KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers help the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Donatello settle onto a work stand. Previously housed in the Operations and Checkout Buil... More
STS098-715-046 - STS-098 - Earth observations taken during STS-98 miss...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-98 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-98, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- As Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off fro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- As Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on mission STS-101, twin columns of smoke from the solid rocket boosters trail behind. Liftoff occurred on time at 6:11:10 ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians prepare to install window No. 4 on space shuttle Atlantis. The work i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility 1, technicians begin a functional test on the orbital docking system on space shuttle Atlantis. The STS-129 mission will delive... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard folds the U.S. f... More
STS-106 Mission Specialist Richard A. Mastracchio is helped with his l...
STS-106 Mission Specialist Richard A. Mastracchio is helped with his launch and entry suit in the White Room before entering Space Shuttle Atlantis. The perfect on-time liftoff of Atlantis on mission STS-106 oc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- STS-123 Commander Dominic Gorie, in front, an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- STS-123 Commander Dominic Gorie, in front, and Mission Specialist Mike Foreman exit the crew transport vehicle at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. The vehicle prov... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery and its companion T-38 jet fly over Space Launch Complex-17 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after taking off from NAS... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians in the Space Station Processing Fa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to lift and load the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, Robonaut 2, or R2, into t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-130 Mission Specialist Kathryn Hire takes her crew and instructor for a ride in an M113 armored personnel carrier during driving practice. L... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the w...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world take a moment from the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting being held at Kennedy Space Center for a group portrait, fra... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim pauses for a photo. The space shuttle Atlantis crew members arrived at K... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The fiery liftoff of Space Shuttle Di...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The fiery liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery from Launch Pad 39B on mission STS-116 is captured in the nearby water. Liftoff occurred on time at 8:47 p.m. EST. This was the sec... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Sp...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the payload canister holding Space Shuttle Discovery's payloads is lifted off its transporter toward the payload changeout room ... More
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
This aerial photo captures many of the facilities involved in Space Sh...
This aerial photo captures many of the facilities involved in Space Shuttle launches. At center is the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The curved road on the near side is the newly restored crawlerway leading ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In this aerial view, NASA's Orion crew module,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In this aerial view, NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck is passing the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on it... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After rollback of the rotating service st...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After rollback of the rotating service structure, or RSS, on Launch Pad 39A, Space Shuttle Endeavour stands bathed in spotlights. Rollback started at 9 p.m. EDT Aug. 7 and was compl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After their successful STS-124 mission and la...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After their successful STS-124 mission and landing on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Mission Specialists Karen Nyberg and Akihiko Hoshide, Pilot Ken Ham and Mission Specialis... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anders...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anderson completes suit check prior to Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include a simulated launch countdown at the pad. ST... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After the successful launch of space s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After the successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (right) cuts the tie of NASA Flow Director for Endeavour Ken Tenbusch, a tradition f... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-108 Mission Specialist Daniel M. Ta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-108 Mission Specialist Daniel M. Tani is ready to practice driving an M-113 armored personnel carrier. He and other crew members are taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonst... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Mission Specialist Leopold Eyharts dons ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Mission Specialist Leopold Eyharts dons his launch and entry suit for launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-122 mission. Eyharts represents the European Space Agency. The la... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Billows of smoke and the water near Launch Pad ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Billows of smoke and the water near Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida capture the brilliant light of space shuttle Discovery's lift-off on the STS-119 mission. The... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, far right, watches as, left to right, United Space Alliance quali... 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, the payload canister is lifted toward the payload changeout room, or PCR, on the rotating service structure. The red umbilica... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An Air Force HC-130 rescue tanker flies over t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An Air Force HC-130 rescue tanker flies over the target area off Florida's central east coast during a rescue training exercise, known as Mode VIII. In support of, and with logistical s... More
STS122-S-064 (7 Feb. 2008) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seve...
