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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Smoke and steam roll across the launch pad as NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Banana River seems to burn as space shuttle Endeavour's column of flame is reflected at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Discovery remains on the pad the day after the Shuttle’s launch on Return...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour erupts from the clouds of smoke billowing across NASA Kennedy Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and steam billow across Launch Pad 39A as Space Shuttle Atlantis, trailing...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Smoke and steam billow across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center as space shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Storm clouds gather behind Space Shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39B. Atlantis was...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker checks the tread on the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Flanked by lightning protection catenary towers at Launch Complex 40, the SpaceX Falcon 9...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery, installed on the mobile launcher platform atop the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view, from the west looking toward the east, shows the entire Launch Pad 39B area...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A spider in the foreground appears to be dancing on the lightning mast near space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Smoke begins pouring out of the flame trench on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Framed by a blue hazy sky and bluer Atlantic Ocean, the Boeing Delta II rocket with the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The fiery blaze below space shuttle Endeavour as it launches from NASA Kennedy Space Center's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis reaches the top of the launch pad after a mid-day rollout from...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- A large crane dismantles another section of the fixed service structure (FSS) on Launch Pad...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rising above the two lightning towers around the pad, a Delta IV rocket races into the sky...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Rising on columns of fire above the smoke and steam below, Space Shuttle Discovery...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- A large crane dismantles another section of the fixed service structure (FSS) on Launch Pad...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– Sunlight spotlights space shuttle Endeavour poised on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is nestled between the lightning protection system towers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, lightning masts protect the 197-foot-tall...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Lightning streaks across the sky above satellite trucks at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s...