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Artist John Frassanito's concept of three Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV's). Depicted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA STS-82 PREPARATIONS VIEW --- Workers in the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Vertical...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After lifting to vertical, the orbiter Atlantis is moved toward the solid rocket...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Crews guide NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, inside a payload fairing, into place atop a United...
The orbiter Discovery finally hangs vertically, suspended from overhead cranes in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle...
Encapsulated inside its payload fairing, the Cygnus spacecraft for the upcoming Orbital ATK Commercial Resupply...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In this aerial view, Space Shuttle Discovery is seen on Launch Pad 39A, waiting for...
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at...
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is lifted at the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at...
Teams at Bechtel National, Inc. use a crane to lift Module 4 into place atop the mobile launcher 2 tower chair at...
A crane begins to lift the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite...
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the orbiter Discovery is fully vertical, after being lifted into position for...
United Launch Alliance team members monitor the progress as the operation begins to lift the Centaur upper stage for...
A crane is used to lift the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) first stage of the Atlas V 541 rocket vertical for its...
Construction workers assist as a crane is used to lower a vertical support post for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At the Vertical Integration Facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex...
A view from underneath one of the vertical support posts for NASA's Space Launch System rocket. Two after skirt...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of an Atlas V...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers prepare the shrouded Chandra X-ray Observatory for its lift to a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At NASA Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers watch as the overhead crane starts lifting the shrouded Chandra...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers keep watch on the crane lifting the shrouded Chandra X-ray...