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STS098-707-013 - STS-098 - Various views of the ISS during approach by the STS-98 orbiter Atlantis

STS098-707-013 - STS-098 - Various views of the ISS during approach by...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Assorted views of the nadir side of the International Space Station (ISS) Alpha as seen during approach for docking of the STS-98 orbiter Atlantis. Sub... More

Photograph of an Artist's Concept of a Sleek Space Shuttle Craft

Photograph of an Artist's Concept of a Sleek Space Shuttle Craft

Original caption: MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS. SPACE SHUTTLE UNVEILED - This artist's concept of a sleek space shuttle craft (foreground) has been released by North American Rockwell Space Divisio... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a United Space Alliance technician, lying on a work platform, works inside the crew module of space shuttle Atlantis following removal of window #8. Inspection and maintenance of the crew module windows is standard procedure between shuttle missions. Atlantis is next slated to deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International Space Station on the STS-132 mission. The second in a series of new pressurized components for Russia, the module will be permanently attached to the Zarya module. Three spacewalks are planned to store spare components outside the station, including six spare batteries, a boom assembly for the Ku-band antenna and spares for the Canadian Dextre robotic arm extension. A radiator, airlock and European robotic arm for the Russian Multi-purpose Laboratory Module also are payloads on the flight. Launch is targeted for May 14. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2010-1083

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kenn...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a United Space Alliance technician, lying on a work platform, works inside the crew module of space shuttle Atl... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the aft end of space shuttle Endeavour appears as it backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1). Endeavour is switching places with shuttle Discovery which temporarily has been housed in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Both shuttles will stop briefly outside OPF-3 for a "nose-to-nose" photo opportunity. Discovery then will be rolled into OPF-1 and Endeavour into the VAB. In OPF-1, Discovery will undergo further preparations for public display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. Endeavour will be stored in the VAB until October when it will be moved into OPF-2 for further work to get it ready for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-6385

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the aft end of space shuttle Endeavour appears as it backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1). Endeavour is switching places with sh... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two launch and entry seats were installed on the space shuttle Endeavour's aft flight deck as part of final preparations for the orbiter's cross-country ferry flight to California. The work is part of Transition and Retirement of the remaining space shuttles, Endeavour and Atlantis. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. 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/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-4350

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two launch and entry seats were installed on the space shuttle Endeavour's aft flight deck as part of final... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, workers watch the movement of space shuttle Endeavour's Orbiter Boom Sensor System as it is lowered into the payload bay. The OBSS is a 50-foot boom with a laser and cameras on it that astronauts use to inspect a shuttle's heat shield while in orbit. After returning from the STS-127 mission July 31, 2009, Endeavour now is being processed for the STS-130 mission targeted for Feb. 4, 2010. Endeavour will deliver to the International Space Station the Tranquility pressurized module that will provide room for many of the station's life support systems. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-4991

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Process...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, workers watch the movement of space shuttle Endeavour's Orbiter Boom Sensor System as it is lowered into the payload bay... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a morning where broken clouds filled the sky of Central Florida, the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, and its passenger Atlantis ease their way past the NASA News Center for a landing at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, known as the SLF. The aircraft is a modified Boeing 747 jetliner Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California to end mission STS-117. The return to KSC began July 1 and took three days after stops across the country for fuel. The last stop was at Ft. Campbell in Kentucky. Weather conditions over the last leg postponed the return trip until July 3. Touchdown was at 8:27 a.m. EDT. Atlantis will be removed from the back of the SCA via the mate/demate device at the SLF. It will then be towed to the Orbiter Processing Facility to begin processing for its next launch, mission STS-122 in December. Photo credit: NASA/Debbie Odom KSC-07pd1722

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a morning where broken clouds fille...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a morning where broken clouds filled the sky of Central Florida, the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, and its passenger Atlantis ease their way past the NASA News Center for ... More

Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility help maneuver the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) onto a test stand. A component of the International Space Station provided by the Canadian Space Agency, the SSRMS will be mated to its payload carrier and later installed into the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour for launch to the Station on STS-100 in April 2001. The 56-foot-long arm will be the primary means of transferring payloads between the orbiter payload bay and the Station. Its three segments comprise seven joints for highly flexible land precise movement, making it capable of moving around the Station’s exterior like an inchworm KSC-00pp1153

Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility help maneuver the Spa...

Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility help maneuver the Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) onto a test stand. A component of the International Space Station provided by the Canadian Spac... More

After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (at left), Space Shuttle Endeavour stands ready for launch targeted for 10:06 p.m. EST tonight on mission STS-97 to the International Space Station. The orbiter carries the P6 Integrated Truss Segment containing solar arrays that will be temporarily installed to the Unity connecting module by the Z1 truss, recently delivered to and installed on the Station on mission STS-92. The two solar arrays are each more than 100 feet long. They will capture energy from the sun and convert it to power for the Station. Two spacewalks will be required to install the solar array connections KSC-00pp1776

After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (at left), Space Shut...

After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (at left), Space Shuttle Endeavour stands ready for launch targeted for 10:06 p.m. EST tonight on mission STS-97 to the International Space Station. The orbiter ... More

The orbiter Discovery is lifted by cranes in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. It will next be lifted into a vertical position and into high bay 1 for mating with its solid rocket boosters and external tank. Discovery will be launched March 8 on mission STS-102, the eighth construction flight to the International Space Station. The Shuttle will carry the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo, the first of three pressurized modules provided by the Italian Space Agency to carry supplies and equipment to the Space Station and back to Earth KSC01pp0229

The orbiter Discovery is lifted by cranes in the transfer aisle of the...

The orbiter Discovery is lifted by cranes in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. It will next be lifted into a vertical position and into high bay 1 for mating with its solid rocket boosters an... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a blue sky streaked with clouds, Launch Pad 39B holds Space Shuttle Discovery, ready for launch of mission STS-116. At the far left is the rotating service structure, rolled back after midnight in preparation for launch. Next to Discovery is the fixed service structure, with the 80-foot-high lightning mast on top, part of the lightning protection system on the pad. Beneath Discovery's wings are the tail masts, which provide several umbilical connections to the orbiter, including a liquid-oxygen line through one and a liquid-hydrogen line through another. Seen above the golden external tank is the vent hood (known as the "beanie cap") at the end of the gaseous oxygen vent arm, extending from the FSS. Vapors are created as the liquid oxygen in the external tank boil off. The hood vents the gaseous oxygen vapors away from the space shuttle vehicle. Below it, also extending toward Discovery from the FSS, is the orbiter access arm with the White Room at the end. The crew gains access into the orbiter through the White Room. Discovery is scheduled to launch on mission STS-116 at 9:35 p.m. today. On the mission, the crew will deliver truss segment, P5, to the International Space Station and begin the intricate process of reconfiguring and redistributing the power generated by two pairs of U.S. solar arrays. The P5 will be mated to the P4 truss that was delivered and attached during the STS-115 mission in September. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-06pd2674

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a blue sky streaked with clouds...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under a blue sky streaked with clouds, Launch Pad 39B holds Space Shuttle Discovery, ready for launch of mission STS-116. At the far left is the rotating service structure, rol... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations; Sigmar Wittig, head of the DLR, the German Space Agency; Mike Griffin, NASA administrator; and Michel Tognini, head of the European Astronaut Center, examine the thermal protection system tiles beneath Space Shuttle Discovery following the landing of mission STS-116 on Runway 15 at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. During the STS-116 mission, three spacewalks attached the P5 integrated truss structure to the station, and completed the rewiring of the orbiting laboratory's power system. A fourth spacewalk retracted a stubborn solar array. Main gear touchdown was at 5:32 p.m. EST. Nose gear touchdown was at 5:32:12 p.m. and wheel stop was at 5:32:52 p.m. At touchdown -- nominally about 2,500 ft. beyond the runway threshold -- the orbiter is traveling at a speed ranging from 213 to 226 mph. Discovery traveled 5,330,000 miles, landing on orbit 204. Mission elapsed time was 12 days, 20 hours, 44 minutes and 16 seconds. This is the 64th landing at KSC. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd2878

