CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The giant external fuel tank and twin solid roc...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The giant external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters attached to space shuttle Endeavour bask in the sunlight as the rotating service structure (RSS) moves away on Launch Pad 39A a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Workers move the Orbiter Transporter System (OT...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Workers move the Orbiter Transporter System (OTS) into Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The OTS will be moved under shuttle Atlantis for its rollov... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After rollback of the Rotating Service S...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Endeavour is bathed in light. Twin solid rocket boosters flank the orange external tank behind En... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's exter...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank begins in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians will modify 32 support beams, c... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a worker examines one of the frustums from two spent solid rocket boosters from space shuttle Endeavour, which launched Nov.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shuttle Endeavour is being lowered into place where it will be attached to its external fuel tank and solid ro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force St...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the second of two solid rocket boosters is lifted into the mobile service tower. It will be installed on the right side o... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour enters the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). In the VAB, Endeavour will be lifted into a high bay ... More
SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER ENTERPRISE MATED TO AN EXTERNAL FUEL TANK AND TW...
SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER ENTERPRISE MATED TO AN EXTERNAL FUEL TANK AND TWO SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS ON TOP OF A MOBIL LAUNCHER PLATFORM, UNDERGOES FIT AND FUNCTION CHECKS AT THE LAUNCH SITE FOR THE FIRST SPACE SHUTTL... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A large yellow, metal sling lifts shuttle Ende...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A large yellow, metal sling lifts shuttle Endeavour from the transfer aisle into a high bay of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the bay, the sh... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A scuba diver stands by as the unmanned ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A scuba diver stands by as the unmanned Max Rover submersible goes down to insert a Diver Operated Plug (DOP) into an aft nozzle like the ones used on the Space Shuttle's solid roc... More
As daylight creeps over the horizon, STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery, o...
As daylight creeps over the horizon, STS-95 Space Shuttle Discovery, on the Mobile Launch Platform, arrives at Launch Complex Pad 39B after a 4.2-mile trip taking approximately 6 hours. At the left is the "whit... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Service Structure driver (inside the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Service Structure driver (inside the cab near bottom of photo) begins rolling back the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A to reveal the Space Shuttle Endeavour with i... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Pad 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Pad 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the gantry holding the solid rocket boosters is moved into place next to the Delta II rocket carrying the Mars Polar Lander. The rocket will... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the American flag flapping in the m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the American flag flapping in the morning breeze, Space Shuttle Discovery, across the turn basin, makes its crawl to Launch Pad 39B (background, left) atop the mobile launcher... More
Like a roman candle, Space Shuttle Discovery roars into the clear nigh...
Like a roman candle, Space Shuttle Discovery roars into the clear night sky trailing brilliant exhaust from the solid rocket boosters (center) and blue mach diamonds from the main engine nozzles. Liftoff occurr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – One of two solid rocket boosters arrives on Lau...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – One of two solid rocket boosters arrives on Launch Pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. it is the left rocket and it will be lifted into the mobile service tower and mated to the ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wor...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers accompany space shuttle Endeavour as it is being transported from Orbiter Processing Facility-2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Flames from the solid rocket boosters l...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Flames from the solid rocket boosters light up the clouds of smoke and steam trailing behind Space Shuttle Atlantis as it leaps into the pre-dawn sky on mission STS-101. Liftoff o... More
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, both solid rocket boosters (SRBs) ar...
In the Vehicle Assembly Building, both solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are shown on the mobile launcher platform (MLP)as part of the stack for Discovery and Shuttle mission STS-92. Visible between them on the MLP ... More
US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Perry Ballard Tarurs launch director, ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Andy Dunaway Release Status... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis is moved aboard an ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis is moved aboard an orbiter transporter from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3 over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). In the background (right) ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Atlantis, with twin solid rocket...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Atlantis, with twin solid rocket boosters and external tank atop the Mobile Launcher Platform and crawler-transorter, moves in the predawn hours into high bay 2 in the Vehi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunup, Shuttle Atlantis sits ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunup, Shuttle Atlantis sits outside the Vehicle Assembly Building's (VAB) high bay 2 on the building's west side after completing a fit check. This is the first time i... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Discovery rolls into the Veh...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Discovery rolls into the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be mated with its external tank and solid rocket boosters. Discovery is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis’s solid rocket bo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis’s solid rocket boosters trail brilliant flames that light up the clouds of smoke and steam and reflect in the waters Launch Pad 39B at launch. The perfect on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The waters near Launch Pad 39B reflect t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The waters near Launch Pad 39B reflect the brilliant red-orange flames from the solid rocket boosters as Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on mission STS-106 to the International Sp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery hurtles into the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery hurtles into the night sky, trailing a tail of fire from the solid rocket boosters, after a perfect on-time launch at 7:17 p.m. EDT. The launch of mission S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the orbiter Endeavour hangs suspended...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the orbiter Endeavour hangs suspended from a crane inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers make adjustments on it before it is lifted and stacked with its external tank an... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from behind, the tiles on the bot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from behind, the tiles on the bottom of orbiter Endeavour can be seen. The orbiter hangs suspended from a crane inside the Vehicle Assembly Building before being lifted into... More
The orbiter Atlantis, on its transporter, heads into the turn toward t...
