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Orion is revealed for one of the final times on Jan. 14, as it is moved by crane to its transport pallet inside the...
Orion is revealed for one of the final times on Jan. 14, as it is moved by crane to its transport pallet inside the...
Technicians work to complete operations before propellant load occurs ahead of launch for NASA’s Europa Clipper...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the P3 Integrated...
STS083-312-017 (4-8 April 1997) --- Payload specialist Gregory T. Linteris sets up a 35mm camera, one of three...
NASA ASTRONAUT CHRIS CASSIDY, A FLIGHT ENGINEER FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EXPEDITION 36, VISITED THE MARSHALL...
Visiting scientist Cheryl Frazier monitors a prototype composting machine in Hangar L at the Cape Canaveral Air...
Research scientist Greg Goins monitors radish growth under a sulfur-microwave light at Hangar L at the Cape...
A crane has been attached to the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the NASA payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
A crane is used to lift the payload fairing containing NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite...
Team members monitor progress as an overhead crane lowers the GOES-R spacecraft into its work stand inside the...
iss048e049789 (8/5/2016) --- A view of the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) grappled by the Japanese Experiment...
At Hangar J, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), work is begun on the Centaur upper stage that will be used...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In the NASA payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
Team members monitor progress as the GOES-R spacecraft is raised to vertical inside the Astrotech payload processing...
Orion sits atop a transport vehicle as it departs from its home at the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout...
iss042e015971 (11/26/2011) --- NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts are photographed during operations to...
At Hangar J, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), work is begun on the Centaur upper stage that will be used...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Geostationary Operational Environmental...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the P3 Integrated...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), the...
Orion is revealed for one of the final times on Jan. 14, as it is readied atop its transport pallet from the Neil...
JSC2003-E-42546 (For Release: 18 June 2003) --- This graphic shows the console where flight crews will operate the...