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The STS-64 patch depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery in a payload-bay-to-Earth attitude with its primary payload,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the payload changeout room on the rotating...
Senator Doug Jones (D-Al.) and wife Louise are presented an overview of the Environmental Control and Life Support...
STS-35 Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) is installed in Columbia's, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102's, payload bay (PLB) at...
U.S. Representative Bill Nelson (D.,Florida) gives a thumbs up signal from inside a small ball called a personal...
Packed inside its canister, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) stands inside the high bay of the Space...
Senator Doug Jones (D-Al.) and wife Louise are presented an overview of the Environmental Control and Life Support...
During Senator Doug Jones (D-Al.) tour of MSFC facilities Marshall engineer Bob Zeek explains the High School...
Several employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida signed the banner at the base of the platform holding...
Research scientist Oscar Monje records data associated with ground testing for the first International Space Station...
The Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) Spacelab module is moved to be installed into a payload canister in...
STS077-345-033 (19-29 May 1996) --- Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch, mission specialist, poses with some of the onboard...
Enclosed in its payload fairing, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) departs from the...
S88-52466 (8 Nov 1988) --- James P. Bagian, STS-29 mission specialist, gets in some training on the operation of one...
Designed by the crew members, the STS-63 crew patch depicts the orbiter maneuvering to rendezvous with Russia's...
Research technician Lisa Ruffa works with a wheat sample that is part of ground testing for the first International...
NASA ASTRONAUTS RICHARD MASTRACCHIO, LEFT, AND MICHAEL HOPKINS FLANK ED LITKENHOUS, A PAYLOAD ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS...
Research technician Lisa Ruffa works with a wheat sample that is part of ground testing for the first International...
George Diller discusses the STS-117 payload with Payload Mission Manager Robbie Ashley inside the firing room. On...
Research technician Lisa Ruffa works with a wheat sample that is part of ground testing for the first International...
The payload bay doors of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia were opened for the first time today using the orbiter's...
The payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), secured on a...
Research scientist Gary Stutte displays a wheat sample that is part of ground testing for the first International...
Teams with Astrobotic install the NASA meatball decal on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander on Tuesday, Nov. 14,...