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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Commander Scott Altman puts on his launch-and-entry suit before heading for Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The engines of a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle ignite to blast NASA’s Swift...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This view looks down on two of the nine solid rocket boosters that will be mated with...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF 2), workers get ready to open the panels of the solar...
Technicians install and align the second set of solar arrays for NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-125 Commander...
The moveable gantry closes in on a Delta 7925 rocket, bringing an additional three solid rocket boosters for mating...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), workers move the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), workers adjust the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers maneuver another solid rocket booster that will be mated with the Delta II...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Science Instrument Command and Data Handling Unit, or SIC&DH, arrives at NASA's Kennedy...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - A third solid rocket booster is lifted into the launch tower on Launch Pad 17-B, Cape...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Mike Massimino puts on his launch-and-entry suit before heading...
S71-44672 (30 July 1971) --- A near vertical view of the crater Paracelsus (formerly called I.A.U. Crater 365) on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the payload canister with the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana...
The first stage of a Boeing Delta rocket is lifted vertically up the gantry on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Riding a column of fire, space shuttle Atlantis hurtles into the cloud-washed sky over NASA's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the launch tower on Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers...
Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate Thomas Zurbuchen, left, Olivier Barnouin (US...
Silent animations of the VIPER rover for use by the media and others. About the size of a golf cart, the Volatiles...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers add another base plate segment to the shrouded Space Infrared Telescope...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As clouds of smoke and steam smother Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...