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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Vapor trails flow from Discovery's wing tips as it makes a speedy approach to Runway 15...
STS135-S-233 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear tires as space shuttle Endeavour touches...
PHOTO CREDIT: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Streams of smoke trail...
STS135-S-187 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the...
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- STS-31 CREW PATCH – The mission insignia for NASA’s STS-31 mission features...
Is Dione (698 miles or 1123 kilometers across) suddenly larger than Rhea (949 miles or 1527 kilometers across)? No,...
STS057-S-001 (February 1993) --- Designed by the crew members, the STS-57 crew patch depicts the space shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Vapor trails flow from Discovery's wing tips as it makes a speedy approach to Runway 15...
STS105-S-023 (22 Aug. 2001) --- With its drag chute trailing behind, the Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew land...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear tires as space shuttle Atlantis touches...
STS135-S-190 (21 July 2011) --- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down on the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the drag chute...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Plumes of smoke trail the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket launching NASA’s...
S84-40148 (8 Oct. 1984) --- The space shuttle Discovery en route to Earth orbit for NASA's 51-A mission is...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the position of space shuttle Atlantis on Runway...
April Torres is an electronics technician and telemetry specialist at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Just at liftoff, clouds of smoke and steam rise around the Delta II rocket carrying the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A mock-up of a battery-powered lunar rover is displayed on Earth Day at a Sustainability...
While not bursting with activity like its sister satellite Enceladus, the surface of Dione is definitely not boring....
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, TX - STS115-S-001 (February 2003) -- This is the STS-115 insignia. This mission continues the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Delta II launch vehicle carrying the STEREO spacecraft hurtles through the smoke...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This is a printable version of space shuttle Challenger's orbiter tribute, or OV-099, which...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it touches down for the final...