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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers attach a crane to one of the Rudder Speed Brake Actuators that are being...
The Space Shuttle Endeavour cuts a bright swath through the dark sky as it blazes a trail toward the Russian Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Trailing a column of smoke, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar...
This simulated true color perspective view over the Grand Canyon was created from Advanced Spaceborne Thermal...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, members of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Trailing a column of fire, the Atlas V/Centaur carrying NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers lower Atlantis’ Rudder Speed Brake panel...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In a perfect on-time launch at 7:17 p.m. EDT, Space Shuttle Discovery trails a blaze...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This is a closeup of one of the Rudder Speed Brake Actuators that are being removed...
Blazing a trail of discoveries at Meridiani Planum, NASA's Opportunity rover has come across another. A volcanic...
The Space Shuttle Endeavour cuts a bright swath through the dark sky as it blazes a trail toward the Russian Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Making history with the first-ever launch on Independence Day, Space Shuttle Discovery...
AS14-67-9367 (5 Feb. 1971) --- The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) as seen by the two moon-exploring crewmen of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Smoke fills the pad and trails behind the Atlas V/Centaur rocket as it roars into space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Distinctive with its black and white coloring and very long red legs trailing behind is a...
The Space Shuttle Endeavour cuts a bright swath through the dark sky as it blazes a trail toward the Russian Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a technician looks at the Rudder Speed Brake panel...
In this 30 minute exposure, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spring leaves frame the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, trailing flames and billows...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers inside the openings for the Space Shuttle...
S81-39563 (14 Nov. 1981) --- This view of the space shuttle Columbia (STS-2) was made with a hand-held 70mm camera...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers connect a device onto the vertical tail of...
During the annual Earth Day celebration at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, guests have an opportunity to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis’s solid rocket boosters trail brilliant flames that light up...