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The last major assembly operation to prepare Orion for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) is completed in the Launch...
S69-18546 (February 1969) --- North American Rockwell artist's concept illustrating the docking of the Lunar Module...
iss067e205449 (July 16, 2022) --- Expedition 67 Flight Engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins wears personal...
AS16-122-19527 (23 April 1972) --- The Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage, with astronauts John W. Young and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, workers secure...
This illustration is the Lunar Module (LM) configuration. The LM was a two part spacecraft. Its lower or descent...
A launch abort engine built by Aerojet Rocketdyne is hot-fired during tests in the Mojave Desert in California. The...
STS-87 Mission Specialist Winston Scott is assisted with his ascent and re-entry flight suit in the white room at...
S71-19500 (6 Feb. 1971) --- The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) ascent stage lifts off the lunar surface and the...
The last major assembly operation to prepare Orion for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) is completed in the Launch...
iss068e044261 (Jan. 31, 2023) --- Flight support equipment is pictured descending toward the Earth's atmosphere...
The Orion ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration Test at Lockheed Martin's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fairing for the Swift-Delta launch arrives at pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force...
The Orion crew module test article is lifted from the transport fixture to the test stand in the Reverberant...
In the Image Analysis Facility in the Vehicle Assembly Building, Brad Lawrence (second from left, standing)...
Inside the dome building at Playalinda Beach, Bob Fore points to a map of camera sites during a presentation to the...
The Orion ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration Test at Lockheed Martin's...
The Orion ground test vehicle is prepared for the Launch Abort Vehicle Configuration Test at Lockheed Martin's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, workers make...
Jay H. Greene, right, ascent flight director for STS 51-A, monitors pre-launch activity at the Kennedy Space Center...
On August 15, 2018 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited Marshall Space Flight Center. Upon his arrival he was...
The last major assembly operation to prepare Orion for Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) is completed in the Launch...
JSC2002-E-08145 (1 March 2002) --- Astronaut Charles Hobaugh, standing near the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The fairing for the Swift-Delta launch is lifted off its transporter at pad 17-A, Cape...