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Photographic documentation of the Dextrous Anthropomorphic Robot Testbed (DART)/Full-Immersion Telepresence Testbed...
S61-E-012 (5 Dec 1993) --- This view of astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton (top) and Thomas D. Akers working on the...
Construction workers wearing safety harnesses and tethered lines assist with the installation of the second half of...
NASA's Orion spacecraft is secured with tether lines inside the flooded well deck of the USS Anchorage in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, STS-123 Pilot Gregory H. Johnson is...
STS034-09-007 (23 Oct. 1989) --- Having been in space only a few hours, three of the STS-34 astronaut crew prepare...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory came across an oddity this week that the spacecraft has rarely observed before: a...
A test version of the Orion crew module floats outside the well deck of the USS San Diego on the fourth day of...
Members of the recovery team secure ropes and tether lines in the well deck of the USS San Diego during Underway...
S65-32924 (3 June 1965) --- Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini IV four-day Earth-orbital mission,...
With a small stabilization parachute trailing behind, the X-40 sub-scale technology demonstrator is suspended under...
S126-E-008143 (18 Nov. 2008) --- An extravehicular activity (EVA) tool bag drifts away from the International Space...
S61-E-014 (5 Dec 1993) --- This view of astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton (bottom) and Thomas D. Akers working on the...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A tethered worker in the Horizontal Integration Facility prepares the Delta...
U.S. Navy personnel check tether lines and a winch line on the deck of the USS San Diego in the Pacific Ocean off...
During a Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) in the payload bay of Discovery, STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K....
A test version of the Orion crew module attached to tether lines sits in the flooded well deck of the USS San Diego...
S126-E-008146 (18 Nov. 2008) --- An extravehicular activity (EVA) tool bag drifts away from the International Space...
S126-E-008155 (18 Nov. 2008) --- An extravehicular activity (EVA) tool bag drifts away from the International Space...
A test version of the Orion crew module has been tethered and pulled into the well deck of the USS San Diego using a...
S72-35900 (25 April 1972) --- Astronaut Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, command module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar...
S66-28075 (May 1966) --- Insignia of the Gemini IX spaceflight. Roman numeral indicates ninth flight in the Gemini...
S66-44308 (September 1966) --- Insignia of the Gemini-Titan XI (GT-11) spaceflight. Roman numeral indicates eleventh...
S72-35901 (25 April 1972) --- Astronaut Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, command module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar...