VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Sp... More
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. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers oversee the offloading of the crated Phoenix spacecraft inside the cargo hold of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University assist in guiding the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) as it is hoisted over a platform for solar array installation in KS... More
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...
Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University assist in leveling and orienting the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) as it is seated on a platform for solar array instal... More
The second stage of the Delta II rocket which will to be used to launc...
The second stage of the Delta II rocket which will to be used to launch the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft is erected at Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Scheduled for launch on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servici...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility get ready to attach a second solar panel to Deep Space 1. The first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program, Deep Space 1 is des... 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), technicians test the science instruments and the basic spacecraft subsystems on the Mars Polar Lander. The solar-p... 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), JPL workers prepare to mount a Mars microprobe onto the Mars Polar Lander. Two microprobes will hitchhike on the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the protective covering on the Mars Polar Lander is lifted up and out of the way. The lander, in the opening below, is being mate... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers begin fitting the fairing around the upper stages of the Boeing Delta II rocket and Mars Polar Lander. The rocket is sche... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Silhouetted against the gray sky, a Boei...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Silhouetted against the gray sky, a Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle with NASA's Mars Polar Lander lifts off from Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, at 3:21:1... More
At Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers keep watch on the plac...
At Pad 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers keep watch on the placement of the fourth and final solid rocket booster (SRB) being mated with the Boeing Delta II rocket. The rocket will be aided by four SRBs ... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers at left check ins...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers at left check instruments during a lighting test on the solar panels of the kscpao/captions/subjects/stardust.htm"> Stardust</a>spacecraft. Stardust is sched... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a worker holds the vid...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a worker holds the video camera to be mounted on the second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket that will launch the Stardust spacecraft on Feb. 6. His co-worker (r... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the final a...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the final adjustments on the protective canister enclosing the Stardust spacecraft. Stardust will be moved to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Stati... More
Inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, worke...
Inside the launch tower at Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers guide the Stardust spacecraft toward an opening to a Boeing Delta II rocket below. The spacecraft is already connected to the third stage... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check the lowe...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check the lower fittings of the fairing installed around the Stardust spacecraft and upper stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket. Targeted for launch at 4:0... 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, the first half of the fairing is moved into place around NASA's Kepler spacecraft, atop the United Launch Alliance Delta... 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, a worker examines the closure of the fairing segments around NASA's Kepler spacecraft. The fairing is a molded structure... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker prepare...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker prepares the site before attaching a camera to the second stage of the Delta II rocket for the Mars Odyssey launch. The orbiter carries three scien... More
Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 check the p...
Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 check the placement of the Mars Odyssey Orbiter as it is lowered onto the third stage of a Delta rocket below for installation. Visible above is the co... More
Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 oversee the...
Workers in the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 oversee the lifting of the Mars Odyssey Orbiter from its workstand. The orbiter will be moved and attached to the third stage of a Delta rocket, at rig... More
An overhead crane lowers the cylindrical canister toward the Mars Odys...
An overhead crane lowers the cylindrical canister toward the Mars Odyssey orbiter below it. The canister will protect the spacecraft during transfer to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Mar... More
At sunrise on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, worke...
At sunrise on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers begin attaching a crane to the top of the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The spacecraft will be lifted up the gantry and mated with the Delta II r... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers prepare NASA's Genesis spacecraft for transport to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility in KSC's industrial area where it will undergo ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians work on the bottom of the first stage of a Delta II rocket before its lift up the gantry. The rocket will prope... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers on Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Can...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers on Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, oversee the lifting of a solid rocket booster to be mated with the Delta II rocket for the Genesis spacecraft laun... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility -2, workers adjust the canister as it is lowered over the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP). The spacecraft will be transport... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the second part of the fairing for the Genesis spacecraft arrives at the top of the gantry. The fairing will encapsulate t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Genesis spacecraft is lowered into place on the Boeing Delta II rocket. Genesis will be on a robotic NASA space missio... More
VANDENBERG AFB,CALIF. - On the SLC-2 launch pad, the gantry closes in ...
