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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Clouds of smoke and steam billow across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis rides a column of fire as it roars off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Payload Changeout Room, Launch Pad 39A, ride a platform toward the...
Ohio Senator John Glenn, at left, sits in the flight deck of the orbiter Columbia as astronaut Stephen Oswald...
STS063-712-017 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Russia's Mir Space Station during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A camera near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida captures the liftoff...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, yellow-painted...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
During pre-pack and fit check in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-97 Mission Specialist Marc Garneau waves...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In the NASA payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
STS-102 Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas has his launch suit checked during suit fit in the Operations and Checkout...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Clouds of smoke and steam billow across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Banks of trees and bushes provide a frame for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis from...
NASA and SpaceX technicians connect NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft to the...
Ohio Senator John Glenn spoke with the media shortly after he arrived at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shuttle Launch Director Mike...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers...
61A-S-140 (6 Nov 1985) --- The record-setting eight crewmembers for STS 61-A file from their "home" for the past...
Jet Propulsion Research Lab (JPL) workers use a borescope to verify the pressure relief device bellow's integrity on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – From Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis hurtles...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Complex 39B, technicians in Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay perform a...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration and Research and Technology programs,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Andrew Feustel puts on his launch-and-entry suit before heading...