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate admin...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA associate administrator for Space Operations; Sigmar Wittig, head of the DLR, the German Space Agency; Mike Griffin, NASA administrator; and Michel Tognini... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare space shuttle Atlantis for its trek from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 for the last time. Atlantis' final return to Earth on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida occurred at 5:57 a.m. EDT July 21, 2011. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marks the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 is the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-5775

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare space shuttle Atlantis for its...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers prepare space shuttle Atlantis for its trek from the Shuttle Landing Facility to Orbiter Processing Facility-2 for the last time. Atlantis' final return to Earth on Runway 15 at ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers complete installation of the orbiter boom sensor system into Atlantis' payload bay. The 50-foot-long boom attaches to the shuttle arm and is one of the new safety measures added prior to Return to Flight last year. It equips the orbiter with cameras and laser systems to inspect the shuttle's heat shield while in space. Atlantis is scheduled to launch on mission STS-115 no earlier than Aug. 28. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-06pd0568

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 at ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers complete installation of the orbiter boom sensor system into Atlantis' payload bay. The 50-foot-long bo... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Following mission STS-105, the Crew Transfer Vehicle (CTV) is moved into place beside orbiter Discovery on KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15. Both the STS-105 and Expedition Two crews will exit the Space Shuttle into the CTV where they will be given preliminary physical examinations by a physician. Main gear touchdown was at 2:22:58 p.m. EDT; wheel stop, at 2:24:06 p.m. EDT. The 11-day, 21-hour, 12-minute mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station: swapout of the resident Station crew; delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments; and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery traveled 4.3 million miles on its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. Out of five missions in 2001, the landing was the first to occur in daylight at KSC KSC-01pp1502

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Following mission STS-105, the Crew Tran...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Following mission STS-105, the Crew Transfer Vehicle (CTV) is moved into place beside orbiter Discovery on KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15. Both the STS-105 and Expedition... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians use a Hyster forklift to transport Engine #3 to the Engine Shop for possible future use after it was removed from space shuttle Atlantis in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Each of the three space shuttle main engines is 14 feet long and weighs 7,800 pounds. Removal of the space shuttle main engines is part of the Transition and Retirement work that is being performed in order to prepare Atlantis for eventual display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Photo credit: Frankie Martin KSC-2011-6526

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians use a Hyster forklift to transport...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians use a Hyster forklift to transport Engine #3 to the Engine Shop for possible future use after it was removed from space shuttle Atlantis in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at N... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Several more pieces of debris are moved into the RLV Hangar near the Shuttle Landing Facility. Truckloads of the debris arrived from the collection point at Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. The workers will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the ongoing investigation of the accident that destroyed the Columbia and claimed the lives of seven astronauts as they returned to Earth after a 16-day research mission, STS-107. KSC-03pd0348

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Several more pieces of debris are moved...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Several more pieces of debris are moved into the RLV Hangar near the Shuttle Landing Facility. Truckloads of the debris arrived from the collection point at Barksdale Air Force B... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, from left, United Space Alliance workers Loyd Turner, Craig Meyer and Erik Visser prepare to conduct a fit check of an External Tank (ET) digital still camera in the right-hand liquid oxygen umbilical well on Space Shuttle Atlantis. NASA is pursuing use of the camera, beginning with the Shuttle’s Return To Flight, to obtain and downlink high-resolution images of the ET following separation of the ET from the orbiter after launch. The Kodak camera will record 24 images, at one frame per 1.5 seconds, on a flash memory card. After orbital insertion, the crew will transfer the images from the memory card to a laptop computer. The files will then be downloaded through the Ku-band system to the Mission Control Center in Houston for analysis. KSC-04pd1810

