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Contrails are seen as workers leave the Launch Control Center after the launch of the space shuttle Discovery and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Like a lighted taper, Space Shuttle Endeavour shines atop its twisted contrail as it...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Like a lighted taper, Space Shuttle Endeavour shines atop its twisted contrail as it...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing...
ISS040-E-006271 (31 May 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing...
STS103-501-104 (19-27 December 1999) --- One of the astronauts aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Wispy contrails from the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission hover over...
AS6-02-1485 (4 April 1968) --- View of the east coast of the United States as photographed from the National...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Contrails from the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission glow in rainbow...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Winds aloft affect the contrail of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory creates a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Press Site in Florida, a U.S. flag flaps in the breeze next to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on Runway 15 on the Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on Runway 15 on the Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A contrail begins to form behind the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Leaving a wavy contrail in its wake, the launch of space shuttle Atlantis is viewed...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under blue sky streaked with contrails, Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop the mobile...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vapor trails follow space shuttle Atlantis as it approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing...
Visualization Date 2003-12-18 Clouds ripple over Ireland and Scotland in a wave pattern, similar to the pattern of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Nearly obscured by its own contrail, Space Shuttle Atlantis hurtles toward space for a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With a contrail streaming off its wing, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery nears...