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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 occurred at 8:45:47 a.m. EDT. On the 11-day mission to the International Space Station, the seven-member crew will perform support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and prepare the living quarters in the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module. The first long-duration crew, dubbed “Expedition One,” is due to arrive at the Station in late fall. Landing of Atlantis is targeted for 4:45 a.m. EDT on Sept. 19 KSC-00pp1283

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. – 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 Atlantis. It will be the last time an OMS pod is installed on Atlantis. The OMS provided the shuttle with thrust for orbit insertion, rendezvous and deorbit, and could provide up to 1,000 pounds of propellant to the aft reaction control system.    The OMS is housed in two independent pods located on each side of the shuttle’s aft fuselage. Each pod contains one OMS engine and the hardware needed to pressurize, store and distribute the propellants to perform the velocity maneuvers. Atlantis’ OMS pods were removed and sent to the test facility at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico to be cleaned of residual toxic propellant. The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of the space shuttle fleet. A groundbreaking was held Jan. 18 for Atlantis’ future home, a 65,000-square-foot exhibit hall in Shuttle Plaza at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis is scheduled to roll over to the visitor complex in November in preparation for the exhibit’s grand opening in July 2013. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2012-3398

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. – 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 SLF.    Testing of the prototype lander has been ongoing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for free flight. The SLF will provide the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus utilizes an autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, payload that will allow it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is one of 20 small projects comprising the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, program in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. AES projects pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus/index.html.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3109

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. - 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 the deluge over the mobile launcher platform for sound suppression during liftoff.  The shuttle arrived at the pad in the early morning after an 8:30 p.m. rollout on July 10.  Endeavour is scheduled to launch on mission STS-118 on Aug. 7.  During the mission, Endeavour will carry into orbit the S5 truss, SPACEHAB module and external stowage platform 3. The mission is the 22nd flight to the International Space Station and will mark the first flight of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut whose association with NASA began more than 20 years ago.  STS-118 will be the first flight since 2002 for Endeavour, which has undergone extensive modifications, including the addition of safety upgrades already added to orbiters Discovery and Atlantis.  Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-07pd1848

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, smoke fills the air as the Project Morpheus prototype lander’s engine fires during a tether test at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility. During the test, the lander was lifted 20 feet by crane, and then ascended another 10 feet, maneuvered backwards 10 feet, and then flew forward. It will descend to its original position, landing at the end of the tether onto a transportable launch platform. Testing of the prototype lander was performed at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for tethered and free flight testing at Kennedy.    The landing facility will provide the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus utilizes an autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, payload that will allow it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is being managed under the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, Division in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. The efforts in AES pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov.  Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper KSC-2013-4289

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, smok...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, smoke fills the air as the Project Morpheus prototype lander’s engine fires during a tether test at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facilit... More

Mars 1. NASA public domain image colelction.

Mars 1. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: (November 1, 1962) Mars 1 was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km. It was designed to ima... More

[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn in the Friendship 7 space capsule, looking at the control panel during his orbit around earth on February 20, 1962]

[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn in the Friendship 7...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Glenn shot round the world 3 times on television, MST, 2/20/62." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR C... More

Mercury Project Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project

Mercury Project Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project

The launch of the MA-6, Friendship 7, on February 20, 1962. Boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Friendship 7 was the first U.S. marned orbital fligh... More

The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972 after an 11-day moon exploration mission. The 3-man crew is shown here aboard the rescue ship, USS Horton. From left to right are: Mission Commander John W. Young, Lunar Module pilot Charles M. Duke, and Command Module pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II. The sixth manned lunar landing mission, the Apollo 16 (SA-511) lifted off on April 16, 1972. The Apollo 16 mission continued the broad-scale geological, geochemical, and geophysical mapping of the Moon’s crust, begun by the Apollo 15, from lunar orbit. This mission marked the first use of the Moon as an astronomical observatory by using the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph which photographed ultraviolet light emitted by Earth and other celestial objects. The Lunar Roving Vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was also used. n/a

The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Apr...

