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NASA image: Official portrait of F. Drew Gaffney, STS-40 Payload Specialist
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Jul 6, 1990

Official portrait of F. Drew Gaffney, STS-40 Payload Specialist

S90-41128 (October 1990) --- Astronaut Francis D. (Drew) Gaffney, Payload Specialist in training for SLS-1 (STS-40)

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NASA image: Spacelab
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Jan 28, 1991

Spacelab

The STS-40 crew portrait includes 7 astronauts. Pictured on the front row from left to right are F. Drew Gaffney,...

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NASA image: SLS-1 crewmembers in high fidelity mockup of the Spacelab
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Feb 1, 1985

SLS-1 crewmembers in high fidelity mockup of the Spacelab

S85-26569 (Feb 1985) --- Two prime crew payload specialists (PS) for NASA's Space Life Sciences-1 (STS-40) mission...

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NASA image: STS-40 crewmembers participate in egress training at JSC's MAIL Bldg 9A FFT
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Jun 11, 1990

STS-40 crewmembers participate in egress training at JSC's MAIL Bldg 9A FFT

S90-41360 (11 June 1990) --- Two crewmembers assigned to NASA's Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1)/STS-40 mission are...

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NASA image: KSC-91PC-0942
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Jun 5, 1991

KSC-91PC-0942

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia launches on mission STS-40. Carrying Spacelab Life Sciences-1, it is the...

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NASA image: NASA and ISS Winner of 2009 Collier Trophy
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May 12, 2010

NASA and ISS Winner of 2009 Collier Trophy

NASA and the International Space Station (ISS) team is selected as the recipient of the 2009 Robert J. Collier...

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NASA image: STS-40 crew waits for emergency egress training to begin at JSC's MAIL FFT
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Jun 11, 1990

STS-40 crew waits for emergency egress training to begin at JSC's MAIL FFT

S90-41372 (11 June 1990) --- Crewmembers assigned to NASA's STS 40 Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission take a...

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NASA image: Spacelab
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Jun 5, 1991

Spacelab

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on June 5, 1991 at 9:24; am (EDT), the STS-40 mission was the fifth...

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NASA image: STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, glides towards a landing on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif
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Jun 14, 1991

STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, glides towards a landing on runway 22 at EAFB, Calif

STS040-S-174 (14 June 1991) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia is only moments away from touchdown on Runway 22 at...

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NASA image: STS-40 crewmembers pose for onboard (in space) portrait on OV-102's middeck
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Jun 14, 1991

STS-40 crewmembers pose for onboard (in space) portrait on OV-102's middeck

STS040-605-009 (5-14 June 1991) --- The seven crew members for STS-40 pose for an in-space portrait on the Space...

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NASA image: STS-40 MS Jernigan dons LES parachute pack prior to egress training at JSC
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Jun 11, 1990

STS-40 MS Jernigan dons LES parachute pack prior to egress training at JSC

S90-41359 (11 June 1990) --- Astronaut James P. Bagian, STS-40 mission specialist, is seen in his partial pressure...

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NASA image: Spacelab
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Jun 5, 1991

Spacelab

Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on June 5, 1991 at 9:24; am (EDT), the STS-40 mission was the fifth...

MSFC
NASA image: STS-40 crewmembers prepare for emergency egress training in JSC's MAIL
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Jun 11, 1990

STS-40 crewmembers prepare for emergency egress training in JSC's MAIL

S90-41365 (11 June 1990) --- Crewmembers assigned to NASA's STS-40/Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-1) mission take a...

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NASA image: STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, lands on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, California
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Jun 14, 1991

STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, lands on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, California

STS040-S-175 (14 June 1991) --- The main landing gear of the Space Shuttle Columbia touches down, on Runway 22 at...

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NASA image: STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, lands on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, California
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Jun 14, 1991

STS-40 Columbia, OV-102, lands on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, California

STS040-S-176 (14 June 1991) --- The main landing gear of the Space Shuttle Columbia touches down, on Runway 22 at...

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NASA image: STS-40 Landing at Edwards
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Jun 14, 1991

STS-40 Landing at Edwards

Space Shuttle Columbia nears its touchdown on Runway 22 at Edwards, California, at 8:39 a.m., 14 June 1991, as the...

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How many images does NASA have?+
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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