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This Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo shows Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier of the European...
Recovery teams participate in clean room tours and rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- External tank No. 117 makes the turn from the parking area at NASA's Vehicle Assembly...
iss074e0334946 (Feb. 26, 2026) --- A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, packed with several tons of science experiments and...
Clouds over the Atlantic Ocean serve as the backdrop for this 70mm scene of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and...
STS-49 Orbiter Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base on May 16, 1992 after a successful nine day mission...
iss056e139456 (Aug. 15, 2018) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev hand-deploys one of two Tanyusha...
iss060e033147 (Aug. 9, 2019) --- Expedition 60 Flight Engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA monitors a pair of tiny,...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
Recovery teams participate in helicopter training in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
A recovery team member is seen with the training model of the sample return capsule following a drop test in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside NASA's Pegasus barge at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the external fuel...
Pictured here is a Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1)...
The Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range is seen, Monday, July 17, 2023, as recovery teams tour the...
Recovery teams participate in helicopter training in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
51A-90032 (8 Nov 1984) --- Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off from launch pad 39A to begin its second space trip....
Recovery teams participate in field rehearsals in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
ISS036-E-028055 (1 Aug. 2013) --- In the International Space Station?s Harmony node, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg and...
Recovery team members retrieve a test version of Orion from the Pacific Ocean using a crane on the Navy's USS Salvor...
S66-39473 (18 June 1966) --- Gemini-10 prime crew members, astronaut Michael Collins (left), pilot, and John W....
Recovery teams participate in helicopter training in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
Five astronauts launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on January 9, 1990 at 7:35:00am (EST) for the STS-32...