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STS066-129-043 (3-14 Nov 1994) --- Clouds over the Atlantic Ocean serve as the backdrop for this 70mm scene of the...
S91-51294 (Nov 1991) --- Astronaut Byron K. Lichtenberg, payload specialist.
51I-32-023 (27 Aug. 1985) --- Australia's AUSSAT communications satellite is deployed from the payload bay of the...
A Satellite for Optimal Control and Imaging (SOC-i) CubeSat awaits integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing...
NASA’s CubeSat R5 Spacecraft 4 (R5-S4) awaits integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg...
A Satellite for Optimal Control and Imaging (SOC-i) CubeSat awaits integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing...
Technicians with the University of Kansas prepare their KUbeSat-1 for integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing...
Technicians with the University of Kansas prepare their KUbeSat-1 for integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing...
Technicians with the University of Kansas prepare their KUbeSat-1 for integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing...
NASA’s CubeSat R5 Spacecraft 4 (R5-S4) awaits integration at Firefly’s Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg...
STS003-21-080 (22-30 March 1982) --- Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP) grappled by remote manipulator system (RMS)...
Arabsat communications satellite deploying from Discovery's payload bay. Cloudy Earth's surface can be seen to the...
S91-51295 (1991) --- Astronaut Dirk Frimout, payload specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA).
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
Technicians at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, are seen in these images taken April 17,...
The Voyager 2 spacecraft, encapsulated within its payload fairing, is seen in August 1977, as it was being hoisted...
Spartan I satellte sits in the Discovery's payload bay prior to being deployed. Above it can be seen the remote...
During STS-34 mission, the Galileo spacecraft mounted atop the inertial upper stage (IUS) is tilted to a 58-degree...