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The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia's (STS-75) mission came to a close as the orbiter touched down on Runway 33 of...
iss050e052142 (Feb. 21, 2017) --- Expedition 50 Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson sets up a microscope in support of the...
Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander, works at the Drop Physics Module (DPM) on the portside of the...
Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander, works in the glovebox of the science module supporting the U.S....
STS087-752-023 (19 November – 5 December 1997) --- This picture of Columbia's cargo bay, taken through the aft...
High school students observe the progress of the Isothermal Dendritic Growth Experiment (IDGE) during the U.S....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of the four Getaway Specials (GAS) await payload...
Researchers are in the Microgravity Simulation Support Facility (MSSF) inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From left, the Consul General of Japan Ko Kodaira, his daughter Reiko, astronaut Dr....
STS073-E-5246 (3 Nov. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works in the Glovebox of...
Payload specialist Albert Sacco Jr. inspects a crystal in a cylindrical autoclave on the mid-deck of the...
STS073-E-5311 (3 Nov. 1995) --- Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton, STS-73 payload commander, works at the Drop Physics...
Jeffrey Richards, a payload research and science coordinator on the LASSO contract at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Jeffrey Richards, a payload research and science coordinator on the LASSO contract at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Dr. Srujana Neelam, a NASA post-doctoral fellow observes samples on a confocal microscope in the Microgravity...
Jeffrey Richards, a payload research and science coordinator on the LASSO contract at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Dr. Srujana Neelam, a NASA post-doctoral fellow observes samples on a confocal microscope in the Microgravity...
The STS-50 crew portrait includes (from left to right): Ellen S. Baker, mission specialist; Kenneth D. Bowersox,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia was transferred from Orbiter Processing Facility...
Five NASA astronauts and one Canadian payload specialist composed the STS-52 crew. Pictured on the back row, left to...
STS073-303-015 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- The crew members picked the site of their busy workdays as the...
Matthew Koss lectures middle-school students about materials science research in space during the U.S. Microgravity...
This wide view gives an overall perspective of the working environment of five astronauts and two guest researchers...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia arrives at Launch Pad 39B following an approximate...