KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell w...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside toward a spin table for spin testing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers attach an overhead crane to the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers attach an overhead crane to the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) inside the upper backshell. The backshell will be moved and attached to the lower heat shield. NASA's tw... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians process the backshell for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The backshell carries ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians process the backshell for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The spacecraft's backsh... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians process the backshell for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The spacecraft's backsh... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineerin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, removes the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Mult... More
Backshell Located, Mars Pathfinder Images
Backshell Located NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a KSC technician looks over the Mars Polar Lander before its encapsulation inside the backshell, a protective cove... More
The backshell for the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) is moved toward...
The backshell for the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) is moved toward the rover (foreground, left). The backshell is a protective cover for the rover. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to stud... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the attachment between the backshell (above) and heat shield (below) surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). Th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are in a Keith thermal automation oven in th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft is ready for spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payl... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians use an overhead crane to lower the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Labora... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians process the heat shield for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The spacecraft's heat... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are being manufactured in the Thermal Protec... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are manufactured inside the Thermal Protecti... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technic...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, manufactures the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews unpack the Orion ground ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews unpack the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 mil... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility check the placement of the backshell over the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). The backshell is a protective cover for the rove... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The backshell is in place over the Mars E...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The backshell is in place over the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). The backshell is a protective cover for the rover. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the heat shield that will be attached to the backshell, surrounding Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). NASA's twin Mars E... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians using an overhead crane, move the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Laborat... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to separate the two components of the aeroshell, an element of NASA's Mars Scie... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover known as Curiosity, is secured on a work stand for proce... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews unpack the Orion ground ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews unpack the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 mil... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews unpack the Orion ground ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews unpack the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 mil... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is use...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is used to move the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servici...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility check closely the solar arrays on the Genesis spacecraft. Genesis is designed to collect samples of solar wind particles and ret... More
Animation Showing Backshell and Parachute
This image zooms in on the backshell and parachute, about 300 meters to the south of NASA Phoenix Mars Lander. In the distance, about 9 miles or 15 kilometers away, is a range of hills.. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univer... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians using an overhead crane, move the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Laborat... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians, using an overhead crane, separate the two components of the aeroshell, an element of N... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineerin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, put the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Pu... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Frank Pelkey, a United Space Alliance technici...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Frank Pelkey, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, inspects a heat shield tile that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of one of the test stands in the Operat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of one of the test stands in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where the Orion ground test vehicle has arrived. The vehicle travel... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is use...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is used to move the Orion ground test vehicle toward a work stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fl... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander (foreground) can be seen inside the backshell. In the background, workers are helping place the heat shield, just removed from the Phoenix, o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility lower the backshell over the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). The backshell is a protective cover for the rover. NASA's twin M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the backshell of the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft is nestled inside the cruise stage (at top). ... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians, attaching an overhead crane, prepare to separate the two components of the aeroshell, ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technic...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, manufactures the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineerin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, explains the properties of the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshel... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of one of the work areas in the Operati...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of one of the work areas in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where the Orion ground test vehicle has arrived. The vehicle travele... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is use...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is used to lower the Orion ground test vehicle on to a work stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander (foreground) can be seen inside the backshell. In the background, workers are helping place the heat shield, j... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft is ready for spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers walk with the suspended backshell...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers walk with the suspended backshell/ Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) as it travels across the floor of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The backshell will be attach... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians add weights (ejectable ballast mass) to the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Scien... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, left, li...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, left, listens as Ben Thoma, the MSL Assembly, Test and Launch Operations mechanical lead, discusses the NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover k... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineerin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, unloads the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Mult... More
Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kenn...
Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, unpacks the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are removed from a Keith thermal automation ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews attach a crane to the Or...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews attach a crane to the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more tha... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is use...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane is used to lift the Orion ground test vehicle away from its packaging in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews secure the Orion ground ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews secure the Orion ground test vehicle on a work stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled mor... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle awaits unpacking...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle awaits unpacking on a stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 mile... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
This closeup shows the spin test of the Phoenix Mars Lander in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a KSC technician prepares the Mars Polar Lander for encapsulation inside the backshell, a protective cover. The so... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), KSC technicians prepare the Mars Polar Lander for encapsulation inside the backshell, a protective cover. The sola... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers watch as an overhead crane begin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers watch as an overhead crane begins to lift the backshell with the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) inside. The backshell will be moved and attached to the lower heat shield... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Assembly of the backshell and heat shiel...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Assembly of the backshell and heat shield surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) is complete. The resulting aeroshell will protect the rover on its journey to Mars. NAS... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians using an overhead crane, move the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Laborat... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, facing c...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. – NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, facing camera, NASA Chief Scientist Waleed Abalati, left, and Ben Thoma, the MSL Assembly, Test and Launch Operations mechanical lead, discusses the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are manufactured inside the Thermal Protecti... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technic...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, manufactures the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineerin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Wright, a United Space Alliance engineering manager at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, removes the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Mult... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews begin unpacking the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle sits on a work s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle sits on a work stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 miles from ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the backshell wi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The spacecraft is being moved to a spin t... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The spacecraft is being moved to a spin table (back left) for spin testi... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft will undergo spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, both solar arrays on the Genesis spacecraft are deployed. Genesis is designed to collect samples of solar wind particles and return the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane is attached to the Mar...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane is attached to the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) inside the upper backshell. The backshell will be moved and attached to the lower heat shield. NASA's twin ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The aeroshell, the entry vehicle for Mars...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The aeroshell, the entry vehicle for Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1), is ready for integration with its cruise stage, seen here below the backshell. What appears to be the top hal... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians use an overhead crane to move the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Laborat... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians attach an overhead crane to NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover known as Curiosi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A crane is used to lift the Orion ground test ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A crane is used to lift the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 miles fr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle in the Operation...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility is in NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 miles from Lockheed Martin's ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A crane is used to lift the Orion ground test ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A crane is used to lift the Orion ground test vehicle in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 miles fr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle sits on a work s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Orion ground test vehicle sits on a work stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle traveled more than 1,800 miles from ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander (foreground) can be seen inside the backshell. In the background, workers are helping place the heat shield, j... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians secure the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside onto a spin table for spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first ope... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servici...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare to lift and move the backshell that will cover the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) and its lander. NASA's twin Mars Ex... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers move the heat shield (foreground) toward the upper backshell/ Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1), in the background. The backshel... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the heat shield (foreground) is ready to be mated with the upper backshell/ Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1), in the background. NASA's... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians use an overhead crane to move the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Laborat... More
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- At the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians using an overhead crane, move the aeroshell, a component of NASA's Mars Science Laborat... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) rover, known as Curiosity, is being prepared to be moved to a ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technic...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Chris Keeling, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, manufactures the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Livingston, a United Space Alliance engin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Livingston, a United Space Alliance engineer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, describes the properties of the heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Damon Petty, a United Space Alliance technicia...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Damon Petty, a United Space Alliance technician at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, inspects a heat shield tile that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are manufactured inside the Thermal Protecti... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are in a Keith thermal automation oven in th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of one of the work stands in the Operat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of one of the work stands in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where the Orion ground test vehicle has arrived. The vehicle travel... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane lowers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin crews assist as a crane lowers the Orion ground test vehicle on to a work stand in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of the high bay in the Operations and C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A view of the high bay in the Operations and Checkout O&C Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where the Orion ground test vehicle has arrived. The vehicle traveled more th... More