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S74-34046 (October 1974) --- Dr. James C. Fletcher, left, NASA Administrator, explains the formation of the...
In a clean-room environment containing the AIM spacecraft (background) at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, spacecraft atop the Delta II rocket...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Smoke appears to grab at the Delta II rocket as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force...
Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians in bunny suits prepare...
In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers roll the AIM spacecraft into the "tent" where a partial...
This image shows some faint traces of dark flows along the headwall of an impact crater. These are relics of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-120 Mission Specialist Daniel Tani...
The Van Allen Probes (formerly the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, RBSP) will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers help maneuver the GLAST spacecraft...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a technician...
The STS-97 crew listens to a trainer explain use of the slidewire basket (right) for emergency egress from the Fixed...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Press Site, Jerry Goudy (background), a technician with United Space...
During a "Powering Exploration Mission-1" ceremony in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay...
In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers get ready to attach the overhead crane to the AIM...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission crew members greet the media after arriving at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- The first solid rocket motor arrives at Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for...
KSC’s PAO videographer, Glenn Benson (left) listens to STS-100 Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby explain use of the Canadian...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers lower the AIM...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the GLAST spacecraft is lifted toward the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, spacecraft is moved out of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Neil Yorio, a Dynamac scientist(left), explains the function of the KSC Space Life...
At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the AIM spacecraft is prepared for its move to the clean room for...