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JSC2004-E-54710 (14 December 2004) --- Astronaut Mark E. Kelly, STS-121 pilot, prepares for a flight in a T-38...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers prepare the Space Launch System core stage for the Artemis I mission...
Technicians prepare NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) for encapsulation in the United...
STS087-317-036 (19 November – 5 December 1997) --- Astronaut Winston E. Scott, mission specialist, goes through...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – A technician working inside the Delta first-stage booster for NASA's Orbiting...
In a view from above at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction workers position...
On Aug. 9, 2021, technicians ready the payload adapter (PMA) for mating operations in preparation for NASA’s Landsat...
Inside the Booster Fabrication Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Artemis I aft skirts for the...
ISS018-E-015394 (25 Dec. 2008) --- Astronauts Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 commander, and Sandra Magnus, flight...
JSC2007-E-47700 (27 Sept. 2007) --- Astronaut Stephen N. Frick, STS-122 commander, prepares for a flight in a NASA...
ISS014-E-08048 (14 Nov. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a cover is installed on a Centaur upper stage in preparation for its...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An engineer checks the Project Morpheus prototype lander after it landed in the automated...
Construction workers with JP Donovan assist with preparations to lift and install the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion...
At Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction workers position large segments of the...
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team prepare for integration to attach the agency’s Orion...
S128-E-007297 (4 Sept. 2009) ---- Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, checks out a power...
ISS018-E-046095 (5 April 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, Expedition...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Engineers and technicians prepare the Project Morpheus prototype lander for its seventh free...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V booster is prepared for transport to Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Air Force...
STS119-S-015 (15 March 2009) --- In the White Room on launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida,...
S128-E-007295 (4 Sept. 2009) --- Astronaut John “Danny” Olivas, STS-128 mission specialist, has spent a good portion...
JSC2008-E-035367 (17 April 2008) --- Astronauts Scott D. Altman (front seat) and Michael J. Massimino, STS-125...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The Project Morpheus prototype lander lifts off in the automated landing and hazard avoidance...