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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the media tour several facilities, including the Launch Equipment Test Facility in...
Workers transport the international Sentinel-6B satellite, encapsulated in the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing, from...
Technicians transfer the Sentinel-6B spacecraft from the NASA hangar to the Astrotech Space Operations payload...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...
During STS-31, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), grappled by the remote manipulator system (RMS) end effector, is...
NASA astronauts Josh Cassada, left, and Sunita “Suni” Williams, center, view the Orion spacecraft with Adam Leppek,...
STS002-12-833 (13 Nov. 1981) --- Clouds over Earth and black sky form the background for this unique photograph from...
Technicians and engineers encapsulate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft within a protective payload fairing inside the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers stabilize the crane holding the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld fits the helmet on his launch-and-entry suit before...
Jim Mantovani, left, and A.J. Nick, with Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration and Research and Technology programs,...
STS063-708-095 (6 Feb 1995) --- Cumulus and other clouds over the ocean form the backdrop for this scene of Russia's...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After its shipping cover was removed, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo Exposed...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The tools that will be used to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 mission...
Teams conduct powerup and docking operations for the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation Risk Mitigation...
The shipping container holding NASA's Lucy spacecraft arrives at Astrotech Space Operations payload processing...
Technicians and engineers encapsulate the Sentinel-6B spacecraft within a protective payload fairing inside the...
Ohio Senator John Glenn enjoys a tour of the flight deck in the orbiter Columbia at the Orbiter Processing Facility...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Riding a column of fire, space shuttle Atlantis roars away from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's...
STS063-711-080 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir Space Station on January 8,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-118 Mission Specialist Alvin Drew is...
Technicians install protective solar array covers for the Sentinel-6B spacecraft inside the Astrotech Space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Japan...