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Pre-launch news conference for SPHEREx, the agency’s newest telescope and its rideshare PUNCH, a mission to study...
In this close-up aerial view, the Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B...
In this aerial view, the Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B at Cape...
The Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
In this close-up aerial view, the Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B...
In this close-up aerial view, the Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B...
The briefings and participants are: o Kirk Shireman, manager, International Space Station Program o Frank DeMauro,...
Dr. Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, participates in a prelaunch news conference on...
NASA, mission, and partner leaders participate in prelaunch news conference on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at the...
Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, participates in a prelaunch news...
Derrol Nail, NASA Communications, participates in a prelaunch news conference on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at the...
Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force, participates in a prelaunch news...
Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX, participates in a prelaunch news conference on Sunday,...
Brad Williams, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) program executive, NASA Headquarters, participates...
Irene Parker, deputy assistant administrator for Systems for NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and...
This frame from a video shows the mast of NASA Curiosity rover deploying in a pre-launch test.
Apollo 11 Pre-Launch and Launch.
Jennifer Scott Williams, manager for the Applications Client Support Office for the International Space Station...
From left, NASA Communications’ Megan Cruz; Jennifer Scott Williams, manager for the Applications Client Support...
During the Apollo 15 pre-launch activity in the launch control center's firing room 1 at Kennedy Space Center, the...
From the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C....
Footage of the MAVEN spacecraft's integration at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and pre-launch operations at Kennedy...
JSC2003-E-59057 (13 October 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale (left), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS...
JSC2003-E-59058 (13 October 2003) --- Astronaut C. Michael Foale (left), Expedition 8 mission commander and NASA ISS...