STS122-S-064 (7 Feb. 2008) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member STS-122 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff from Kennedy Space... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are underway to install the right orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod on space shuttle At... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery sports two replica shut...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery sports two replica shuttle main engines (RSMEs) in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three RSMEs will be installed on Disco... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --- In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers prepare space shuttle Discovery's payload bay for payload installation. The launch of Discovery on its STS... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Accident Investi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board look at a segment of a solid rocket booster in Hangar AF (the SRB Disassembly Facility). The board is visiting sites at KSC to ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crawler-transporter 2, or CT-2, is on its way to the Park Site west of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The transporter has new brakes and muf... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tech...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the midfield of the Shuttle Landing Facility, or... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39A, the P1 Truss Seg...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 39A, the P1 Truss Segment is lifted to the level of the Payload Changeout Room. The P1 truss is the primary payload for Mission STS-113 to the International Spac... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view from above of repairs made to the walls...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view from above of repairs made to the walls of the Launch Pad 39A flame trench at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Workers sprayed a heat-resistant concrete called Fondue Fyre into steel... 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, workers begin to install a new ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. A hydro... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-120 crew don their launch and entry suits before heading to Launch Pad 39A for launch aboard space shuttle Discovery to the International S... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) performs tou...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) performs touch-and-go landings as the sun sets over the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-133 Commander Ste... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft, piloted by ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft, piloted by STS-98 Commander Ken Cockrell, taxis into line at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. The cockpit of the plane is outfitted like the Shuttle, ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler-transporter moves NASA's new mobile launcher (ML) support structure from a construction site, north of the Vehicle Assembly Building,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup of crawler-transportation (CT...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup of crawler-transportation (CT) number 2 shows the new muffler system on the vehicle. The CT also recently underwent modifications to the cab. The CT is transporting a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis moves into the Vehicle A...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis moves into the Vehicle Assembly Building from Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis will be moved to the Kennedy Space C... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, ST...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-123 crew members examine one of the cameras that will be used on the mission. From left are Mission Specialists Michael Foreman, Robert B... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) Processing Facility, Boeing-Rocketdyne crane operator Joe Ferrante (left) lowers SSME 2058, the first SSME fully assembled at KSC, onto an en... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Inside the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, former NASA astronaut and Hall of Famer Kathy Thornton walks the red carpet at the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After transfer of space shuttle Atlantis’ HST...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After transfer of space shuttle Atlantis’ HST payload on Launch Pad 39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the payload canister has been lowered onto the transporter. Umbilical... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Therrin Protze, chief operating officer for De...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Therrin Protze, chief operating officer for Delaware North Parks Services at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony honoring Henry W. "Hank" Hartsfield ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a T-38 jet training aircraft, STS-119 Commander Lee Archambault (left) is greeted by Pete Nickolenko, chief of the NASA Launc... More
Center Director Roy Bridges addresses the audience at the commissionin...
Center Director Roy Bridges addresses the audience at the commissioning of a new high-pressure helium pipeline at Kennedy Space Center that will service launch needs at the new Delta IV Complex 37 at Cape Canav... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building (O&C) a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Operations and Checkout Building (O&C) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the astronauts of space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew put on their launch-and-entry suits and c... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the accordion-like arm of a rack insertion device moves a science rack into position for installation i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 crew members check out storage containers they will use on the mission. From left are Mission Speciali... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Orbiter Processing Facility, ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Orbiter Processing Facility, space shuttle Endeavour settles on its transporter for the trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In high bay 1 of the VAB, Endeavour will ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, an overhead crane lifts the Orbital Replacement Unit Carrier, or ORUC, and moves it across the floor to instal... More
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 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Paul Hintze (left) explains to Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Paul Hintze (left) explains to Center Director Jim Kennedy a project he is working at the KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site. Hitze is doing post-graduate work for the National Res... More
With Capt. George Hoggard, trainer with the KSC Fire Department, ridin...
With Capt. George Hoggard, trainer with the KSC Fire Department, riding on top, Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata of Japan practices driving the M-113, part of emergency egress training during Terminal Countdown... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Sh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, takes off from the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA, a modified 74... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Flaming rockets propel Space Shuttle Atl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Flaming rockets propel Space Shuttle Atlantis off Launch Pad 39B for a rendezvous with the International Space Station on mission STS-115. In the background is the Atlantic Ocean.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shuttle Atlantis is lifted by an overhead crane and moved into a high bay where it will be attached to its ext... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As afternoon storm clouds sweep across a ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As afternoon storm clouds sweep across a dune near Launch Pad 39A, Space Shuttle Endeavour is seen from the back side. In front of it is the 290-foot-tall water tower that provides... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Its tail of smoke twisting in the sky, Sp...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Its tail of smoke twisting in the sky, Space Shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky on mission STS-110. Liftoff occurred at 4:44:19 p.m. EDT (20:41:19 GMT). Carrying the S0 Integrated ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A, Mi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A, Mission Specialist Barbara R. Morgan adjusts the collar of her launch and entry suit before she enters Space Shuttle Endeavour. Morgan, the t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-126 Mission Specialist Steve Bowen fits hi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-126 Mission Specialist Steve Bowen fits his helmet during suit-up in the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Bowen and other crew members are ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SL...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds preparations under way to lift space shuttle Discovery onto the back of the Shuttle Carri... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The tail cone for space shuttle Discovery’s th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The tail cone for space shuttle Discovery’s three replica shuttle main engines (RSMEs) is being transported to Orbiter processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians monitor the progress as space shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay doors begin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The late afternoon sun highlights the ex...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The late afternoon sun highlights the external tank and solid rocket booster on Space Shuttle Columbia after rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. Visible a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-130 Mission Specialist Stephen Robinson takes his crew and instructor for a ride in an M113 armored personnel carrier during driving practic... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery, mounted to a Shuttle C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery, mounted to a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, takes off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15 in Florida at 7 a.m. EDT and makes a ... More
The space shuttle Atlantis moves to Launch Pad 39A during rollout at t...
