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View of astronaut candidates Daniel C. Brandenstein and Frederick H. Hauck, posed behind model of the Space shuttle...
Candid views of the STS-41C crew preparing and eating food on the middeck include : Mission pilot Francis R. (Dick)...
This zoomed-in view of a portion of the all-sky survey from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows a...
STS059-22-004 (9-20 April 1994) --- Half of Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew of six astronauts are pictured in bunks...
STS054-02-008 (13-19 Jan. 1993) --- The traditional inflight crew portrait has, (clockwise), Susan J. Helms, Mario...
Candid view of a pair of eye glasses,floating in front of a ventilation filter in the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM).
View of astronaut candidates and payload specialists during a training flight on the KC-135. The trainees are...
ISS044E000290 (06/14/2015) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly on the Internationa Space Station prepares another...
NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates view a booster segment for Artemis II inside the Rotation, Processing and...
NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates view a booster segment for Artemis II inside the Rotation, Processing and...
Candid views, Astronaut Donald L. Lind posing with the Shuttle Model and Payload Flight Assignment, Bldg. 9A,...
NASA’s 2021 class of astronaut candidates view a booster segment for Artemis II inside the Rotation, Processing and...
Candid views of the STS-33/51L Crew during study periods in their offices on 09/09/1985. Portrait of Astronaut...
S84-47032 (13 Dec 1984) --- Candid view of part of the STS 61-A crew. From left to right are Reinhard Furrer, Wubbo...
STS077-368-026 (19-29 May 1996) --- On his off-duty time, Australian-native Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist,...
STS095-E-5204 (4 Nov. 1998) --- Astronauts Pedro Duque (left) and Steven W. Lindsey take a break from busy...
Candid views of the STS-33/51L Crew during study periods in their offices on 09/09/1985. Astronauts Michael J. Smith...
NASA astronaut candidate Kayla Barron views the Orion pressure vessel for Exploration Mission-2 in the high bay of...
Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate...
Candid views of the STS-33/51L Crew during study periods in their offices, 09/09/1985. Astronauts Michael J. Smith,...
Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate...
Astronaut candidate Kayla Barron examines a heat-resistant tile sample inside the Operations and Checkout Building...
STS054-07-003 (13-19 Jan 1993) --- Astronaut John H. Casper, mission commander, floats near the Commercial Generic...
STS059-32-016 (20 April 1994) --- Astronaut Linda M. Godwin, STS-59 payload commander, poses with the spacesuit she...