At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check the moun...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers check the mounting on a video camera on the second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket that will launch the Stardust spacecraft on Feb. 6. Looking toward Ea... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers guide a protectiv...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers guide a protective canister as it is lowered over the Stardust spacecraft. Once it is enclosed, Stardust will be moved to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is offloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The aircraft traveled from Campos, Brazil. Follow... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians begin to rotate the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into a ver... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians on suspended platforms are preparing to install the seco... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --In Space Systems International's P...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to test the second solar array after integration ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is secure inside the United Launch Allia... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the sp...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the spacecraft Stardust being lowered in order to mate it with the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket. Targeted for launch Feb. 6 from Launch... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Stardust spacecraft w...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Stardust spacecraft waits to be encased in a protective canister for its move to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, for launch preparations. Stardust i... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Ca...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane raises one of three United Launch Alliance Delta II solid rocket motors on the pad at Space Launch Complex-2 West (SLC-2W)... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Workers attach cables from an ove...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Workers attach cables from an overhead crane to the United Launch Alliance Delta II second stage motor for mating to the first stage at NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2)... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is transported to the Spaceport Systems International processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Earlier, a U.S. Air Forc... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is transported to the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Earlier, a U.S. ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians are rotating the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into a verti... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers monitor the progress as the United Launch Alliance’s Delta II ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has moved away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquari... More
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
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution hope their experiment in ...
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution hope their experiment in a local scrub oak community at KSC will yield new insights into the effects of increased carbon dioxide on natural vegetation. The experimen... 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
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An overhead crane lifts the Aquar...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An overhead crane lifts the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from its stand by an overhead to cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenber... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians extend the second solar array on the Aquarius/SAC-D spa... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, se...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, secured inside its payload transportation canister, has been delivered to NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base i... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, se...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, secured inside its payload transportation canister, is being transferred to NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has moved away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquari... More
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At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraf...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraft, attached to the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket, is lifted up the launch tower. The second and third stages of the rocket will be... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane, workers guide the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will carry the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into low Earth o... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the Space Launch Complex-2 ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) service tower at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California back in place, United Space Alliance technicians complete the installation ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- United Space Alliance technician...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- United Space Alliance technicians hoist the second stage of a Delta II rocket into position in the Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) service tower at Vandenberg Air Force Base... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is unpacked and unveiled in the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The con... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians are rotating the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from a vertic... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians are rotating the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from a verti... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to close the solar arrays on the Aquarius/SAC-D ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is rotated for the final time into ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers prepare the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft for fairing installation... More
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At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers finish mountin...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers finish mounting a video camera on the second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket that will launch the Stardust spacecraft on Feb. 6. Looking toward Earth, t... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers watch as the p...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers watch as the protective canister is lifted from the Stardust spacecraft. Preparations continue for liftoff of the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying Stardust... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, as tower rollback begi...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, as tower rollback begins, a Boeing Delta II rocket undergoes final preparations for launch. The targeted launch time is 4:06 p.m. EST. The Delta II rocket is carr... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --As the sun rises over Vandenberg A...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --As the sun rises over Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United Launch Alliance technicians prepare to raise one of three Delta II solid rocket motors on the pad at Spa... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the Space Launch Complex-2 (...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) service tower at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California back in place, United Space Alliance technicians lower the second stage of a... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians prepare to unpack and...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians prepare to unpack and unveil the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft in the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Cal... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians have rotated the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into a vertic... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians have rotated the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into a horizo... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians configure antenna hats in preparation for system tests o... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician makes an adjustment to the solar array after it was ins... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to test the solar array after its integration to... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to test the second solar array after integration... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has moved away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquari... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Van...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft atop is prepared for laun... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Van...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft atop is prepared for laun... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More
Completely enclosed in a protective canister, the spacecraft Stardust ...
Completely enclosed in a protective canister, the spacecraft Stardust is moved by a crane toward a transporter in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. Stardust is being moved to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canav... More
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility keep watch as an o...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility keep watch as an overhead crane lowers the Stardust spacecraft, enclosed in a protective canister, onto a transporter. Stardust is being moved to Launch Pad 1... More
Workers watch as the protective canister surrounding the Stardust spac...
