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NASA image: JPSS-2 ISA ASA Hoist
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Sep 29, 2022

JPSS-2 ISA ASA Hoist

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V interstage adapter and aft stub adapter are hoisted up at the vertical...

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Feb 5, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload is lowered into its payload canister in KSC's Operations...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-4412
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Aug 18, 2010

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a worker user a Hyster lift moves...

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Oct 2, 2000

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay, STS-92 Mission Specialist William S....

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NASA image: KSC-00pp1471
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Oct 2, 2000

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STS-92 Mission Specialist William S. McArthur Jr. smiles for the camera during inspection of the payload (left) in...

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NASA image: KSC-98pc269
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Feb 5, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload is lowered into its payload canister in KSC's Operations...

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NASA image: KSC-00pp1474
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Oct 2, 2000

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STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy (left) talks with a worker during inspection of the payload (behind them) in Space...

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NASA image: KSC-00pp1479
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Oct 2, 2000

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay, STS-92 Mission Specialist William S....

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NASA image: KSC-01pp1425
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Aug 6, 2001

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A, Discovery’s payload bay doors close on the payloads inside. On the...

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NASA image: KSC-98pc149
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Jan 9, 1998

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STS-90 crew members study manuals and drawings for the mission's Neurolab payload during the Crew Equipment...

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Jan 9, 1998

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STS-90 crew members check out the inside of the module for the mission's Neurolab payload during the Crew Equipment...

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Oct 2, 2000

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Members of the STS-92 crew look over the payload (left) in Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay. Left to right, in...

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Oct 2, 2000

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During inspection of the payload in Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-4413
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Aug 18, 2010

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the payload cone is lowered onto...

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Oct 2, 2000

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During inspection of the payload in Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay...

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Oct 2, 2000

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STS-92 Pamela Ann Melroy pauses during inspection of the payload (behind her) in Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload...

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NASA image: LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister
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Sep 1, 2022

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister

Technicians fasten the payload adapter separation systems canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an...

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NASA image: LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister
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Sep 1, 2022

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister

Technicians use a crane to lift the payload adapter separation systems canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test...

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NASA image: LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister
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Sep 1, 2022

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister

Technicians lower the payload adapter separation systems canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an...

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NASA image: LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister
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Sep 1, 2022

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister

Technicians lower the payload adapter separation systems canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an...

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NASA image: LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister
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Sep 1, 2022

LOFTID Spacecraft Lift and Mate PASS Canister to PLA Canister

Technicians lower the payload adapter separation systems canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an...

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NASA image: Landsat 9 EFS Lift to Transport Container
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Aug 4, 2021

Landsat 9 EFS Lift to Transport Container

Technicians monitor the progress as a crane is used to lift the secondary payload adapter for NASA’s Landsat 9...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility stand by after opening the hatch on the Italian-built Node 2, a future element of the International Space Station. Node 2 arrived at KSC June 1. The second of three Station connecting modules, the module attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, later, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.
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Jun 6, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility stand by after opening the hatch on the Italian-built Node 2, a future element of the International Space Station. Node 2 arrived at KSC June 1. The second of three Station connecting modules, the module attaches to the end of the U.S. Lab and provides attach locations for the Japanese laboratory, European laboratory, the Centrifuge Accommodation Module and, later, Multipurpose Logistics Modules. It will provide the primary docking location for the Shuttle when a pressurized mating adapter is attached to Node 2. Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.Installation of the module will complete the U.S. Core of the ISS. Node 2 is the designated payload for mission STS-120. No orbiter or launch date has been determined yet.

NASA image: Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) EVA Fitchecks
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Sep 28, 2017

Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor (TSIS) EVA Fitchecks

In the high bay of Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility, Chris Hardcastle, left, of...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility stand by after opening the hatch on...

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