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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  STS-60: Discovery KSC-94pc0222

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-60: Discovery KSC-94pc0222

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-60: Discovery Public domain photograph of Space Shuttle launch complex, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia just prior to touchdown, at the end of STS-62

Columbia just prior to touchdown, at the end of STS-62

STS062-S-031 (18 March 1994) --- The main landing gear on the Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The scene followed almost 14-days in Earth-orbit ... More

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas -- --  STS065(S)002 -- STS-65 Official Crew Portrait --- Six NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist take a break from STS-65 training to pose for their crew portrait.  Left to right are Richard J. Hieb, Leroy Chiao, James D. Halsell Jr., Robert D. Cabana, Dr. Chiaki Mukai, Donald A. Thomas and Carl E. Walz.  Cabana is mission commander, and Halsell has been assigned as pilot.  Hieb is payload commander, with Walz, Thomas and Chiao serving as mission specialists. Dr. Mukai represents the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan as payload specialist on the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML) mission. KSC-94PC-611

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas -- -- STS065(S)002 -- STS-65 Off...

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas -- -- STS065(S)002 -- STS-65 Official Crew Portrait --- Six NASA astronauts and a Japanese payload specialist take a break from STS-65 training to pose for their crew portr... More

Liftoff of STS-59 Shuttle Endeavour

Liftoff of STS-59 Shuttle Endeavour

STS059-S-036 (9 April 1994) --- The liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour is backdropped against a dawn sky at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as six NASA astronauts head for a week and a half in Earth orbit. ... More

Liftoff of STS-59 Shuttle Endeavour

Liftoff of STS-59 Shuttle Endeavour

STS059-S-037 (9 April 1994) --- The liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour is backdropped against a dawn sky at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) as six NASA astronauts head for a week and a half in Earth orbit. ... More

KSC-95pc0278. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

KSC-95pc0278. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (S94-34938) Official portrait of Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, flight engineer representing Rosaviakosmos.

Space Shuttle Columbia, ksc-94pc-0866

Space Shuttle Columbia, ksc-94pc-0866

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39A on July 8, 1994 at 12:43 p.m. EDT to begin the 14-day STS-65/Internatinal Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) mission. The mi... More

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, with drag chute deployed lands at KSC SLF

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, with drag chute deployed lands at KSC SLF

The Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, its drag chute fully deployed, completes a record duration mission as it lands on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)... More

STS095-704-066 - STS-095 - Earth observations taken during STS-95 mission

STS095-704-066 - STS-095 - Earth observations taken during STS-95 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken during the STS-95 mission from the space shuttle Discovery including: KSC. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-9... More

STS061-29-023 - STS-061 - Post landing views of STS-61 crew with KSC personnel and families

STS061-29-023 - STS-061 - Post landing views of STS-61 crew with KSC p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various post-landing views of the STS-61 crew with Kennedy Space Center (KSC) personnel and with their families. Subject Terms: POSTFLIGHT ANALYSIS, PE... More

KSC-97PC-1655. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

KSC-97PC-1655. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, mission specialist. Public domain photograph related to NASA research activity, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

STS061-29-025 - STS-061 - Post landing views of STS-61 crew with KSC personnel and families

STS061-29-025 - STS-061 - Post landing views of STS-61 crew with KSC p...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various post-landing views of the STS-61 crew with Kennedy Space Center (KSC) personnel and with their families. Subject Terms: POSTFLIGHT ANALYSIS, PE... More

STS088-719-025 - STS-088 - Earth observation taken during STS-88 mission

STS088-719-025 - STS-088 - Earth observation taken during STS-88 missi...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-88 mission from the space shuttle Endeavour including: Kennedy Space Center, Florida. View 025 was selected by t... More

Launch of STS-63 Discovery. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Launch of STS-63 Discovery. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...

STS063-S-007 (3 Feb 1995) --- The race to catch up with the Russia's Mir gets underway as the Space Shuttle Discovery launches from Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 12:22:04 (EST), February 3, 1995. Disc... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  A Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) hoist prepares to lift the first Block 1 engine to be installed in an orbiter into the number one position on Discovery while the spaceplane is being prepared for the STS-70 mission in the high bay of Orbiter Processing Facility 2.  The new engine, SSME No. 2036, features a new high-pressure liquid oxygen turbopump, a two-duct powerhead, a baffleless main injector, a single-coil heat exchanger and start sequence modifications.  The other two main engines to be used during the liftoff of the STS-70 mission are of the existing Phase II design. KSC-95PC585

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) hoist...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) hoist prepares to lift the first Block 1 engine to be installed in an orbiter into the number one position on Discovery while the spaceplane is b... More

Space Shuttle Endeavor, Hurricane Luis, Caribbean

Space Shuttle Endeavor, Hurricane Luis, Caribbean

STS069-731-031 (9 September 1995) --- Hurricane Luis is captured on film in its latter days in the Caribbean in this 70mm frame. During the 11-plus day mission, the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavou... More

View of the Wake Shield Facility on the RMS arm

View of the Wake Shield Facility on the RMS arm

STS069-723-072 (11 September 1995) --- Prior to being released by Space Shuttle Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) for a period of time, the Wake Shield Facility (WSF) is backdropped against the darkne... More

Astronaut Newman on flight deck

Astronaut Newman on flight deck

STS069-378-027 (7-18 September 1995) --- Astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist, turns 180 degrees to pose for a photograph at his busy workstation on the middeck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Ende... More

STS-74 and Mir 20 crewmembers with U.N. scroll

STS-74 and Mir 20 crewmembers with U.N. scroll

STS074-324-002 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Several crew members with a scroll they signed commemorating the 50th anniversary of the United Nations (U.N.). In the frame (left to right) are Sergei V. Avdeyev, Kenneth D... More