Workers watch as the protective canister surrounding the Stardust spacecraft is removed at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station. Preparations continue for liftoff of the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying S... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers begin placing ...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers begin placing the fairing around the Stardust spacecraft and upper stage of the Boeing Delta II rocket. Targeted for launch at 4:06:42 p.m. on Feb. 6, Sta... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --As the sun rises over Vandenberg A...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --As the sun rises over Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane begins to raise one of three United Launch Alliance Delta II solid rocket motors on the pad at Space La... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is unpacked and unveiled in the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The con... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians await the arrival of...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians await the arrival of the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft to cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to rotate the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from a v... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --In Space Systems International's P...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians have suspended a platform over the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecr... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is rotated for the final time into ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in C...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, NASA's Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, secured inside its payload transportation canister, is being transferred to Space Launch Comple... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An overhead crane lifts the Aquar...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An overhead crane lifts the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, secured inside its payload transportation canister, into the mobile service tower at NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SL... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower a...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Inside the mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers prepare the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft for fairing installation... More
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution hope their experiment in ...
Researchers from the Smithsonian Institution hope their experiment in a local scrub oak community at KSC will yield new insights into the effects of increased carbon dioxide on natural vegetation. The experimen... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraf...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Stardust spacecraft is revealed after removal of a protective canister. Stardust is targeted for launch on Feb. 6 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. The spacecr... More
Flames sear the pristine blue sky behind the Boeing Delta II rocket ca...
Flames sear the pristine blue sky behind the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft after the 4:04:15 p.m. launch from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station. A 24-hour scrub postponed the... More
Major General Thomas A. Braaten (left), Commander Air Bases East and M...
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NASA Satellite Images Provide Insights Into Iceland Volcanic Plume
On April 15, 2010, NASA Terra spacecraft captured these images of the ongoing eruption of Iceland Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, which continues to spew ash into the atmosphere and impact air travel worldwide. NASA/GSFC/JPL
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane, workers lift the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will carry the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into low Earth or... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the Space Launch Complex-2 ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) service tower at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California back in place, United Space Alliance technicians lower the second stage of ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- United Space Alliance technicians...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- United Space Alliance technicians prepare to hoist the second stage of a Delta II rocket into position in the Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) service tower at Vandenberg Air ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to rotate the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into a v... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians are rotating the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft from a verti... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Van...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft atop is prepared for laun... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Casey McClellan (left) an...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Casey McClellan (left) and Denise Kato (right), with Lockheed Martin, prepare the spacecraft Stardust for a media presentation. Stardust is targeted for launch on Fe... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the spacecraft Stardust i...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the spacecraft Stardust is on display for a media presentation. Stardust is targeted for launch on Feb. 6 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape ... More
Billows of exhaust roll across Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Sta...
Billows of exhaust roll across Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, as the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying the Stardust spacecraft launches on time. At left is the mobile launch tower. After a 24-hour p... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane, workers guide the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will carry the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft into low Earth o... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit arrives to the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch C... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Workers attach one of three solid...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Workers attach one of three solid rocket motors to a United Launch Alliance Delta II launch vehicle in the service tower at NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) at Vandenbe... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- With the aid of an overhead crane workers lift one of three United Launch Alliance Delta II solid rocket motors into the service tower at NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The United Launch Alliance Delta ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket is moved away from the service tower as workers prepare to lift the second stage to the top of the tower for mating with the first... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An overhead crane moves the Aquar...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- An overhead crane moves the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft to cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A technician guides the Aquarius/...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A technician guides the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft toward the Rotation and Test Fixture in cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vanden... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- In Space Systems International's Payload Processing Facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians have detached the overhead crane that moved the second s... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Workers remove the payload transp...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Workers remove the payload transportation canister from the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, after it was lifted into the mobile service tower at NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SL... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California slowly moves away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aqu... More
The cover is removed from the Stardust spacecraft in the Payload Hazar...
The cover is removed from the Stardust spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prior to a media presentation. Stardust is targeted for launch on Feb. 6 aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Launch... More
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a worker (left) runs a...
At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a worker (left) runs a wire through a mounting hole on the second stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket in order to affix an external video camera held by the worker ... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the mating ...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the mating of the spacecraft Stardust (above) with the third stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket (below). Targeted for launch Feb. 6 from Launch Pad 17-A... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a canister (left) is move...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, a canister (left) is moved toward the Stardust spacecraft (right). The protective canister will enclose Stardust before the spacecraft is moved to Launch Pad 17-A, C... More