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, from ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, from left, United Space Alliance workers Loyd Turner, Craig Meyer and Erik Visser prepare to conduct a fit check of an External Tank (ET) digital... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-123 crew members examine one of the cameras that will be used on the mission. From left are Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Richard Linnehan and Michael Foreman. Reisman will join the Expedition 16 crew on the International Space Station, replacing flight engineer Leopold Eyharts. These and other crew members are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a crew equipment interface test, a process of familiarization with payloads, hardware and the space shuttle. The STS-123 mission is targeted for launch on space shuttle Endeavour on Feb. 14. It will be the 25th assembly flight of the station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd3564A

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, STS-123 crew members examine one of the cameras that will be used on the mission. From left are Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Richar... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians move a Hyster forklift closer to Engine #1, the final engine to be removed from space shuttle Atlantis. The forklift will be used to remove the engine and transport it to the Engine Shop for possible future use. Each of the three space shuttle main engines is 14 feet long and weighs 7,800 pounds. Removal of the space shuttle main engines is part of the Transition and Retirement work that is being performed in order to prepare Atlantis for eventual display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Photo credit: Frankie Martin KSC-2011-6530

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians move a Hyster forklift closer to Engine #1, the final engine to be removed from space shuttle Atla... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its space shuttle main engines long since removed -- approaches the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2. Discovery will be stored inside the VAB for approximately one month while shuttle Atlantis undergoes processing in OPF-2 following its final mission, STS-135. Discovery flew its 39th and final mission, STS-133, in February and March 2011, and currently is being prepared for public display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. For more information about Discovery's Transition and Retirement, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/discovery_rss_collection_archive_1.html. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2011-5547

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its space shuttle main engines long since removed -- approaches the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, from Orbiter ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 1, the orbiter Atlantis is being lowered into position for mating to its external tank/solid rocket booster stack. Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to launch on mission STS-104 in early July KSC-01pp1045

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 1,...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Vehicle Assembly Building high bay 1, the orbiter Atlantis is being lowered into position for mating to its external tank/solid rocket booster stack. Space Shuttle Atlantis is s... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Shuttle Maine Engine Shop, workers are installing an engine controller in one of the three main engines of the orbiter Discovery. The controller is an electronics package mounted on each space shuttle main engine. It contains two digital computers and the associated electronics to control all main engine components and operations. The controller is attached to the main combustion chamber by shock-mounted fittings. Discovery is the designated orbiter for mission STS-120 to the International Space Station. It will carry a payload that includes the Node 2 module, named Harmony. Launch is targeted for no earlier than Oct. 20. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-07pd1273

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Shuttle Maine Engine Shop,...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Shuttle Maine Engine Shop, workers are installing an engine controller in one of the three main engines of the orbiter Discovery. The controller is an electronics pac... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near sunset, Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, begins moving through the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building for rollout to Launch Pad 39A. First motion out of the VAB was at 8:10 p.m. July 10, and the shuttle was hard down on the pad at 3:02 a.m. July 11. Seen below the orbiter's wings and attached to the launcher platform are the tail masts, which provide several umbilical connections to the orbiter, including a liquid-oxygen line through one and a liquid-hydrogen line through another. 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/Tom Farrar KSC-07pd1853

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near sunset, Space Shuttle Endeavour, at...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Near sunset, Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, begins moving through the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building for rollout to Launch Pad 39A. First motio... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle main engine No. 1 is installed in space shuttle Discovery. Each engine is 14 feet long, weighs about 6,700 pounds, and is 7.5 feet in diameter at the end of the nozzle. Discovery is being processed for its next mission, STS-119, targeted for launch on Feb. 12, 2009. Discovery and its crew will deliver integrated truss structure 6 (S6) and solar arrays to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-08pd2949

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle main engine No. 1 is installed in space shuttle Discovery. Each engine is 14 feet long, weig... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After traveling nearly 5.3 million miles on mission STS-118, Endeavour touches down on runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Space Shuttle Endeavour crew, led by Commander Scott Kelly, completes a 13-day mission to the International Space Station. The STS-118 mission began Aug. 8 and installed a new gyroscope, an external spare parts platform and another truss segment to the expanding station. Endeavour's main gear touched down at 12:32:16 p.m. EDT. Nose gear touchdown was at 12:32:29 p.m. and wheel stop was at 12:33:20 p.m. Endeavour landed on orbit 201. STS-118 was the 119th space shuttle flight, the 22nd flight to the station, the 20th flight for Endeavour and the second of four missions planned for 2007. This was the 65th landing of an orbiter at Kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Scott Haun KSC-07pd2330

