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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Technicians facilitate the transfer the STS-106 payload to Atlantis on Launch Pad 39-B...
Inside the Payload Changeout Room (PCR), workers prepare to move the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 out of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Technicians facilitate the transfer the STS-106 payload to Atlantis on Launch Pad 39-B...
This B-roll video shows the move team as they transport the launch vehicle stage adapter for agency’s new Space...
Technicians integrate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft to the payload adapter inside the Astrotech Space Operations...
Technicians integrate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft to the payload adapter inside the Astrotech Space Operations...
This artist's concept depicts the separation of the Skylab payload shroud. The payload shroud was both an...
Technicians integrate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft to the payload adapter inside the Astrotech Space Operations...
Technicians secure the re-entry vehicle payload adapter canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an...
Technicians use a crane to mate the re-entry vehicle payload adapter canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of...
Technicians prepare to lift the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) payload adapter...
Technicians integrate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft to the payload adapter inside the Astrotech Space Operations...
Technicians use a crane to mate the re-entry vehicle payload adapter canister for the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The payload for mission STS-118 is being installed in the payload bay on Space Shuttle...
Inside the Payload Changeout Room (PCR), a worker makes sure the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 is ready to be moved...
This video includes animation and shows work being completed to build, assemble and test NASA's new heavy-lift...
On Aug. 9, 2021, technicians ready the evolved expendable vehicle secondary payload adapter (ESPA) for mating...
On Aug. 9, 2021, technicians ready the evolved expendable vehicle secondary payload adapter (ESPA) for mating...
Seen here is the evolved expendable vehicle secondary payload adapter (ESPA) for NASA’s Landsat 9 mission prior to...
DAVID BEAMAN, MANAGER OF THE SPACECRAFT & PAYLOAD INTEGRATION OFFICE AT NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, DISCUSSES THE...
Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-47) onboard photo of Japanese Payload Specialist Dr. Mamoru Mohri participating in...
DAVID BEAMAN, MANAGER OF THE SPACECRAFT & PAYLOAD INTEGRATION OFFICE AT NASA'S SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, DISCUSSES THE...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy (left) and Commander Brian Duffy pose for a photo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Before dawn, the payload canister (left) with the Integrated Truss Structure Z1 moves...