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A pilot for General Atomics guides the Altair remotely operated aircraft from a ground control station using both...
Scott Howe, X-56A chief pilot, and Dana Purifoy, co-pilot, complete preflight checks from a ground cockpit in the...
STS-47 Spacelab-J FFE (Frog Embryology Experiment) post flight data - flight frogs from SL-J, ground control tadpoles
Inside the Veggie flight laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Inside the Veggie flight laboratory in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Expedition 47 robotic arm operator Tim Kopra of NASA commanded the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic...
This photograph was taken during the Astro-1 mission (STS-35) showing activities at NASA's new Payload Operations...
NASA engineer Larry Hudson and Ikhana ground crew member James Smith work on a ground validation test with new fiber...
Artemis launch project engineers Aaron Sherman (left) Tony Bartolone (center), and Anton Kiriwas, senior technical...
Members of the Artemis 1 launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and Jacobs...
Members of the Artemis 1 launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and Jacobs...
Carla Rekucki, lead NASA test director in NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), center, and other launch team...
Members of the Artemis 1 launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and Jacobs...
Members of the Artemis 1 launch team, including personnel with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and Jacobs...
iss069e003900 (April 17, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg (center) makes a...
iss069e003898 (April 17, 2023) --- (From left) Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Woody Hoburg (both from...
STS98-E-5086 (10 February 2001) --- Astronaut Mark L. Polansky, STS-98 pilot, communicates with ground controllers...
STS98-E-5078 (10 February 2001) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-98 mission specialist, monitors communications...
STS029-S-041 (13 March 1989) --- Flight Directors (FD) Lee Brisco (left) and Ronad D. Dittmore monitor prelaunch...
51F-03-024 (29 July-6 Aug 1985) --- Astronauts Anthony W. England, left, and Roy D. Bridges are surrounded by some...
JSC2001-E-24999 (10 August 2001) --- Lawrence Bourgeois (left) and Wayne Hale watch the launch of the Space Shuttle...
JSC2002-E-23113 (5 June 2002) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour is shown on the big screen in this overall view of the...
JSC2002-E-41161 (7 October 2002) --- Flight director John Shannon monitors data at his console in the shuttle flight...
NASA engineers and test directors gather in Firing Room 3 in the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space...