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NASA image: Pilot James Kelly answered a question at a briefing following the successful landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery at NASA DFRC on August 9, 2005
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Aug 9, 2005

Pilot James Kelly answered a question at a briefing following the successful landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery at NASA DFRC on August 9, 2005

Pilot James Kelly answered a question at a briefing following the successful landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), handles equipment that will be used on the mission. He and other crew members are at KSC for equipment familiarization. STS-114 is classified as Logistics Flight 1 to the International Space Station, delivering new supplies and replacing one of the orbital outpost’s Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs). STS-114 will also carry a Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the External Stowage Platform-2. The crew is slated to conduct at least three spacewalks: They will demonstrate repair techniques of the Shuttle’s Thermal Protection System, replace the failed CMG with one delivered by the Shuttle, and install the External Stowage Platform.
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Jan 27, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), handles equipment that will be used on the mission. He and other crew members are at KSC for equipment familiarization. STS-114 is classified as Logistics Flight 1 to the International Space Station, delivering new supplies and replacing one of the orbital outpost’s Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs). STS-114 will also carry a Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and the External Stowage Platform-2. The crew is slated to conduct at least three spacewalks: They will demonstrate repair techniques of the Shuttle’s Thermal Protection System, replace the failed CMG with one delivered by the Shuttle, and install the External Stowage Platform.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz flashes a wide grin for photographers after landing his T-38 jet at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. Horowitz and the other six members of the STS-82 crew came from their home base at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to spend the last few days before launch at KSC. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST. The 10-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will be the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.
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Feb 7, 1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz flashes a wide grin for photographers after landing his T-38 jet at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. Horowitz and the other six members of the STS-82 crew came from their home base at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to spend the last few days before launch at KSC. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST. The 10-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will be the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz flashes a wide grin for photographers after...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Payload Commander Mark C. Lee prepares to step down from the T-38 jet he flew from an air field serving the astronauts' home base at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, to KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. Lee and the other six members of the STS-82 crew will spend the last few days before launch at KSC. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST. The 10-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will be the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.
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Feb 7, 1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Payload Commander Mark C. Lee prepares to step down from the T-38 jet he flew from an air field serving the astronauts' home base at Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, to KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. Lee and the other six members of the STS-82 crew will spend the last few days before launch at KSC. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST. The 10-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will be the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Payload Commander Mark C. Lee prepares to step down from the T-38 jet he flew...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This bird's-eye view of a high bay in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) shows Space Shuttle Atlantis surrounded by the standard platforms and equipment required to process a Space Shuttle orbiter for flight. The high bay is 197 feet (60 meters) long, 150 feet (46 meters) wide, 95 feet (29 meters) high, and encompasses a 29,000-square-foot (2,694-meter) area. Platforms, a main access bridge, and two rolling bridges with trucks provide access to various parts of the orbiter. The next mission scheduled for Atlantis is STS-114, a utilization and logistics flight to the International Space Station.
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Sep 3, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This bird's-eye view of a high bay in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) shows Space Shuttle Atlantis surrounded by the standard platforms and equipment required to process a Space Shuttle orbiter for flight. The high bay is 197 feet (60 meters) long, 150 feet (46 meters) wide, 95 feet (29 meters) high, and encompasses a 29,000-square-foot (2,694-meter) area. Platforms, a main access bridge, and two rolling bridges with trucks provide access to various parts of the orbiter. The next mission scheduled for Atlantis is STS-114, a utilization and logistics flight to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This bird's-eye view of a high bay in the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) shows Space...

NASA image: STS-135_VMS
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Mar 2, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040202 (2 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, departs from the Moffett Field...

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NASA image: STS_135_Russia
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Mar 30, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040324 (30 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, waits in a pressure chamber before a...

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NASA image: Payload specialist Wubbo Ockels in new sleeping restraint
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Oct 30, 1985

Payload specialist Wubbo Ockels in new sleeping restraint

61A-08-018 (30 Oct.-6 Nov. 1985) --- Wubbo J. Ockels, a Dutch scientists representing the European Space Agency...

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NASA image: STS_135_Rollover
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May 17, 2011

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JSC2011-E-059419 (17 May 2011) --- Photographers take pictures of the STS-135 crew as the space shuttle Atlantis is...

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NASA image: STS_135_CEIT
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Apr 7, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040358 (7 April 2011) --- NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, STS-135 pilot, exits the hatch of the space shuttle...

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NASA image: Arabsat communications satellite deploying from Discovery's payload bay
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Jun 17, 1985

Arabsat communications satellite deploying from Discovery's payload bay

Arabsat communications satellite deploying from Discovery's payload bay. Cloudy Earth's surface can be seen to the...

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NASA image: STS_135_Rollover
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May 17, 2011

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JSC2011-E-059418 (17 May 2011) --- The crew of STS-135, from right, Sandy Magnus, Doug Hurley, Chris Ferguson and...

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NASA image: STS_135_SAIL
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Jul 12, 2011

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JSC2011-E-067680 (12 July 2011) --- This is an overall view of the wiring for the simulated shuttle payload bay in...

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NASA image: STS_135_MaxQ
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May 5, 2011

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JSC2011-E-059375 (4 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander, plays the drums with the...

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NASA image: STS_135_PostInsertion
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Mar 24, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040281 (24 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, STS-135 mission specialist, works on the middeck...

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NASA image: STS_135_Russia
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Mar 28, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040298 (28 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, undergoes a fit check...

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NASA image: Onboard portrait of the STS 51-I crewmembers in the middeck
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Sep 4, 1985

Onboard portrait of the STS 51-I crewmembers in the middeck

51I-07-015 (4-5 Sept 1985) --- All five STS 51-I crewmembers pose with one of two extravehicular mobility unit (EMU)...

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NASA image: Segment of Challenger's right wing unloaded at KSC Logistics Facility
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Apr 18, 1986

Segment of Challenger's right wing unloaded at KSC Logistics Facility

51L-10187 (18 April 1986) --- A 9'7" x 16' segment of Challenger's right wing is unloaded at the Logistics Facility...

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NASA image: STS_135_Media
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Mar 23, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040265 (23 March 2011) --- A long parade of media is escorted between buildings at NASA?s Johnson Space...

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NASA image: STS_135_CEIT
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Apr 8, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040372 (8 April 2011) --- Technicians inspect the payload bay of the space shuttle Atlantis during the...

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NASA image: STS_135_Russia
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Mar 30, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040330 (30 March 2011) --- NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson (foreground), STS-135 commander, visits Red...

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NASA image: STS_135_CEIT
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Apr 7, 2011

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JSC2011-E-040357 (7 April 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson (right), STS-135 commander; and Doug Hurley,...

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NASA image: View of foot restraint strayed from Challenger
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Feb 11, 1984

View of foot restraint strayed from Challenger

S84-27024 (7 Feb 1984) --- This 70mm frame centers on a foot restraint that strayed from the Earth-orbiting Space...

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NASA image: STS_135_RollOut
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May 31, 2011

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JSC2011-E-059488 (31 May 2011) --- The space shuttle Atlantis moves away from the Vehicle Assembly Building on its...

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