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Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration and Research and Technology programs,...
Technicians transfer the Sentinel-6B spacecraft from the NASA hangar to the Astrotech Space Operations payload...
Orion is revealed for one of the final times on Jan. 14, as it is readied atop its transport pallet from the Neil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-122 crew members are introduced to part of the...
NASA's DC-8 Airborne Science platform landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, to join the fleet of aircraft at...
Technicians install protective solar array covers for the Sentinel-6B spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space...
STS-95 Pilot Steven W. Lindsey tests his flight suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. The final fitting...
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft arrives by cargo plane and is unloaded on the runway of the Launch and Landing Facility at...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
STS063-712-068 (6 Feb 1995) --- Russia's Mir Space Station during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Space Shuttle Maine Engine Shop, workers get ready to install an engine controller...
The Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) assembly for the SA-9 mission underwent the weight and balance test in the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis roars...
Technicians transfer the Sentinel-6B spacecraft from the NASA hangar to the Astrotech Space Operations payload...
The STS-98 crew wave to onlookers as they walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building dressed for a simulated...
Technicians transfer the Sentinel-6B spacecraft from the NASA hangar to the Astrotech Space Operations payload...
NASA and SpaceX technicians connect NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft to the...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a United Space...
The upper stage for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket that will power the agency’s Artemis II mission and...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Atop twin columns of fire, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the cloudy sky above Launch Pad...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Clouds of smoke and steam begin rolling across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...