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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, is ready to get onboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. for his first zero-gravity flight.  Zero Gravity Corp. is a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences.  At right is Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp.  Behind Hawking is Nicola O'Brien, a nurse practitioner who is Hawking's aide.  Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0955

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, is ready to get onboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight.  Behind Hawking, at left, are Zero Gravity Corporation founder Peter Diamandis and Space Florida president Steve Kohler. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero G, a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences.  Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0949

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-boun...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. Behin... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. —  Noted physicist Stephen Hawking greets the media after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0948

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking greets t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking greets the media after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard... More

CHAMBER AND WORK PROGRAM - ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

CHAMBER AND WORK PROGRAM - ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/21/1973 Photographer: JOHN MARTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

CHAMBER AND WORK PROGRAM - ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

CHAMBER AND WORK PROGRAM - ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/21/1973 Photographer: JOHN MARTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

42 INCH DIAMETER ZERO GRAVITY VEHICLE - CODE NAME C - SHOWING DAMAGE

42 INCH DIAMETER ZERO GRAVITY VEHICLE - CODE NAME C - SHOWING DAMAGE

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/4/1976 Photographer: J DAVID CLINTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

WATER LEAK AT THE ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY BETWEEN LEVELS 8 AND 9

WATER LEAK AT THE ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY BETWEEN LEVELS 8 AND 9

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/14/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY, NASA Technology Images

ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/29/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY, NASA Technology Images

ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/29/1978 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launch... More

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launch... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing... More

Moon taken by Galileo after completing its first Earth Gravity Assist

Moon taken by Galileo after completing its first Earth Gravity Assist

S90-55753 (9 Dec. 1990) --- This color image of the Moon was taken by the Galileo spacecraft at 9:25 a.m. (PST) December 9, 1990, at a range of about 350,000 miles. The color composite uses monochrome images ta... More

STS-45 crewmembers during zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA 930

STS-45 crewmembers during zero gravity activities onboard KC-135 NASA ...

S91-44453 (21 Aug 1991) --- The crew of STS-45 is already training for its March 1992 mission, including stints on the KC-135 zero-gravity-simulating aircraft. Shown with an inflatable globe are, clockwise fro... More

STS050-21-003 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and Separartion Exp.

STS050-21-003 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and the Role of Gravity in Phase Separation Kinetics of Fluid Glassmelts experiment. Views of the ex... More

STS090-372-016 - STS-090 - Searfoss tumbles in zero gravity on middeck

STS090-372-016 - STS-090 - Searfoss tumbles in zero gravity on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-90 mission commander Richard Searfoss tumbling in zero gravity while on the Columbia's middeck. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, PHYSICA... More

STS075-340-036 - STS-075 - STS-75 crewmembers create water bubbles in zero gravity

STS075-340-036 - STS-075 - STS-75 crewmembers create water bubbles in ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Horowitz uses string to divide his water bubble into separate units. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, MIDDECK, BUBBLES, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES, STS-75, COLUMBIA ... More

STS075-340-020 - STS-075 - STS-75 crewmembers create water bubbles in zero gravity

STS075-340-020 - STS-075 - STS-75 crewmembers create water bubbles in ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jeff Hoffman uses a string to divide the water bubble into two separate units. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, MIDDECK, BUBBLES, ONBOARD ... More

STS075-350-007 - STS-075 - STS-75 crewmembers with water bubbles formed in zero gravity

STS075-350-007 - STS-075 - STS-75 crewmembers with water bubbles forme...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Claude Nicollier squeezes some water from a drink packet, forming a drop in zero gravity. He is standing in the orbiter's middeck. ... More

Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and  technicians from Johns Hopkins University test solar array deployment of the Advanced  Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-II (SAEF-II). The wire hanging from the ceiling above the black solar array panel is used  for "g-negation," which takes the weight off of the panel’s hinges to simulate zero  gravity, mimicking deployment in space. Scheduled for launch on a Delta II rocket from  Cape Canaveral Air Station on Aug. 25, ACE will study low-energy particles of solar  origin and high-energy galactic particles for a better understanding of the formation and  evolution of the solar system as well as the astrophysical processes involved. The  collecting power of instrumentation aboard ACE is at least 100 times more sensitive than  anything previously flown to collect similar data by NASA KSC-97PC1129

Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopki...

Applied Physics Laboratory engineers and technicians from Johns Hopkins University test solar array deployment of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facilit... More

The Neurolab payload for STS-90, scheduled to launch aboard the Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on April 2, 1998, is ready for processing after being placed in its workstand in the Operations and Checkout Building at KSC. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. Specifically, experiments will study the adaptation of the vestibular system, the central nervous system, and the pathways that control the ability to sense location in the absence of gravity, as well as the effect of microgravity on a developing nervous system. The crew of STS-90 will include Commander Richard Searfoss, Pilot Scott Altman, Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., and Kathryn (Kay) Hire, and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-97PC1716

The Neurolab payload for STS-90, scheduled to launch aboard the Shuttl...

The Neurolab payload for STS-90, scheduled to launch aboard the Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on April 2, 1998, is ready for processing after being placed in its workstand in the Operations a... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 (PMA-1) continue with prelaunch preparation activities at KSC's Space Station Processing Facility. Node 1 is a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the space station. The node and PMA-1 are seen here being moved into the Shuttle payload transportation canister, where the doors will be closed for a two-week leak check. The node and PMA were moved to the canister from the element rotation stand, or test stand, where they underwent an interim weight and center of gravity determination. The final determination is planned to be performed prior to transporting Node 1 to the launch pad. Node 1 is scheduled to fly on STS-88 KSC-98pc358

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the I...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 (PMA-1) continue with prelaunch preparation activities at KSC's Space ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility watch closely while the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered onto the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the Space Station. The lab is fitted with five system racks and will already have experiments installed inside for the flight. The launch is scheduled for January 2001 KSC00pp1941

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Space Station Processing...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility watch closely while the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered onto the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gr... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers watch while the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered onto the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the Space Station. The lab is fitted with five system racks and will already have experiments installed inside for the flight. The launch is scheduled for January 2001 KSC00pp1940

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facilit...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers watch while the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered onto the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity d... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Alexander Kokovidis, a laboratory technician assigned to the 819/219 Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron's (RHS) materials testing lab, works with an asphalt sample using Rice's specific gravity test at a forward-deployed location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Alexander Kokovidis, a l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tony R. Tolly, USAF Release... More

Gravity Probe B. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Gravity Probe B. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

In the spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers conduct battery charge/discharge cycles as part of the battery conditioning process on Gravity Probe B. The Gravity Probe B will... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  The second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment arrives at the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.  The Gravity Probe B will launch a payload of four gyroscopes into low-Earth polar orbit to test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Once in orbit, for 18 months each gyroscope’s spin axis will be monitored as it travels through local spacetime, observing and measuring these effects.  The experiment was developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.  The targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The second stage of the Delta II launch vehi...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment arrives at the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  The second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment is lifted up the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.  The Gravity Probe B will launch a payload of four gyroscopes into low-Earth polar orbit to test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Once in orbit, for 18 months each gyroscope’s spin axis will be monitored as it travels through local spacetime, observing and measuring these effects.  The experiment was developed by Stanford University, Lockheed Martin and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center.  The targeted launch date is Dec. 6, 2003.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The second stage of the Delta II launch vehi...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment is lifted up the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. T... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  A closeup of the top of the Gravity Probe B spacecraft in NASA’s Payload Processing Facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after completion of prelaunch processing before going to the pad.   The spacecraft will be transported to Space Launch Complex 2 on April 1 and mated to the Boeing Delta II rocket.  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precise manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.  Gravity Probe B will be launched into a 400-nautical-mile-high polar orbit for a 16-month mission. Launch is scheduled for April 17. KSC-04pd0783

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A closeup of the top of the Gravity Pro...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A closeup of the top of the Gravity Probe B spacecraft in NASA’s Payload Processing Facility 1610 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after completion of prelaunch pr... More

A Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex II from Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB, California (CA). The rocket is carrying the Gravity Probe-B experiment, a co-developed project between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Stanford University, which will intricately measure how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth

A Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex II from Vandenbe...

