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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external fuel tank designated ET-133 is moved...
A line drawing illustrating the layout of the Scietific Instrument Module (SIM) of the Apollo 16 Service Module....
Recovery teams participate in helicopter training in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from...
41C-36-1618 (7 April 1984) --- The Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm suspends the giant Long Duration Exposure...
ISS009-E-10551 (4 June 2004) --- Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Turn Basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area, tug boats maneuver the barge carrying...
ISS038-E-036125 (27 Jan. 2014) --- Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (right), Expedition 38 commander, and Sergey...
Recovery teams participate in helicopter training 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...
The forward bay cover for Orion for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) is in view inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and...
iss035e025371 (4/19/2013) --- Extravehicular crewmember 2 (EV2) Roman Romanenko works to retrieve Biorisk-MSN...
STS072-349-018 (11-20 Jan. 1996) --- On the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s flight deck, astronaut Brett W. Jett Jr.,...
ISS026-E-027368 (16 Feb. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A new redesigned External Tank (ET-119) slowly exits the barge docked at the Turn Basin...
ISS040-E-099383 (18 Aug. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, attired in...
STS057-84-000AD (24 June 1993) --- The recently "captured" European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) was recorded on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An X-band radar waits to be installed on the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy...
Astronauts are clowning around in space in this STS-51A onboard photo. Astronaut Gardner, holds a “For Sale” sign...
STS073-351-009 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kent V. Rominger, STS-73 pilot, retrieves a protein...
On October 11, 2023, NASA’s Johnson Space Center hosted an event to provide a first look at the first asteroid...
ISS038-E-036190 (27 Jan. 2014) --- Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryazanskiy, Expedition 38 flight engineer; and Oleg...
S61-02826 (21 July 1961) --- A U.S. Marine Corps helicopter attempts an unsuccessful recovery of the...
ISS040-E-099382 (18 Aug. 2014) --- Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer, attired in...
S66-17253 (15 Jan. 1966) --- Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (center), command pilot, and David R. Scott (right), pilot...