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Inside the bunker at Launch Pad 39B, a trainer explains the use of an air pack to some of the STS-97 crew. At left...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians begin placing...
Chris McLean, (right) principal investigator for NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission at Ball Aerospace, and...
At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is ready for mating to the AIM...
For the first time, scientists have a three-dimensional view of one of the most powerful and mysterious events in...
Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, two of the solar array panels on...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Guests at the Tom Joyner Family Reunion learn about NASA activities during the five-day event....
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, lights are...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., technicians ensure the payload transportation canister is...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Node 2 module sits inside the Space Station Processing Facility highbay with its...
In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare the AIM spacecraft for...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a technician...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians lift and move...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility, technicians check the attachment of NASA's...
A replacement gyro destined for the International Space Station has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center. The new CMG...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the alignment of the payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts Mike Fossum and Cady Coleman, both in blue flight suits, listen as NASA's Johnson...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians lower the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., technicians unfurl the bottom portion of the white cover...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base,...
The Cosmic X-Ray Background NanoSat-2 (CXBN-2) CubeSat Mission developed by Morehead State University and its...