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After traveling nearly 5.3 million miles...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After traveling nearly 5.3 million miles on mission STS-118, Endeavour touches down on runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Space Shuttle Endeavour crew, led by Commander ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Commander Brent Jett settles in the cockpit of the Shuttle Training Aircraft to practice landing the shuttle. STA practice is part of launch preparations. The STA is a Grumman American Aviation-built Gulf Stream II jet that was modified to simulate an orbiter’s cockpit, motion and visual cues, and handling qualities. In flight, the STA duplicates the orbiter’s atmospheric descent trajectory from approximately 35,000 feet altitude to landing on a runway. Because the orbiter is unpowered during re-entry and landing, its high-speed glide must be perfectly executed the first time. Mission STS-115 is scheduled to lift off about 12:29 p.m. Sept. 6. Mission managers cancelled Atlantis' first launch campaign due to a lightning strike at the pad and the passage of Tropical Storm Ernesto along Florida's east coast. The mission will deliver and install the 17-and-a-half-ton P3/P4 truss segment to the port side of the integrated truss system on the orbital outpost. The truss includes a new set of photovoltaic solar arrays. When unfurled to their full length of 240 feet, the arrays will provide additional power for the station in preparation for the delivery of international science modules over the next two years. STS-115 is expected to last 11 days and includes three scheduled spacewalks. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd2027

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Commander Brent Jett settles in t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Commander Brent Jett settles in the cockpit of the Shuttle Training Aircraft to practice landing the shuttle. STA practice is part of launch preparations. The STA is a Grumm... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn stands beside the wheel of 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. 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-2012-1447

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn stands beside the wheel of space sh...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn stands beside the wheel of 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 5... More

Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t. ARC-1975-AC75-1190

Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t. ARC-1...

Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t. Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This diagram illustrates the Space Shuttle mission sequence. The Space Shuttle was approved as a national program in 1972 and developed through the 1970s. Part spacecraft and part aircraft, the Space Shuttle orbiter, the brain and the heart of the Space Transportation System (STS), required several technological advances, including thousands of insulating tiles able to stand the heat of reentry over the course of many missions, as well as sophisticated engines that could be used again and again without being thrown away. The airplane-like orbiter has three main engines, that burn liquid hydrogen and oxygen stored in the large external tank, the single largest structure in the Shuttle. Attached to the tank are two solid rocket boosters that provide the vehecile with most of the thrust needed for liftoff. Two minutes into the flight, the spent solids drop into the ocean to be recovered and refurbished for reuse, while the orbiter engines continue burning until approximately 8 minutes into the flight. After the mission is completed, the orbiter lands on a runway like an airplane. n/a

This diagram illustrates the Space Shuttle mission sequence. The Space...

This diagram illustrates the Space Shuttle mission sequence. The Space Shuttle was approved as a national program in 1972 and developed through the 1970s. Part spacecraft and part aircraft, the Space Shuttle or... More

Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the 40x80ft W.T. Test 462 ARC-1975-AC75-2582

Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the 40x80ft W.T. Tes...

Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the 40x80ft W.T. Test 462

Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier

Orbiter "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier

S77-27945 (12 Aug 1977) --- The space shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft after separating during the first free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) co... More

Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-2 - New Release - DFRC, CA

Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-2 - New Relea...

