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This is a photograph of the free-flying Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS), or Solar Max, as seen by the...
Space Shuttle mission STS-41C onboard view of the revived Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS). As part of the...
Launched April 6, 1984, one of the goals of the STS-41C mission was to repair the damaged free-flying Solar Maximum...
41C-37-1711 (11 April 1984) --- The two mission specialist-EVA participants of Flight 41-C share a repair task at...
41C-34-1380 (10-11 April 1984) --- Astronaut George D. Nelson, using the manned maneuvering unit (MMU), arrives at...
41C-22-885 (8 April 1984) --- The 35mm camera was used to photograph this scene of Astronaut George D. Nelson,...
41C-37-1715 (11 April 1984) --- A scenic panorama is captured by an onboard 70mm handheld camera during the April...
41C-52-2646 (11 April 1984) --- Astronaut James D. van Hoften and a repaired satellite are in a wide panorama...
The Sun goes through regular cycles of activity approximately every 11 years, and tracking these cycles is a key...
The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun at the point of the maximum of the partial solar eclipse near Banner,...
The patch features a helmet visor of an astronaut performing an extravehicular activity. In the visor are reflected...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, Solar Array Wing-3 (at top), a component of the International Space...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, Solar Array Wing-3, an element of the International Space Station, is...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, Solar Array Wing-3, a component of the International Space Station, is...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, Solar Array Wing-3, a component of the International Space Station, is...
A solar array is nearly in place on the Integrated Equipment Assembly, next to Solar Array Wing-3, which is already...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...
Technicians install four solar array wings on NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Neil A. Armstrong...