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Sharing this scene with a half-moon is the Tethered Satellite System (TSS), in a photo captured onboard the STS-46....
This STS-46 onboard photo is of the Tethered Satellite System-1 (TSS-1) being deployed from its boom as it is...
iss057e055052 (10/18/2018) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst is photographed during a Synchronized...
jsc2025e064343 (9/19/2023) --- Shown is the Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite Mini-elevator #2 - STARS-Me2...
Small Expendable Deployer System (SEDS) is a tethered date collecting satellite and is intended to demonstrate a...
STS046-S-001 (May 1992) --- Designed by the crew members assigned to the flight, the crew patch depicts the space...
STS075-S-001 (September 1995) --- The STS-75 crew patch depicts the space shuttle Columbia and the Tethered...
ONBOARD ATLANTIS -- A 70mm handheld camera was used by the STS-46 crewmembers to capture this medium closeup view of...
The Space Shuttle Challenger, making its fourth space flight, highlights the 41B insignia. The reusable vehicle is...
STS113-370-012 (2 December 2002) --- The horizon of a blue and white Earth and the blackness of space form the...
STS046-08-010 (1 Aug 1992) --- The EURECA satellite is hoisted above the Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay by the...
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug was a reusable multipurpose space vehicle designed to...
STS075-328-018 (25 Feb. 1996) --- Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-75 payload commander, is busy at the pilot's...
STS046-14-013 (4 Aug. 1992) --- Five of the seven crew members squeezed into this busy scene on the Space Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia arrives at Launch Pad 39B following an approximate...
STS075-328-026 (25 Feb. 1996) --- Astronaut Claude Nicollier is the only clearly identifiable crewmember in this...
The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-75) cleared the tower following an on-time liftoff from Launch Pad 39B. Visible at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis breaks free of all earthly constraints and hurtles past the...
STS075-S-002 (December 1995) --- With their major payload as the backdrop, members of the crew pose for the...
Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 31, 1992 at 9:56:48 am (EDT), the STS-46 mission’s primary...
S83-30214 (7 April 1983) --- Astronaut F. Story Musgrave, STS-6 mission specialist, suspends himself midway between...
S83-45520 (December 1983) --- The space shuttle Challenger, making its fourth spaceflight, highlights the 41B...
STS046-33-028 (4 Aug. 1992) --- With the possibility of an extravehicular activity (EVA) being added to the agenda,...
A prototype of an autonomous robot, part of a project called IceNode being developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion...