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An innovative technology developed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is preparing for its journey to the Moon as part...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Payload technicians and Jet Propulsion Laboratory personnel prepare to remove shipping covers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis roars into the cloudy sky above Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space...
Inside the high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-104 crew exits out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The mini-convoy is lined up on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space...
The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter for NASA’s Landsat 9 mission arrives at Vandenberg...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-104 crew exits out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the orbiter access arm and White...
Technicians install multi-layer insulation on the Sentinel-6B spacecraft on a work stand inside the Astrotech Space...
The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter for NASA’s Landsat 9 mission arrives at Vandenberg...
During a break in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT), the STS-95 crew gathers with United Space Alliance (USA)...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy solemnly undergoes suit check before heading...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-125...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The space shuttle Discovery nears the Orbital Processing Facility, or OPF, where...
During suitup in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao gives thumbs up for...
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft encapsulated inside SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload...
In a clean room inside the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Ball...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers watch as the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, a component of the International Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech Space Operation's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's...
Greg C. Shavers, Lander Technology director at Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, speaks to members of the...
Inside the high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. --STS-82 crew members and other onlookers at Launch Pad 39A watch as STS-82 Mission...
The What’s On Board Science Briefing highlights some of the research headed for the International Space Station. A...