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 Lee A. Osberry, Jr., USAF R... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the Press Site, 3.3 miles from Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif., a wide-angle lens captures the climb downrange of the Delta II carrying the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Liftoff occurred at 9:57:24 a.m. PDT. KSC-04pd1086

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the Press Site, 3.3 miles from Spac...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the Press Site, 3.3 miles from Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg AFB, Calif., a wide-angle lens captures the climb downrange of the Delta II carrying the Gravity Probe B sp... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  - Technicians at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., attach a bar to a solar panel in order to lift it and move it to NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft for installation.  The two large solar panels, supplemented with a nickel-hydrogen battery, will provide MESSENGER’s power.  MESSENGER is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.  It will return to Earth for a gravity boost in July 2005, then fly past Venus twice, in October 2006 and June 2007. The spacecraft uses the tug of Venus’ gravity to resize and rotate its trajectory closer to Mercury’s orbit.  Three Mercury flybys, each followed about two months later by a course-correction maneuver, put MESSENGER in position to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011. During the flybys, MESSENGER will map nearly the entire planet in color, image most of the areas unseen by Mariner 10, and measure the composition of the surface, atmosphere and magnetosphere. It will be the first new data from Mercury in more than 30 years - and invaluable for planning MESSENGER’s year-long orbital mission.  MESSENGER was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. KSC-04pd1338

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech in Titusville, ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., attach a bar to a solar panel in order to lift it and move it to NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft for installation. The two large solar pa... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  - At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., technicians secure guide wires on the second solar panel to be installed on NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft.  The two large solar panels, supplemented with a nickel-hydrogen battery, will provide MESSENGER’s power.  MESSENGER is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. It will return to Earth for a gravity boost in July 2005, then fly past Venus twice, in October 2006 and June 2007. The spacecraft uses the tug of Venus’ gravity to resize and rotate its trajectory closer to Mercury’s orbit.  Three Mercury flybys, each followed about two months later by a course-correction maneuver, put MESSENGER in position to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011. During the flybys, MESSENGER will map nearly the entire planet in color, image most of the areas unseen by Mariner 10, and measure the composition of the surface, atmosphere and magnetosphere. It will be the first new data from Mercury in more than 30 years - and invaluable for planning MESSENGER’s year-long orbital mission.  MESSENGER was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. KSC-04pd1347

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., techni...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech in Titusville, Fla., technicians secure guide wires on the second solar panel to be installed on NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. The two large solar panels, supplemented... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., work on the back side of the MESSENGER spacecraft, mating it with the Payload Assist Module, the Boeing Delta II third stage, below.  The white panel seen here is the heat-resistant, ceramic cloth sunshade that will enable MESSENGER to operate at room temperature.  MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) is scheduled to launch Aug. 2 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. It will return to Earth for a gravity boost in July 2005, then fly past Venus twice, in October 2006 and June 2007. It is expected to enter Mercury orbit in March 2011.  MESSENGER was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. KSC-04pd1465

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech Space Operation...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., work on the back side of the MESSENGER spacecraft, mating it with the Payload Assist Module, the Boeing Delta II thir... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, one of the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft is moved away from the Russian cargo plane that delivered it.  Behind the truck is the mate/demate device at the landing facility.  The fairing halves will be transported to Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville.  The fairing later will be placed around the New Horizons spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Service Facility.  A fairing protects a spacecraft during launch and flight through the atmosphere. Once in space, it is jettisoned. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2275

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center, one of the Atlas V fairing halves for the New Horizons spacecraft is moved away from the Russian cargo plane that deli... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument is tested after being mounted on the corner of the New Horizons spacecraft.  New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2310

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Paylo...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument is tested after being mounted on the corner of the New Horizo... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  The Boeing 727-200 aircraft used for weightless flights by Zero Gravity Corporation, known as ZERO-G, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., lands after taking a group of passengers for demonstration.  NASA and ZERO-G demonstrated Nov. 5 the expanded access to and use of the space shuttle's runway and landing facility at Kennedy Space Center for non-NASA activities.  This group of passengers, called "Flyers," were predominantly teachers who performed simple microgravity experiments they can share with their students back in the classroom. KSC-05pd2485

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing 727-200 aircraft used for wei...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing 727-200 aircraft used for weightless flights by Zero Gravity Corporation, known as ZERO-G, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., lands after taking a group of passengers for demonst... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  —  Into a blue, cloud-scattered sky, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft lifts off on time at 2 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida  This was the third launch attempt in as many days after scrubs due to weather concerns.   The compact, 1,050-pound piano-sized probe will get a boost from a kick-stage solid propellant motor for its journey to Pluto. New Horizons will be the fastest spacecraft ever launched, reaching lunar orbit distance in just nine hours and passing Jupiter 13 months later. The New Horizons science payload, developed under direction of Southwest Research Institute, includes imaging infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers, a multi-color camera, a long-range telescopic camera, two particle spectrometers, a space-dust detector and a radio science experiment. The dust counter was designed and built by students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The launch at this time allows New Horizons to fly past Jupiter in early 2007 and use the planet’s gravity as a slingshot toward Pluto. The Jupiter flyby trims the trip to Pluto by as many as five years and provides opportunities to test the spacecraft’s instruments and flyby capabilities on the Jupiter system. New Horizons could reach the Pluto system as early as mid-2015, conducting a five-month-long study possible only from the close-up vantage of a spacecraft.  Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-06pd0083

