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NASA image: MS Thornton and MS Gardner conduct DSO 410 on middeck
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Sep 5, 1983

MS Thornton and MS Gardner conduct DSO 410 on middeck

STS008-18-468 (30 Aug-5 Sept 1983) --- Astronaut William E. Thornton, right conducts an audiometry test on Astronaut...

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NASA image: Astronauts Thornton & Akers on HST photographed by Electronic Still Camera
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Dec 5, 1993

Astronauts Thornton & Akers on HST photographed by Electronic Still Camera

S61-E-012 (5 Dec 1993) --- This view of astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton (top) and Thomas D. Akers working on the...

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NASA image: Astronauts Thornton & Akers on HST photographed by Electronic Still Camera
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Dec 5, 1993

Astronauts Thornton & Akers on HST photographed by Electronic Still Camera

S61-E-014 (5 Dec 1993) --- This view of astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton (bottom) and Thomas D. Akers working on the...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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May 14, 1992

Space Shuttle Projects

STS-49, the first flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, lifted off from launch pad 39B on May 7, 1992 at...

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NASA image: MISSION OPERATIONS CONTROL ROOM (MOCR) (STS-4) - DYSON, THORNTON E., MS. (MISSION CONTROL CENTER [MCC] - JSC
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Jun 30, 1982

MISSION OPERATIONS CONTROL ROOM (MOCR) (STS-4) - DYSON, THORNTON E., MS. (MISSION CONTROL CENTER [MCC] - JSC

MOCR activities at the Guidance Console and Ms. Thornton E. Dyson during Day-4 of the STS-4 Mission. 1. STS-4 -...

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NASA image: STS-49 MS Thornton in OV-105's payload bay during ASEM procedures
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May 14, 1992

STS-49 MS Thornton in OV-105's payload bay during ASEM procedures

STS049-81-093 (14 May 1992) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton joins three struts together, as fourth period of...

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NASA image: Astronauts Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton during WETF training
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Mar 5, 1993

Astronauts Thomas D. Akers and Kathryn C. Thornton during WETF training

S93-30238 (5 Mar 1993) --- Wearing training versions of Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU),...

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NASA image: DPM, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton works with experiment as Bowersox watches
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Oct 30, 1995

DPM, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton works with experiment as Bowersox watches

STS073-E-5311 (3 Nov. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works at the Drop Physics...

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NASA image: Astronaut William Thornton helps crewmember performs repairs on DDM
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May 1, 1985

Astronaut William Thornton helps crewmember performs repairs on DDM

51B-03-037 (29 April-6 May 1985) --- Astronaut William E. Thornton (center frame), mission specialist, lends a...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Aug 9, 1995

Space Shuttle Projects

Astronaut Kathryn Thornton, payload commander for the STS-73 mission, attired in a high fidelity training version of...

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NASA image: Spacelab
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Apr 1, 1985

Spacelab

Activities inside the laboratory module during the Spacelab-3 mission are shown in this photograph. Left to right...

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NASA image: DPM, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Commander Ken Bowersox in Spacelab
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Nov 5, 1995

DPM, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Commander Ken Bowersox in Spacelab

STS073-229-014 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronauts Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, and...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Oct 5, 1993

Space Shuttle Projects

Astronauts included in the STS-61 crew portrait include (standing in rear left to right) Richard O. Covey,...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement
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May 31, 2019

Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement

NASA Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, second from right, speaks to Astrobotic...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement
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May 31, 2019

Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement

NASA Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen, second from right, speaks to Astrobotic...

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NASA image: DPM and Glovebox, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Payload Specialist Albert Sacco in Spacelab
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Oct 21, 1995

DPM and Glovebox, Payload Commander Kathy Thornton and Payload Specialist Albert Sacco in Spacelab

STS073-E-5003 (23 Oct. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works at the Drop Physics...

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NASA image: DPM, Payload Specialist Al Sacco and Payload Commander Kathy Thornton work at DPM
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Nov 5, 1995

DPM, Payload Specialist Al Sacco and Payload Commander Kathy Thornton work at DPM

STS073-108-005 (20 October-5 November 1995) --- Two members of the crew perform an in-flight maintenance on the Drop...

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NASA image: STS-33 MS Thornton on KSC LC Pad 39B 195 ft level with OV-103 in background
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Jan 23, 1990

STS-33 MS Thornton on KSC LC Pad 39B 195 ft level with OV-103 in background

STS-33 Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn C. Thornton, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and holding file folder,...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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May 16, 1992

Space Shuttle Projects

The STS-49 crew members pose near Endeavour after landing. Pictured left to right are: Richard J. Hieb, mission...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Jul 10, 1995

Space Shuttle Projects

These five astronauts and two United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) payload specialists pause from a rigid...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement
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May 31, 2019

Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement

Astrobotic CEO, John Thornton, second from right, speaks about their lunar lander, Friday, May 31, 2019, at Goddard...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement
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May 31, 2019

Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement

Chief Science Officer, OrbitBeyond, Jon Morse speaks about their lunar lander with, from left to right, NASA Press...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement
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May 31, 2019

Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement

From left to right, NASA Press Officer, Felicia Chou; NASA Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate,...

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NASA image: Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement
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May 31, 2019

Commercial Lunar Payload Services Announcement

From left to right, NASA Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, Thomas Zurbuchen; Astrobotic Mission...

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