The space shuttle Atlantis moves to Launch Pad 39A during rollout at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, in Florida. ( NASA Photo / Houston Chronicle, Smiley N. Pool ).
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crew members on board Liberty Star, one of NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crew members on board Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, haul in the massive parachute from the right spent booster from space shuttle Discovery's final la... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-123 Mission Specialist Rick Linne...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-123 Mission Specialist Rick Linnehan is helped with his boot during suitup for launch on space shuttle Endeavour. The crew will make a record-breaking 16-day mission to the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a solid rocket booster segment (upper left) is mated with the lower segment. The booster is part of the shut... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Participants in a rescue training exercise, kn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Participants in a rescue training exercise, known as Mode VIII, are successfully launched from a U.S. Coast Guard rescue boat off Florida's central east coast. In support of, and with l... More
S3/S4 Integrated Truss being moved into the Space Shuttle Payloa
In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane settles the S3/S4 integrated truss into the payload canister. After it is stowed in the canister, the S3/S4 truss will be transported to the launch pa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers brief media about their unanimous approval to proceed with space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 missio... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's Projec...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander for free flight test number 15 on a launch pad at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenned... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 2 at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility 2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-126 crew members are lowered inside space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay to inspect hardware like the shuttle's robo... More
TDRS-L Tribute Decal to Arthur "Skip" Mackey, Jr.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This memorial message was added to the Atlas V rocket for NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L, spacecraft being prepared for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers check the inside of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo before closing the hatch. The ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a crane lifts a frustum towards platforms separating the transfer aisle from a high bay. The solid rocket booster... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a crew equipment interface test i...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During a crew equipment interface test in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Commander Mark Kelly closely examines a window in the cockpi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin talks to the media at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility following his arrival to participate in three... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Commande...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Commander Steve Frick puts on his helmet, part of his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. The STS-122 crew is preparing for a simul... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tho...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, thousands of workers, their friends and families, and members of the news media are near the Launch Complex 39 Press Site to watch space shuttl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis foreground is towed in to Orbiter Processing Facility-1 after being towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB. Workers... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, at right...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, at right, fly past Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center where space shuttle Endeavour waits to launch on the STS-123 mission. At left, the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- While in the White Room to complete sui...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- While in the White Room to complete suiting up before climbing into Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-116 Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick sends a message home. In the background i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After sunset, lights glow on Launch Pad 39A at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After sunset, lights glow on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Atlantis awaits delivery of the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module (MPLM) in ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Twin columns of flame from the solid ro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Twin columns of flame from the solid rocket boosters illuminate the clouds of smoke and steam as Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on mission STS-92, the fifth construction flight... More
Shuttle T&R Offload Wind Restraint System Test 2011-4529
Shuttle T&R Offload Wind Restraint System Test Public domain photograph of Apollo Moon Program, space race, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With the help of the Closeout Crew in the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With the help of the Closeout Crew in the White Room on Launch Pad 39B, STS-114 Commander Eileen Collins adjusts her launch suit before entering Space Shuttle Discovery. The crew i... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Expedition 6 crew member Nikolai Budarin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Expedition 6 crew member Nikolai Budarin stands ready for a practice drive in an M-113 armored personnel carrier during emergency egress training at the pad, one of the Terminal Co... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, nea...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, near the Mate/Demate Device (backgound), the P5 truss is rolled out from the Super Guppy aircraft that delivered it. The truss will be transpor... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, Assistant Launch Director Pete Nickolenko and Flow Director... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare to re-install the three fuel cells in space shuttle Discovery’s mid-body. The fuel c... More