Astronaut Hadfield and Mir 20 crewmembers on Atlantis aft flight deck

Astronaut Hadfield and Mir 20 crewmembers on Atlantis aft flight deck

STS074-335-027 (12-20 Nov 1995) --- Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield joins two Mir-20 cosmonauts as they share a unique view through windows on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Cosmonauts Yuriy P.... More

STS075-712-077 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

STS075-712-077 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-75 mission from the space shuttle Columbia including: Kennedy Space Center (065-9). Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERV... More

STS075-740-089 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75 mission

STS075-740-089 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-75 mission from the space shuttle Columbia includes: Kennedy Space Center (89-91). Many views have a faint light... More

STS075-712-076 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

STS075-712-076 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-75 mission from the space shuttle Columbia including: Kennedy Space Center (065-9). Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERV... More

STS075-712-081 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

STS075-712-081 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-75 mission from the space shuttle Columbia including: Kennedy Space Center (065-9). Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERV... More

STS075-322-003 - STS-075 - STS-75 crew preparations for reentry

STS075-322-003 - STS-075 - STS-75 crew preparations for reentry

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Pilot Scott Horowitz (right) and Payload specialist Umberto Guidoni prepare to don their orange launch and entry suits (LES) prior to reentry and return... More

STS075-712-098 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

STS075-712-098 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-75 mission from the space shuttle Columbia including: Kennedy Space Center (065-9). Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERV... More

STS075-303-004 - STS-075 - STS-75 crew post-flight activities

STS075-303-004 - STS-075 - STS-75 crew post-flight activities

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various scenes of postflight activities at the Kennedy Space Center after the landing of the STS-75 mission including: Payload specialist Umberto Guidon... More

STS075-303-003 - STS-075 - STS-75 crew post-flight activities

STS075-303-003 - STS-075 - STS-75 crew post-flight activities

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Various scenes of postflight activities at the Kennedy Space Center after the landing of the STS-75 mission including: Mission specialist Claude Nicolli... More

STS075-712-086 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

STS075-712-086 - STS-075 - Earth observations taken during STS-75

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-75 mission from the space shuttle Columbia including: Kennedy Space Center (065-9). Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERV... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Official portrait of JoAnn Morgan, director, External Relations and Business Development. KSC-97d0001

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Official portrait of JoAnn Morgan, direc...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Official portrait of JoAnn Morgan, director, External Relations and Business Development.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  STS-77: Atlantis KSC-96pc0709

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-77: Atlantis KSC-96pc0709

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-77: Atlantis

STS-77 landing view. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

STS-77 landing view. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

STS077-S-012 (29 May 1996) --- As its drag chute is released on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), the Space Shuttle Endeavour marks its return to Earth following a ten-day mission in space. Touchdow... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC, installation is under way of the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft.  The MOC is one of a suite of six scientific instruments that will gather data about Martian topography, mineral distribution and weather during a two-year period.  The Mars Global Surveyor is slated for launch aboard a Delta II expendable launch vehicle on Nov. 6, the beginning of a 20-day launch period.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC, installation is under way of the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The MOC is one of a suite of... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis, with its new external tank/solid rocket booster stack, rolls out to Pad 39A on August 20, 1996, in preparation for launch of STS-79 on the fourth Mir docking mission. Atlantis will return Astronaut Shannon Lucid to Earth after her record-breaking stay by an American on the Russian space  station. Lucid has completed 21 weeks in space this week. Astronaut John Blaha will trade places with Lucid for a planned four-month stay aboard Mir. Atlantis will also carry the first SPACEHAB Double Module KSC-96PC995

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis, with its new external tank/sol...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis, with its new external tank/solid rocket booster stack, rolls out to Pad 39A on August 20, 1996, in preparation for launch of STS-79 on the fourth Mir docking mission. Atl... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston.  From left are Mission Specialists John E. Blaha and Tom Akers; Commander William F. Readdy; PIlot Terrence W. Wilcutt; and Mission Specialists Jay Apt and Carl E. Walz.  The astronauts are at KSC for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, a dress rehearsal for launch.  They are scheduled to lift off around Sept. 12 on Mission STS-79, the fourth docking between the U.S. Shuttle and Russian Space Station Mir.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Sh...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialists John E. Blaha and Tom... More

Views of the whole Mir space station

Views of the whole Mir space station

STS079-821-036 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Following the Space Shuttle Atlantis - Russian Mir Space Station undocking activities, a crew member captured this 70mm frame of Mir as the two crews shared their final com... More

STS-79 crew at aft flight deck overhead windows with Mir in background

STS-79 crew at aft flight deck overhead windows with Mir in background

STS079-353-007 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, on the Space Shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck, takes pictures of Earth for study by Earth observations scientists at the Johnson Space Cente... More

STS-79 and Mir 22 crew exchange greetings after hatch opening

STS-79 and Mir 22 crew exchange greetings after hatch opening

STS079-355-016 (16-26 Sept. 1996) --- Astronauts Shannon W. Lucid and John E. Blaha reunite soon after the Space Shuttle Atlantis - Russia's Mir Space Station docking. Later, Lucid exchanged the blue Mir suit ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vividly framed by a tranquil Florida landscape, the Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at 2:55:47 p.m. EST, Nov. 19, 1996. Leading the veteran crew of Mission STS-80 is Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell; Kent V. Rominger is the pilot and the three mission specialists are Tamara E. Jernigan, Story Musgrave and Thomas D. Jones. At age 61, Musgrave becomes the oldest person ever to fly in space; he also ties astronaut John Young’s record for most number of spaceflights by a human being, and in embarking on his sixth Shuttle flight Musgrave has logged the most flights ever aboard NASA’s reusable space vehicle. The two primary payloads for STS-80 are the Wake Shield Facility-3 (WSF-3) and the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II). Two spacewalks also will be performed during the nearly 16-day mission. Mission STS-80 closes out the Shuttle flight schedule for 1996; it marks the 21st flight for Columbia and the 80th in Shuttle program history. KSC-96PC1289

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vividly framed by a tranquil Florida lan...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vividly framed by a tranquil Florida landscape, the Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at 2:55:47 p.m. EST, Nov. 19, 1996. Leading the veteran crew of Mission STS... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A diversified mission of astronomy, commercial space research and International Space Station preparation gets under way as the Space Shuttle Columbia climbs skyward from Launch Pad 39B at 2:55:47 p.m. EST, Nov. 19, 1996. Leading the veteran crew of Mission STS-80 is Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell; Kent V. Rominger is the pilot and the three mission specialists are Tamara E. Jernigan, Story Musgrave and Thomas D. Jones. At age 61, Musgrave becomes the oldest person ever to fly in space; he also ties astronaut John Young’s record for most number of spaceflights by a human being, and in embarking on his sixth Shuttle flight Musgrave has logged the most flights ever aboard NASA’s reusable space vehicle. The two primary payloads for STS-80 are the Wake Shield Facility-3 (WSF-3) and the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II). Two spacewalks also will be performed during the nearly 16-day mission. Mission STS-80 closes out the Shuttle flight schedule for 1996; it marks the 21st flight for Columbia and the 80th in Shuttle program history. KSC-96pc1286

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A diversified mission of astronomy, comm...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A diversified mission of astronomy, commercial space research and International Space Station preparation gets under way as the Space Shuttle Columbia climbs skyward from Launch Pa... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-80 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell peers out the window of the orbiter Columbia minutes after guiding the spacecraft to a successful landing on KSC’s Runway 33. Main gear touchdown occurred at 6:49:04 a.m. EST, Dec. 7. On board with Cockrell are four fellow crew members, Pilot Kent V. Rominger, and Mission Specialists Story Musgrave, Thomas D. Jones, and Tamara E. Jernigan, and the two primary payloads of the mission, the Wake Shield Facility-3 (WSF-3) and the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer-Shuttle Pallet Satellite II (ORFEUS-SPAS II). KSC-96pc1340

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-80 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell pee...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-80 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell peers out the window of the orbiter Columbia minutes after guiding the spacecraft to a successful landing on KSC’s Runway 33. Main gear touchdo... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39B for mission STS-81 KSC-96pc1345

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39B for missio...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis rolls out to Pad 39B for mission STS-81

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official retirement portrait of James A. Thomas, Deputy Director. Photo credit: NASA KSC-96PC-1423

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official retirement portrait of James A. Thomas...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Official retirement portrait of James A. Thomas, Deputy Director. Photo credit: NASA

S94E0040 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0040 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

S94E0088 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0088 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

STS081-330-023 - STS-081 - Earth observations taken during STS-81 mission

STS081-330-023 - STS-081 - Earth observations taken during STS-81 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-81 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis including: KSC . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS... More

S94E0028 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0028 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

S87E5000 - STS-087 - Launch of STS-87

S87E5000 - STS-087 - Launch of STS-87

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Launch of Columbia STS-87 at 1:46 p.m. CST from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex. The shuttle orbiter rises on a column of smoke ejected by the... More

S94E0119 - STS-094 - STS-94 Columbia payload bay closeout photos

S94E0119 - STS-094 - STS-94 Columbia payload bay closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 Columbia payload bay closeout electronic photography taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views include: EVA Wrench and portable ... More

STS081-738-011 - STS-081 - Earth observations taken during STS-81 mission

STS081-738-011 - STS-081 - Earth observations taken during STS-81 miss...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-81 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis including: Kennedy space center, Florida (002). Capetown, South Afric... More

S94E0042 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0042 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

STS-86. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

STS-86. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Launched: September 25, 1997, 10:34:19 p.m. EDT.Landing: October 6, 1997, 5:55:09 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Space Shuttle: Atlantis .Crew: Commander James D. Wetherbee, Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield... More

S94E0058 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0058 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

S94E0037 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0037 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

S94E0069 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0069 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography, taken at the request of MCC, taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views ... More

S94E0014 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

S94E0014 - STS-094 - STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-94 MSL (Spacelab) internal closeout electronic photography taken on May 31, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Views include: Upper Work Bench rack... More

The STS-81 flight crew is welcomed to KSC by NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (far right) and Johnson Space Center Director George Abbey (second from right) as they arrive at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission. They are (from left): Mission Commander Michael A. Baker; Pilot Brent W. Jett, Jr.; and Mission Specialists Peter J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff; John M. Grunsfeld, Marsha S. Ivins, and J.M. "Jerry" Linenger. The 10-day mission will feature the transfer of Linenger to Mir to replace astronaut John Blaha, who has been on the orbital laboratory since Sept. 19, 1996 after arrival there during the STS-79 mission. During STS-81, Shuttle and Mir crews will conduct risk mitigation, human life science, microgravity and materials processing experiments that will provide data for the design, development and operation of the International Space Station. The primary payload is the SPACEHAB-DM double module which will provide space for more than 2,000 pounds of hardware, food and water that will be transferred into the Russian space station during five days of docking operations. The SPACEHAB will also be used to return experiment samples from the Mir to Earth for analysis and for microgravity experiments during the mission KSC-97pc123

The STS-81 flight crew is welcomed to KSC by NASA Administrator Daniel...

