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Expedition 49/50 Astronaut Shane Kimbrough briefs the press on his extended mission to the International Space...
Expedition 49/50 Astronaut Shane Kimbrough briefs the press on his extended mission to the International Space...
RETIRED NASA ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY, LEFT, AND PAYLOAD PLANNING MANAGER TONY PITTMAN PAUSE FOR A PHOTO BEFORE HANGING...
STS075-711-024 (25 Feb. 1996) --- The Tethered Satellite System (TSS) is seen as it is reeled out during early...
The Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload, arrives in its shipping...
ISS033-E-016607 (24 Oct. 2012) --- In the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration...
iss048e057073 (8/12/2016) --- A view of Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) installed on ExPRESS (Expedite...
ISS033-E-016602 (24 Oct. 2012) --- In the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory, Japan Aerospace Exploration...
iss048e052292 (8/6/2016) --- A view of Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) installed on ExPRESS (Expedite...
The Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload, arrives in its shipping...
The Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI), a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) payload, arrives in its shipping...
ETA; Environmental Test Article; MPPF; Multi-Payload Processing Facility
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, and NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate...
S88-37764 (18 April 1988) --- OASIS, instrumentation which will record the environment experienced by Discovery...
STS065-34-016 (8-23 July 1994) --- Clouds over the ocean form the backdrop for this scene of the International...
The payloads for the STS-121 mission are loaded into a payload canister and delivered to the payload changeout room...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, the payloads for mission STS-121 are being moved from the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 39B, the payloads for mission STS-121 are being moved from the payload...
STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert A.R. Parker (left) and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance practice...
STS087-752-023 (19 November – 5 December 1997) --- This picture of Columbia's cargo bay, taken through the aft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the right...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers watch...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians...