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STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan...
STS-99 Mission Specialist Gerhard Thiele, with the European Space Agency, gets help from a suit technician in the...
Technicians process mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory inside the...
STS-95 crew members exit the Operations and Checkout Building where they suited up before leaving for Launch Pad...
The STS-91 crew participate in the Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) for their upcoming Space Shuttle mission at...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are being processed inside the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A flatbed trailer carrying the final components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of two final...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A flatbed trailer carrying the final components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's...
STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building prior to his trip to...
STS-95 Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency, suits up in the Operations...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory are inside the Integrated Processing...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The final components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory for the...
A C-5 air cargo plane lands at Kennedy Space Center carrying the payload flight hardware for the Third Hubble Space...
A C-5 air cargo plane opens to reveal a shipping container with payload flight hardware for the Third Hubble Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the nose of the...
The payload fairing for NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is moved inside the Payload Hazardous...
STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, with the help of Carlos Gillis, of Lockheed Martin, suits up in the...
The STS-95 crew gathers at their traditional pre-launch breakfast in the Operations and Checkout Building. Seated...
STS-99 Pilot Dominic Gorie suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building, as part of a flight crew equipment fit...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Payload canister #2 passes near the Operations and Checkout Building, in the background, on...
STS-99 Mission Specialist Janice Voss (Ph.D.) suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building, as part of a flight...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), a worker begins to open the protective covering over a part of...