The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972 after an 11-day moon exploration mission. The 3-man crew is shown here aboard the rescue ship, USS Horton. From left to right ar... More

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launched on the fourth Saturn IBC launch vehicle. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC's "building block" approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IBC utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine a larger booster and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the manned lunar missions. n/a

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204...

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launche... More

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, in the Apollo 8 mission countdown demonstration test

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, in the Apollo 8 mission countdown d...

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, is suited up for the Apollo 8 mission countdown demonstration test. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apol... More

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission

S68-56001 (21 Dec. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 7:51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 21, 1968. The crew of the Apollo 8 l... More

Apollo Capsule/Lunar Lander:  The goal of Project Apollo was to land man on the moon and return them safely to the Earth.  The Apollo spacecraft consisted of a command module serving as the crew’s quarters and flight control section and the lunar module, carrying two crewmembers to the surface of the moon.  The first Apollo spacecraft to land on the moon was Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969.  The program concluded with Apollo 17 in December 1972 after putting 27 men into lunar orbit and 12 of them on the surface of the moon.    Poster designed by Kennedy Space Center Graphics Department/Greg Lee. Credit: NASA KSC-2012-1845

Apollo Capsule/Lunar Lander: The goal of Project Apollo was to land m...

Apollo Capsule/Lunar Lander: The goal of Project Apollo was to land man on the moon and return them safely to the Earth. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of a command module serving as the crew’s quarters and ... More

LUNAR LANDING - ART CONCEPT, NASA Apollo program

LUNAR LANDING - ART CONCEPT, NASA Apollo program

S69-33765 (12 May 1969) --- Artist's concept depicting the firing of the Apollo 10 Lunar Module descent engine for 42 seconds to propel "Snoopy" back into a higher lunar orbit for rendezvous and docking with th... More

AS11-42-6211 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 66, partial coverage southeast of the Sea of Crisis

AS11-42-6211 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 66, partial co...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon,Target of Opportunity (TO) 66 and partial coverage southeast of the Sea of Crisis. TO 66 is the east rim of Crisium Basin,comparison with othe... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July ... More

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched aboard the Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named “Eagle’’, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, followed by Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin. The surface exploration was concluded in 2½ hours. Once the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth, the LM redocked with the CM for the crew’s return to Earth. Following splash down in the Pacific Ocean, Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF). Astronaut Collins took this snapshot of astronauts Armstrong (center) and Aldrin inside of the MQF. n/a

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched aboard...

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched aboard the Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard w... More

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Aboard the space craft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, piloted by Michael Collins remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, named “Eagle’’, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, landed on the Moon. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth. The recovery operation took place in the Pacific Ocean where Navy para-rescue men recovered the capsule housing the 3-man Apollo 11 crew. The crew was airlifted to safety aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, where they were quartered in a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) which served as their home until they reached the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston, Texas. On arrival at Ellington Air Force base near the MSC, the crew, still under a 21 day quarantine in the MQF, were greeted by their wives. Pictured here is Joan Aldrin, wife of Buzz Aldrin, speaking with her husband via telephone patch. n/a

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from t...

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely r... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  After its arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft has been placed on a flat bed truck for transportation to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility.  The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. Phoenix will land in icy soils near the north polar permanent ice cap of Mars and explore the history of the water in these soils and any associated rocks, while monitoring polar climate. Landing is planned in May 2008 on arctic ground where a mission currently in orbit, Mars Odyssey, has detected high concentrations of ice just beneath the top layer of soil. It will serve as NASA's first exploration of a potential modern habitat on Mars and open the door to a renewed search for carbon-bearing compounds, last attempted with NASA’s Viking missions in the 1970s. A stereo color camera and a weather station will study the surrounding environment while the other instruments check excavated soil samples for water, organic chemicals and conditions that could indicate whether the site was ever hospitable to life. Microscopes can reveal features as small as one one-thousandth the width of a human hair. Launch of Phoenix aboard a Delta II rocket is targeted for Aug. 3 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.  Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser KSC-07pd1059

