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S125-E-009918 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint...
S125-E-009864 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint...
S125-E-009908 (18 May 2009) --- Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS-125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint...
Workers remove the securing straps from the second of two Northrop Grumman-manufactured aft exit cones to arrive for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- United Space Alliance technicians perform a pull test on shuttle Atlantis' thermal...
S114-E-6376 (3 August 2005) --- A close-up view of a portion of the thermal protection tiles on Space Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view of the suspended 122-foot-long orbiter Discovery shows the underside with the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers begin removing the Rudder Speed Brake...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the orbiter Endeavour...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Jeremy Schwarz, left, quality assurance technician, and Mike Williams, right, a thermal...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers ensure the safe removal of a Rudder Speed Brake Actuator from the orbiter...
A Daimler-Benz Aerospace staff member installs thermal blanket insulation on the back cover of the Huygens probe in...
The Northrop Grumman-manufactured right aft exit cone, the second of two for the Space Launch System’s solid rocket...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, United Space Alliance employee Mike Cote installs...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, a crane moves the Lightweight Multi-Purpose...
The second of two Northrop Grumman-manufactured aft exit cones to arrive for the Space Launch System’s solid rocket...
iss073e0814504 (Sept. 18, 2025) --- Four Expedition 73 flight engineers pose for a playful portrait through a...
ISS016-E-032319 (12 March 2008) --- A close-up view of the exterior of Space Shuttle Endeavour's nose, port wing and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a United Space Alliance technician installs a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The assembled Orbiter Boom Sensor System sits in the Remote Manipulator System lab...
iss071e297177 (7/9/2024) --- One of the five Kentucky Re-Entry Universal Payload System (KRUPS) capsules of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Remote Manipulator Lab inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, STS-114 Mission...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-125 Mission Specialist...