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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The open doors of Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay show the two elements to be...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia continues its morning rollout from the Vehicle Assembly...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 crew members get a close...
STS-92 Pilot Pam Melroy heads down the road driving the M-113, part of emergency egress training during Terminal...
In a clean room inside the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Ball...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, the Unity connecting module, part of the International Space Station, is...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia continues its morning rollout from the Vehicle Assembly...
In the high bay of Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility, Chris Hardcastle, right, of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, members of the STS-92 crew take part in Crew...
Stacie Greene, an extravehicular activity trainer from Johnson Space Center, discusses the STS-90 Neurolab mission...
The Neurolab payload for STS-90, scheduled to launch aboard the Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on...
During Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities at Launch Pad 39A, the STS-92 crew poses for a group...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-92 crew pose in front of the Integrated Truss Structure Z1, an element of the...
With Capt. George Hoggard, trainer with the KSC Fire Department, riding on top, Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia continues its morning rollout past the newly opened tour...
The primary payload for Space Shuttle Mission STS-42, launched January 22, 1992, was the International Microgravity...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Station Processing Facility is filled with hardware, components for the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia begins its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to...
S73-26911 (14 May 1973) --- The unmanned Skylab 1/Saturn V space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39,...
Technicians prepare the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) re-entry payload adapter...
STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao gets into the driver’s side for his turn to drive the M-113, part of emergency...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia continues its rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to...
With other crew members in the back, STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao races the M-113 along the track through...
STS-92 crew members discuss results of a Leak Seal Kit Fit Check on the Pressurized Mating Adapter -3, part of their...