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Cent...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft has been placed on a flat bed truck for transportation to the Payload Hazardous... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed in clean-room garb begin removing the protective wrapping from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. Phoenix will land in icy soils near the north polar permanent ice cap of Mars and explore the history of the water in these soils and any associated rocks, while monitoring polar climate. Landing is planned in May 2008 on arctic ground where a mission currently in orbit, Mars Odyssey, has detected high concentrations of ice just beneath the top layer of soil. It will serve as NASA's first exploration of a potential modern habitat on Mars and open the door to a renewed search for carbon-bearing compounds, last attempted with NASA’s Viking missions in the 1970s. A stereo color camera and a weather station will study the surrounding environment while the other instruments check excavated soil samples for water, organic chemicals and conditions that could indicate whether the site was ever hospitable to life. Microscopes can reveal features as small as one one-thousandth the width of a human hair. Launch of Phoenix aboard a Delta II rocket is targeted for Aug. 3 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.  Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-07pd1065

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed in clean-room garb begin removing the protective wrapping from around the Phoenix spacecraft. ... More

Artist's concept of Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit

Artist's concept of Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit

S71-52192 (1971) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit. The cutaway view shows astronaut activity in the Orbital Workshop (OWS). The Skylab cluster is composed of the OWS,... More

AS16-113-18282 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Command Service Module (CSM) viewed from Lunar Module (LM) North of Buisson

AS16-113-18282 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Command Service...

The original database describes this as: Description: The Apollo Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Casper” approaches the Lunar Module (LM) “Orion”, from which this photograph was made. The two spacecraft are... More

Space Flower Antenna Application Technology Satellite (ATS)

Space Flower Antenna Application Technology Satellite (ATS)

(October 13, 1972) "Space Flower" was the first of the 9-meter (30-foot) diameter antennas for the Application Technology Satellites (ATS). The ATS program was initiated in 1966 to demonstrate the feasibility a... More

Artist: Rick Guidice Pioneer F spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter ARC-1972-AC72-1281

Artist: Rick Guidice Pioneer F spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter ARC-...

Artist: Rick Guidice Pioneer F spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter Public domain photograph of NASA satellite, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a sp... More

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

SL4-143-4706 (8 Feb. 1974) --- An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM befo... More

SL2-16-281 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Orlando and central Florida area photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. (The picture should be held with the heaviest cloud cover at the bottom.) The extensive road and highway network in the area is clearly visible. The Lakeland and Winter Haven area is near the center of the picture.  Interstate 4 extends southwesterly out of Orlando through the center of the picture.  The urban growth caused by the opening of the Disney World amusement complex is clearly evident. The giant recreational facility is just southwest of Orlando. This picture was taken by one of the six lenses of the Itek-furnished S190-A Multispectral Photographic Facility Experiment in the Multiple Docking Adapter of the space station. Type SO-356 film was used. Photo credit: NASA SL2-16-281

SL2-16-281 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Orlando and central ...

SL2-16-281 (June 1973) --- A vertical view of the Orlando and central Florida area photographed from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. (The picture should be held with the heaviest cloud cover at the bot... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand under space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Glenn is at the space center to mark the 50th anniversary of being the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth inside the NASA Mercury Project's Friendship 7 capsule on Feb. 20, 1962. Glenn later returned to space in October 1998 as a payload specialist aboard Discovery's STS-95 mission. Robinson was the payload commander of STS-95.          Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Shuttle Discovery currently is being prepared for display at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1444

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand under space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Scott Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.  Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1493

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks durin...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb.... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Scott Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.  Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1494

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --A crowd looks on during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Scott Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.  Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1509

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --A crowd looks on during the "On Shoulders of Gi...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --A crowd looks on during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn listen to remarks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.  Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1488

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts Scott Carpenter, left, and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mercury astronauts Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn listen to remarks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-95 astronaut Steve Robinson speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Scott Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.  Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1510

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-95 astronaut Steve Robinson speaks during ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-95 astronaut Steve Robinson speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with John Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 2... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. The event was conducted in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida a few miles from the launch pad where Glenn and Scott Carpenter took flight in Mercury spacecraft.  Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1492

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. --Mercury astronaut John Glenn speaks during the "On Shoulders of Giants" program celebrating 50 years of Americans in orbit, an era which began with Glenn's MA-6 mission on Feb. 20, 1962. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to guests in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public display during a 50th anniversary celebration of the first orbital flight of an American. The astronaut who made that first flight, John Glenn, is at the space center to commemorate that achievement. Glenn orbited the Earth three times in the NASA Mercury Project's Friendship 7 capsule on Feb. 20, 1962. He later returned to space in October 1998 as a payload specialist aboard Discovery's STS-95 mission.           Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Shuttle Discovery currently is being prepared for display at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1446

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to guests in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public display during a 50th anni... More

American Apollo spacecraft as seen from Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in orbit

American Apollo spacecraft as seen from Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in orb...