The orbiter Atlantis, on its transporter, heads into the turn toward the Vehicle Assembly Building, in the background. In the VAB it will be raised to vertical and lifted up and into high bay 3 for stacking wit... More
Viewed from inside Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, Atlantis is read...
Viewed from inside Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, Atlantis is ready for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB it will be raised to vertical and lifted up and into high bay 3 for stacking wit... More
In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building the orbiter Dis...
In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building the orbiter Discovery is suspended at an angle as it is lifted to a vertical position. It will next be lifted into high bay 1 for mating with its solid roc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour rests on Launc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour rests on Launch Pad 39A after rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Shuttle comprises the orbiter, in front, and the taller orange external tan... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the Rotating Service Structure is ro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the Rotating Service Structure is rolled back, Space Shuttle Columbia, with its orange external tank and white solid rocket boosters, is revealed on pad 39A prior to launch. Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls away from ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis rolls away from Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building to move it to Bay 1. There Atlantis will be demated with the external tank and solid rocket boosters... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - On Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - On Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, two solid rocket boosters are in the launch tower while another is ready to be lifted. They are three of nine solid rocket boo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II Heavy rocket waits the arrival of the mobile service tower with three additional solid rocket boosters (SRBs... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For the fourth time in Space Shuttle Pro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- For the fourth time in Space Shuttle Program history, 350,000 gallons of water are released on a Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) at Launch Pad 39A during a water sound suppression t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis is seen after attachment of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis is seen after attachment of the orange external tank and solid rocket boosters. Space Shuttle Atlantis will be flying on mission STS-114, a Utilization Logistics Flight-1 ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Discovery, sitting on an orbi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Discovery, sitting on an orbiter transporter, slowly backs out of NASA's Orbiter Processing Facility to begin the rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The r... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis arrives in the transfer aisl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis arrives in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, concluding its rollover from the Orbiter Processing Facility. In the VAB, the orbiter will be lifted in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After leaving the Orbiter Processing F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After leaving the Orbiter Processing Facility, Atlantis makes its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building atop an orbiter transporter. In the VAB, the orbiter will be lifted into h... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, workers are securing the sling attachment of the overhead crane that will lift the orbiter Atlantis into high bay 3. Afte... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery seems to be stan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery seems to be standing on the fiery columns erupting from the solid rocket boosters as it lifts off Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-116. Liftoff occurred on ti... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers continue stacking the solid ro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers continue stacking the solid rocket boosters in highbay 1 inside Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. The solid rocket boosters are being prepared for NASA's ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The first stage of a United Launch All...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket moves into place in front of at the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Flo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The belly of Atlantis can be seen as th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The belly of Atlantis can be seen as the orbiter is suspended vertically above the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. It will be lifted up into high bay 1 and lower... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis is suspended vert...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis is suspended vertically above the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. It will be lifted up into high bay 1 and lowered onto the mobile launcher... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis rolls through the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis rolls through the door of the Orbiter Processing Facility to make the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 6:19 a.m. EST. Once in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis backs away from th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis backs away from the Orbiter Processing Facility to make the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building, seen at left. First motion was at 6:19 a.m. EST. On... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The overhead sling lowers the orbiter A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The overhead sling lowers the orbiter Atlantis next to the external tank and solid rocket boosters stacked on the mobile launcher platform (MLP) below. Atlantis will be mated to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Solid rocket boosters arrive on Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Solid rocket boosters arrive on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to be mated to the Delta II rocket waiting there. The rocket is the launch vehicle for the Daw... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the mobile service tower with solid rocket boosters inside nears the Delta II first stage. The Delta is the launch vehicle ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Delta II first stage waits for the mating of additional solid rocket boosters for launch of the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the external tank for Endeavour is lowered between the solid rocket boosters toward the mobile launcher platform below. Endeavour is currentl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour, atop its transpo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour, atop its transporter, rolls under the overhead crane in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB, the crane will lift the orbiter th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is complete as the orbiter joins its external tank and solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher pla... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lifted high in the upper levels of the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Lifted high in the upper levels of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the orbiter Endeavour is being lowered into high bay 1 for stacking with the external tank (seen at the bottom) a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, platforms surround Endeavour to complete stacking of the orbiter, external tank and solid rocket boosters, barely visible behind t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, is hard down on Launch Pad 39A after rolling out over night. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 8:... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at KS...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC, a crane moves external tank No. 120 into a checkout cell. The tank will be prepared for stacking with solid rocket boosters to launch Sp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the top of external tank No. 120 is seen as the tank is lowered between the solid rocket boosters for mating on t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen from inside the Orbiter Processing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen from inside the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery rolls through the opening for the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB, the shu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 on a transporter as the sun rises. The orbiter is headed for the Vehicle Assembly Building. Rollover from it... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 on a transporter just before sunrise for the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Rollover from its p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeav...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeavour rolls out of the Orbiter Processing Facility on its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In high bay 1 of the VAB, Endeavour will be a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Ass...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Endeavour waits for the overhead crane (upper right) to be attached. The crane will raise and then lift Endea... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeav...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeavour rolls toward the Vehicle Assembly Building after leaving the Orbiter Processing Facility. In high bay 1 of the VAB, Endeavour will be a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA'...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the external tank for space shuttle Discovery is lowered into a checkout cell for processing. The tank will be stac... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- In the mobile service tower on Pad 17-B at C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- In the mobile service tower on Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United Launch Alliance technicians secure the bolts on the last set of three solid rocket booste... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bathed in lights surrounding Launch Pad 39...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bathed in lights surrounding Launch Pad 39A and its structures at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery is poised for launch on the STS-124 mission after rollback of t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver the Pegasus barge toward th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver the Pegasus barge toward the dock in the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area in NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Onboard the barge is the external fuel tank for space... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a technician removes a valve from Atlantis’ external tank after small dings were found on the sealing surface of the q... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis approaches the top of L...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis approaches the top of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after rolling from the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion occurred at 9:19 a.m. EDT and At... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis is poised to leave the V...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis is poised to leave the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and roll out to Launch Pad 39A. The shuttle stack, with solid rocket boosters and ex... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis comes to a stop on the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis comes to a stop on the top of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after more than a 6-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion occur... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The STS-125 crew gathers near Launch Pad 39A a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The STS-125 crew gathers near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida before taking questions from the media. Standing left to right are Mission Specialists Michael Goo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, air-lit strap-on solid rocket boosters are being added to the first stage of the Delta 2 launch vehicle (seen here) tha... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers oversee the lifting of one of the solid rocket boosters into the mobile service tower for mating to the first s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis has been lowered to a horizontal position and its wheels lowered.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Parachute Refurbishment Facility at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Parachute Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers place rods under the lines of the parachutes recovered from sea after the launch of space shutt... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, external fuel tank 130 is fitted with a crane to lift it off the transporter. The tank... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Suspended by a crane in the Vehicle Assembly ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Suspended by a crane in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, external fuel tank 130 is moved into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the so... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Suspended by a crane in the Vehicle Assembly ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Suspended by a crane in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, external fuel tank 130 is moved into high bay 2 for checkout before stacking with the so... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., workers...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Hanger AF at Cape Canaveral, Fla., workers get ready to remove one of the separation rings from around a segment of one of the retrieved solid rocket boosters from the STS-126 launch... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After rolling out of Orbiter Processing Facili...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After rolling out of Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery turns toward the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 2:30... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is lifted into the upper levels for transfer to high bay 3. The shuttle will then be l... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is lifted above the transfer aisle. The shuttle will be raised to a vertical position ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission is lowered into high bay 3. It will be ins... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the dock at Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the dock at Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, one of the solid rocket boosters used during space shuttle Discovery's launch March 15 on mission STS-119 is move... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is rotated by the crane toward a vertical position above the transfer aisle. The shuttl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, solid rocket boosters are attached to a Delta II rocket for launch of the STSS Demonstrator spacecraft. The spacecraft is a midcour... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is lowered onto the mobile launcher platform, or MLP. It is in front of ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the Solid Rocket Booster Reco...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Hangar AF. The ships recently returned from recovering the b... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the Solid Rocket Booster Reco...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the Solid Rocket Booster Recovery Ships Liberty Star and Freedom Star at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Hangar AF. The ships recently returned from recovering the b... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlant...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission is being lowered into NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 2 for assembly with the solid rocke... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlant...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The external fuel tank for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission is being lowered into NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 2 for assembly with the solid rocke... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With nearly 7 million pounds of thrust generate...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With nearly 7 million pounds of thrust generated by twin solid rocket boosters and three main engines, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the blue skies over Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kenne... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to roll space shuttle Endeavour to the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rollover be... More