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Into a blue, cloud-scattered sky, NASA’...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Into a blue, cloud-scattered sky, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft lifts off on time at 2 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Fl... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  -- Great white egrets and a great blue heron in the foreground seem to stand watch as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft leaps off the pad on time at 2 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket from Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.  This was the third launch attempt in as many days after scrubs due to weather concerns.   The compact, 1,050-pound piano-sized probe will get a boost from a kick-stage solid propellant motor for its journey to Pluto. New Horizons will be the fastest spacecraft ever launched, reaching lunar orbit distance in just nine hours and passing Jupiter 13 months later. The New Horizons science payload, developed under direction of Southwest Research Institute, includes imaging infrared and ultraviolet spectrometers, a multi-color camera, a long-range telescopic camera, two particle spectrometers, a space-dust detector and a radio science experiment. The dust counter was designed and built by students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The launch at this time allows New Horizons to fly past Jupiter in early 2007 and use the planet’s gravity as a slingshot toward Pluto. The Jupiter flyby trims the trip to Pluto by as many as five years and provides opportunities to test the spacecraft’s instruments and flyby capabilities on the Jupiter system. New Horizons could reach the Pluto system as early as mid-2015, conducting a five-month-long study possible only from the close-up vantage of a spacecraft.  Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-06pd0080

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Great white egrets and a great blue her...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Great white egrets and a great blue heron in the foreground seem to stand watch as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft leaps off the pad on time at 2 p.m. EST aboard an Atlas V rocket ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Handling Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the Phoenix spacecraft from its stand for a move to a rotation stand for an interim weight and center of gravity determination. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. Phoenix will land in icy soils near the north polar permanent ice cap of Mars and explore the history of the water in these soils and any associated rocks, while monitoring polar climate. Landing is planned in May 2008 on arctic ground where a mission currently in orbit, Mars Odyssey, has detected high concentrations of ice just beneath the top layer of soil. It will serve as NASA's first exploration of a potential modern habitat on Mars and open the door to a renewed search for carbon-bearing compounds, Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-07pd1339

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Handling Servicing Facili...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Handling Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the Phoenix spacecraft from its stand for a move to a rotation stand for an interim weight and center of gravity... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center prepare to lift the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, from its transportation canister.  The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission.  COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas.  COS's far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels.  Launch of STS-125 is targeted for Oct. 8.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd2185

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servici...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center prepare to lift the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph,... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center roll the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, into the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission.  COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas.  COS's far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels.  Launch of STS-125 is targeted for Oct. 8.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd2189

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center roll the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, into the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facili... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center receive the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, secured in its transportation canister, in the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission.  COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas.  COS's far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels.  Launch of STS-125 is targeted for Oct. 8.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-08pd2180

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center receive the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, secured in its transportation canister, in the airlock of ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center uses black light inspection for a thorough cleaning of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS.  Black light inspection uses UVA fluorescence to detect possible particulate microcontamination, minute cracks or fluid leaks. The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission. COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas. The COS far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-125 mission is targeted for Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd2324

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Proc...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center uses black light inspection for a thorough ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –   In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane settles the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, in a protective enclosure on the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, part of the payload for the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission, STS-125.  Other payloads include the Flight Support System, the Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier and the Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment, or MULE, carrier. COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas. The COS far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-125 mission is targeted for Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd2339

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Pr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane settles the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS, in a protective enclosu... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –  In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane lifts the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS.  The COS is being lifted and moved to a protective enclosure on the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, part of the payload for the fifth and final Hubble servicing mission, STS-125. Other payloads include the Flight Support System, the Super Lightweight Interchangeable Carrier and the Multi-Use Lightweight Equipment, or MULE, carrier. COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas. The COS far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-125 mission is targeted for Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd2330

