KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Members of the STS-109 crew look over the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Members of the STS-109 crew look over the interior of orbiter Columbia's payload bay. At right is Mission Specialist Michael Massimino; next to him is Commander Scott Altman. The c... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vertical Processing Facility, wor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vertical Processing Facility, workers watch while an overhead crane lowers the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) toward the Axial Science Instrument Protective Enclosure (A... More
STS109-714-023 - STS-109 - EVA 2 - Newman installs insulation plate on...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-109 mission specialist James Newman prepares to install an insulation plate on the \n -V3 plane of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in the orbiter C... More
STS111-310-019 - STS-111 - View of the MLI on the CMG on the Z1 truss ...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up view of the multilayer insulation (MLI) thermal blanket covering the Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG) attached to the aft side of the Z1 truss. ... More
STS111-310-020 - STS-111 - View of the MLI on the CMG on the Z1 truss ...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up view of the multilayer insulation (MLI) thermal blanket covering the Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMG) attached to the aft side of the Z1 truss. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A grey sky silhouettes Space Shuttle Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A grey sky silhouettes Space Shuttle Columbia, atop its Mobile Launcher Platform, as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A. Underneath is the crawler-transporter, which carries the multi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, the STS-109 crew sta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, the STS-109 crew stands in the White Room, outside the entry into Space Shuttle Columbia. Standing, left to right, are Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, Ja... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Rotating Service Structure is rolled...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Rotating Service Structure is rolled back from Space Shuttle Columbia in preparation for launch Feb. 28, 2002, at 6:48 a.m. EST (11:48 GMT) on mission STS-109. In the photo is ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Rotating Service Structure (RSS) roll...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Rotating Service Structure (RSS) rolls back to launch position for the second time in two days after a scrub of mission STS-109 the day before. NASA managers had determined the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Martin Wilson, with United Space Allian...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Martin Wilson, with United Space Alliance, describes an orbiter’s Thermal Protection System for members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG). Handling some of... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata looks at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata looks at the spars installed on the wing of the orbiter Atlantis. Reinforced Carbon Carbon (RCC) panels are mechanically attached to the wing via t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gestures...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata gestures as he examines the spar installation (behind him) on the wing of the orbiter Atlantis. Reinforced Carbon Carbon (RCC) panels are mechanica... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A closeup of the stitching being done on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A closeup of the stitching being done on pieces of insulation blankets inside the ring that fits in the nose cap of Discovery. The blankets consist of layered, pure silica felt sa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A KSC employee unpacks and sorts equipm...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A KSC employee unpacks and sorts equipment moved from the Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF), damaged by Hurricane Frances, to a hangar and storage facility near the KSC Sh... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC employees check out equipment moved...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC employees check out equipment moved from the Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF), damaged by Hurricane Frances, to a hangar and storage facility near the KSC Shuttle Lan... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Equipment from the Thermal Protection S...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Equipment from the Thermal Protection System Facility (TPSF), damaged by Hurricane Frances, is relocated to a hangar and storage facility near the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. Pr... More
This construction worker wraps insulation around the air ducts in the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE Scene Camera Operator: Bj Weiner... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Press Site at NASA's Kennedy Spac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Press Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Charles Wassen, with the United Space Alliance Micro Inspection Team, demonstrates the boroscope camera probe, with the light glow... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) technicians install piping insulation on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The JEM, develope... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop the mobile ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop the mobile launcher platform, rolls back into high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A. A severe thunderstorm with golf ball-si... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the early morning light on Launch P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the early morning light on Launch Pad 39A, Space Shuttle Atlantis is revealed after rollback of the rotating service structure (at left). The shuttle is being rolled back to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a nearly clear blue sky, Space Sh...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a nearly clear blue sky, Space Shuttle Atlantis maneuvers the curve on the crawlerway as it heads back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39A (in the backgroun... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On an upper level of high bay 1 of the V...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On an upper level of high bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians place protective material around the nose cone of Atlantis' external tank. The nose cone will undergo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, a technician carefully begins to sand away the red dye that has been applied to the external tank to help expose cracks or compre... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building, the repair work of hail damage on Atlantis' external tank is inspected. At left is Brian Miller, with NASA Quality Assurance; at right is Mike... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From a vantage point across scrub land...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From a vantage point across scrub lands and the Banana River, Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen finally sitting on Launch Pad 39A. Atlantis rolled out to the pad for the second tim... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on a m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on a mobile launch platform, finally rests next to the fixed service structure on the hard stand of Launch Pad 39A after an early morning rollout.... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on a mo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on a mobile launch platform, rolls to Launch Pad 39A atop a crawler transporter at sunrise. First motion was at 5:02 a.m. EDT. In late February, ... More
[Severe Storms and Flooding] Big Lake, MO, 6-16-2007 -- Fred Weaver re...
