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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Standing beneath Space Shuttle Columbia's main engines, on Launch Pad 39A, the new NASA...
Three members of the STS-102 crew hurry to the slidewire baskets for emergency egress training. The crew is at KSC...
In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II), the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)...
S82-32169 (26 May 1982) --- View of the space shuttle Columbia sitting on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC, external tank No. 120 is in place in a...
S71-16638 (31 Jan. 1971) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, undergoes suiting up operations at the...
STS-33 Mission Specialist (MS) Kathryn C. Thornton, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and holding file folder,...
After its Rotational Service Structure is rolled back, the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits the dawn of day on its...
This aerial view is of a tour stop on the KSC bus tour, the Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry. This stop allows...
STS114-S-006 (26 July 2005) --- The STS-114 crew members, having donned their launch and entry suits, wave at KSC...
At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the GOES-M satellite, encased in a container, begins its trek to Astrotech in...
This anvil-shaped cloud over the Central Florida coast is part of a NASA study measuring electric fields in this...
S82-28455 (19 Feb. 1982) --- The prime crew members for STS-3 take a break in their training schedule at KSC to pose...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA STS-82 PREPARATIONS VIEW --- Workers in the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Vertical...
Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong and his wife, Carol, were among the many special NASA STS-83 launch guests who...
At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the GOES-M satellite is offloaded from the yawning mouth of the C-5 aircraft....
Singer-songwriter Judy Collins performs her original song, "Beyond the Sky," at the KSC Visitor Complex's Imax...
STS039-S-051 (28 April 1991) --- In KSC's Operations and Checkout Building, a very light breakfast is shared by the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students from Ronald McNair Magnet School, Cocoa, Fla., follow the path of the Space...
STS-100 Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet aircraft to get ready...
In this close-up, Space Shuttle Discovery sits atop the Mobile Launch Platform on Launch Pad 39-B, with the Rotating...
In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II), the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE)...
Cyclists pose for a photo in front of SpaceX’s launch tower, supporting the company’s Crew Access Arm, at historic...
Dan Shaver, chief counsel at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, speaks at the fifth and final TED Talk-style...