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The Space Shuttle was designed to carry large payloads into Earth orbit. One of the most important payloads is...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload ground-handling...
The STS-85 flight crew greets a crowd of well-wishers as they walk out of the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building...
The STS-85 flight crew walks out of the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building during Terminal Countdown...
Rob Morehead, lead propulsion engineer for Intuitive Machines in Houston, delivers the monthly Tech Talk on Oct. 24...
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...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39B, STS-104 crew members check out the payload in Atlantis’s payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Positioned on its 12-wheeled, 24-tire transporter, the payload canister with the STS-124...
A technology demonstration flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services)...
A technology demonstration flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services)...
A technology demonstration flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services)...
A technology demonstration flying aboard the next delivery for NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With umbilical lines still attached, the payload canister is lifted up to the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With umbilical lines still attached, the payload canister is lifted up to the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The payload canister transporter and canister move into place under the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With umbilical lines still attached, the payload canister is lifted up to the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With umbilical lines still attached, the payload canister is lifted up to the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The payload canister is raised off the transporter and will be lifted up to the...
The primary objective of the STS-35 mission was round the clock observation of the celestial sphere in ultraviolet...
Electronics Engineer and Mass Spectrometer Observing Lunar Operations (MSolo) team member Nate Cain conducts...
A fit check of the Orion Crew and Service Module Horizontal Transporter (CHT) with NASA's Super Guppy aircraft began...
A technician performs an inspection of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairings as they are secured...
Ohio Senator John Glenn, center, enjoys a tour of the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. On his...