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NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, remains wrapped in a protective covering after removal from its...
NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, remains wrapped in a protective covering after removal from its...
NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, remains wrapped in a protective covering after removal from its...
STS109-E-5558 (8 March 2002) --- Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld, payload commander, and Richard M. Linnehan (out of...
NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System-1, or JPSS-1, remains wrapped in a protective covering after removal from its...
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket carrying eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative’s (CSLI) ELaNa...
STS112-E-05099 (10 October 2002) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, the Starboard...
STS112-E-05092 (10 October 2002) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, the Starboard...
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket carrying eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative’s (CSLI) ELaNa...
Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket carrying eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative’s (CSLI) ELaNa...
Ahead of launch as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar...
STS065-S-002 (April 1994) --- Six NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist take a break from training to...
S89-48714 (18 Oct 1989) --- This photograph was taken by the STS-34 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis and shows...
S91-44453 (21 Aug 1991) --- The crew of STS-45 is already training for its March 1992 mission, including stints on...
Mars 2020 Rover and Sky Crane Unbagging, Cleaning and Additional Processing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.
S131-E-007417 (6 April 2010) --- The thin line of Earth's atmosphere, rising sun and space shuttle Discovery are...
S85-40031 (November 1985) --- Payload specialist Sharon Christa McAuliffe is briefed on launch/entry helmets by crew...
S129-E-006293 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, a partial view of Space Shuttle...
STS099-315-031 (11-22 February 2000) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour orbits Earth with its lengthy SRTM mast at work...
S122-E-006274 (8 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the Columbus laboratory...
S118-E-05527 (9 Aug. 2007) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, the SPACEHAB pressurized logistics...
Two payload specialists for the STS 51-D mission get in some training time in the crew compartment trainerat JSC....
S129-E-006295 (17 Nov. 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, a partial view of Space Shuttle...
ISS022-E-011879 (16 Dec. 2009) --- NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 22 commander, services the Advanced...