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iss053e130267 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- The Kestrel Eye IIM (KE2M) CubeSat is pictured shortly after it was deployed from...
ISS025-E-010852 (3 Nov. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, Expedition 25 flight engineer, works on the...
iss060e008886 (July 16, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Nick Hague of NASA sets up a fluorescence microscope...
Kathy Lueders, second from right, associate administrator of the Human Exploration and Operations Mission...
Matthew Koss (forground) and Martin Glicksman (rear), principal investigator and lead scientist (respectively),...
Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, monitor the progress of the Isothermal Dendritic...
Undergraduate students Kristina Wines and Dena Renzo at Rensselaer Poloytech Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, monitor...
Mike Collins, NASA Operations manager for Spacecraft Offline Operations, left, and Skip Williams, operations manager...
Self-Contained Atmospheric Protective Ensemble (SCAPE) suits are hanging in a row inside the Multi-Payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload transportation canister containing the...
This photograph shows activities inside the science module during the Spacelab-1 (STS-9) mission. Left to right are...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers begin to lift the payload transportation...
STS-85 Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. smiles as he is assisted with his ascent/reentry flight suit by a suit...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload transportation canister containing the...
S127-E-006816 (18 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, mission specialist, is pictured in the forward port side area...
S127-E-006810 (18 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, mission specialist, is pictured during the first of five...
S127-E-006818 (18 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, mission specialist, is pictured in Endeavour's cargo bay...
S127-E-006832 (18 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, mission specialist, is pictured at the edge of Endeavour's...
S127-E-006826 (18 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, mission specialist, is pictured during the first of five...
S127-E-006833 (18 July 2009) --- Astronaut Tim Kopra, mission specialist, is pictured at the edge of Endeavour's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload ground-handling...
One of two new payload transporters for Kennedy Space Center moves past the Vehicle Assembly Building (left) and...
One of two new payload transporters for Kennedy Space Center moves through Cape Canaveral Air Station after being...
The STS-85 crew partakes in the traditional pre-liftoff breakfast in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building....