S77-28137 (13 Sept 1977) --- The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's skid strip in Florida, the Russian AH-124-100 aircraft gets ready to offload the Atlas V first stage booster. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS. The booster will be taken to the Atlas Space Operations Center on CCAFS. Launch is scheduled no earlier than May 20. LCROSS and LRO are the first missions in NASA's plan to return humans to the moon and begin establishing a lunar outpost by 2020. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-1922

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's skid stri...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's skid strip in Florida, the Russian AH-124-100 aircraft gets ready to offload the Atlas V first stage booster. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for N... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Within sight of the KSC Vehicle Assembly Building (at left on the horizon), the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39-A of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station waits for its demise. The tower is one of two that were identified for demolition. The old towers are being toppled as part of the ongoing project to demolish the historic site to prevent corrosion from becoming a safety concern. A majority of the steel will be recycled and the rest will be taken to the landfill at CCAFS. Complex 36 was the birthplace of NASA's planetary launch program. It was built for the Atlas/Centaur development program and was operated under NASA's sponsorship until the late 1980s. Complex 36 hosted many historic missions over the years including Surveyor that landed on the moon and Mariner that orbited Mars and included one to Mercury. Two of the most historic launches were the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes that were launched to Jupiter and are now outside of the solar system in interstellar space. Also, the historic Pioneer Venus spacecraft included an orbiter and a set of probes that were dispatched to the surface. While Launch Complex 36 is gone, the Atlas/Centaur rocket continues to be launched as the Atlas V from Complex 41. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahser KSC-07pd1524

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Within sight of the KSC Vehicle Assembl...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Within sight of the KSC Vehicle Assembly Building (at left on the horizon), the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39-A of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air For... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians assist with removal of the large crane that was used to lift and move the right orbital maneuvering system OMS pod for installation on space shuttle Endeavour. The OMS pod underwent complete deservicing and cleaning at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, part of the transition and retirement processing of each shuttle. 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/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1910

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 assist with removal of the large crane that was used to lift and move the rig... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's skid strip in Florida, the shrouded Atlas V first stage booster is being moved out of the Russian AH-124-100 aircraft onto a transporter. The Atlas V is the launch vehicle for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS. The booster will be taken to the Atlas Space Operations Center on CCAFS. Launch is scheduled no earlier than May 20. LCROSS and LRO are the first missions in NASA's plan to return humans to the moon and begin establishing a lunar outpost by 2020. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-1923

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's skid stri...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's skid strip in Florida, the shrouded Atlas V first stage booster is being moved out of the Russian AH-124-100 aircraft onto a transporter. The Atlas ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians monitor the progress as a large crane lifts the right orbital maneuvering system OMS pod for installation on space shuttle Endeavour. The OMS pod underwent complete deservicing and cleaning at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, part of the transition and retirement processing of each shuttle. 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/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-1902

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 monitor the progress as a large crane lifts the right orbital maneuvering sys... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a United Space Alliance technician, with a tool tethered to his wrist, bonds and seals 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-2012-1936

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, a United Space Alliance technician, with a tool tethered to his wrist, bonds and seals the tiles around the acc... More

S114E6240 - STS-114 - Earth observation taken by the STS-114 crew

S114E6240 - STS-114 - Earth observation taken by the STS-114 crew

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Earth as seen by the STS-114 crew during the third of three Extravehicular Activities (EVAs) of the mission. The tip of one of the orbiter D... More

S124E005687 - STS-124 - Chamitoff on aft flight deck with camera

S124E005687 - STS-124 - Chamitoff on aft flight deck with camera

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Astronaut Gregory Chamitoff, STS-124 Mission specialist, aims a camera out of the orbiter Discovery's aft flight deck windows during flight day three ac... More

S01-10-038 - STS-001 - Views of the Columbia's open payload bay

S01-10-038 - STS-001 - Views of the Columbia's open payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the Columbia's open payload bay,with a cloudy earth as a background. Photographs include: view of Sill and payload bay doors . Subject Term... More

S126E013597 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013597 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S122E006623 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

S122E006623 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Image of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISIS) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is part of the Orbit... More

S124E008980 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-450

S124E008980 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-450

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

S122E010718 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

S122E010718 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection image of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISIS) Digital Camera (IDC) after undockin... More

S126E013533 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013533 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S126E013633 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013633 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S05-41-1325 - STS-005 - Deployment of Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satellite