AST-32-2695 (17-19 July 1975) --- The American Apollo spacecraft as seen in Earth orbit from the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. The Command/Service Module ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians begin to bond and seal the tiles around the access panels to space shuttle Endeavour’s forward reaction control system, or FRCS.    The FRCS helped a shuttle maneuver while in orbit. Endeavour’s FRCS was removed and sent to White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico to be cleaned of its toxic propellants and was reinstalled on the shuttle in February.  Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle.  Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-1935

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kenn...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians begin to bond and seal the tiles around the access panels to space shuttle En... More

S07-23-1231 - STS-007 - Deployement of the PALAPA-B1 satellite

S07-23-1231 - STS-007 - Deployement of the PALAPA-B1 satellite

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the PALAPA-B1 in orbit with a portion of the Earth's limb below it (some views also include portion of the aft flight deck window) Subject Term... More

STS057-13-021 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flight deck.

STS057-13-021 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flig...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-57 crewmembers pose for their traditional onboard (inflight) crew portrait on the aft flight deck of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Visible ar... More

STS053-16-022 - STS-053 - Waste water dump in orbit

STS053-16-022 - STS-053 - Waste water dump in orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of a waste water dump in orbit. Subject Terms: STS-53, DISCOVERY (ORBITER), WASTE DISPOSAL, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES Categories: Shuttle Configuration ... More

S07-23-1228 - STS-007 - Deployement of the PALAPA-B1 satellite

S07-23-1228 - STS-007 - Deployement of the PALAPA-B1 satellite

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the PALAPA-B1 in orbit with a portion of the Earth's limb below it (some views also include portion of the aft flight deck window) Subject Term... More

STS074-722-005 - STS-074 - Mir space station survey photos

STS074-722-005 - STS-074 - Mir space station survey photos

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Spektr and Base Block modules of the Russian Mir space station. Solar arrays attached to the Base Block are also visible. Also view of the ... More

STS063-710-006 - STS-063 - Mir Space Station in orbit over the Earth

STS063-710-006 - STS-063 - Mir Space Station in orbit over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Mir Space Station in orbit over the Earth,as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63. Subject Terms: ST... More

STS057-13-014 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flight deck.

STS057-13-014 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flig...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-57 crewmembers pose for their traditional onboard (inflight) crew portrait on the aft flight deck of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Visible ar... More

STS057-13-002 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flight deck.

STS057-13-002 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flig...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-57 crewmembers pose for their traditional onboard (inflight) crew portrait on the aft flight deck of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Visible ar... More

S07-23-1224 - STS-007 - Deployement of the PALAPA-B1 satellite

S07-23-1224 - STS-007 - Deployement of the PALAPA-B1 satellite

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the PALAPA-B1 in orbit with a portion of the Earth's limb below it (some views also include portion of the aft flight deck window) Subject Term... More

41D-39-067 - STS-41D - Long range view of SBS-4 satellite in orbit above Earth

41D-39-067 - STS-41D - Long range view of SBS-4 satellite in orbit abo...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Long range views of the Satellite Business System (SBS)-4 satellite in orbit above the Earth after deployment by the crew of the STS-41D mission. Subje... More

S05-40-1163 - STS-005 - SBS-3 satellite in Columbia's payload bay

S05-40-1163 - STS-005 - SBS-3 satellite in Columbia's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Long-range view of the Satellite Business Systems (SBS-3) satellite in orbit after its deployment from its protective cradle in the space shuttle Columb... More

S05-37-803 - STS-005 - SBS-3 satellite in Earth's orbit

S05-37-803 - STS-005 - SBS-3 satellite in Earth's orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up views of the Satellite Business Systems (SBS-3) satellite after is is deployed from the space shuttle Columbi's payload bay. Subject Terms: CO... More

41D-32-019 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in orbit over the Earth

41D-32-019 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in orbit over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant views of the Syncom IV-1 satellite in orbit over the Earth and photographed against a heavy cloud background. Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLE MISS... More

41D-39-063 - STS-41D - Long range view of SBS-4 satellite in orbit above Earth

41D-39-063 - STS-41D - Long range view of SBS-4 satellite in orbit abo...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Long range views of the Satellite Business System (SBS)-4 satellite in orbit above the Earth after deployment by the crew of the STS-41D mission. Subje... More

STS064-18-033 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

STS064-18-033 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) deployed from the Space Shuttle Discovery dur... More

S07-18-771 - STS-007 - View of the launch of the Telesat-F satellite from payload bay

S07-18-771 - STS-007 - View of the launch of the Telesat-F satellite f...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the sequence of events during the launch of the Canadian Telesat-F communications satellite from the Challenger's payload bay. View is of the la... More

Artist's concept of a NATO-3 satellite in orbit, with the earth in the background

Artist's concept of a NATO-3 satellite in orbit, with the earth in the...

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

Artist's concept of an advanced satellite in orbit

Artist's concept of an advanced satellite in orbit

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

A view of the tail section and part of the cargo bay of the Columbia space shuttle orbiter while in orbit, with the cloud-covered Earth in the background

A view of the tail section and part of the cargo bay of the Columbia s...

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

Artist's concept of an advanced laser communications satellite systems in orbit

Artist's concept of an advanced laser communications satellite systems...

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

S06-40-732 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

S06-40-732 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) in orbit over the earth . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) TDR SATELLITES STS-6 CHA... More

S06-40-738 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

S06-40-738 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) in orbit over the earth . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) TDR SATELLITES STS-6 CHA... More

S06-40-737 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

S06-40-737 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) in orbit over the earth . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) TDR SATELLITES STS-6 CHA... More

S06-40-733 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

S06-40-733 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) in orbit over the earth . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) TDR SATELLITES STS-6 CHA... More

S06-40-736 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

S06-40-736 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) in orbit over the earth . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) TDR SATELLITES STS-6 CHA... More

S06-40-724 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

S06-40-724 - STS-006 - View of the TDRS over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) in orbit over the earth . Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) TDR SATELLITES STS-6 CHA... More

Space Shuttle Challenger, Around Marshall

Space Shuttle Challenger, Around Marshall

In February 1980, a satellite called Solar Maximum Mission Spacecraft, or Solar Max, was launched into Earth's orbit. Its primary objective was to provide a detailed study of solar flares, active regions on the... More

41D-32-073 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in Earth's orbit after deployment

41D-32-073 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in Earth's orbit after de...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark view of the Syncom IV-1 satellite over a cloudy Earth. Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 41-D ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES SYNCOM SATELLITES Date Tak... More

41D-32-065 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in Earth's orbit after deployment

41D-32-065 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in Earth's orbit after de...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Close-up view of the Syncom IV-1 satellite after its deployment into Earth's orbit by the space shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION... More

41D-32-082 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in Earth's orbit after deployment

41D-32-082 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in Earth's orbit after de...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Dark view of the Syncom IV-1 satellite over a cloudy Earth. Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 41-D ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES SYNCOM SATELLITES Date Tak... More

Space shuttle STS-51D - CREW INSIGNIA

Space shuttle STS-51D - CREW INSIGNIA

S85-28989 (March 1985) --- The dominant features of the STS-51D emblem are an orbit formed by a Colonial American flag and a space shuttle. The flag in orbit signifies the U.S. flag to indicate that it comes fr... More

51D-31-058 - STS-51D - STS-51D Telesat-1 (Anik C-1) over earth

51D-31-058 - STS-51D - STS-51D Telesat-1 (Anik C-1) over earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant STS-51D Photographic documentation showing Telesat-1 (Anik C-1) in orbit above the Earth. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), SPACE... More

Pioneer Galileo mission trajectory artwork  depicting radio signal from Earth  to spacecraft to planet and  comet crossing spacecrafts' orbit ARC-1986-AC86-0038-1

Pioneer Galileo mission trajectory artwork depicting radio signal fro...

