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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, workers inspect the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The newly arrived external tank moves slowly on its way the Vehicle Assembly Building...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, an external tank is demated...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, an external tank is lifted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Aboard its transporter, external tank No. 117 moves toward the open doors of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, an external tank is lifted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, an external tank is lifted...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Orbiter Columbia move from OPF and mate to external tank in VAB.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Orbiter Columbia erection and mate in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Viewed across the Turn Basin at NASA Kennedy Space Center, the barge Pegasus is towed...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a new heater has been...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, a crane is fitted over an...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, workers secure the guidelines...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Just after dawn, the Pegasus barge is towed away from the Turn Basin in the Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Orbiter Columbia lift and mate to external tank in the Vehicle Assembly...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Just after dawn, an alligator (in the foreground) watches as a tugboat pushes the...