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The Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payload is secured inside a truck at the Space Station Processing Facility...
The Space Test Program-Houston 6 (STP-H6) payload is being moved out of the Space Station Processing Facility high...
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
STS054-05-008 (17 Jan 1993) --- Astronaut Gregory J. Harbaugh translates along the starboard longeron of Endeavour's...
51I-32-059 (27 August 1985) --- The American Satellite Company (ASC) communications satellite rises from the cargo...
STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, crewmembers led by Commander Robert L. Gibson (center) prepare to...
The Payload Operations Center (POC) is the science command post for the International Space Station (ISS). Located...
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is raised above the payload bay (PLB) in low hover position during STS-31 checkout...
41D-39-068 (1 Sept 1984) --- Quickly moving away from the Space Shuttle Discovery is the Telstar 3 communications...
61A-01-030 (30 Oct.-6 Nov. 1985) --- Mission specialist Guion S. Bluford prepares to perform a physics experiment...
A payload briefing for NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is held on Dec.7, 2021 at NASA’s...
A payload briefing for NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is held on Dec.7, 2021 at NASA’s...
A payload briefing for NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is held on Dec.7, 2021 at NASA’s...
A payload briefing for NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is held on Dec.7, 2021 at NASA’s...
Landsat-9 L9 Secondary Payload ESPA Flight System arrives at Bldg 836 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
U. S. Senator E.J. (Jake) Garn, payload specialist, plugs in a food warmer in middeck area of the Shuttle Discovery.
S90-41128 (October 1990) --- Astronaut Francis D. (Drew) Gaffney, Payload Specialist in training for SLS-1 (STS-40)
MSFC Building 4663, NE corner view of Huntsville Operations Support Center, housing the Payload Operations...
Technicians test and extend one of the two “wings” comprising the solar arrays for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft...
Technicians test and extend one of the two “wings” comprising the solar arrays for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft...