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S76-E-5146 (24 March 1996) --- Continuing an in-space tradition, astronaut Kevin P. Chilton (right), STS-76 mission...
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken, left, and Doug Hurley shake hands after suiting up in SpaceX spacesuits in the...
Inside KSC with Bianca Ryhms. NASA and SpaceX successfully demonstrated the launch-escape capabilities of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, the left-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod...
STS085-359-032 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- During off-duty time astronauts N. Jan Davis, payload commander, and Stephen...
ISS043E122274 (04/17/2015) --- ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti seen here in the Cupola...
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough gives a hand sign after he was helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour...
ISS026-E-015765 (6 Jan. 2011) --- Newfoundland and clouds over the North Atlantic Ocean share a scene with a Soyuz...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, the left-hand Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the remote...
S134-E-007141 (18 May 2011) --- In the grasp of space shuttle Endeavour?s robotic Canadarm, the Express Logistics...
SL4-142-4542 (November 1973-February 1974) --- An oblique view of the Pacific Coast of Southern California,...
NASA astronaut Mike Fincke shakes hands with NASA astronaut Eric Bow after being helped out of the SpaceX Dragon...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the remote...
AS14-64-9129 (6 Feb. 1971) --- The two moon-exploring crew men of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, photographed...
STS-88 crew members inspect the orbital docking mechanism in the payload bay of Orbiter Endeavour during the Crew...
Lunar Take Off Simulator: This simulator is used by scientists at the Langley Research Center ... to help determine...
The two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
The two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 Mission...
The two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
Kicking off the award ceremony at the 1999 FIRST Southeastern Regional robotic competition held at KSC are David...
The two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...