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Discovery is in orbit. With the separation of the solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank, the shuttle and crew...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup view of the camera mounted on the external tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup view of the camera mounted on the external tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A view of the camera mounted on the external tank of Space Shuttle Atlantis. The color...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, a KSC employee separates the forward assembly (nose...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building, a KSC employee separates the forward assembly (nose...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mission STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins and Sen. Bill Nelson watch as the newly...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talks to STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Sen. Bill Nelson and STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins watch the newly...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is attached to its...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is attached to its...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians in the Vehicle Assembly Building...
S132-E-005060 (14 May 2010) --- Just before ascending to Earth orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis dropped off its...
STS114-E-5015 (26 July 2005) ---- Handheld still images taken by Discovery's crew of the external fuel tank as it...
S114-E-5122 (26 July 2005) --- The external fuel tank is jettisoned from the Space Shuttle Discovery and falls...
S120-E-005003 (23 Oct. 2007) --- External Tank 120 falls away from Space Shuttle Discovery as the crew onboard...
S132-E-005065 (14 May 2010) --- Just before ascending to Earth orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis dropped off its...
S132-E-005046 (14 May 2010) --- Just before ascending to Earth orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis dropped off its...
S132-E-005080 (14 May 2010) --- Just before ascending to Earth orbit, the space shuttle Atlantis dropped off its...
S120-E-005123 (23 Oct. 2007) --- External Tank 120 falls away from Space Shuttle Discovery as a digital camera...
S125-E-014058 (11 May 2009) --- One of a series of photos taken by the umbilical well camera aboard the Space...
S81-30509 (12 April 1981) --- Separation of space shuttle Columbia?s external tank, photographed by motion picture...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The redesigned External Tank is being raised off its transporter. It will be lifted to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Viewed from the floor of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the redesigned External Tank is...