The STS-81 flight crew is welcomed to KSC by NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (far right) and Johnson Space Center Director George Abbey (second from right) as they arrive at the space center for the final coun... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo/Saturn V Center Gala Grand Openin KSC-97pc130

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo/Saturn V Center Gala Grand Openin...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Apollo/Saturn V Center Gala Grand Openin

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Several Apollo program astronauts, along with their family members and friends, watch a simulation of an Apollo/Saturn V launch in a replica of a Launch Control Center firing room in the new Apollo/Saturn V Center (ASVC) at KSC prior to the gala grand opening ceremony for the facility that was held Jan. 8, 1997. The astronauts were invited to participate in the event, which also featured NASA Administrator Dan Goldin and KSC Director Jay Honeycutt. The ASVC also features several other Apollo program spacecraft component displays and multimedia presentations. The facility will be a part of the KSC bus tour that embarks from the KSC Visitor Center KSC-97pc114

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Several Apollo program astronauts, along...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Several Apollo program astronauts, along with their family members and friends, watch a simulation of an Apollo/Saturn V launch in a replica of a Launch Control Center firing room ... More

Like a rising sun lighting up the night, the Space Shuttle Atlantis soars from Launch Pad 39B at 4:27:23 a.m. EST Jan. 12 on its way to dock with the Mir space station for the fifth time. The 10-day mission will feature the transfer of Mission Specialist Jerry Linenger to Mir to replace astronaut John Blaha, who has been on the orbital laboratory since Sept. 19, 1996. The other STS-81 crew members include Mission Commander Michael A. Baker; Pilot Brent W. Jett, Jr.; and Mission Specialists John M. Grunsfeld, Peter J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff and Marsha S. Ivins. During the five-day docking operations, the Shuttle and Mir crews will conduct risk mitigation, human life science, microgravity and materials processing experiments that will provide data for the design, development and operation of the International Space Station. The primary payload is the SPACEHAB-DM double module that will provide space for more than 2,000 pounds of hardware, food and water that will be transferred into the Russian space station.The SPACEHAB will also be used to return experiment samples from the Mir to Earth for analysis and for microgravity experiments during the mission KSC-97pc142

Like a rising sun lighting up the night, the Space Shuttle Atlantis so...

Like a rising sun lighting up the night, the Space Shuttle Atlantis soars from Launch Pad 39B at 4:27:23 a.m. EST Jan. 12 on its way to dock with the Mir space station for the fifth time. The 10-day mission wil... More

Greeted by cheers from wellwishers at KSC and eager for their venture into space on the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, the STS-81 astronauts depart the Operations and Checkout Building and board the Astrovan for their 25-minute trip to Launch Pad 39B. Leading the six-member crew is Mission Commander Michael A. Baker, followed by Pilot Brent W. Jett, Jr. Behind them are Mission Specialists John M. Grunsfeld, Jerry Linenger, Peter J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff, and Marsha S. Ivins. Once at the pad, they will take their positions in the crew cabin of the Space Shuttle Atlantis to await a liftoff during a seven-minute window that will open at 4:27 a.m. EST, January 12 KSC-97pc140

Greeted by cheers from wellwishers at KSC and eager for their venture ...

Greeted by cheers from wellwishers at KSC and eager for their venture into space on the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, the STS-81 astronauts depart the Operations and Checkout Building and board the Astrova... More

KSC-97pc185. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

KSC-97pc185. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-82 Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). Crew members are Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, and Mis... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With its drag chute deployed, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 on the second opportunity at 9:22:44 a.m. EST Jan. 22 to conclude the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission and return NASA astronaut John Blaha to Earth after four months in space. At main gear touchdown, the STS-81 mission duration was 10 days, 4 hours, 55 minutes. This was the 34th KSC landing in Shuttle history. Mission Commander Michael A. Baker flew Atlantis to a perfect landing, with help from Pilot Brent W. Jett, Jr. Other returning STS-81 crew members are Mission Specialists John M.Grunsfeld, Peter J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff and Marsha S. Ivins. Atlantis also brought back experiment samples from the Russian space station Mir for analysis on Earth, along with Russian logistics equipment KSC-97pc191

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With its drag chute deployed, the Space ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With its drag chute deployed, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 on the second opportunity at 9:22:44 a.m. EST Jan. 22 to conclude the fifth Shuttle-Mir d... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin (center) and KSC Director of Shuttle Operations Robert B. Sieck (right) discuss the successful conclusion of the STS-81 mission with Mission Commander Michael A. Baker (left). They are underneath the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis after the space plane landed on Runway 33 at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility at 9:22:44 a.m. EST Jan. 22 to conclude the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission. At main gear touchdown, the STS-81 mission duration was 10 days, 4 hours, 55 minutes. This was the 34th KSC landing in Shuttle history KSC-97pc196

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin (cen...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin (center) and KSC Director of Shuttle Operations Robert B. Sieck (right) discuss the successful conclusion of the STS-81 mission with Mission Com... More

Space Systems/LORAL employees inspect solar panels for the GOES-K weather satellite in the Astrotech facility at Titusville, Fla., as they begin final testing of the imaging system, communications and power systems of the spacecraft. The GOES-K is the third spacecraft to be launched in the new advanced series of geostationary weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The GOES-K is built for NASA and NOAA by Space Systems/LORAL of Palo Alto, Calif. The launch of the satellite from Launch Pad 36B at Cape Canaveral Air Station on an Atlas 1 rocket (AC-79) is currently planned for Apr. 24 at the opening of a launch window which extends from 1:56 to 3:19 a.m. EDT KSC-97pc222

Space Systems/LORAL employees inspect solar panels for the GOES-K weat...

Space Systems/LORAL employees inspect solar panels for the GOES-K weather satellite in the Astrotech facility at Titusville, Fla., as they begin final testing of the imaging system, communications and power sys... More

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast and crew at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29 is captured by cameras on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The screenplay for "Contact" is based on the best-selling novel by the late astronomer Carl Sagan. The cast includes Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, John Hurt, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, David Morse, William Fichtner, Rob Lowe and Angela Bassett. Described by Warner Bros. as a science fiction drama, "Contact" will depict humankind's first encounter with evidence of extraterrestrial life KSC-97pc229

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast an...

The filming of scenes for the movie "Contact" by Warner Bros.' cast and crew at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 29 is captured by cameras on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Build... More

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 30. The screenplay for "Contact" is based on the best-selling novel by the late astronomer Carl Sagan. The cast includes Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, John Hurt, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, David Morse, William Fichtner, Rob Lowe and Angela Bassett. Described by Warner Bros. as a science fiction drama, "Contact" will depict humankind's first encounter with evidence of extraterrestrial life KSC-97pc233

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner B...

With the Vehicle Assembly Building looming in the background, Warner Bros.' cast and crew are filming scenes for the movie "Contact" at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39 Press Site on January 30. The scr... More

Space Shuttle Discovery, KSC-97pc259

Space Shuttle Discovery, KSC-97pc259

STS-82 crew members make a final inspection of the payload for the second Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission at Launch Pad 39A where the Space Shuttle Discovery is undergoing final preparations for ... More

STS-82 Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner dons his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building with assistance from a suit technician. This is Tanner’s second space flight. He and the six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff on a 10-day mission to service the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This will be the second HST servicing mission. Four back-to-back spacewalks are planned KSC-97pc269

STS-82 Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner dons his launch and e...

STS-82 Mission Specialist Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner dons his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building with assistance from a suit technician. This is Tanner’s second space flight. He and the s... More

As part of the final STS-82 prelaunch activities, the seven crew members gather for lunch and a photo opportunity in the Operations and Checkout Building. From left, are Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Mission Specialist Steven A. Hawley, Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, and Mission Specialists Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner, Steven L. Smith and Gregory J. Harbaugh. After a weather briefing, the astronauts will don their launch and entry suits and depart for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff during a 65-minute launch window which opens at about 3:55 a.m. EST, Feb. 11. The exact opening of the launch window will be announced a few hours before launch based on the final computation of the location of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). STS-82 will be the second mission to service the HST which was deployed in 1990 KSC-97pc268

As part of the final STS-82 prelaunch activities, the seven crew membe...

As part of the final STS-82 prelaunch activities, the seven crew members gather for lunch and a photo opportunity in the Operations and Checkout Building. From left, are Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, Mission S... More

STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz puts on a glove of his launch and entry suit with assistance from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Horowitz’s second space flight. He and the six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff on a 10-day mission to service the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This will be the second HST servicing mission. Four back-to-back spacewalks are planned KSC-97pc272

STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz puts on a glove of his launch and...

STS-82 Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz puts on a glove of his launch and entry suit with assistance from a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Horowitz’s second space flight. He and t... More

STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith gives a "thumbs up" while donning his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. A suit technician stands ready to assist with final adjustments. This is Smith’s second space flight. He and the six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Discovery awaits liftoff on a 10-day mission to service the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This will be the second HST servicing mission. Four back-to-back spacewalks are planned KSC-97pc271

STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith gives a "thumbs up" while do...

STS-82 Mission Specialist Steven L. Smith gives a "thumbs up" while donning his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. A suit technician stands ready to assist with final adjustments. Th... More

Roy D. Bridges Jr., KSC's next center director, at right, poses in the firing room of the Launch Control Center with two top contractor officials at Kennedy Space Center during the STS-82 launch of Discovery on the second Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. From left, are Michael J. McCulley, vice president and associate program manager for ground operations for United Space Alliance at KSC; and Bruce Melnick, vice president of McDonnell Douglas Space and Defense Systems-KSC. Bridges is slated to become KSC's seventh center director on March 2, succeeding Jay F. Honeycutt KSC-97pc302

Roy D. Bridges Jr., KSC's next center director, at right, poses in the...

Roy D. Bridges Jr., KSC's next center director, at right, poses in the firing room of the Launch Control Center with two top contractor officials at Kennedy Space Center during the STS-82 launch of Discovery on... More

/1997/41-97.htm">Columbia rolls out!</a KSC-97pc412

/1997/41-97.htm">Columbia rolls out!</a KSC-97pc412

kscpao/release/1997/41-97.htm">Columbia rolls out!</a

The STS-83 crew poses for the media at Launch Complex 39A during the crew's /1997/40-97.htm">Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT).</a> From left to right, they are Mission Commander James D. Halsell; Pilot Susan L. Still; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt, Donald Thomas, and Janice E. Voss; and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris KSC-97pc456

The STS-83 crew poses for the media at Launch Complex 39A during the c...

The STS-83 crew poses for the media at Launch Complex 39A during the crew's kscpao/release/1997/40-97.htm">Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT).</a> From left to right, they are Mission Commander James ... More

Three members of the STS-83 flight crew check out one of the baskets for the emergency egress slidewire system at Launch Pad 39A during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) exercises for that mission. Payload Specialist Gregory T. Linteris is in the center of the group. Other crew members on the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission are: Mission Commander James D. Halsell, Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialist Roger K. Crouch KSC-97pc466

Three members of the STS-83 flight crew check out one of the baskets f...

Three members of the STS-83 flight crew check out one of the baskets for the emergency egress slidewire system at Launch Pad 39A during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) exercises for that mission. P... More

STS-84 crew members pose outside the SPACEHAB Double Module, which will carry more than 6,000 pounds of scientific experiments and logistics to the Russian Space Station Mir. From left, are Mission Specialists Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European Space Agency, Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency, and Edward Tsang Lu of NASA. They are participating in the Crew Equipment Integration Test (CEIT) at the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. STS-84 will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. It also will be the third consecutive crew member exchange of U.S. astronauts aboard Mir. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale will replace astronaut Jerry M. Linenger on Mir. Linenger has been on Mir since the STS-81 mission in January. Foale is scheduled to remain on Mir about four months. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff KSC-97pc499

STS-84 crew members pose outside the SPACEHAB Double Module, which wil...

