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NASA image: ML Construction Progress
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Dec 17, 2014

ML Construction Progress

Modifications continue on the Mobile Launcher, or ML, at the Mobile Launcher Park Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: Crawler Transporter 2 at Launch Complex 39B
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May 22, 2018

Crawler Transporter 2 at Launch Complex 39B

Crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) arrives on the surface of Launch Pad 39B for a fit check on May 22, 2018, at NASA's...

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NASA image: Pad 39B Anniversary
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May 17, 2017

Pad 39B Anniversary

Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of...

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Sep 24, 1999

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the Shuttle Landing Facility, the orbiter Columbia leaves Kennedy Space Center on...

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NASA image: Pad 39B Anniversary
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May 17, 2017

Pad 39B Anniversary

Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of...

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NASA image: KSC-98pc1164
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Sep 28, 1998

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The orbiter Atlantis is towed away from the Shuttle Landing Facility after returning home from California atop its...

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NASA image: Crawler Transporter 2 at Launch Complex 39B
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May 22, 2018

Crawler Transporter 2 at Launch Complex 39B

Crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) arrives on the surface of Launch Pad 39B for a fit check on May 22, 2018, at NASA's...

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NASA image: ML Construction Progress
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Dec 17, 2014

ML Construction Progress

Modifications continue on the Mobile Launcher, or ML, at the Mobile Launcher Park Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-3263
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Jul 23, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view looking down from one of the higher levels in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB,...

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NASA image: Crawler Transporter 2 at Launch Complex 39B
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May 22, 2018

Crawler Transporter 2 at Launch Complex 39B

Crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) arrives on the surface of Launch Pad 39B for a fit check on May 22, 2018, at NASA's...

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NASA image: Pad 39B Anniversary
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May 17, 2017

Pad 39B Anniversary

Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of...

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NASA image: Pad 39B Anniversary
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May 17, 2017

Pad 39B Anniversary

Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-3259
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Jul 23, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, and Launch Control Center stand out against a bright...

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NASA image: Saturn Apollo Program
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Jan 1, 1965

Saturn Apollo Program

The photograph shows the loading operation of the Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) into the Pregnant Guppy at the...

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NASA image: Commerical Crew Astronauts Visit Launch Complex 39A
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Mar 27, 2018

Commerical Crew Astronauts Visit Launch Complex 39A

Commercial Crew Program astronauts, from the left, Suni Williams, Eric Boe, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley take in the...

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NASA image: KSC-2014-3261
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Jul 23, 2014

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view looking up from the ground level inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at...

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NASA image: Pad 39B Anniversary
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May 17, 2017

Pad 39B Anniversary

Launch Complex 39B current and past NASA and contractor workers gathered at pad B to mark the 50th anniversary of...

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NASA image: ML Construction Progress
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Dec 17, 2014

ML Construction Progress

Modifications continue on the Mobile Launcher, or ML, at the Mobile Launcher Park Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, the processing team celebrates the successful power-up of the orbiter Discovery. The vehicle has been undergoing Orbiter Major Modifications in the past year, ranging from wiring, control panels and black boxes to gaseous and fluid systems tubing and components. These systems were deserviced, disassembled, inspected, modified, reassembled, checked out and reserviced, as were most other systems onboard. The work includes the installation of the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS) - a state-of-the-art “glass cockpit.”
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Aug 27, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, the processing team celebrates the successful power-up of the orbiter Discovery. The vehicle has been undergoing Orbiter Major Modifications in the past year, ranging from wiring, control panels and black boxes to gaseous and fluid systems tubing and components. These systems were deserviced, disassembled, inspected, modified, reassembled, checked out and reserviced, as were most other systems onboard. The work includes the installation of the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS) - a state-of-the-art “glass cockpit.”

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, the processing team celebrates the successful...

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Standing near Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility are (left to right) Joy Huff, with KSC Space Shuttle Processing; Kathy Laufenberg, with United Space Alliance; Center Director Jim Kennedy; and Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. Kennedy and Whitlow are touring the OPF, viewing the work being done on Endeavour, which is in its Orbiter Major Modification period.
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Feb 25, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Standing near Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility are (left to right) Joy Huff, with KSC Space Shuttle Processing; Kathy Laufenberg, with United Space Alliance; Center Director Jim Kennedy; and Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. Kennedy and Whitlow are touring the OPF, viewing the work being done on Endeavour, which is in its Orbiter Major Modification period.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Standing near Endeavour in the Orbiter Processing Facility are (left to right) Joy...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (center, left and right) talk with Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground rea manager, and Tom Roberts, Airframe Engineering System specialist, both with United Space Alliance. At far right is Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Dr. Whitlow. They are standing in front of the aft base heatshield of Endeavour, which is in its Orbiter Major Modification period that began in December 2003.
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Feb 25, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (center, left and right) talk with Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground rea manager, and Tom Roberts, Airframe Engineering System specialist, both with United Space Alliance. At far right is Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Dr. Whitlow. They are standing in front of the aft base heatshield of Endeavour, which is in its Orbiter Major Modification period that began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Chris Moore repairs tile on the forward area of the orbiter Discovery. The vehicle has undergone Orbiter Major Modifications in the past year, which includes tile check and repair. The tiles are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Dec 9, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Chris Moore repairs tile on the forward area of the orbiter Discovery. The vehicle has undergone Orbiter Major Modifications in the past year, which includes tile check and repair. The tiles are part of the Orbiter Thermal Protection System, thermal shields to protect against temperatures as high as 3,000° Fahrenheit, which are produced during descent for landing. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Chris Moore repairs tile on the...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) looks at an external tank door corrosion work being done on Endeavour. At right, Tom Roberts, Airframe Engineering System specialist with United Space Alliance, is describing the work. At right is Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground area manager,also with USA. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.
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Feb 25, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) looks at an external tank door corrosion work being done on Endeavour. At right, Tom Roberts, Airframe Engineering System specialist with United Space Alliance, is describing the work. At right is Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground area manager,also with USA. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (left) looks...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (center, left and right) talk with Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground area manager, and Tom Roberts, Airframe Enginering System specialist, both with United Space Alliance. At far right is Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Dr. Whitlow. They are standing in front of the aft base heatshield of Endeavour, which is in its Orbiter Major Modification period that began in December 2003.
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Feb 25, 2004

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (center, left and right) talk with Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground area manager, and Tom Roberts, Airframe Enginering System specialist, both with United Space Alliance. At far right is Bruce Buckingham, assistant to Dr. Whitlow. They are standing in front of the aft base heatshield of Endeavour, which is in its Orbiter Major Modification period that began in December 2003.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy and Deputy...

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