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Pro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane lifts the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS. The COS is being lifted a... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –  At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., workers remove covers around the mated SV1 and SV2 spacecraft before center of gravity testing, weighing and balancing. The two spacecraft are known as the Space Tracking and Surveillance System – Demonstrators, or STSS Demo, which is a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detecting, tracking and discriminating ballistic missiles.  STSS is capable of tracking objects after boost phase and provides trajectory information to other sensors. It will be launched by NASA for the Missile Defense Agency between 8 and 8:58 a.m. EDT Sept. 18.  Approved for Public Release 09-MDA-04886 (10 SEPT 09) Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-5029

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility i...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., workers remove covers around the mated SV1 and SV2 spacecraft before center of gravity testing, weighing and balancing. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) moves from its primary work stand to the weight and center of gravity stand where final measurements will be taken before launch. Next, AMS will be moved into a payload canister. The canister will protect the space-bound payload on its journey to Launch Pad 39A, where it will later be installed into space shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay.    AMS is a particle physics detector, designed to operate as an external experiment on the International Space Station. It will use the unique environment of space to study the universe and its origin by searching for dark matter. AMS-2 will fly to the station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2011-2284

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) moves from its primary work stand to the weight and center of ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) is moved from the weight and center of gravity stand, where final measurements were taken before launch, to a payload canister. The canister will protect the space-bound payload on its journey to Launch Pad 39A, where it will later be installed into space shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay.             AMS is a particle physics detector, designed to operate as an external experiment on the International Space Station. It will use the unique environment of space to study the universe and its origin by searching for dark matter. AMS-2 will fly to the station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2296

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) is moved from the weight and center of gravity stand, where fi... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) is moved from the weight and center of gravity stand, where final measurements were taken before launch, to a payload canister. The canister will protect the space-bound payload on its journey to Launch Pad 39A, where it will later be installed into space shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay.           AMS is a particle physics detector, designed to operate as an external experiment on the International Space Station. It will use the unique environment of space to study the universe and its origin by searching for dark matter. AMS-2 will fly to the station aboard Endeavour's STS-134 mission targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2297

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) is moved from the weight and center of gravity stand, where fi... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare a crane to lift the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle into Pad 17B's gantry at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Delta II will carry NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft into lunar orbit.                The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. GRAIL is scheduled to launch September 8, 2011. For more information visit: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2788

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare a crane to lift the first stag...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare a crane to lift the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle into Pad 17B's gantry at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Delta II wil... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Pad 17B monitor the progress as the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle is lifted into the gantry. The Delta II will carry NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft into lunar orbit.            The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. GRAIL is scheduled to launch September 8, 2011. For more information visit: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2791

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Pad 17B monitor the progress as the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle is lifted into the gantry. The Delta II ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle has arrived at Pad 17B. The Delta II will carry NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft into lunar orbit.                  The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. GRAIL is scheduled to launch September 8, 2011. For more information visit: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2786

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle has arrived at Pad 17B. The Delta II will carry NASA's Gravity Recover... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Trucks deliver the first set of solid-fueled boosters to Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida where a United Launch Alliance Delta II is being prepared for launch. The Delta II will carry NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft into lunar orbit. The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. GRAIL is scheduled to launch September 8, 2011. For more information visit: http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-3073

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Trucks deliver the first set of solid-fueled b...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Trucks deliver the first set of solid-fueled boosters to Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida where a United Launch Alliance Delta II is being prepared for ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A tractor-trailer will transport NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft to the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., where it will be processed for launch. An Air Force C-17 cargo plane flew the spacecraft from the Lockheed Martin plant in Denver, Colo., to the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will carry GRAIL into lunar orbit already is fully stacked at NASA's Space Launch Complex 17B and launch is scheduled for Sept. 8.        The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. For more information, visit http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2011-3910

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A tractor-trailer will transport NASA's Gravit...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A tractor-trailer will transport NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, spacecraft to the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., where it will be ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The two spacecraft for NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, are atop test stands in the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The twin spacecraft were built at the Lockheed Martin plant in Denver, Colo. The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will carry GRAIL into lunar orbit already is fully stacked at NASA's Space Launch Complex 17B and launch is scheduled for Sept. 8.      The GRAIL mission is a part of NASA's Discovery Program. GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. The mission also will answer longstanding questions about Earth's moon and provide scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. For more information, visit http://science.nasa.gov/missions/grail/. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2011-3929

