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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Astrotech processing facility in California,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy is happy to return to KSC for the launch of Space Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen at the right of the photograph, the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3), an...
Technicians at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida connect NOAA’s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Billows of smoke and steam spread across Launch Pad 39A as Space Shuttle Discovery...
John "JC" Carver, a payload integration engineer with NASA Kennedy Space Center's Test and Operations Support...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, workers detach the overhead crane from the...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, photographers focus on the Integrated Truss Structure Z1, an element of...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao has his launch and entry suit...
The Orion Stage Adapter (OSA) was moved out of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft onto a special payload handler at the...
During pre-pack and fit check on his launch and entry suit, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy adjusts his helmet. Duffy...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached...
The Orion Stage Adapter (OSA) is moved out of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft onto a special payload handler at the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Space Station Processing Facility, the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 watch the progress of the Pressurized...
NASA and SpaceX technicians connect NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft to the...
This photograph shows the launch of the SA-513, a modified unmarned two-stage Saturn V vehicle for the Skylab-1...
Inside the SpaceX facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a technician assists as a crane is used to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Viewed from across the waters of Banana Creek, clouds of smoke and steam are...
The main engine thruster nozzles of the Cassini spacecraft have their covers removed prior to the securing of the...
Inside the SpaceX facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a crane is used to lift the Surface Water...
Jason August, International Space Station Mission Evaluation Room manager, talks to NASA Social participants about...
Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility gather around the Pressurized Mating Adapter -3 (PMA-3) as an...