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S89-48714 (18 Oct 1989) --- This photograph was taken by the STS-34 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis and shows...
STS030-72-046 (4 May 1989) --- In the early evening hours of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' first day in space for the...
Workers in the Vertical Processing Facility observe the lower end of the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) that will be...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its five-man crew is launched from pad 39B at 11:37 a.m. as...
In the Vertical Processing Facility, the Chandra X-ray Observatory is revealed with its protective cover removed....
S91-50773 (19 Oct 1991) --- At a processing facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Defense Support...
At the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Spacecraft and Assembly Encapsulation Facility 2 (SAEF-2), the planetary...
At Launch Pad 39-B, the Chandra X-ray Observatory sits inside the payload bay of Space Shuttle Columbia, waiting for...
The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster is moved toward a workstand in Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing...
The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster (right) is lifted out of its container after arriving at Kennedy Space...
At Launch Pad 39-B, the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay doors close around the Chandra X-ray Observatory...
STS-93 Mission Specialists Catherine Coleman (left) and Michel Tognini of France (right), representing the Centre...
STS034-09-007 (23 Oct. 1989) --- Having been in space only a few hours, three of the STS-34 astronaut crew prepare...
Inside the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), the Chandra X-ray Observatory (top) lies in its protective container...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers prepare the shrouded Chandra X-ray Observatory for its lift to a...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers move the shrouded Chandra X-ray Observatory on its workstand to...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers check the placement of the Chandra X-ray Observatory on the stand...
Inside the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers begin lifting the Chandra X-ray Observatory out of its...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its five-man crew is launched from pad 39B at 11:37 a.m. as...
Inside the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers check the overhead cable that will lift the Chandra X-ray...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers watch as the overhead crane starts lifting the shrouded Chandra...
STS026-S-031 (29 Sept 1988) --- Just moments after ignition, the Space Shuttle Discovery, mated to two solid rocket...
In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), workers keep watch on the crane lifting the shrouded Chandra X-ray...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery and its five-man crew is launched from pad 39B at 11:37...