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The two spacecraft for NASA's Gravity Recovery...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The two spacecraft for NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, are atop test stands in the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The twin spacecraf... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. NASA's Juno spacecraft has been lowered by overhead crane onto a rotation stand for center of gravity, weighing and balancing testing.      Juno is scheduled to launch aboard United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Aug. 5.The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere and investigate the existence of a solid planetary core. For more information visit: www.nasa.gov/juno. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-4630

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech's payload processing facility in ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. NASA's Juno spacecraft has been lowered by overhead crane onto a rotation stand for center of gravity, weighing and balanci... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft are lifted to the top of their launch pad at Space Launch Complex 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The lunar probes are attached to a spacecraft adapter ring in their side-by-side launch configuration and wrapped in plastic to prevent contamination outside the clean room in the Astrotech Space Operation's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla.    The spacecraft will fly in tandem orbits around the moon for several months to measure its gravity field. GRAIL's primary science objectives are to determine the structure of the lunar interior, from crust to core, and to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the moon.  Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is scheduled for Sept. 8. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6503

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Labo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft are lifted to the top of their launch pad at Space Launch Complex 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Flori... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – John Henk, GRAIL program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, Colo., participates in the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) prelaunch news conference in the NASA Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. GRAIL is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future moon vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6751

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – John Henk, GRAIL program manager, Lockheed Mart...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – John Henk, GRAIL program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, Colo., participates in the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) prelaunch news conference in the NASA ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) prelaunch news conference is held in the NASA Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are George Diller, NASA Public Affairs; Ed Weiler, NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate; Tim Dunn, NASA launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program; Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions, United Launch Alliance; David Lehman, GRAIL project manager, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; John Henk, GRAIL program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, Colo.; and Joel Tumbiolo, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GRAIL is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future moon vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6752

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) prelaunch news conference is held in the NASA Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are George Dill... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – News media participate in the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) prelaunch news conference held in the NASA Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the dais, panelist from left are Ed Weiler, NASA associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate; Tim Dunn, NASA launch director for the agency’s Launch Services Program; Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions, United Launch Alliance; David Lehman, GRAIL project manager, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory; John Henk, GRAIL program manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, Colo.; and Joel Tumbiolo, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. GRAIL is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future moon vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6753

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – News media participate in the Gravity Recovery ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – News media participate in the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) prelaunch news conference held in the NASA Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden shares a humorous moment with a group of Tweetup participants at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during prelaunch activities for the agency’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission. Participants toured NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and got a close-up view of Space Launch Complex 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The tweeters will share their experiences with followers through the social networking site Twitter.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon’s gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon’s crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon’s internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon’s gravity field so completely that future lunar vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. Launch is scheduled for 8:37:06 a.m. EDT Sept. 8. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Gianni Woods KSC-2011-6789

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden shares a humo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden shares a humorous moment with a group of Tweetup participants at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during prelaunch activities for the ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will launch NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission undergoes final preparations for launch.  The "rollback" of the mobile service tower began at about 11:20 p.m. EDT Sept. 7.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future lunar vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface.  Launch is scheduled for 8:37:06 a.m. EDT Sept. 8.  For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6786

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will launch NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission under... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bathed in light against an early morning sky, the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket sits on Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as it waits to launch NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission to the moon.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future moon vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-6868

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bathed in light against an early morning sky, t...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bathed in light against an early morning sky, the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket sits on Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as it waits ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –The United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket propels NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission into the clouds over Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff was at 9:08:52 a.m. EDT Sept.10. GRAIL-A will separate from the second stage of the rocket at about one hour, 21 minutes after liftoff, followed by GRAIL-B at 90 minutes after launch. The spacecraft are embarking on a three-month journey to reach the moon.    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future moon vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Fletcher Hildreth KSC-2011-6858

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –The United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –The United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket propels NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission into the clouds over Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canavera... More

Gravity of the Moon Crust. NASA public domain image colelction.

Gravity of the Moon Crust. NASA public domain image colelction.

