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This artist concept of the Rosetta mission Philae lander on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, is from...
iss058e007642 (Jan. 30, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain works inside the Kibo laboratory module designed and...
Marie Curie sits on the lander petal prior to deployment during the pre-launch Operations Readiness Test ORT 6. NASA...
STS026-31-071 (3 Oct 1988) --- After deployment from Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, the inertial upper stage...
During STS-31 checkout, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is held in a pre-deployment position by Discovery's,...
S115-E-06186 (14 Sept. 2006) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis astronauts spread a second set of wings for the...
STS046-01-019 (1 Aug 1992) --- Claude Nicollier, representing the European Space Agency (ESA) onboard the Space...
S115-E-05996 (14 Sept. 2006) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis astronauts spread a second set of wings for the...
Held in appendage deploy position, the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) high gain antenna (HGA) has been released...
STS052-80-024 (23 Oct 1992) --- One of a series of three views of the deployment of the Laser Geodynamic Satellite...
During STS-34 mission, the Galileo spacecraft mounted atop the inertial upper stage (IUS) is tilted to a 58-degree...
S115-E-06184 (14 Sept. 2006) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis astronauts spread a second set of wings for the...
This frame from an animation flips back and forth between images taken before and after deployment of the Mars...
NASA's InSight lander used the Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the end of its robotic arm to image this sunset...
This animated GIF shows the deployment of the Perseverance rover's remote sensing mast during a cold test in a space...
NASA's InSight lander used its Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC) on the spacecraft's robotic arm to image this...
This image shows that the Mars Pathfinder airbags have been successfully retracted, allowing safe deployment of the...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Engineer Kenny McKenzie, background, NASA James Webb Space...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Manager Carl Starr monitors the progress of the Webb observatory...
Technicians with Orbital ATK install the payload adapter to the deployment module that contains the micro satellites...
STS034-09-007 (23 Oct. 1989) --- Having been in space only a few hours, three of the STS-34 astronaut crew prepare...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Manager Carl Starr monitors the progress of the Webb observatory...
NASA James Webb Space Telescope Mission Operations Manager Carl Starr, left, shows his Webb shirt to NASA James Webb...
Technicians with Orbital ATK prepare to install the payload adapter to the deployment module that contains the micro...