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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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NASA image: Mission commander Readdy on middeck
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Sep 18, 1996

Mission commander Readdy on middeck

STS79-E-5022 (18 September 1996) --- William F. Readdy, mission commander, checks on Spacehab prior to preparing for...

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NASA image: Astronauts Readdy, Walz, and Newman in airlock after EVA
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Sep 16, 1993

Astronauts Readdy, Walz, and Newman in airlock after EVA

STS051-66-009 (16 Sept 1993) --- In Discovery's airlock, astronaut William F. Readdy, pilot, holds up a STS-51...

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NASA image: Official portrait of 1987 astronaut candidate William F. Readdy
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Oct 15, 1987

Official portrait of 1987 astronaut candidate William F. Readdy

S87-45884 (9 Oct. 1987) --- Astronaut William F. Readdy, pilot

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NASA image: Astronauts Apt and Readdy at Spacehab window
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Oct 29, 1996

Astronauts Apt and Readdy at Spacehab window

STS079-346-022 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut William F. Readdy, mission commander, looks at the night sky and...

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NASA image: Commander Readdy after rendezvous with Mir
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Sep 19, 1996

Commander Readdy after rendezvous with Mir

STS79-E-5058 (19 September 1996) --- During operations to catch up with Russia's Mir Space Station, astronaut...

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NASA image: Commander Readdy floats through connecting tunnel into Spacehab
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Sep 17, 1996

Commander Readdy floats through connecting tunnel into Spacehab

STS79-E-5008 (17 September 1996) --- Astronaut William F. Readdy, mission commander, floats through tunnel into...

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NASA image: Astronauts Akers and Readdy with Mir 22 commander Korzun in Base Block
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Sep 19, 1996

Astronauts Akers and Readdy with Mir 22 commander Korzun in Base Block

STS79-E-5088 (19 September 1996) --- Left to right, Valeri G. Korzun, Thomas D. Akers and William F. Readdy discuss...

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NASA image: Astronaut William Readdy on flight deck wearing sun glasses
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Sep 15, 1993

Astronaut William Readdy on flight deck wearing sun glasses

STS051-16-012 (12-22 Sept 1993) --- On Discovery's forward flight deck, astronaut William F. Readdy, pilot, wears...

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NASA image: Mission commander Readdy and astronaut Lucid on aft flight deck
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Sep 19, 1996

Mission commander Readdy and astronaut Lucid on aft flight deck

STS79-E-5078 (19 September 1996) --- Astronaut and cosmonaut guest researcher Shannon W. Lucid sees her first...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Jun 1, 1993

Space Shuttle Projects

The STS-51 crew portrait features (left to right): Frank L. Culbertson, commander; Daniel W. Bursch, mission...

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NASA image: Mission commander Readdy checks center-line camera in ODS
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Sep 18, 1996

Mission commander Readdy checks center-line camera in ODS

STS-79 mission commander William F. Readdy checks the center-line docking camera in the orbiter docking system (ODS)...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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Nov 1, 1991

Space Shuttle Projects

The STS-42 crew portrait includes from left to right: Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; Roberta L. Bondar, payload...

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NASA image: Space Shuttle Projects
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May 1, 1996

Space Shuttle Projects

The crew assigned to the STS-79 mission included (seated front left to right) Jerome (Jay) Apt, mission specialist;...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. From left are Readdy, KSC Center Director Roy D. Bridges, and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
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Jun 26, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. From left are Readdy, KSC Center Director Roy D. Bridges, and NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA officials brief the media at KSC about the agency’s human space flight program. On the panel (left to right) are NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.
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Aug 5, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA officials brief the media at KSC about the agency’s human space flight program. On the panel (left to right) are NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory, Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA officials brief the media at KSC about the agency’s human space flight program. On...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory and Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy
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Aug 5, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory and Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor speaks at a...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.
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Aug 5, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy speaks at a media briefing at KSC....

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.
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Aug 5, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA officials discussed the agency’s human space flight program. Others on the panel were Associate Administrator for Space Flight Bill Readdy and Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission Assurance Bryan O’Connor.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Deputy Administrator Fred Gregory speaks at a media briefing at KSC. NASA...

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NASA image: STS-51 onboard crew portrait
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Sep 20, 1993

STS-51 onboard crew portrait

STS051-44-005 (12-22 sept 1993) --- The five crew members pose for the traditional inflight crew portrait on the...

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NASA image: KSC-03pd0245
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Feb 1, 2003

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Following the loss of Columbia and crew on their return to Earth, Bill Readdy,...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses the family members of the STS-107 astronauts, other dignitaries, members of the university community and the public gathered for the dedication ceremony of the Columbia Village at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla. Each of the seven new residence halls in the complex is named for one of the STS-107 astronauts who perished during the Columbia accident -- Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, and Ilan Ramon.
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Oct 28, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses the family members of the STS-107 astronauts, other dignitaries, members of the university community and the public gathered for the dedication ceremony of the Columbia Village at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Fla. Each of the seven new residence halls in the complex is named for one of the STS-107 astronauts who perished during the Columbia accident -- Rick Husband, Willie McCool, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, and Ilan Ramon.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses the family...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy participates in a press conference in KSC's Press Site Auditorium. The press conference followed the official announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
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Jun 26, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy participates in a press conference in KSC's Press Site Auditorium. The press conference followed the official announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy participates in a press...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
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Jun 26, 2003

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of KSC employees assembled in the KSC Training Auditorium. The occasion is the announcement of James W. Kennedy as the next director of the NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Kennedy has served as KSC's deputy director since November 2002. He will succeed KSC Director Roy D. Bridges, who was appointed on June 13 to lead NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight William F. Readdy addresses a group of...

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NASA image: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Commander William F. Readdy arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next several days, the astronauts will take part in training exercises at the launch pad that will culminate in a simulated launch countdown. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for liftoff on STS-79 around Sept. 12.
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Aug 25, 1996

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Commander William F. Readdy arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next several days, the astronauts will take part in training exercises at the launch pad that will culminate in a simulated launch countdown. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is being prepared for liftoff on STS-79 around Sept. 12.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Commander William F. Readdy arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five...

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