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Now that the foam insulation is removed ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Now that the foam insulation is removed from the external tank, the crack in the super lightweight ablator, or SLA, cork insulation is visible as had been observed previously by X-... More
S124E006353 - STS-124 - STS-124 EVA 2 JEM Zenith ACBM Prep
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of EV1 Fossum, in the red striped EMU, and EV2 Garan, in the white striped EMU as they work to prepare the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibo Ze... More
S124E006366 - STS-124 - STS-124 EVA 2 JEM Zenith ACBM Prep
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Partial view of EV1 Fossum, in the red striped EMU, as he works to prepare the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Kibo Zenith Active Common Berthing Mecha... More
[Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding] Norfork, AR, March 26, 2008 -...
Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the tile shop at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the tile shop at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker holds one of the Boeing Replacement Insulation 18, or BRI-18, tiles being prepared for installation on space shuttles. BRI-18 i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the walls for the Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility get a layer of high-density foam insulation. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the last outside wall of the Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility is lifted into place. Concrete la... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker examines the foam insulation on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. Two cracks on a section of the tank’s ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's exter...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank begins in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians will modify 32 support beams, c... More
ISS030-E-079949 (16 Feb. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov,...
ISS030-E-079949 (16 Feb. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Expedition 30 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space St... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The heat shield tiles that will be installed to the backshell of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Exploration Flight Test EFT-1 capsule are manufactured inside the Thermal Protecti... More
Hughes, AK, September 19, 2013 -- The California Hoopa Tribe volunteer...
The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-09-19 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: Adam DuBrowa City/State: Hughes, AK Disasters: Alaska Flooding (DR-4122) Disaster Types: Flooding Categor... More
Galena, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2013 -- United Methodists Volunteer in Missio...
The original finding aid described this as: Date Taken: 2013-08-24 00:00:00 UTC Photographer Name: FEMA News Photo City/State: Galena, AK Keywords: Alaska ^ Volunteer ^ volunteers ^ drywall ^ united mehodis... More
House by Lightbound showing insulation. House insulation view IV
Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More
Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. Generator hall. Roof is supported by ...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A technician takes computed radiography scans ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A technician takes computed radiography scans of space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. The shuttle stack, consisting of the shuttle, external tank and solid rocket boosters, was ... More
STS050-208-017 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-233-021 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-233-002 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-233-018 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-208-001 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-258A-014 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Im...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-258A-008 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Im...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-208-020 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Becky Hendricks, wearing a prote...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Lisa M. Brown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
STS050-234-005 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-234-013 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-234-020 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-234-024 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-234-007 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS050-234-012 - STS-050 - Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Ima...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Wire Insulation Flammability Experiment Imagery from the self contained experiment camera in the Spacelab Glovebox, rack # 10. Each scene contains a str... More
STS051-72-072 - STS-051 - Camera on RMS surveys insulation on the ASE
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the camera on the end effector of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) surveying insulation on the Airborne Support Eq... More
HYBRID THERMAL CONTROL TESTING AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL MULTI LAYER INSULAT...
