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The SPHEREx observatory sits in a clean room after environmental testing at BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towers of flame propel space shuttle Endeavour into the dark sky past the lightning...
STS110-S-039 (19 April 2002) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis heads for touchdown on the runway at the KSC landing...
ISS027-E-035206 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, nears the completion of...
The launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is seen in early morning light, Wednesday, April 13, 2005,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians perform black-light...
S134-E-009310 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, enters the Quest airlock...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) spacecraft is lifted toward a work stand (in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Light-filled clouds of smoke and steam roll across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy...
Simone Pirrotta, Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube) project manager for the Italian Space...
The second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket is moved inside the launch tower at Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air...
A sculpture created out of non-perishable canned and boxed foods by NASA’s Launch Services Program is on display at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
S134-E-009265 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel (right) and Greg Chamitoff, both STS-134 mission...
S134-E-007560 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
0332: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 40/41 prime crewmembers Alexander...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As nightfall comes to Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon...
S134-E-007597 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Foreign object debris shields are installed and a borescope inspection is conducted on...
After its arrival at Launch Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), the first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket...
ISS027-E-034398 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel (left) and Greg Chamitoff, both STS-134 mission...
At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 37/38 Flight Engineer Michael Hopkins of...