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Technicians prepare the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a flatbed trailer...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory arrive at the Integrated Processing...
STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan...
Technicians monitor the progress as a crane is used to lift the secondary payload adapter for NASA’s Landsat 9...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of the final...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), a crane lifts equipment for mission STS-103 out of its shipping...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis sits on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), a crane lifts equipment for mission STS-103 out of its shipping...
This is a Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-52) onboard photograph of the United States Microgravity Payload-1 (USMP-1) in...
Technicians move the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2...
The payload fairing for NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is being prepared for the move to the...
STS-95 Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building prior to his trip to...
Technicians prepare to move the second half of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairing around the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) is encapsulated...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifts one...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis sits on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after...
The payload fairing for NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is being moved to the Payload Hazardous...
STS-99 Mission Specialist Janet Kavandi (Ph.D.) suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building, as part of a...
Mechanical and electrical support equipment for NASA’s Landsat 9 observatory arrive inside the Integrated Processing...
STS-99 Mission Specialist Gerhard Thiele, with the European Space Agency, suits up in the Operations and Checkout...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, one of two final...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The final components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory for the...