STS-84 crew members pose outside the SPACEHAB Double Module, which will carry more than 6,000 pounds of scientific experiments and logistics to the Russian Space Station Mir. From left, are Mission Specialists ... More

Apollo 7 Commander Walter M. "Wally" Schirra and his wife, Josephine, were among the many special NASA STS-83 launch guests who witnessed the liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia April 4 at the Banana Creek VIP Viewing Site at KSC. Columbia took off from Launch Pad 39A at 2:20:32 p.m. EST to begin the 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission KSC-97pc583

Apollo 7 Commander Walter M. "Wally" Schirra and his wife, Josephine, ...

Apollo 7 Commander Walter M. "Wally" Schirra and his wife, Josephine, were among the many special NASA STS-83 launch guests who witnessed the liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia April 4 at the Banana Creek VI... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 2:33:11 p.m. EDT, April 8, to conclude the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. At main gear touchdown, the STS-83 mission duration was 3 days, 23 hours, 12 minutes. The planned 16-day mission was cut short by a faulty fuel cell. This is only the third time in Shuttle program history that an orbiter was brought home early due to mechanical problems. This was also the 36th KSC landing since the program began in 1981. Mission Commander James D. Halsell, Jr. flew Columbia to a perfect landing with help from Pilot Susan L. Still. Other crew members are Payload Commander Janice E. Voss; Mission Specialists Michael L. Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. In spite of the abbreviated flight, the crew was able to perform MSL-1 experiments. The Spacelab-module-based experiments were used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station and to conduct combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing investigations KSC-97pc608

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 2:33:11 p.m. EDT, April 8, to conclude the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) missi... More

Workers prepare for the mating of the Atlas 1 payload fairing containing the GOES-K advanced weather satellite with the Lockheed Martin Atlas 1 expendable launch vehicle (AC-79) at Launch Complex 36, Pad B, Cape Canaveral Air Station. GOES-K will be the third spacecraft to be launched in the advanced series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES). The GOES satellites are owned and operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); NASA manages the design, development and launch of the spacecraft. GOES-K is targeted for an /1997/63-97.htm">April 24 launch</a> during a launch window which extends from 1:50-3:09 a.m. EDT KSC-97pc649

Workers prepare for the mating of the Atlas 1 payload fairing containi...

Workers prepare for the mating of the Atlas 1 payload fairing containing the GOES-K advanced weather satellite with the Lockheed Martin Atlas 1 expendable launch vehicle (AC-79) at Launch Complex 36, Pad B, Cap... More

The Spacelab long transfer tunnel that leads from the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia’s crew airlock to the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) Spacelab module in the spaceplane’s payload bay is removed by KSC paylaod processing employees in Orbiter Processing Facility 1. The tunnel was taken out to allow better access to the MSL-1 module during reservicing operations to prepare it for its reflight as MSL-1R. That mission is now scheduled to lift off July 1. This was the first time that this type of payload was reserviced without removing it from the payload bay. This new procedure pioneers processing efforts for quick relaunch turnaround times for future payloads. The Spacelab module was scheduled to fly again with the full complement of STS-83 experiments after that mission was cut short due to a faulty fuel cell. During the scheduled 16-day reflight, the experiments will be used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal growth and materials processing experiments KSC-97pc670

The Spacelab long transfer tunnel that leads from the Space Shuttle Or...

The Spacelab long transfer tunnel that leads from the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia’s crew airlock to the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) Spacelab module in the spaceplane’s payload bay is removed by... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians oversee the move of a Russian-made oxygen generator to a SPACEHAB Double Module, at rear, in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility. With faces visible in center foreground, from left, are Mark Halavin and Marc Tuttle; Mike Vawter is at far right. The oxygen generator, manufactured in Russia by RSC Energia, will be carried aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Mission STS-84 for the Shuttle’s scheduled docking with the Russian Space Station Mir next month. The nearly 300-pound generator will replace one of two Mir units that have been malfunctioning recently. The generator functions by electrolysis, which separates water into its oxygen and hydrogen components. The hydrogen is vented and the oxygen is used for breathing by the Mir crew. The generator is 4.2 feet in length and 1.4 feet in diameter. STS-84, which is planned to include a Mir crew exchange of astronaut C. Michael Foale for Jerry M. Linenger, is targeted for a May 15 liftoff. It will be the sixth Shuttle-Mir docking KSC-97pc673

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians o...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians oversee the move of a Russian-made oxygen generator to a SPACEHAB Double Module, at rear, in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility. With f... More

Workers prepare to move the shipping container with the Cassini orbiter inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) for prelaunch processing, testing and integration. The /1997/66-97.htm">orbiter arrived</a> at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility in a U.S. Air Force C-17 air cargo plane from Edwards Air Force Base, California. The orbiter and the Huygens probe already being processed at KSC are the two primary components of the Cassini spacecraft, which will be launched on a Titan IVB/Centaur expendable launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Station. Cassini will explore Saturn, its rings and moons for four years. The Huygens probe, designed and developed for the European Space Agency (ESA), will be deployed from the orbiter to study the clouds, atmosphere and surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The orbiter was designed and assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Following postflight inspections, integration of the 12 science instruments not already installed on the orbiter will be completed. Then, the parabolic high-gain antenna and the propulsion module will be mated to the orbiter, followed by the Huygens probe, which will complete spacecraft integration. The Cassini mission is targeted for an Oct. 6 launch to begin its 6.7-year journey to the Saturnian system. Arrival at the planet is expected to occur around July 1, 2004 KSC-97pc681

Workers prepare to move the shipping container with the Cassini orbite...

