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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For the fourth time in Space Shuttle Program history, 350,000 gallons of water are...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside toward a...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane moves the heat shield toward a platform at left. The...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Darkness shrouds space shuttle Endeavour as it touches down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle...
All this week, the THEMIS Image of the Day is following on the real Mars the path taken by fictional astronaut Mark...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the spin test of the Phoenix Mars Lander in the Payload Hazardous...
STS130-S-091 (21 Feb. 2010) --- Space shuttle Endeavour lands on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For the fourth time in Space Shuttle Program history, 350,000 gallons of water are...
An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the heat shield from the Phoenix Mars Lander...
STS130-S-087 (21 Feb. 2010) --- Space shuttle Endeavour lands on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's...
STS130-S-099 (21 Feb. 2010) --- With landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour nears touchdown on Runway 15 at the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians attach a crane to the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The...
In this illustration, NASA's SPHEREx mission is highlighted among a line of other NASA space telescopes. The mission...
ISS015-E-28003 (12 Sept. 2007) --- A section of Dinosaur National Monument along the Yampa River in Colorado, which...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare to install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed...
STS130-S-084 (21 Feb. 2010) --- Space shuttle Endeavour lands on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's...
An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside toward a spin table for spin testing in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For the fourth time in Space Shuttle Program history, 350,000 gallons of water are...
STS130-S-124 (21 Feb. 2010) --- With landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour nears touchdown on Runway 15 at the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the heat shield onto a...