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Aug 18, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John Glenn (left), who is a senator from Ohio, and Payload...

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Apr 26, 2005

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Canister Rotation Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the Payload Canister...

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Jun 5, 2006

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Space shuttle STS-121 FIT (Fly Immunity and Tumors) payload. Using Drosophila (fruit fly) to complete the...

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Jan 31, 2017

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iss050e037283 (01/31/2017) --- NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson removes the Multi-Purpose Experiment Platform (MPEP)...

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NASA image: SpinSat deployment from Cyclops Platform
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Nov 28, 2014

SpinSat deployment from Cyclops Platform

iss042e016906 (11/28/2014) --- The Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems (SSIKLOPS),...

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Apr 25, 2017

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iss051e028168 - (4/25/2017) --- NASA astronauts Peggy Wilson, in blue, Jack Fischer move a new payload on to the...

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Feb 2, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-118 crew take part in a hardware review of the SPACEHAB module,...

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Aug 18, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Terri Schneider, a Timeline technician with United Space Alliance, and STS-95 Mission...

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Oct 17, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a platform in Endeavour's payload bay, STS-113 Commander James Wetherbee (left)...

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Oct 17, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From a platform in Endeavour's payload bay, STS-113 Mission Specialist John Herrington...

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NASA image: KSC-98pc838
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Jul 14, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-95 crew familiarize themselves with equipment inside the SPACEHAB...

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NASA image: Pre-flight views of orbiter Endeavour on way to launch pad for STS-77
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May 1, 1996

Pre-flight views of orbiter Endeavour on way to launch pad for STS-77

S96-07957 (16 April 1996) --- A road sign points to Launch Pad 39B, the final earthly destination for the Space...

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Oct 17, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From a platform in Endeavour's payload bay, STS-113 Mission Specialist John Herrington...

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Nov 13, 1998

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Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility prepare to unload the STS-95 payloads from the payload bay of the orbiter...

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Nov 13, 1998

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility watch as the STS-95 payloads are lifted...

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Nov 13, 1998

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Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility prepare to unload the STS-95 payloads in front of them from the payload...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A Hawley stands beside part of Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, at right, which he will operate for the capture, berthing and redeployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).  The robotic arm also will be used as work platform for the four spacewalkers.  Hawley is the prime RMS operator on the flight, which will be the second HST servicing mission.  He and the other six members of the crew are making a final inspection of the payload at Launch Pad 39A before launch. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST.
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Feb 7, 1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A Hawley stands beside part of Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, at right, which he will operate for the capture, berthing and redeployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The robotic arm also will be used as work platform for the four spacewalkers. Hawley is the prime RMS operator on the flight, which will be the second HST servicing mission. He and the other six members of the crew are making a final inspection of the payload at Launch Pad 39A before launch. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A Hawley stands beside part of Discovery's Remote...

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Aug 7, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After rollback of the rotating service structure, or RSS, on Launch Pad 39A, Space...

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Apr 3, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis is revealed as the Rotating Service Structure rolls back into...

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Aug 7, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Endeavour is revealed on Launch Pad 39A after rollback of the rotating...

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Aug 7, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Endeavour is revealed on Launch Pad 39A after rollback of the rotating...

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NASA image: KSC-97PC817
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May 14, 1997

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The Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD) payload is installed into the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter...

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Aug 6, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane...

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Aug 6, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane...

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