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Pictured is an artist's concept of NASA's Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System experiment (ProSEDS). ProSEDS...
NASA's Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System experiment (ProSEDS) will demonstrate the use of an...
iss057e055052 (10/18/2018) --- European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst is photographed during a Synchronized...
An artist's concept of a space based vehicle using the Propulsive Small Expendable Deployer System (ProSEDS) to...
This is a Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) deployment....
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) in Orbiter's cargo bay. The...
Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-46) onboard photo of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1) on deployer boom. The...
S66-45635 (26 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. (center), Gemini-11 prime crew command pilot, discusses...
Astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist, uses a 35mm camera to take a picture of fellow astronaut Carl E. Walz...
A crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis (STS-46) used a 70mm handheld camera to capture this medium...
iss054e022175 (1/17/2018) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Norishige Kanai is photographed...
JSC2004-E-03468 (March 2004) --- This closeup view, photographed during a series of evaluations, shows the hand of a...
jsc2021e058908 (11/17/2021) --- A graphic of an Astrobee taking an EXPRESS Rack double locker payload, determining...
S67-24267 (1966) --- Suited test subject equipped with Gemini-12 Life Support System and waist tethers for...
STS051-26-002 (12-22 Sept 1993) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist, shows off a latch hook for a...
STS075-310-002 (22 Feb.-9 March 1996) --- Astronaut Maurizio Cheli, STS-75 mission specialist, works with the Tether...
S66-00933 (28 Jan. 1966) --- Gemini-11 Experiment D-16 Knee Tether, sponsored by the Department of Defense and the...
NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander's engine fires briefly in a tethered-flight test at the north end of the...
S66-54571 (14 Sept. 1966) --- A 100-foot tether line connects the Agena Target Docking Vehicle with the Gemini-11...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Orion forward bay cover is lowered into the water using a crane and tether lines as part of...
S117-E-07101 (12 June 2007) --- Astronaut John "Danny" Olivas, STS-117 mission specialist, works with extravehicular...
ISS022-E-019986 (6 Jan. 2010) --- Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Expedition 22 flight engineer, holds a stowage box...
NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is prepared for lifting by a crane in preparation for a tethered-flight...
NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is lifted by a crane in preparation for a tethered-flight test at the north...