HYBRID THERMAL CONTROL TESTING AT THE SUPPLEMENTAL MULTI LAYER INSULATION RESEARCH FACILITY - SEE ALSO C-1998-1923 THRU C-1998-1941
STS082-350-033 - STS-082 - Horowitz fashions MLI patches on Flight Day...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-82 Pilot Scott Horowitz fashions Multilayer Insulation (MLI) patches in the middeck on Flight Day 7. Horowitz displays the long sheet of paper that ... More
STS082-745-036 - STS-082 - HST, views of the telescope and torn therma...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and torn thermal insulation on this second servicing mission (HST SM-02). Oblique views of +V3 side with torn ... More
STS082-354-005 - STS-082 - MLI patches displayed in middeck
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Several sizes of multilayer insulation (MLI) patches which were made to be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the second servicing mis... More
STS082-357-027 - STS-082 - HST, closeup details of Multilayer Insulati...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Closeup details of the Multilayer Insulation (MLI) patches installed on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to cover cracked insulation on Extravehicular A... More
Maintenance crews from the 721 Tactical Airlift Control Element use in...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC Scene Camera Operator: SSGT ... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Randy Scott (left) and Pa...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, Randy Scott (left) and Pat Wedeman (right), with Lockheed Martin Astronautics, check the insulation material on the kscpao/captions/subjects/stardust.htm">Stardust</... More
At Launch pad 39B, Mike Barber, with United Space Alliance safety, poi...
At Launch pad 39B, Mike Barber, with United Space Alliance safety, points to one of the holes caused by hail on Space Shuttle Discovery's external tank (ET). Workers are investigating the damage and potential p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a juncture in the crawlerway, a crawl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a juncture in the crawlerway, a crawler transporter slowly moves Space Shuttle Discovery, with its external tank and solid rocket boosters, to High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the early light of dawn, a crawler tr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the early light of dawn, a crawler transporter moves Space Shuttle Discovery, with its external tank and solid rocket boosters, from Pad 39B back to the Vehicle Assembly Buildin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- United Space Alliance technician Don Pat...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- United Space Alliance technician Don Pataky repairs hail-inflicted damage in the foam insulation on the external tank of Space Shuttle Discovery. The Shuttle was rolled back from P... More
STS-40 orbiter Columbia payload bay aft firewall and thermal insulatio...
STS040-031-030 (5-14 June 1991) --- Early on the first day of STS-40, the crew noticed that some of the thermal material on the aft firewall had loosened. They shot this 35mm frame of the area, which proved to... More
A C-5 air cargo plane opens to reveal a shipping container with payloa...
A C-5 air cargo plane opens to reveal a shipping container with payload flight hardware for the Third Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (SM-3A). The hardware will be taken to the Payload Hazardous Servic... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF), a part of payload flight hardware, intended for the third Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (SM-3A), is revealed afte... More
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, members of the STS-103 cr...
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, members of the STS-103 crew get instructions on use of rib clamps for the Shield Shell Replacement Fabric (SSRF) task on repair of the Hubble Space Telescope. The se... More
In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1, STS-103 Commander Curt...
In the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 1, STS-103 Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. sits in the command seat of the orbiter Discovery, inspecting the window. Brown and other crew members are at KSC to take pa... More
In the mid-deck of the orbiter Discovery, STS-103 crew Commander Curti...
In the mid-deck of the orbiter Discovery, STS-103 crew Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. and Pilot Scott J. Kelly check out part of the equipment to be flown on the mission, the repair and upgrade of the Hubble Spa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Discovery rolls along the to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Discovery rolls along the tow-way to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be mated with an external tank and solid rocket boosters for its launch on mission STS-... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Orbiter Discovery begins rolling into th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Orbiter Discovery begins rolling into the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking with an external tank and solid rocket boosters for its launch on mission STS-103. The launch date ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towering atop the mobile launcher platfo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towering atop the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, Space Shuttle Discovery rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to Launch Pad 39B which is 4.2 mil... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towering atop the mobile launcher platfo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Towering atop the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, Space Shuttle Discovery makes its trek along the stretch of crawlerway between the Vehicle Assembly Building and... More
During an interview at Launch Pad 39B, STS-103 Pilot Scott J. Kelly re...
During an interview at Launch Pad 39B, STS-103 Pilot Scott J. Kelly responds to a question from the media about the mission. Standing with him are the remainder of the crew: (left to right) Commander Curtis L. ... More
STS-103 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale (Ph.D.) (at right) respond...