These maps of the moon show the Bouguer gravity anomalies as measured by NASA GRAIL mission. Red areas have stronger gravity, while blue areas have weaker gravity. NASA/JPL-Caltech/CSM

Linear Gravity Anomalies, JPL/NASA images

Linear Gravity Anomalies, JPL/NASA images

These maps of the near and far side of the moon show the gravity gradients as measured by NASA GRAIL mission, highlighting a population of linear gravity anomalies. NASA/JPL-Caltech/CSM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Several Lead Zirconate Titanate, or PZT, mass gaging sensors have been attached to a composite tank during a test inside a laboratory at the Cryogenics Testbed Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The PZT-based system was developed at Kennedy as a way to measure the mass of a fluid and the structural health of a tank using vibration signatures on Earth or in reduced/zero g gravity.    The mass gaging technology has received approval to be on the first sub-orbital flight on the Virgin Galactic Space Plane in 2015. NASA experiments using the PZT technology will be used by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in conjunction with Carthage College on a fluid transfer experiment. Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper KSC-2014-3646

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Several Lead Zirconate Titanate, or PZT, mass g...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Several Lead Zirconate Titanate, or PZT, mass gaging sensors have been attached to a composite tank during a test inside a laboratory at the Cryogenics Testbed Facility at NASA's Kennedy ... More

A close up of a circular object in a dark room. Abstract futuristic lights, science technology.

A close up of a circular object in a dark room. Abstract futuristic li...

Public domain textures and patterns: A yellow and black background with a circular pattern / A close up of a yellow circular object.

A couple of people that are standing in the rain. Gravity china shantou, people.

A couple of people that are standing in the rain. Gravity china shanto...

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Spiral gravity boiler conveyor for handling barrels and boxes

Spiral gravity boiler conveyor for handling barrels and boxes

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp., talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences.  Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0951

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp., talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) f... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. is ready to take off with its well-known passenger, physicist Stephen Hawking.  Zero Gravity Corp. is a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences.  Hawking will be making his first zero-gravity flight.  Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0956

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. is ready to take off with its well-known passenger, physicist Steph... More

Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, writes with a space pen while performing flight tasks on the ninth day of the Apollo 7 mission. A 70 mm Hasselbald camera film magazine floats just above Cunningham's right hand in the zero gravity environment of the spacecraft

Astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, writes with ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Rectangular Drop Vehicle in the Zero Gravity Research Facility

Rectangular Drop Vehicle in the Zero Gravity Research Facility

A rectangular drop test vehicle perched above 450-foot shaft at the Zero Gravity Research Facility at NASA Lewis Research Center. The drop tower was designed to provide five seconds of microgravity during a nor... More

CHAMBER AND WORK PROGRAM - ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

CHAMBER AND WORK PROGRAM - ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/21/1973 Photographer: JOHN MARTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

DETERIORATED CONDITIONS IN ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

DETERIORATED CONDITIONS IN ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/14/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

N-4 EXPERIMENT AT ZERO GRAVITY - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

N-4 EXPERIMENT AT ZERO GRAVITY - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/3/1974 Photographer: J DAVID CLINTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

N-4 EXPERIMENT AT ZERO GRAVITY - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

N-4 EXPERIMENT AT ZERO GRAVITY - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/3/1974 Photographer: J DAVID CLINTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

AWRE TEST SPECIMENS IN ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY ON LEVEL 4

AWRE TEST SPECIMENS IN ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY ON LEVEL 4

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/8/1975 Photographer: J DAVID CLINTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF PLATFORM IN ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF PLATFORM IN ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 2/5/1975 Photographer: ERNIE WALKER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

42 INCH DIAMETER ZERO GRAVITY VEHICLE - CODE NAME C - SHOWING DAMAGE

42 INCH DIAMETER ZERO GRAVITY VEHICLE - CODE NAME C - SHOWING DAMAGE

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/4/1976 Photographer: J DAVID CLINTON Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

WATER LEAK AT THE ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY BETWEEN LEVELS 8 AND 9

WATER LEAK AT THE ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY BETWEEN LEVELS 8 AND 9

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/14/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

SPACE LAB MOCKUP IN THE ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

SPACE LAB MOCKUP IN THE ZERO GRAVITY FACILITY

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/30/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_01100s 1977_01180.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 110 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More

Space shuttle Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Space shuttle Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launch... More

Space shuttle Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Space shuttle Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launch... More

STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold inside KC-135 during zero gravity flight

STS-42 Payload Specialist Merbold inside KC-135 during zero gravity fl...

S88-37966 (2 Oct 1988) --- European Space Agency payload specialists Ulf Merbold (STS-42, right) and Reinhold Furrer (STS 61-A) get the "feel" of zero-gravity aboard NASA's KC-135 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico.

STS050-16-002 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and Separartion Exp.

