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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery hurtles into the night sky, trailing a tail of fire from the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Framed in angle of two tree branches, Space Shuttle Discovery appears to rise out of...
Inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025,...
STS111-306-023 (9 June 2002) --- Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-111 mission specialist, participates in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Upon arriving at KSC aboard a T-38 jet aircraft, STS-92 Mission Specialist Michael E....
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 crew members get a close...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For STS-92 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of Japan, arrival at KSC for launch of...
Inside the high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California,...
Technicians integrate NASA’s four PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites to the evolved...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Discovery roars through the sky trailing fire and blue mach diamonds...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This 3-D image shows NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory lunar spacecraft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft arrives at their...
During suitup in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist Peter J.K. “Jeff” Wisoff signals...
During pre-pack and fit check in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist William S. McArthur...
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the forward section of a solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Discovery seems to burst forth from a pillow of smoke as it lifts off...
STS-92 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of Japan gets a final check of his launch and entry suit in the White Room...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft arrives at their...
During pre-pack and fit check in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist Michael E....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery rises above the lighting mast on the Fixed Service Structure...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech Space Operation's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., the...
During pre-pack and fit check in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-92 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-92 Pilot Pamela A. Melroy gets a close...