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S116-E-05765 (11 Dec. 2006) --- The International Space Station's Canadarm2 moves toward the station's new P5 truss...
iss066e136625 (Feb. 5, 2022) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm, with the Dextre fine-tuned robotic hand attached, is...
iss070e014652 (Oct. 27, 2023) --- The sun's glint beams off a clear blue north Atlantic Ocean as the International...
iss064e053054 (April 5, 2021) --- The sun's glint beams off the Atlantic Ocean as the International Space Station...
An experimental radio-controlled model aircraft casts two unique shadows as it flies inside a Dryden hangar using...
iss071e077765 (May 15, 2024) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm with its fine-tuned robotic hand, also known Dextre,...
Technicians with Orbital ATK assist as a crane is used to lift the protective covering off of the left-hand forward...
S127-E-006934 (19 July 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm of...
S127-E-006902 (18 July 2009) --- The Japanese Experiment Module - Exposed Facility (JEF) is pictured in the grasp of...
STS064-23-025 (9-20 Sept. 1994) --- With scissors in hand, astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, STS-64 mission specialist,...
ISS037-E-004972 (27 Sept. 2013) --- Seen floating on the Cupola of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station,...
STS076-344-013 (24 March 1996)--- Continuing an in-space tradition, astronaut Kevin P. Chilton (right), mission...
S86-30504 (16 April 1986) --- A 4,000 pound, 11' x 20' piece of the aft center segment tang joint of the space...
S86-30503 (16 April 1986) --- A 4,000 pound, 11' x 20' piece of the aft center segment tang joint of the space...
The first solid rocket booster solid motor segemnts to arrive at KSC, the left and right hand aft segments are...
S82-E-5571 (16 Feb. 1997) --- There were few moments during the third Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Center Director Jim Kennedy kicks off the 2005 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition held...
The first solid rocket booster solid motor segemnts to arrive at KSC, the left and right hand aft segments are...
51B-03-037 (29 April-6 May 1985) --- Astronaut William E. Thornton (center frame), mission specialist, lends a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the White Room on Launch Pad 39B, the worker in the foreground hands off the...
JSC2000-E-22288 (8 September2000) --- In Houston's Mission Control Center, flight directors LeRoy Cain, from left...
JAPANESE ASTRONAUT TAKES COMMAND OF SPACE STATION AS CREW-1 PREPARES TO DEPART Aboard the International Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (right) kicks off the 2005 FIRST Robotics Regional Competition...
S118-E-07120 (14 Aug. 2007) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm (left)...