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ISS014-E-09231 (11 Dec. 2006) --- This view of part of the crew cabin and the forward portion of the cargo bay of...
One of the STS-51 astronauts used a "fish-eye" lens on a 35mm cmaera to photograph this view of Hurricane Kenneth in...
ISS016-E-005926 (25 Oct. 2007) --- A close-up view of the Harmony node in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Discovery...
S82-E-5320 (14 Feb. 1997) --- Astronaut Steven L. Smith, STS-82 mission specialist, works with close-out camera in...
STS102-E-5111 (10 March 2001) --- An out-the-window view of the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module resting in...
S127-E-006262 (16 July 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth and the blackness of space, a partial view of...
The OSAM-1 integration and testing team deploys and stows the radiator panels on the OSAM-1 servicing payload at...
ISS022-E-068856 (9 Feb. 2010) --- This view of the space shuttle Endeavour, taken on Feb. 9 from the International...
STS093-345-008 (22-27 July 1999) --- Close-up view of the Plant Growth Investigations in Microgravity (PGIM-1)...
A unique view of the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-73) moments after bursting into Earth's atmosphere on its way...
View from the back of the Mission Control Center (MCC). Visible are the Flight Directors console (left front), the...
ISS015-E-23475 (20 Aug. 2007) --- Close-up view of a plant growth experiment in an Education Payload Operations...
STS112-E-05777 (16 Oct. 2002) --- Close-up view of the Orbiter Docking System (ODS) Androgynous Peripheral...
iss065e335906 (Aug. 31, 2021) --- A view of the Faraday-2 facility inside the International Space Station's U.S....
ISS022-E-068859 (9 Feb. 2010) --- This view of the space shuttle Endeavour, taken on Feb. 9 from the International...
iss068e022275 (11/14/2022) --- A view of the OVOSPACE payload in the cupola module aboard the international Space...
iss048e050816 (8/5/2016) --- A view of the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP), containing the NanoRacks-Gumstix and...
STS102-E-5114 (10 March 2001) --- An out-the-window view of the Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module resting in...
iss065e335891 (Aug. 31, 2021) --- A view of the Faraday-2 facility inside the International Space Station's U.S....
The OSAM-1 Servicing Payload Integration team tests the mounted floodlights at Goddard Space Flight Center,...
S89-E-5259 (26 Jan 1998) --- This Electronic Still Camera (ESC) image shows cosmonaut Salizan S. Sharipov, payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, a close-up view shows space shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers at Launch Pad 39A check the fittings on the payload bay of Endeavour before...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the remote...