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Candid views, Astronaut Donald L. Lind posing with the Shuttle Model and Payload Flight Assignment, Bldg. 9A,...
Space shuttle STS-121 FIT (Fly Immunity and Tumors) payload. Using Drosophila (fruit fly) to complete the...
iss049e025077 (9/28/2016) --- View taken during Multi-Purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) Combustion Chamber (CC)...
jsc2021e036920 (7/8/2021) --- A preflight view of the Faraday Research Facility front panel. The Faraday Research...
Documentation of STS 41-G payloads while in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral. Views include documentation of the Earth...
Overall view of the Vapor Crystal Growth System (VCGS) Furnace. Used on IML-1 International Microgravity Laboratory...
jsc2021e009422 (3/2/2021) --- A preflight view of the MagIC-Space payload. A=Thermometer probe; B= Battery Pack; C=...
View of a single engine orbital maneuvering system (OMS) firing on the Discovery. The payload bay is open and the...
jsc2020e044492 (10/6/2020) —- A preflight view of the Nanoracks Airlock. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock (Nanoracks...
jsc2020e044494 (10/1/2020) --- A preflight view of the Nanoracks Airlock. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock (Nanoracks...
jsc2020e044491 (10/5/2020) —- A preflight view of the Nanoracks Airlock. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock (Nanoracks...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — From inside the payload changeout room at Launch Pad 39A, this view shows the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In this aerial view, Space Shuttle Discovery is seen on Launch Pad 39A, waiting for...
iss056e150256 (8/21/2018) --- A view of the Multi purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) 2 in the Kibo Japanese...
iss056e150255 (8/21/2018) --- A view of the Multi purpose Small Payload Rack (MSPR) 2 in the Kibo Japanese...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In this aerial view, Space Shuttle Discovery is seen on Launch Pad 39A, waiting for...
STS052-S-098 (1 Nov 1992) --- This ground-level side view shows the Space Shuttle Columbia just prior to main...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A technician carefully monitors progress as Discovery's payload bay doors close around...
STS045-S-054 (24 March 1992) --- A profile view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it soars off the launch pad and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload transportation canister containing the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers begin to lift the payload transportation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload transportation canister containing the...
STS082-703-051 (11-21 Feb. 1997) --- In Discovery's cargo bay, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is backdropped...
STS099-315-031 (11-22 February 2000) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour orbits Earth with its lengthy SRTM mast at work...