead crane carries the Integrated...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, the U.S. Laboratory Destiny waits in Atlantis’s payload bay for...
iss048e052292 (8/6/2016) --- A view of Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) installed on ExPRESS (Expedite...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Operations and Checkout Building watch as the Integrated Truss...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room at Launch Pad 39A, workers change out badges and pick up...
Find out more about the NASA missions mentioned in this 2024 year-end highlight video by taking a deep dive with...
iss044e080051 (9/1/2015) --- NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren during the Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR)-2...
In the Payload Changeout Room at Launch Pad 39A, a film crew from IMAX prepares its 3-D movie camera to film the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, Discovery’s payload bay doors are open to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an...