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NASA Associate Administrator Chris Scolese monitors the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis from firing room four...
NASA Shuttle Launch Director Michael Leinbach, left, STS-124 Assistant Launch Director Ed Mango, center, and Flow...
The new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981. That is when the first Space Shuttle mission (STS-1) was...
Launch Complex 39 is in partial darkness as the Space Shuttle Discovery heads toward an eight-day mission in Earth...
Did you ever wonder how NASA decides if the weather is good enough to launch the space shuttle? Shuttle Launch...
STS129-S-058 (16 Nov. 2009) --- In Firing Room 4 of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center, shuttle...
STS132-S-070 (14 May 2010) --- Convoy vehicles are standing by at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy...
51A-90015 (8 Nov. 1984) --- John W. Young, who has seen many launches from various angles, used a handheld camera to...
STS129-S-056 (16 Nov. 2009) --- Members of the space shuttle launch team watch Space Shuttle Atlantis' launch...
STS129-S-055 (16 Nov. 2009) --- The space shuttle launch team monitors the progress of Space Shuttle Atlantis'...
NASA Administrator, Michael Griffin watches the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) from the Launch...
NASA Administrator, Michael Griffin watches the launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-124) from the Launch...
NASA Administrator, Michael Griffin watches the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) from the Launch...
NASA Administrator, Michael Griffin talks with other NASA managers in the Launch Control Center prior to the launch...
The Moon is seen rising behind the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) on pad 39a Friday, November 14, 2008, at the...
The Moon is seen rising behind the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-126) on pad 39a Friday, November 14, 2008, at the...
STS068-S-027 (30 September 1994) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour, with six NASA astronauts and a battery of...
STS071-S-003 (27 June 1995) --- At the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch Pad 39A, the 100th United States human...
STS129-S-057 (16 Nov. 2009) --- From left, LeRoy Cain, NASA's deputy manager, Space Shuttle Program; Michael Coats,...
NASA engineer Don Beckmeyer speaks to an audience gathered at StenniSphere auditorium at Stennis Space Center to...
STS129-S-059 (16 Nov. 2009) --- In Firing Room 4 of NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center, Kennedy...
The Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate provides one of the critical connections between the shuttle and the launch pad....
Shuttle Discovery on the launch pad for the STS 51-D mission.
S86-25293 (30 Oct. 1985) --- Barbara R. Morgan and Sharon Christa McAuliffe (right) are pictured during a visit to...