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The payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), secured on a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- -- In Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay 4, installation of a Payload Bay Door...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, an overhead crane carries the Integrated...
Enclosed in its payload fairing, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) departs from the...
Enclosed in its payload fairing, NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) emerges from the...
51G-S-117 (17 June 1985) --- 51-G crewmembers depart the Kennedy Space Center's operations and checkout building on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Operations and Checkout Building watch as the Integrated Truss...
Team members with United Launch Alliance (ULA) monitor the progress as the two halves of the payload fairing close...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the Integrated Truss Structure S0 is ready to...
Research scientist Oscar Monje records data associated with ground testing for the first International Space Station...
The payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-S (GOES-S), secured on a...
Teams with Astrobotic install the NASA meatball decal on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander on Tuesday, Nov. 14,...
Technicians encapsulate the black twin satellites of NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics...
S88-52470 (8 Nov 1988) --- James P. Bagian, STS-29 mission specialist, gets in some training on the operation of one...
Team members with United Launch Alliance (ULA) monitor the progress as the two halves of the payload fairing begin...
Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarization on parts of the payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarization on parts of the payload...
NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, answers questions during an...
NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, answers questions during an...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload is lowered into its payload canister in KSC's Operations...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With workers keeping a close watch, the overhead crane lowers the high pressure gas...
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine talks with Barbara Cohen, associate project scientist for the Lunar...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 crew members conduct equipment and procedure familiarization on parts of the payload...