Pioneer Galileo mission trajectory artwork depicting radio signal from Earth to spacecraft to planet and comet crossing spacecrafts' orbit

A close-up view of a model of the first stage of a two-stage horizontal takeoff and landing vehicle designed to place shuttle class payloads in low earth orbit. The model will be used in launcher studies by the Aeromechanics Division of the Flight Dynamics Laboratory

A close-up view of a model of the first stage of a two-stage horizonta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its five-man crew is launched from pad 39B at 11:37 a.m. as STS-26 embarks on a four-day mission marking America's return to space.       On the first day of orbit, the crew will deploy from the orbiter's payload bay the primary payload, the Tracking and Date Relay Satellite, or TDRS-C. The inertial upper stage, or IUS, will boost the satellite to a geosynchronous altitude from low Earth orbit. When it place, TDRS-C will relay date from low Earth orbiting spacecraft and air-to-ground voice communications sand television from shape shuttle orbiters during missions. The crew members of STST-26 are Commander Rick Hauck, Pilot Richard Covey, and Mission Specialists Dave Hilmers, Mike Lounge and George "Pinky" Nelson. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-88PC-1014

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its five-man cr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery and its five-man crew is launched from pad 39B at 11:37 a.m. as STS-26 embarks on a four-day mission marking America's return to space. On the first day ... More

S41-72-004 - STS-041 - Debris during orbit 1.

S41-72-004 - STS-041 - Debris during orbit 1.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing debris during orbit 1 of the orbiter Discovery. Subject Terms: DEBRIS ORBITS PAYLOAD BAY STS-41 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) ... More

S41-72-005 - STS-041 - Debris during orbit 1.

S41-72-005 - STS-041 - Debris during orbit 1.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing debris during orbit 1 of the orbiter Discovery. Subject Terms: DEBRIS ORBITS PAYLOAD BAY STS-41 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) ... More

STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and Payload Specialist Durrance train at MSFC

STS-35 ASTRO-1 MS Parker and Payload Specialist Durrance train at MSFC

STS-35 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert A.R. Parker (left) and Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance practice Astronomy Laboratory 1 (ASTRO-1) experiment procedures in a space shuttle aft flight deck mockup in th... More

An artist's rendering of the Defense Meteorological Satellite in orbit. Part of the research for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), a joint Navy/Air Force project, is being undertaken by scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, District of Colombia

An artist's rendering of the Defense Meteorological Satellite in orbit...

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

S39-27-035 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

S39-27-035 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Discovery Reaction Control System (RCS) jets firing during an on orbit maneuver. Subject Terms: ORBITAL MANEUVER... More

S39-27-036 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

S39-27-036 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Discovery Reaction Control System (RCS) jets firing during an on orbit maneuver. Subject Terms: ORBITAL MANEUVER... More

S39-27-011 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

S39-27-011 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Discovery Reaction Control System (RCS) jets firing during an on orbit maneuver. Subject Terms: ORBITAL MANEUVER... More

S39-27-012 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

S39-27-012 - STS-039 - RCS jets fire during on orbit maneuver

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Discovery Reaction Control System (RCS) jets firing during an on orbit maneuver. Subject Terms: ORBITAL MANEUVER... More

41C-35-1523 - STS-41C - View of the LDEF in orbit above the Earth

41C-35-1523 - STS-41C - View of the LDEF in orbit above the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the deploy of the long duration exposure facility (LDEF) over the Earth. The background of the views is the cloudy waters of the Gulf of Mexico.... More

41C-15-538 - STS-41C - View of SMM in orbit from flight deck windows

41C-15-538 - STS-41C - View of SMM in orbit from flight deck windows

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite in orbit, with the blackness of space as a background, as seen from the flight deck windows of the spa... More

41C-08-268 - STS-41C - Candid views of the STS-41C crew on the Challenger's middeck

41C-08-268 - STS-41C - Candid views of the STS-41C crew on the Challen...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Candid views of the STS-41C crew while in orbit on the Challenger's middeck include : Mission specialist George Nelson uses video camera to record actio... More

STS050-291-008 - STS-050 - In orbit crew portrait of all crewmembers in the spacelab.

