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ISS040-E-019318 (25 June 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Kibo laboratory, European Space Agency...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, an overhead crane lifts the Joint Airlock...
Team members monitor the progress as the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) is lifted to the...
Research scientist Vadim Rygalov describes a new low-pressure water-recycling experiment being designed to help...
Chemical Engineer David Rinderknecht, left, and Ray Pitts, co-principal investigator for the Orbital Syngas...
The Advanced Base Line Imager, the primary optical instrument, has been installed on the Geostationary Operational...
A close-up view of Orion secured atop a transport vehicle as it departs from its home at the Neil Armstrong...
STS075-328-018 (25 Feb. 1996) --- Astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz, STS-75 payload commander, is busy at the pilot's...
The shipping container is lifted off the GOES-R spacecraft inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in...
Chemical Engineer David Rinderknecht, left, and Thermal/Fluid Analysis Engineer Malay Shah prepare the Orbital...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the Joint Airlock Module is ready to be...
The Army Ballistic Missile Agency incorporated the von Braun team in key positions with Dr. von Braun as a head of...
A crane is used to lift the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite...
An overhead crane moves the GOES-R spacecraft toward its work stand inside the Astrotech payload processing facility...
S84-26332 (3 Feb 1984) --- Robert E. Castle, integrated communications officer (INCO), plays an important role in...
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited the Payload Operations Integration Center (POIC) and test stand 4693 at...
Team members prepare for an optics test on the Advanced Baseline Imager, the primary optical instrument, on the...
ISS014-E-05124 (3 Oct. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station...
Team members install the Advanced Base Line Imager, the primary optical instrument, on the Geostationary Operational...
Orion sits atop a transport vehicle as it departs from its home at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), the overhead...
Chemical Engineer David Rinderknecht prepares the Orbital Syngas Commodity Augmentation Reactor (OSCAR) for thermal...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), the overhead...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...