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S82-E-5606 (17 Feb. 1997) --- Astronaut Gregory J. Harbaugh at work on Hubble Space Telescope (HST), with the...
This image illustrates the deployment of the Skylab parasol thermal shield. Skylab lost its thermal protection...
Technicians move the Orion heat shield for Artemis I toward the thermal chamber in the Neil Armstrong Operations and...
K-9 Spike is ready for the next training exercise with his Handler Officer John McGee at Kennedy Space Center’s...
Technicians move the Orion heat shield for Artemis I toward the thermal chamber in the Neil Armstrong Operations and...
In the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1,...
In the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1,...
Memorial services for Ames Security Guard Johnny Green. funeral services on the NRP parade ground. Eugolies...
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center’s...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, another...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure (RSS) on Launch...
In the Astrotech Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Joint Polar Satellite System-1,...
Workers remove the protective cover from the first Northrop Grumman aft exit cone to arrive for the Space Launch...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the media get an up close view of space shuttle Atlantis in her new home at the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Protective Services Training Academy at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base...
Memorial services for Ames Security Guard Johnny Green. funeral services on the NRP parade ground. Eugolies...
A view of the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher on Launch Pad 39B at...
The Orion heat shield for Artemis I is being prepared for its move to the thermal chamber in the Neil Armstrong...
In Hangar N at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a heat shield for the Constellation crew exploration vehicle, or CEV, is...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Protective Services Training Academy at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers put on protective head covers, part of the SCAPE suits they will use during...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base...