VANDENBERG AFB,CALIF. - On the SLC-2 launch pad, the gantry closes in on the Delta II rocket to enable mating of the second stage. The Delta II will launch the Aqua-EOS satellite. Aqua is one of a series of spa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Boeing Delta II rocket is lifted up the gantry. The rocket is the launch vehicle for the CONTOUR spacecraft, scheduled to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and E...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 install a solar panel on the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft. CONTOUR will provide the first detailed look ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and E...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 lift a solar panel onto the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft for installation of the panel. The spacecraft wi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and En...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 check the lowering of the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft onto a spin table. CONTOUR will provide the first d... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and En...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 watch as the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft is raised to vertical for transfer to a spin table. CONTOUR will... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The second stage of the Boeing Delta II ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The second stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket arrives at the top of the tower on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will be mated with the first stage. T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the second part of the is lifted off the transporter. The fairing will encapsulate the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacec... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers attach a crane to the top of the canister containing the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft. CONTOUR will be... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The interstage of the Delta II rocket is ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The interstage of the Delta II rocket is lifted up the launch tower on NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The interstage will eventually house... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Delta II rocket i...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Delta II rocket is in the process of being raised to a vertical position on NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The r... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at the base of the launch tower o...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at the base of the launch tower on NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2), Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., watch as the interstage of the Delta II rocket is lifted up the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A second stage is lifted at NASA's Space ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A second stage is lifted at NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for placement atop a Delta II rocket. The rocket will carry the ICESat and C... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Viewed from below, a Boeing Delta II rock...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Viewed from below, a Boeing Delta II rocket is lifted up the launch tower on Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket is the launch vehicle for the Space In... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- One of nine solid rocket boosters is lif...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- One of nine solid rocket boosters is lifted up the tower on Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for mating with the Delta II rocket that will launch the Space In... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers prepare another solid rocket booster that will be mated with the Delta II rocket in the background. The Delta II wi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Delta II rocket to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Delta II rocket to launch the MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover) vehicle is in place for a vertical lift up the launch tower on Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air For... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers prepare to mate the Mars Exploration Rover-2 (MER-2) to the third stage of a Delta II rocket for launch on June 5. NASA’s twin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2), inside the transport canister, is moved toward the platform in the launch tower. MER-2 w... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers prepare to lift the Mars Exploration Rover-1 (MER-B) onto a spin table during preflight processing of the spacecraft. The rover... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Mars Exploration Rover-1 (MER-B) awaits further preflight processing atop a spin table. The rover is scheduled to launch aboard a D... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers prepare to lift the Mars Exploration Rover-1 (MER-B) onto a spin table during preflight processing of the spacecraft. The rover... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The second stage of a Delta II rocket arr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The second stage of a Delta II rocket arrives at Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated to the Delta first stage already at the pad in preparation for the laun... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers prepare to lift the second stage ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers prepare to lift the second stage of a Delta II rocket up the launch tower on Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated to the Delta first stage already a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Mobile Service Tower is rolled back ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Mobile Service Tower is rolled back at Launch Complex 17A to reveal a Delta II rocket ready to launch the Mars Exploration Rover-A mission. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Boeing Delta II rocket and its Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A) payload are free of the tower and ready for launch. Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Blue sky and sun give a dramatic backdrop...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Blue sky and sun give a dramatic backdrop for the launch of the Delta II rocket with its Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A) payload. Liftoff occurred on time at 1:58 p.m. EDT from Lau... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Can...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, prepare the first stage of a Delta II rocket for its lift up the mobile service tower. The rocket is being erecte... 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 first stage of a Delta II rocket is raised off the transporter before lifting it up and moved into the mobile service... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Hangar A&E, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Hangar A&E, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, tightens the canister around the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF). The spacecraft will be transported to Launch ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Doors are open on the air-conditioned tr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Doors are open on the air-conditioned transportation van that carried NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to the Astrotech Space ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities near KSC, workers remove the protective cover from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. Employees of the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Gravity Probe B spacecraft is in NA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Gravity Probe B spacecraft is in NASA’s Payload Processing Facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after completion of prelaunch processing before going... