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Expedition 59 Astronaut David Saint-Jaques visits Marshall Space Flight Center's Payload Operations Integration...
Expedition 59 Astronaut David Saint-Jaques visits Marshall Space Flight Center's Payload Operations Integration...
51G-08-021 (17-24 June 1985) --- Patrick Baudry, payload specialist representing the Centre National d'Etudes...
ISS026-E-028660 (23 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer, uses a...
STS102-E-5111 (10 March 2001) --- An out-the-window view of the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module resting in...
LEWIS WOOTEN, NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION OPERATIONS LABORATORY AT NASA'S MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN...
ISS026-E-028666 (23 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, Expedition 26 commander, uses a digital still camera...
S122-E-006381 (8 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, Atlantis' orbiter docking...
STS009-125-427 (28 Nov 1983) --- Payload Specialist Byron K. Lichtenberg carries out an experiment at the fluid...
The OSAM-1 integration and testing team deploys and stows the radiator panels on the OSAM-1 servicing payload at...
S83-36307 (2 June 1983) --- INSAT 1-B is being prepared for its trip aboard the space shuttle Challenger and its...
STS077-716-050 (19-29 May 1996) --- With part of the Pacific Ocean and almost the entire state of California as a...
S94-30392 (16 Feb 1994) --- The Space Radar Laboratory-1 (SRL-1) is being transferred from the payload canister...
Launched on June 20, 1996, the STS-78 mission’s primary payload was the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), which...
Launched on June 20, 1996, the STS-78 mission’s primary payload was the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), which...
S92-32111 (May 1992) --- Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. is assisted by two SCUBA-equipped divers as he hangs by...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Transiting...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Transiting...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the agency's Transiting...
The LunIR undergoes inspection prior to being loaded in the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s Orion stage adapter...
S93-48551 (October 1993) --- The Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C and X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR)...
Teams prepare the Lunar IceCube before its installation in the Space Launch System rocket Orion stage adapter at...
STS054-29-028 (17 Jan 1993) --- Astronaut Gregory J. Harbaugh, mission specialist, used a 35mm camera to photograph...
STS001-08-289 (12-14 April 1981) --- A 250mm Hasselblad view of the left OMS pod and missing tiles. Photo credit: NASA