Workers prepare to move the shipping container with the Cassini orbiter inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) for prelaunch processing, testing and integration. The kscpao/release/1997/66-97.ht... More

Workers prepare to move the shipping container with the Cassini orbiter inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) for prelaunch processing, testing and integration. The /1997/66-97.htm">orbiter arrived</a> at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility in a U.S. Air Force C-17 air cargo plane from Edwards Air Force Base, California. The orbiter and the Huygens probe already being processed at KSC are the two primary components of the Cassini spacecraft, which will be launched on a Titan IVB/Centaur expendable launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Station. Cassini will explore Saturn, its rings and moons for four years. The Huygens probe, designed and developed for the European Space Agency (ESA), will be deployed from the orbiter to study the clouds, atmosphere and surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The orbiter was designed and assembled at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Following postflight inspections, integration of the 12 science instruments not already installed on the orbiter will be completed. Then, the parabolic high-gain antenna and the propulsion module will be mated to the orbiter, followed by the Huygens probe, which will complete spacecraft integration. The Cassini mission is targeted for an Oct. 6 launch to begin its 6.7-year journey to the Saturnian system. Arrival at the planet is expected to occur around July 1, 2004 KSC-97pc680

Workers prepare to move the shipping container with the Cassini orbite...

Workers prepare to move the shipping container with the Cassini orbiter inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) for prelaunch processing, testing and integration. The kscpao/release/1997/66-97.ht... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. --  The Space Shuttle Atlantis sits majestically atop its Mobile Launcher Platform and a Crawler-Transporter which straddle the Launch Pad 39A flame trench. This view shows only a portion of the flame trench, which is about 450 feet long, 58 feet wide and 42 feet deep. The Shuttle has just arrived at the launch pad after the journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Atlantis and its crew of seven are targeted for a May 15 launch. STS-84 will be the sixth Shuttle docking with the Russian Space Station Mir as part of Phase 1 of the International Space Station program KSC-97pc709

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis sits majesti...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Atlantis sits majestically atop its Mobile Launcher Platform and a Crawler-Transporter which straddle the Launch Pad 39A flame trench. This view shows only a por... More

The STS-84 crew pose for a photograph with members of the mission payload team in the Space Station Processing Facility. Dressed in their blue flight suits, from left, are Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale, Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins, Commander Charles J. Precourt, Mission Specialist Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European Space Agency, Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega and Mission Specialist Edward Tsang Lu. STS-84 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. After docking, Foale will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff KSC-97pc752

The STS-84 crew pose for a photograph with members of the mission payl...

The STS-84 crew pose for a photograph with members of the mission payload team in the Space Station Processing Facility. Dressed in their blue flight suits, from left, are Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale, E... More

Proudly wearing red KSC Fire/Rescue hats, members of the STS-84 crew pause for a moment for a group photograph while participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. From left, are Mission Specialists C. Michael Foale, Carlos I. Noriega, Jean-Francois Clervoy of the European Space Agency and Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency; and Pilot Eileen Marie Collins, Mission Specialist Edward Tsang Lu and Commander Charles J. Precourt. STS-84 aboard Atlantis will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. After docking, Foale will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff KSC-97pc756

Proudly wearing red KSC Fire/Rescue hats, members of the STS-84 crew p...

Proudly wearing red KSC Fire/Rescue hats, members of the STS-84 crew pause for a moment for a group photograph while participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. From left, are Miss... More

Cassini's High and Low Gain Antenna KSC-97pc767

Cassini's High and Low Gain Antenna KSC-97pc767

Cassini's High and Low Gain Antenna Public domain photograph of NASA satellite, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, f... More

STS-84 Mission Specialist Elena V. Kondakova, a cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency, and her husband, Valery Ryumin, greet press represenatives and other well wishers after her arrival at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. Ryumin is director of the Mir-Shuttle program for RSC Energia in Russia. This will be Kondakova’s first flight on a U.S. Space Shuttle, but her second trip into space. She spent 169 days in space as flight engineer of the 17th main mission on Mir from October 1994 to March 1995. STS-84 will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. During the docking, STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale will transfer to the Russian space station to become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth on Atlantis. Foale is scheduled to remain on Mir about four months until his replacement arrives on STS-86 in September KSC-97pc782

STS-84 Mission Specialist Elena V. Kondakova, a cosmonaut with the Rus...

STS-84 Mission Specialist Elena V. Kondakova, a cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency, and her husband, Valery Ryumin, greet press represenatives and other well wishers after her arrival at KSC’s Shuttle Land... More

STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega arrives in a T-38 jet at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. The pilot of the plane is astronaut Frank Culbertson, who is the NASA director of the Phase One Program of the International Space Station. STS-84 will be Noriega’s first space flight. The nine-day mission will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. During the docking, STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale will transfer to the Russian space station to become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth on Atlantis. Foale is scheduled to remain on Mir about four months until his replacement arrives on STS-86 in September KSC-97pc780

STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega arrives in a T-38 jet at K...

STS-84 Mission Specialist Carlos I. Noriega arrives in a T-38 jet at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. The pilot of the plane is astronaut Frank Culbertson, who is the NASA director of the Phase One Program of th... More

STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale laughs during a rare moment of relaxation just a few hours before the scheduled launch. Foale is donning his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building. This will be Foale’s fourth space flight. Foale and six other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits liftoff on a mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir. Foale will transfer to Mir for an approximate fourmonth stay, replacing U.S. astronaut and Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, who has been on the Russian space station since Jan. 15. Linenger will return to Earth on Atlantis KSC-97PC791

STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale laughs during a rare moment...

STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale laughs during a rare moment of relaxation just a few hours before the scheduled launch. Foale is donning his launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Build... More

Titan Cassini Remote Sensing Platform installation in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility KSC-97PC858

Titan Cassini Remote Sensing Platform installation in the Payload Haza...

