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NASA image: STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC pad 39B
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Sep 29, 1988

STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from KSC LC pad 39B

STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from mobile launcher platform at Kennedy Space Center (KSC)...

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NASA image: STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, rises above KSC LC Pad 39A during liftoff
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Jul 8, 1994

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, rises above KSC LC Pad 39A during liftoff

Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, rises above Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A after liftoff...

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Jun 27, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This radar image shows the presence of large birds around Launch Pad 39B. The data is...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A high-flying bird takes a closer look at the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 with twin solid rocket boosters bolted to it as it crawls toward Launch Pad 39A, in the background. The crawler is moving along the crawlerway at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it travels toward Launch Pad 39A and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
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Nov 21, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A high-flying bird takes a closer look at the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3 with twin solid rocket boosters bolted to it as it crawls toward Launch Pad 39A, in the background. The crawler is moving along the crawlerway at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it travels toward Launch Pad 39A and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.

NASA image: KSC-06pd1332
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Jun 22, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bird detection radar is set up near Launch Pad 39B before the July 1 launch of Space...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd1335
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Jun 23, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Radar technicians adjust two bird detection radars near Launch Pad 39B before the July...

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Jun 23, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Radar technicians adjust two bird detection radars near Launch Pad 39B before the July...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd1333
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Jun 22, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Radar technicians set up bird detection radar near Launch Pad 39B before the July 1...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd1337
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Jun 23, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Two bird detection radars have been set up near Launch Pad 39B to get ready for the...

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Jun 22, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bird detection radar is delivered near Launch Pad 39B before the July 1 launch of Space...

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Jun 23, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Radar technicians adjust two bird detection radars near Launch Pad 39B before the July...

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Jun 27, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This associated computer image shows data being relayed from the avian radars recently...

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Jun 27, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - These laptop computers in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center reveal data being...

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NASA image: KSC-06pd1338
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Jun 27, 2006

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, NASA Test Director Steve Payne points to...

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NASA image: KSC-81pc-0056
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Jan 22, 1981

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - It's not always birds of a feather which flock together. Here, a flock of white...

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NASA image: View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch
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Apr 12, 1985

View of the shuttle Discovery on the launch pad just prior to STS 51-D launch

Just below center of this scene is a distant representation of a large ignition as the Shuttle Discovery lifts off...

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NASA image: Cyro Testing at ML, Pad 39B
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Nov 8, 2019

Cyro Testing at ML, Pad 39B

A bald eagle flies near Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 8, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy shares a...

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NASA image: Cyro Testing at ML, Pad 39B
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Nov 8, 2019

Cyro Testing at ML, Pad 39B

A bald eagle flies near Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 8, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy shares a...

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NASA image: KSC-2010-5323
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Aug 23, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, banana spiders are seen near Launch Pad 39A....

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Dec 17, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Launch Complex 39 is seen across brackish water as the sun rises at NASA's Kennedy Space...

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NASA image: KSC-01PP1745
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Nov 30, 2001

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour sits on Launch Pad 39B after the Nov. 29 launch of mission...

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NASA image: LAUNCH - STS-4 - KSC
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Jul 6, 1982

LAUNCH - STS-4 - KSC

S82-33288 (27 June 1982) --- This horizontal view of the space shuttle Columbia captures the flight of water birds...

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NASA image: KSC-2015-1328
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Feb 10, 2015

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Birds fly past the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket standing on its seaside launch pad at Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape...

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NASA image: KSC-84PC-0471
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Aug 30, 1984

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two majestic birds prepare for flight at Launch Complex 39 moments before the launch of...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A high-flying bird takes a closer look at the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) number 3...

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