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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While talking to the media, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach points to some of the investigative tools in the RLV Hangar, where Columbia debris is being examined. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.
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May 14, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While talking to the media, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach points to some of the investigative tools in the RLV Hangar, where Columbia debris is being examined. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While talking to the media, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach points to some of the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talks to the media in the RLV Hangar, site of the collection of Columbia debris undergoing examination. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.
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May 14, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talks to the media in the RLV Hangar, site of the collection of Columbia debris undergoing examination. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach talks to the media in the RLV Hangar, site of the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team place pieces of debris on a table in the RLV Hangar. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.
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May 14, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team place pieces of debris on a table in the RLV Hangar. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team place pieces of debris on a table...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Large items of Columbia debris fill a long table in the RLV Hangar. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.
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May 14, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Large items of Columbia debris fill a long table in the RLV Hangar. The items shipped to KSC number more than 82,000 and weigh 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Large items of Columbia debris fill a long table in the RLV Hangar. The items shipped...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Columbia Reconstruction Project team meets before arrival of the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC is 82,567, weighing 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the RLV Hangar.
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May 6, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Columbia Reconstruction Project team meets before arrival of the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC is 82,567, weighing 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the RLV Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Columbia Reconstruction Project team meets before arrival of the final shipment of...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0493
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Feb 25, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia debris continues to arrive at the RLV Hangar at KSC. Workers are attempting...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0322
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Feb 10, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen from outside, the RLV Hangar at KSC is ready to receive the parts of Columbia...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1301
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Apr 28, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe examines a piece of debris from...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1237
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Apr 24, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The overview of the floor of the RLV Hangar at KSC shows a small portion of the debris...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0849
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Mar 26, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A new piece of Columbia debris is placed on the floor of the RLV Hangar. The Columbia...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1277
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Apr 25, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, several pieces of debris from Columbia are being examined. More than...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0608
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Mar 7, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at a piece of Columbia debris...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1188
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Apr 22, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The mission patch for STS-107 is displayed, left, on the outside of the RLV Hangar at...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0582
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Mar 4, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team move a piece of Columbia debris...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1473
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May 8, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The floor of the RLV Hangar is full of pieces of Columbia debris delivered from the...

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NASA image: KSC00pp0434
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Mar 30, 2000

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Construction of the new remote launch vehicle hangar (right) is closer to completion. It is at the south end of the...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1124
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Apr 15, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An enlarged replica of the STS-107 crew emblem is delivered to the RLV Hangar where it...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0847
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Mar 26, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team look at new pieces of debris placed...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0587
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Mar 4, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the RLV Hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1187
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Apr 22, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The mission patch for STS-107 is displayed, left, on the outside of the RLV Hangar at...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd1275
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Apr 25, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at several...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0500
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Feb 25, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This view inside the RLV Hangar at KSC shows the placement on the floor of some of the...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0497
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Feb 25, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Columbia debris is spread across the grid in the RLV Hangar at KSC. Workers are...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0639
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Mar 11, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- - A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team examines a piece of Columbia...

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Frequently Asked Questions About NASA Images

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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