STS050-16-002 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and the Role of Gravity in Phase Separation Kinetics of Fluid Glassmelts experiment. Views of the ex... More

STS050-16-004 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and Separartion Exp.

STS050-16-004 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and the Role of Gravity in Phase Separation Kinetics of Fluid Glassmelts experiment. Views of the ex... More

STS050-16-005 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and Separartion Exp.

STS050-16-005 - STS-050 - Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Measurement of Liquid to Liquid Interfacial Tension and the Role of Gravity in Phase Separation Kinetics of Fluid Glassmelts experiment. Views of the ex... More

STS090-372-033 - STS-090 - Searfoss tumbles in zero gravity on middeck

STS090-372-033 - STS-090 - Searfoss tumbles in zero gravity on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-90 mission commander Richard Searfoss tumbling in zero gravity while on the Columbia's middeck. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, PHYSICA... More

STS090-372-017 - STS-090 - Searfoss tumbles in zero gravity on middeck

STS090-372-017 - STS-090 - Searfoss tumbles in zero gravity on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various views of STS-90 mission commander Richard Searfoss tumbling in zero gravity while on the Columbia's middeck. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, PHYSICA... More

Side view of C-5 Aircraft in Weight and Balance hangar. Process is verifying the vertical center of field gravity for the aircraft. Part of the Air Mobility Command Simulation upgrade program on C-5, Tail No. 85010

Side view of C-5 Aircraft in Weight and Balance hangar. Process is ver...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Derek Lawrence Release Status: Rele... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 continue with prelaunch preparation activities at KSC's Space Station Processing Facility. Node 1 is a connecting passageway to the living and working areas of the space station. The node and PMA-1 are being removed from the element rotation stand, or test stand, where they underwent an interim weight and center of gravity determination. (The final determination is planned to be performed prior to transporting Node 1 to the launch pad.) Now the node is being moved to the Shuttle payload transportation canister, where the doors will be closed for a two-week leak check. Node 1 is scheduled to fly on STS-88 KSC-98pc354

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the I...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Node 1, the first U.S. element for the International Space Station, and attached Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 continue with prelaunch preparation activities at KSC's Space Station ... More

STS-98 Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins (center) checks out equipment for the International Space Station (ISS) with Ursula Stockdale (right), Mod Cargo Operations. STS-98 is scheduled to carry the U.S. laboratory module, the centerpiece ISS, where unprecedented science experiments will be performed in the near zero gravity of space. The launch is targeted for October 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour KSC-98pc1206

STS-98 Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins (center) checks out equipment f...

STS-98 Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins (center) checks out equipment for the International Space Station (ISS) with Ursula Stockdale (right), Mod Cargo Operations. STS-98 is scheduled to carry the U.S. laborato... More

US Navy Electrician's Mate Second Class Nathan Johnson checks the specific gravity of the cells in the battery pool aboard the fast attack submarine USS TUCSON (SSN 770) while participating in Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 off the coast of Chile

US Navy Electrician's Mate Second Class Nathan Johnson checks the spec...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK SOUTH '99 Base: USS Tucson (SSN 770) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chris Desmond, USN Release Status: Released to Publi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  In its overhead passage down the Space Station Processing Facility, the U.S. Laboratory Destiny travels past the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. Both are elements in the construction of the International Space Station. The lab is being moved to the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the Space Station. The lab is fitted with five system racks and will already have experiments installed inside for the flight. The launch is scheduled for January 2001 KSC00pp1937

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In its overhead passage down the Space ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In its overhead passage down the Space Station Processing Facility, the U.S. Laboratory Destiny travels past the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. Both are elements in the ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  In the Space Station Processing Facility, the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered toward the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the Space Station. The lab is fitted with five system racks and will already have experiments installed inside for the flight. The launch is scheduled for January 2001 KSC00pp1939

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facilit...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered toward the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Dest... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane begins lifting the U.S. Lab Destiny from its test and integration stand. It will be carried to the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the International Space Station. The lab is fitted with five system racks and will already have experiments installed inside for the flight. The launch is scheduled for January 2001 KSC00pp1932

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facilit...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane begins lifting the U.S. Lab Destiny from its test and integration stand. It will be carried to the Launch Package Integ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) for a weight and center of gravity determination.  NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go.  Launch of MER-2 is scheduled for June 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicin...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the Mars Exploration Rover 2 (MER-2) for a weight and center of gravity determination. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rove... More

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