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In the Vehicle Assembly Building, both solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are shown on the mobile launcher platform...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1, workers detach the overhead crane from the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3), an element of the STS-92 mission scheduled...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Commander Bob Cabana participates in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After their arrival at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility, the STS-92 crew paused to talk...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Pressurized Mating Adapter -3 (PMA-3) after transport to the...
Technicians use a crane to attach the payload adapter separation systems canister to NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight...
Technicians prepare the payload adapter separation systems canister to be secured onto NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight...
Technicians lower the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2...
This artist's concept is a cutaway illustration of the Skylab with the Command/Service Module being docked to the...
The re-entry vehicle for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) is now mated to the...
Technicians process mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory inside the...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are being processed inside the...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are inside the Integrated Processing...
Technicians assist as a crane lowers the payload adapter separation systems canister onto the Low-Earth Orbit Flight...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory arrive at the Integrated Processing...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory arrive inside the Integrated Processing...
Technicians use a crane to lower the re-entry vehicle for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory arrive at the Integrated Processing...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are being processed inside the...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are being processed inside the...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory arrive inside the Integrated Processing...
Technicians use a crane to lift the re-entry vehicle for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable...
Technicians process mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory inside the...