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This photo of the Delta II rocket carryi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This photo of the Delta II rocket carrying the Gravity Probe B spacecraft was taken minutes before launch from Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 9:57:24 a.m. PDT.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A remote camera captures liftoff of the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A remote camera captures liftoff of the Delta II rocket carrying the Gravity Probe B spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 9:57:24 a.m. PDT.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A remote camera captures liftoff of the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A remote camera captures liftoff of the Delta II rocket carrying the Gravity Probe B spacecraft from Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 9:57:24 a.m. PDT.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower, or gant...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower, or gantry, at Space Launch Complex 2 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the Aura spacecraft is maneuvered into position over the second st... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At right, technicians at Astrotech in Ti...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At right, technicians at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., guide into place the second solar panel to be installed on NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. At left is the first panel already ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Boeing Delta II r...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket is lifted off its transporter on Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station toward the mobile service tower. The Delta II is the laun... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, check the cables on the overhead crane that will lift the first stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket off its transporter and m... 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, the Boeing Delta II rocket with the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft aboard ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Workers in the Astrotech Payload...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Workers in the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California prepare the covered dual spacecraft CALIPSO and CloudSat for placement insid... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Inside the Astrotech Payload Pro...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Inside the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane lifts the transport canister covering the dual spacecraft CALIPSO and C... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers remove the protective covering fr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers remove the protective covering from around one of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft in the clean room at Astrotech, a payload processing fac... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft is exposed to the clean room environment at Astrotech, a payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Cen... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the STEREO spacecraft "B" as it moves away from a tilt table (at right). The spacecraft will be placed on ano... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician works a guideline to the overhead crane as the STEREO spacecraft "B" is being moved to a stand nearby for testing. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians help guide the STEREO spacecraft "A" as it is lowered onto a tilt table. On the table, the observatory will be tilt... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During solid rocket booster lifting op...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During solid rocket booster lifting operations on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a moth is spotted resting on a structure, oblivious to the actio... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the hazardous processing facility at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the hazardous processing facility at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians check Observatory A before lifting onto a scale for weight measurements. The o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the hazardous processing facility a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the hazardous processing facility at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., Observatory A of the STEREO spacecraft waits for its move to a scale and later will be fue... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower on Launc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the shrouded first half of the payload fairing for the STEREO spacecraft is lower... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers look at the Delta third stage, or upper stage booster. In the background are the recently mated STEREO observatories, ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After arriving at Launch Pad 17-B on Cap...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After arriving at Launch Pad 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the STEREO spacecraft waits for a crane to be fitted over it and be lifted into the mobile service tower. ST... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- One of the five THEMIS probes is being t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- One of the five THEMIS probes is being transported from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., to the hazardous processing facility. There the probes will be placed on a s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians release the overhead crane from the shipping container placed around one of the five THEMIS probes for its move to th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the high bay at Astrotech Space Ope...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the high bay at Astrotech Space Operations, workers prepare to join the upper cylindrical canister to the lower panels already in place around the THEMIS spacecraft and upper ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the mobile service tower on Laun...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers inside the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in this aerial view of the launch complex area as the mobi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the mobile service tower surrounds the Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop. THEMIS, an acronym for Time History ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket with the THEMIS spacecraft atop sits ready for launch on Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after the mobile service tower moves away from the pad. T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Fa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix spacecraft undergoes a heat shield deployment test, with a firing of ordnance associated with the separation device. Ph... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers pr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a clean room at Astrotech, workers prepare the Dawn spacecraft for installation of its solar array panels. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intrigui... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers get ready to test ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, workers get ready to test deploy the large solar array panels on one side of the Dawn spacecraft. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intrig... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Dawn spacecraft, inside its shipping...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Dawn spacecraft, inside its shipping container, is moved out of the Astrotech's Payload Processing Facility for transfer to the Hazardous Processing Facility for fueling. Dawn ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The truck and transporter carrying the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The truck and transporter carrying the first stage of a Delta II rocket pull beneath the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket i... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is ready for mating with the waiting Delta II rocket. Dawn is scheduled for... More