STS050-291-008 - STS-050 - In orbit crew portrait of all crewmembers i...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: In orbit crew portrait of all crewmembers in the spacelab. Subject Terms: STS-50, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), ASTRONAUTS, SPACELAB, ONBOARD ACTIVITIES Date Ta... More

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

STS-49 Orbiter Endeavour landed at Edwards Air Force Base on May 16, 1992 after a successful nine day mission dedicated to the retrieval, repair, and redeployment of the INTELSAT VI (F-3) satellite. The communi... More

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center

STS-49, the first flight of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour, lifted off from launch pad 39B on May 7, 1992 at 6:40 pm CDT. The STS-49 mission was the first U.S. orbital flight to feature 4 extravehicular ac... More

STS057-40-011 - STS-057 - Detail views of the SPACEHAB Charged-Particle Directional Spectrometer.

STS057-40-011 - STS-057 - Detail views of the SPACEHAB Charged-Particl...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Detail views of the SPACEHAB Charged-Particle Directional Spectrometer. This device is a radiation detector and monitor that records the amounts and typ... More

STS057-40-010 - STS-057 - Detail views of the SPACEHAB Charged-Particle Directional Spectrometer.

STS057-40-010 - STS-057 - Detail views of the SPACEHAB Charged-Particl...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Detail views of the SPACEHAB Charged-Particle Directional Spectrometer. This device is a radiation detector and monitor that records the amounts and typ... More

STS058-24-026 - STS-058 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the SPACELAB.

STS058-24-026 - STS-058 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the SPACELAB...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: In orbit crew portrait of all crewmembers clustered together in the SPACELAB. Crew portraits were taken in the SPACELAB with the 35mm camera on automati... More

STS051-92-040 - STS-051 - ORFEUS/SPAS

STS051-92-040 - STS-051 - ORFEUS/SPAS

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph (ORFEUS)-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) in orb... More

STS056-31-029 - STS-056 - In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft flight deck.

STS056-31-029 - STS-056 - In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft fl...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft flight deck. All five crewmembers are seen grouped together in a corner of the aft flight deck. Multiple views... More

STS056-31-027 - STS-056 - In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft flight deck.

STS056-31-027 - STS-056 - In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft fl...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft flight deck. All five crewmembers are seen grouped together in a corner of the aft flight deck. Multiple views... More

STS051-92-045 - STS-051 - ORFEUS/SPAS

STS051-92-045 - STS-051 - ORFEUS/SPAS

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph (ORFEUS)-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) in orb... More

STS056-32-006 - STS-056 - In orbit crew portraits, taken in the middeck and aft flight deck.

STS056-32-006 - STS-056 - In orbit crew portraits, taken in the middec...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: In orbit crew portraits, taken in both the middeck and aft flight deck. All five crewmembers are seen grouped together in various poses. Multiple views ... More

STS051-92-052 - STS-051 - ORFEUS/SPAS

STS051-92-052 - STS-051 - ORFEUS/SPAS

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrograph (ORFEUS)-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) in orb... More

In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft flight deck.

In orbit crew portraits, taken in the aft flight deck.

STS056-31-020 (8-17 April 1993) --- The five astronaut crew members assemble on the Space Shuttle Discovery's aft flight deck for the traditional inflight crew portrait. In front are astronauts Kenneth D. Came... More

The Delta II sits poised on Launch Complex 17A ready to carry a NATO IV-B Satellite into orbit

The Delta II sits poised on Launch Complex 17A ready to carry a NATO I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rvits Still Image Laboratory ... More

STS064-111-074 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

STS064-111-074 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) in orbit, as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. SPARTAN 201... More

STS064-113-029 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

STS064-113-029 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) in orbit, having been deployed from the Space... More

STS064-111-072 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

STS064-111-072 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) in orbit, as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. SPARTAN 201... More

STS064-111-051 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

STS064-111-051 - STS-064 - SPARTAN 201 in orbit

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201) in orbit, as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-64. SPARTAN 201... More

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