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Waves break inside USS Somerset as the Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft,...
STS046-08-010 (1 Aug 1992) --- The EURECA satellite is hoisted above the Space Shuttle Atlantis' cargo bay by the...
A small prominence observed in profile arched up and sent streams of plasma curling back into the sun over a 30-hour...
JSC2004-E-16341 (March 2004) --- Robonaut uses a standard human spacewalk tether to connect itself to an...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia arrives at Launch Pad 39B following an approximate...
iss061e005307 (Oct. 11, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Christina Koch works while tethered near the Port 6 truss segment...
iss066e166620 (March 15, 2022) --- NASA astronaut Raja Chari is pictured tethered to the International Space Station...
Rear view of the Avrocar with tail, mounted on variable height struts. Overhead doors of the wind tunnel test...
iss059e002102 (March 22, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain (at top), in her white U.S. spacesuit with red...
S66-54810 (14 Sept. 1966) --- The Agena Target Docking Vehicle is tethered to the Gemini-11 spacecraft during its...
S66-54455 (13 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., Gemini-11 pilot, attaches a tether line from his...
A test version of the Orion spacecraft is tethered inside the well deck of the USS San Diego on Feb. 18, 2014, prior...
An engineering version of the robotic arm on NASA's InSight mission lifts the engineering version of the Heat Flow...
iss070e015526 (Nov. 1, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara is pictured (center...
S66-54585 (12-15 Sept. 1966) --- The Agena Target Docking Vehicle at a distance of approximately 80 feet from the...
S84-26503 (7 Feb 1984) --- This wide angle, overall view of activity in the mission operations control room in the...
During their STS-37 extravehicular activity (EVA), Mission Specialist (MS) Jerry L. Ross (left) and MS Jerome Apt,...
S88-E-5059 (12-08-98) --- Astronauts James H. Newman (left) and Jerry L. Ross work between Zarya and Unity...
iss061e011882 (Oct. 18, 2019) --- With the Earth 250 miles below, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is pictured tethered...
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center showcased it's various projects for the public in Huntsville, Alabama's Big...
iss055e006321 (March 29, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Drew Feustel seemingly hangs off the International Space Station...
iss061e005542 (Oct. 11, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan works while tethered on the Port 6 truss segment of...
iss070e015405 (Nov. 1, 2023) --- Expedition 70 Flight Engineers Loral O'Hara (center) and Jasmin Moghbeli (lower...
iss061e005311 (Oct. 11, 2019) --- NASA astronaut Christina Koch works while tethered near the Port 6 truss segment...