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NASA image: Landsat-9 Spacecraft Observatory Arrival and Unload from Shipping Container
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Jul 7, 2021

Landsat-9 Spacecraft Observatory Arrival and Unload from Shipping Container

The Landsat-9 spacecraft (observatory) arrives at the Integrated Processing Facility, at Vandenberg Space Force Base...

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NASA image: Northrop Grummon 20 (NG-20) PCM Lift
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Sep 18, 2023

Northrop Grummon 20 (NG-20) PCM Lift

The Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft's pressurized cargo module (PCM) for the company's 20th commercial resupply...

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NASA image: Capsule Sections in High Bay
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Sep 3, 2015

Capsule Sections in High Bay

The Boeing CST-100 Structural Test Article awaits testing inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility,...

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NASA image: Successful MPPF Pneumatics Verification and Validation Testing
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Mar 28, 2017

Successful MPPF Pneumatics Verification and Validation Testing

Engineers and technicians completed verification and validation testing of several pneumatic systems inside and...

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NASA image: Successful MPPF Pneumatics Verification and Validation Testing
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Mar 28, 2017

Successful MPPF Pneumatics Verification and Validation Testing

Engineers and technicians completed verification and validation testing of several pneumatic systems inside and...

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NASA image: Dawn HAMO Image 60
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Nov 16, 2015

Dawn HAMO Image 60

Dantu crater on Ceres, seen here at left, reveals structures hinting at tectonic processes that formed the dwarf...

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NASA image: Artemis I Orion Return and De-Servicing
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Jan 6, 2023

Artemis I Orion Return and De-Servicing

A close-up view shows NASA’s Artemis I Orion capsule secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processsing...

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NASA image: Artemis I Orion Return and De-Servicing
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Jan 6, 2023

Artemis I Orion Return and De-Servicing

A close-up view shows NASA’s Artemis I Orion capsule secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processsing...

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NASA image: Artemis I Orion Return and De-Servicing
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Jan 6, 2023

Artemis I Orion Return and De-Servicing

A close-up view shows NASA’s Artemis I Orion capsule secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processsing...

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NASA image: VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from Stanford University, hold one of the small gyroscopes used in the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. The GP-B towers behind them. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.
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Nov 10, 2003

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from Stanford University, hold one of the small gyroscopes used in the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. The GP-B towers behind them. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

NASA image: Orion Launch Abort System Handover
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Nov 15, 2019

Orion Launch Abort System Handover

Inside the Launch Abort System Facility (LASF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Launch Abort System...

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NASA image: Orion Launch Abort System Handover
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Nov 15, 2019

Orion Launch Abort System Handover

In this view from above inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...

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NASA image: Artemis I Orion featuring NASA Meatball Decal
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Jan 20, 2021

Artemis I Orion featuring NASA Meatball Decal

A close-up view of the Artemis I Orion spacecraft with NASA’s famous “meatball” insignia is affixed to the...

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NASA image: Orion Launch Abort System Handover
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Nov 15, 2019

Orion Launch Abort System Handover

Inside the Launch Abort System Facility (LASF) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Launch Abort System...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE position the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad, for further processing. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.
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May 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE position the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad, for further processing. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE position the Space Infrared Telescope Facility...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad for further processing. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.
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May 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad for further processing. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad for further processing. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.
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May 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad for further processing. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE prepare to begin further processing of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad. Sections of the transportation canister used in the move are in the foreground. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.
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May 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE prepare to begin further processing of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad. Sections of the transportation canister used in the move are in the foreground. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE prepare to begin further processing of the Space...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE begin the next phase of processing of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.
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May 2, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE begin the next phase of processing of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad. SIRTF will remain in the clean room until it returns to the pad in early August. One of NASA's largest infrared telescopes to be launched, SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE begin the next phase of processing of the Space...

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NASA image: Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Cover Removal
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Jul 14, 2021

Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Cover Removal

The Landsat 9 spacecraft (observatory) cover is removed inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg...

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NASA image: Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Breakover Operations
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Jul 10, 2021

Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Breakover Operations

The Landsat 9 spacecraft (observatory) undergoes breakover operations inside the Integrated Processing Facility at...

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NASA image: Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Breakover Operations
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Jul 10, 2021

Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Breakover Operations

The Landsat 9 spacecraft (observatory) undergoes breakover operations inside the Integrated Processing Facility at...

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NASA image: Landsat 9 Spacecraft Mate to EPSA
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Aug 11, 2021

Landsat 9 Spacecraft Mate to EPSA

The Landsat 9 spacecraft is mated to the EPSA inside the Integrated Processing Facility at Vandenberg Space Force...

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NASA image: Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Breakover Operations
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Jul 10, 2021

Landsat 9 Spacecraft (Observatory) Breakover Operations

The Landsat 9 spacecraft (observatory) undergoes breakover operations inside the Integrated Processing Facility at...

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VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis...

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