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ISS038-E-036798 (27 Jan. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, attired in a Russian Orlan...
ISS038-E-036084 (27 Jan. 2014) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 38 flight engineer; and Oleg...
Recovery teams participate in helicopter training in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station...
ISS038-E-036309 (27 Jan. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, attired in a Russian Orlan...
ISS015-E-22634 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Rick Mastracchio, STS-118 mission specialist, participates in the...
jsc2025e064343 (9/19/2023) --- Shown is the Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite Mini-elevator #2 - STARS-Me2...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A newly redesigned External Tank (ET-119) moves slowly on the road leading from the...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external fuel tank designated ET-133 is moved...
ISS026-E-027640 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a...
In this 1986 artist's concept, the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV), is shown without its main propulsion module....
ISS040-E-099392 (18 Aug. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, attired in...
S65-22893 (23 March 1965) --- Astronaut John W. Young, the pilot of the Gemini-Titan III (GT-3) flight, waits in a...
STS051-15-035 (19 Sept 1993) --- Backdropped against black space and the blue and white Earth, the Orbiting...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A barge carrying a new External Tank (ET) arrives at the Turn Basin in the Launch...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test in preparation for the retrieval of the...
ISS026-E-027627 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a...
S118-E-07960 (15 Aug. 2007) --- Astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, participates in the...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen following rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the...
S65-43967 (23 Aug. 1965) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., Gemini-6 prime crew command pilot, is pictured onboard...
A training model of the sample return capsule is seen from the cockpit of a helicopter as recovery teams participate...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- External tank No. 117 rolls onto the barge at the Turn Basin in the Launch Complex 39...