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iss071e297164 (7/9/2024) --- One of the five Kentucky Re-Entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS) capsules of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, United Space Alliance employee Mike Cote works on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis’ payload...
S125-E-009967 (18 May 2009) --- Astronauts Andrew Feustel (center) and John Grunsfeld (mostly obscured, positioned...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members of space shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, a newly installed nose cap on the orbiter Atlantis...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility get ready to remove Ground Support Equipment...
ISS016-E-028523 (9 Feb. 2008) --- An overhead view of the exterior of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' crew cabin and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers check the fit of the nose cap (right) after...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A close-up is shown of the base of the Manipulator Positioning Mechanism (MPM)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the orbiter Endeavour...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers lower the nose cap toward the orbiter...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A fork lift is available to move equipment relocated from the Thermal Protection System...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians...
The Northrop Grumman-manufactured right aft exit cone, the second of two for the Space Launch System’s solid rocket...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Rudder Speed Brake Actuator from the orbiter Atlantis is set on a stand on the floor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour is towed into bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility, known as...
S125-E-009607 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the eyelids...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3, Larry Tanner, a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians install a new Ku-Band communications system antenna on space shuttle Discovery...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians...
S125-E-009605 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint...