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S85-41803 (7 Sept 1985) --- George W.S. Abbey, bottom right, greets the five members of the STS 51-J crew as they...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers Dan Maynard and John Shuping prepare to install a radioisotope...
STS-102 Pilot James Kelly has his launch suit checked during suit fit in the Operations and Checkout Building. The...
STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. tests his flight suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. The...
The upper stage for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket that will power the agency’s Artemis II mission and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker in the Operations and Checkout Building attaches the overhead crane to the...
Technicians and engineers encapsulate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft within a protective payload fairing inside the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Under a dry, hot, cloud-washed Florida sky, space shuttle Atlantis roars off Launch Pad 39A...
Workers transport the international Sentinel-6B satellite, encapsulated in the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing, from...
Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration and Research and Technology programs,...
Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration and Research and Technology programs,...
NASA and SpaceX technicians safely encapsulate NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
STS078-429-017 (20 June-7 July 1996) --- Aboard the middeck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Columbia, astronaut...
Gioia Massa, at left, a NASA payload scientist, talks to students during a Women in STEM breakfast inside the Debus...
Ivona Cetinić, PACE Project Science Lead for Aquatic Biogeochemistry, is photographed speaking with a member of the...
Technicians and engineers encapsulate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft within a protective payload fairing inside the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Mike Massimino puts on his launch-and-entry suit before heading...
STS-102 Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas has his launch suit checked during suit fit in the Operations and Checkout...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Employees watch as Orbiter Atlantis rolls out of the Orbiter Processing Facility on its...
Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulate NASA’s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Firing Room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Bob Cabana...
Technicians install protective solar array covers for the Sentinel-6B spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the media tour several facilities, including the Operations & Checkout Building...