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NASA image: STS-35 crew leaves KSC O&C Bldg and boards van for transport to LC Pad 39A
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Dec 2, 1990

STS-35 crew leaves KSC O&C Bldg and boards van for transport to LC Pad 39A

STS035-S-016 (2 Dec 1990) --- Astronaut Vance D. Brand, right, leads the STS 35 crew toward a transfer van that will...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A Hawley stands beside part of Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, at right, which he will operate for the capture, berthing and redeployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The robotic arm also will be used as work platform for the four spacewalkers. Hawley is the prime RMS operator on the flight, which will be the second HST servicing mission. He and the other six members of the crew are making a final inspection of the payload at Launch Pad 39A before launch. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST.
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Feb 7, 1997

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A Hawley stands beside part of Discovery's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, at right, which he will operate for the capture, berthing and redeployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The robotic arm also will be used as work platform for the four spacewalkers. Hawley is the prime RMS operator on the flight, which will be the second HST servicing mission. He and the other six members of the crew are making a final inspection of the payload at Launch Pad 39A before launch. STS-82 is scheduled for liftoff on Feb. 11 during a 65-minute launch window that opens at 3:56 a.m. EST.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven A Hawley stands beside part of Discovery's Remote...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop the crawler-transporter, inch along the crawlerway in support of the second engineering analysis vibration test on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB, travels toward Launch Pad 39A (framed between the boosters), and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
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Nov 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop the crawler-transporter, inch along the crawlerway in support of the second engineering analysis vibration test on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB, travels toward Launch Pad 39A (framed between the boosters), and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crawler transporter slowly moves the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), carrying a set of twin solid rocket boosters, along the crawlerway in support of engineering analysis vibration tests on the crawler and MLP. In the distance, at left, is Launch Pad 39A. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
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Nov 17, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crawler transporter slowly moves the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), carrying a set of twin solid rocket boosters, along the crawlerway in support of engineering analysis vibration tests on the crawler and MLP. In the distance, at left, is Launch Pad 39A. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop the crawler-transporter, crawls away from the Vehicle Assembly Building in support of the second engineering analysis vibration test on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB, travels toward Launch Pad 39A and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
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Nov 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop the crawler-transporter, crawls away from the Vehicle Assembly Building in support of the second engineering analysis vibration test on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB, travels toward Launch Pad 39A and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.

NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop the crawler-transporter, inch along the crawlerway in support of the second engineering analysis vibration test on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB, travels toward Launch Pad 39A (on the horizon) and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
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Nov 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop the crawler-transporter, inch along the crawlerway in support of the second engineering analysis vibration test on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB, travels toward Launch Pad 39A (on the horizon) and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.

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Sep 11, 2000

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In the Space Station Processing Facility, the Integrated Truss Structure Z1, suspended from an overhead crane,...

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Oct 12, 2023

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jsc2024e011750 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- SpaceX Crew-8 Mission Specialist Alexander Grebenkin poses for a photo inside an...

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Aug 8, 2022

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jsc2022e065084 (Aug. 8, 2022) --- Mission Specialist Sultan Alneyadi from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre of...

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Oct 12, 2023

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jsc2024e011752 (Oct. 12, 2023) --- NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Pilot Michael Barratt poses for a photo outside the...

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Jan 29, 2002

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A NASA videographer records the installation of the several enclosures on the Multi-Use...

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Jul 20, 2007

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — At Launch Pad 39A, the first payload bay door on Endeavour closes over its cargo. The...

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Sep 11, 2000

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In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane is placed into position to lift the Integrated Truss...

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NASA image: Vice President Pence at Kennedy for Apollo 11 Landing 50th Anniv
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Jul 20, 2019

Vice President Pence at Kennedy for Apollo 11 Landing 50th Anniv

Vice President Pence arrives at Kennedy Space Center on July 20, 2019 in celebration of the Apollo 11 50th...

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NASA image: SpaceX Falcon Heavy in Hangar Before Static Fire Test for NASA’s Psyche Mission
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Sep 27, 2023

SpaceX Falcon Heavy in Hangar Before Static Fire Test for NASA’s Psyche Mission

Photos of the Falcon Heavy rocket that will launch NASA's Psyche mission in the hangar at Launch Complex 39A at...

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May 22, 1998

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A NASA railroad train moves past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida....

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Jun 2, 1998

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STS-91 Mission Specialist Janet Lynn Kavandi gets some help with her flight suit from David Brandt in the White Room...

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May 27, 2024

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iss071e130759 (May 27, 2024) --- NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, the center's Launch Pads 39A and 39B, and the...

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May 31, 2011

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JSC2011-E-059488 (31 May 2011) --- The space shuttle Atlantis moves away from the Vehicle Assembly Building on its...

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Mar 7, 1991

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Workers watch as the space shuttle Discovery makes the slow journey back from Pad 39A into...

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Jul 22, 1966

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CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. -- An aerial view of Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the 500F...

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Mar 11, 2011

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Space shuttle Endeavour began its final scheduled 3.4-mile journey to Launch Pad 39A in darkness -- leaving the...

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Jan 15, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A view of Space Shuttle Columbia through reedy grasses in nearby water. Columbia is...

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Aug 1, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A worker is ready to smooth the surface on the slope of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crawler transporter slowly moves the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), carrying a set...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 and a set of twin solid rocket boosters, atop...

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