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JSC2001-E-04808 (21 February 2001) --- Astronaut Thomas D. Jones, mission specialist, speaks to a crowd at the...
An engineer signals the truck driver carrying Orion’s Launch Abort System (LAS) at the Space Environments Complex....
The Space Environments Complex (SEC) at the Armstrong Testing Facility stores Orion’s Launch Abort System, which...
JSC2001-E-04804 (21 February 2001) --- Astronauts Mark L. Polansky (left) and Kenneth D. Cockrell (center), pilot...
STS093-345-008 (22-27 July 1999) --- Close-up view of the Plant Growth Investigations in Microgravity (PGIM-1)...
Test hardware for Orion crew capsule from the Artemis 1 flight arrives in the SEC (Space Experiments Complex) at ATF...
JSC2001-E-04807 (21 February 2001) --- Astronaut Mark L. Polansky, pilot, shares a few thoughts about his first...
A National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) photographer films the test of a ramjet engine at the Lewis...
iss040e108291 (8/26/2014) --- Photographic documentation of final installation of MAGVECTOR hardware in the Columbus...
The drone follows an autonomously defined path around the modified C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory, (KAO)...
S81-30502 (12 April 1981) --- Space shuttle Columbia’s aft orbiter section dominates the field of view in this fifth...
iss050e036324 (1/29/2017) --- Photographic documentation of Small Plant Pilllow (Cabbage) - Veggie-03. Organisms...
S81-30501 (12 April 1981) --- Nose pointed skyward, space shuttle Columbia begins its climb toward orbit moments...
ISS039-E-013569 (20 April 2014) --- This is one of an extensive series of still photos documenting the April 20...
ISS039-E-013567 (20 April 2014) --- This is one of an extensive series of still photos documenting the April 20...
ISS035-E-010124 (26 March 2013) --- This image, photographed through one of the windows in the Cupola, is one of a...
jsc2016e017570 (1/22/2016) --- Photographic documentation of Saffire-I taken during the OA-6 Crew Equipment...
iss056e078527 (7/6/2018) --- Photographic documentation of ECOSTRESS installation onto the Japanese Experiment...
iss042e29609 (3/4/2015) --- Photographic documentation taken prior to collection of surface and air samples using...
The drone follows an autonomously defined path around the modified C-141 Kuiper Airborne Observatory, (KAO)...
ISS039-E-013405 (20 April 2014) --- This is one of an extensive series of still photos documenting the April 20...
STS039-23-036 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A 35mm frame of the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights,...
STS039-25-006 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A 35mm frame of the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights,...
iss043e198394 (5/15/2015) --- Photographic documentation taken prior to collection of surface and air samples using...