STS-103 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale (Ph.D.) (at right) responds to a question from the media about the mission during an interview at Launch Pad 39B. Next to him is Mission Specialist John M. Grunsfeld ... More
In the slidewire basket on Launch Pad 39B, STS-103 Mission Specialists...
In the slidewire basket on Launch Pad 39B, STS-103 Mission Specialists Jean-François Clervoy of France (left) and Steven L. Smith take a break to pose for the photographer. The baskets are part of the emergency... More
The STS-103 crew pose for photographers with their loved ones at Launc...
The STS-103 crew pose for photographers with their loved ones at Launch Pad 39B. Space Shuttle Discovery is in the background, next to the Fixed Service Structure lit up like a Christmas tree. Viewed left to ri... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, the STS-103 crew are all smil...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, the STS-103 crew are all smiles as they gather for breakfast before suiting up for launch. From left are Mission Specialists Claude Nicollier of Switzerland and C. Micha... More
A cloud-streaked sky provides backdrop for Space Shuttle Discovery as ...
A cloud-streaked sky provides backdrop for Space Shuttle Discovery as it waits for liftoff on mission STS-103 from Launch Pad 39B. The tower at its left is the Fixed Service Structure, topped by the 80-foot-tal... More
STS-103 Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. is suited up and ready to go for...
STS-103 Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. is suited up and ready to go for the second launch attempt of Space Shuttle Discovery. The previous launch attempt on Dec. 17 was scrubbed about 8:52 p.m. due to numerous v... More
(Nikon camera D1 test)The blazing light of Space Shuttle Discovery's l...
(Nikon camera D1 test)The blazing light of Space Shuttle Discovery's launch turns night into day at Launch Pad 39B as billows of smoke and steam rise behind it. The successful liftoff occurred on time at 7:50:0... More
(Nikon camera D1 test)The blazing light of Space Shuttle Discovery's l...
(Nikon camera D1 test)The blazing light of Space Shuttle Discovery's launch turns night into day at Launch Pad 39B. The successful liftoff occurred on time at 7:50:00.069 EST from Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-... More
Turning night into day, the brilliance of Space Shuttle Discovery's la...
Turning night into day, the brilliance of Space Shuttle Discovery's launch is reflected in the waters nearby. Liftoff occurred at 7:50 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39B. On board are Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., P... More
As he exits the Crew Hatch Access Vehicle, STS-103 Commander Curtis L....
As he exits the Crew Hatch Access Vehicle, STS-103 Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. is greeted with a handshake by Joseph Rothenberg, associate administrator, Office of Space Flight. Descending the stairs behind B... More
STS-103 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale (Ph.D.) holds one of his c...
STS-103 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale (Ph.D.) holds one of his children on the runway at Patrick Air Force Base, as his wife, Rhonda, looks on. The STS-103 crew and their families are preparing to board a... More
STS-103 Payload Commander Steven L. Smith and his wife, Peggy, smile f...
STS-103 Payload Commander Steven L. Smith and his wife, Peggy, smile for the camera on the runway at Patrick Air Force Base. The STS-103 crew and their families are preparing to board an airplane that will retu... More
STS098-714-001 - STS-098 - Payload bay insulation blanket seen from De...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey of the STS-98 orbiter Atlantis payload bay insulation blanket as seen from the new, photo quality window in the International Space Station (ISS... More
STS098-714-009 - STS-098 - Payload bay insulation blanket seen from De...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey of the STS-98 orbiter Atlantis payload bay insulation blanket as seen from the new, photo quality window in the International Space Station (ISS... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Part of the equipment to be used on mis...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Part of the equipment to be used on mission STS-109, servicing the Hubble Space Telescope, arrives at a facility at KSC. The primary servicing tasks of the mission are to replace... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers in the Vertical Processing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Workers in the Vertical Processing Facility begin to unwrap the payload that recently arrived for STS-109, whose mission is servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. The primary serv... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - In the Vertical Processing Facility, memb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - In the Vertical Processing Facility, members of the STS-109 crew practice on some of the equipment for their Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing mission. Seen in the foreground ... More