Titan Cassini Remote Sensing Platform installation in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility

The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, bringing to an end the nine-day STS-84 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 9:27:44 EDT on May 24, 1997. The first landing opportunity was waved off because of low cloud cover. It was the 37th landing at KSC since the Shuttle program began in 1981, and the eighth consecutive landing at KSC. STS-84 was the sixth of nine planned dockings of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Atlantis was docked with the Mir for five days. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale replaced astronaut and Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, who has been on the Russian space station since Jan. 15. Linenger returned to Earth on Atlantis with the rest of the STS-84 crew, Mission Commander Charles J. Precourt, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins, and Mission Specialists Carlos I. Noriega, Edward Tsang Lu, Elena V. Kondakova of the Russian Space Agency and JeanFrancois Clervoy of the European Space Agency. Foale is scheduled to remain on the Mir for approximately four months, until he is replaced by STS-86 crew member Wendy B. Lawrence in September. Besides the docking and crew exchange, STS-84 included the transfer of more than 7,300 pounds of water, logistics and science experiments and hardware to and from the Mir. Scientific experiments conducted during the STS-84 mission, and scheduled for Foale’s stay on the Mir, are in the fields of advanced technology, Earth sciences, fundamental biology, human life sciences, International Space Station risk mitigation, microgravity sciences and space sciences KSC-97PC852

The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 of the KS...

The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, bringing to an end the nine-day STS-84 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 9:27:44 EDT on May 24, 1997. The firs... More

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, standing, reunites with his wife, Kathryn, and their 18-month-old son, John, in the astronaut suit-up room in the Operations and Checkout Building. Kathryn Linenger is expecting their second child next month. Linenger just returned to Earth after a four-month stay on the Russian Space Station Mir. He flew back on Atlantis with six other members of the STS-84 crew, who conducted the sixth Space Shuttle docking with the Mir. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale replaced Linenger on the Mir KSC-97PC856

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, standing, r...

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger, standing, reunites with his wife, Kathryn, and their 18-month-old son, John, in the astronaut suit-up room in the Operations and Checkout Building. Kat... More

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger poses for a photograph with his wife, Kathryn, and their 18-month-old son, John, during a family reunion in the Operations and Checkout Building. Kathryn Linenger is expecting their second child next month. Linenger just returned to Earth after a four-month stay on the Russian Space Station Mir. He flew back on Atlantis with six other members of the STS-84 crew, who conducted the sixth Space Shuttle docking with the Mir. STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale replaced Linenger on the Mir KSC-97PC857

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger poses for a ...

Astronaut and recent Mir 23 crew member Jerry M. Linenger poses for a photograph with his wife, Kathryn, and their 18-month-old son, John, during a family reunion in the Operations and Checkout Building. Kathry... More

A Titan IVB core vehicle and its twin Solid Rocket  Motor Upgrades (SRMUs)  depart from the Solid Rocket Motor Assembly and  Readiness Facility (SMARF), Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), en route to Launch  Complex 40. At the pad, the Centaur upper stage will be added and, eventually, the  prime payload, the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini will explore the Saturnian system,  including the planet’s rings and moon, Titan. Launch of the Cassini mission to Saturn is  scheduled for Oct. 6 from Pad 40, CCAS KSC-97PC870

A Titan IVB core vehicle and its twin Solid Rocket Motor Upgrades (SR...

A Titan IVB core vehicle and its twin Solid Rocket Motor Upgrades (SRMUs) depart from the Solid Rocket Motor Assembly and Readiness Facility (SMARF), Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS), en route to Launch Co... More

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TX -- (JSC 597-09921) --Official Portrait of Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist representing CNES, the French Space Agency KSC-02pd0635

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TX -- (JSC 597-09921) --Official Portra...

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TX -- (JSC 597-09921) --Official Portrait of Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS-111 mission specialist representing CNES, the French Space Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-85 flight crew examine the Manipulator Flight Demonstraton (MFD) payload in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery during Crew Equipment Interface Test (CEIT) activities for that mission.  They are (left) Mission Specialists Stephen K. Robinson and Robert L. Curbeam Jr. (right).  They are accompanied by a United Space Alliance (USA) payload technician.  The MFD is one of several payloads that will fly on the STS-85 mission.  This payload is designed to test the operational capability of the Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System (JEM RMS) Small Fine Arm (SFA), which can be seen atop its Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure (MPES) carrier that will serve as a platform in the payload bay for the robotic arm experiment.  The arm, which will be a part of the JEM element of the Interntional Space Station, will be operated from the orbiter's aft flight deck during the 11-day mission.  Other payloads that will be aboard Discovery on this space flight include the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-Shuttle Pallet Satellite-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2) Technology Applications and Science-1 (TAS-1) and International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhhiker (IEH-2) experiments. KSC-97PC906

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-85 flight crew examin...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-85 flight crew examine the Manipulator Flight Demonstraton (MFD) payload in the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery during Crew Equipment Interfac... More

Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and  Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) begin prelaunch processing of the Advanced  Composition Explorer (ACE) which will investigate the origin and evolution of solar  phenomenon, the formation of the solar corona, solar flares and the acceleration of the  solar wind. ACE was built for NASA by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.  The spacecraft is scheduled to be launched Aug. 21 aboard a two-stage Delta II 7920-8  rocket from Space Launch Complex 17, Pad A KSC-97PC904

Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF...

Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) begin prelaunch processing of the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) which will investigate the origin and evolution of solar phenome... More

The Node 1, the first element of the International  Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the  Space Shuttle, rests in its container in the Space Station Processing Facility high bay   after its arrival at KSC from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).  The Node 1  module is currently scheduled to lift off aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 1998  along with Pressurized Mating Adapters (PMAs) 1 and 2. The 18-foot in diameter, 22- foot-long aluminum module was manufactured by the Boeing Co. at MSFC. Once in  space, the Node 1 will function as a connecting passageway to the living and working  areas of the International Space Station. It has six hatches that will serve as docking ports  to the U.S. laboratory module, U.S. habitation module, an airlock and other space station  elements KSC-97PC928

The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to b...

The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, rests in its container in the Space Station Processi... More

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