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The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter for NASA’s Landsat 9 mission arrives at Vandenberg...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy solemnly undergoes suit check before heading...
During suitup in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao gives thumbs up for...
STS-92 Mission Specialist Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff looks relaxed as he signals a thumbs up for launch, scheduled for...
Inside the high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane...
John "JC" Carver, a payload integration engineer with NASA Kennedy Space Center's Test and Operations Support...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The brilliance of the exhaust flames from Space Shuttle Discovery’s solid rocket...
Technicians integrate NASA’s four PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites to the evolved...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Mission Specialist Bill McArthur (with tool in hand) gets a close look at the...
John "JC" Carver, a payload integration engineer with NASA Kennedy Space Center's Test and Operations Support...
S73-28412 (February 1973) --- The three members of the prime crew of the third of three scheduled manned Skylab...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech Space Operation's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech Space Operation's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., Lockheed...
Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached Pressurized Mating Adapter-1...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A during a question and answer session with the media, STS-92...
The Zenith-1 (Z-1) Truss, the cornerstone truss of the Space Station, is shown on the floor of the Space Station...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Discovery seems to burst forth from a pillow of smoke as it lifts off...
STS-92 Mission Specialist Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (right) is visited by astronaut Kent Rominger (left), who was...
STS-92 Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao signals thumbs up for launch, scheduled for 8:05 p.m. EDT. The mission is the...
During pre-pack and fit check in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist William S. McArthur...
STS-92 Commander Brian Duffy pauses in the door of the Astrovan before exiting at the Operations and Checkout...
STS-90 Mission Specialist Kathryn (Kay) Hire enjoys the crawl between Columbia and the white room that allows access...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The brilliance of the exhaust flames from Space Shuttle Discovery’s solid rocket...
At the 195-foot level of the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A, the STS-92 crew get instructions on using...