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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center help...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket lifts off between the towers of the lightning...
Sarah Frazier, NASA Communications, participates in a science briefing on NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...
David McComas, IMAP principal investigator, Princeton University, participates in a science briefing on NASA’s IMAP...
Jamie Favors, director, Space Weather Program, Heliophysics Division, NASA Headquarters in Washington, participates...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A specialized crane is moved toward the Fine Guidance Sensor in the Payload Hazardous...
The channel form at the top of this VIS image is part of Tiu Valles. The impact crater has affected the course of...
Brad Williams, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) program executive, NASA Headquarters, participates...
Composed of 18 images, this natural-color mosaic shows a boulder field on "Mount Washburn" (named after a mountain...
In this photograph, the instruments of the Astro-1 Observatory are erected in the cargo bay of the Columbia orbiter....
Included in the payload of science instruments for NASA's Europa Clipper is the Europa Imaging System (EIS) Narrow...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, built in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,...
Onboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia (STS-35), the various components of the Astro-1 payload are seen...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - STS-109 Mission Specialist Nancy J. Currie gets a final fitting on her launch and entry...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - STS-109 Payload Commander John M. Grunsfeld gets a final fitting on his launch and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The STS-109 crew enjoys an early morning snack that includes a symbolic cake with the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-109 payload sits in place inside Columbia’s payload bay. On mission STS-109,...
Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate NASA’s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - STS-109 Mission Specialist Michael J. Massimino gets a final fitting on his launch and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - STS-109 Mission Specialist Michael J. Massimino gets help suiting up for launch,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-109 Mission Specialist James H. Newman gets a final fitting on his launch and...
Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate NASA’s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room, Launch Pad 39A, check the progress of Columbia’s...