S05-41-1325 - STS-005 - Deployment of Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satell...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Telesat Canada's ANIK C-3 satellite is deployed from its protective cradle in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Columbia in this sequence of photog... More

S126E013198 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013198 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S126E013610 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013610 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

STS068-60-022 - STS-068 - STS-68 crew activities on middeck

STS068-60-022 - STS-068 - STS-68 crew activities on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of STS-68 Mission specialist Daniel W. Bursch exercising on the bicycle ergometer on the orbiter Endeavour's middeck. Subject Terms: STS-68, ENDEA... More

S124E008943 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-413

S124E008943 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-413

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

STS091-403-008 - STS-091 - Crewmember activity in the orbiter middeck

STS091-403-008 - STS-091 - Crewmember activity in the orbiter middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-91 Mission Specialist Valery Ryumin and Commander Charlie Precourt are photographed with STS-91 and Mir 25 plaque. View STS091-403-008 was selected ... More

41D-102-046 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during OAST-1 experiment

41D-102-046 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing hardware attached to the edge of the extended Solar Array Experiment (SAE) panel during the Office of Aero. and Space... More

S122E010746 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

S122E010746 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection image of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISIS) Digital Camera (IDC) after undockin... More

S74E5418 - STS-074 - Earth observation

S74E5418 - STS-074 - Earth observation

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observation taken by the STS-74 crew aboard the orbiter Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-74, ATLANTIS (ORBITER) Cat... More

S126E013180 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013180 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S126E012638 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E012638 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

STS064-24-012 - STS-064 - MS Meade and MS Linenger participating in an evaluation of an EDO treadmill

STS064-24-012 - STS-064 - MS Meade and MS Linenger participating in an...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of Mission Specialists Carl Meade and Jerry Linenger participating in an evaluation of an Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) tre... More

S43-03-017 - STS-043 - STS-43 Low works with DSO 478's equipment on OV-104's middeck

S43-03-017 - STS-043 - STS-43 Low works with DSO 478's equipment on OV...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) G. David Low works with the equipment needed for Detailed Supplementary Objective (DSO) 478 - In-flight Lower-Body Negative Pres... More

S124E009366 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-151

S124E009366 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-151

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

S126E013308 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013308 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S07-32-1679 - STS-007 - View of the shuttle Challenger from the SPAS-01 satellite

S07-32-1679 - STS-007 - View of the shuttle Challenger from the SPAS-0...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the STS-7 shuttle Challenger taken from the Shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-01) include: View of the Challenger with RMS arm in shape of a seven... More

S122E006891 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

S122E006891 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Image of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISIS) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is part of the Orbit... More

41D-101-034 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during OAST-1 experiment

41D-101-034 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing hardware attached to the edge of the extended Solar Array Experiment (SAE) panel during the Office of Aero. and Space... More

S07-32-1693 - STS-007 - View of the shuttle Challenger from the SPAS-01 satellite

S07-32-1693 - STS-007 - View of the shuttle Challenger from the SPAS-0...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the STS-7 shuttle Challenger taken from the Shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-01) include: Full view of Challenger above the Earth limb. Subject ... More

S124E009457 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-242

S124E009457 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-242

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

S126E013150 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013150 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S126E012516 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E012516 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S43-21-018 - STS-043 - A view of the pilot's workstation on OV-104's flight deck

S43-21-018 - STS-043 - A view of the pilot's workstation on OV-104's f...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: A view of the pilot's workstation on the forward flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during the STS-43 mission. Subject Terms: STS-43, A... More

STS091-348-018 - STS-091 - Views of the shuttle payload bay and crew compartment from Mir Space Station

STS091-348-018 - STS-091 - Views of the shuttle payload bay and crew c...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the shuttle payload bay and crew compartment from the Mir Space Station. The orbiter crew compartment backdropped by the Earth limb. Subject T... More

S124E009152 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-137

S124E009152 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-137

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

STS098-351-022 - STS-098 - Stowage bags on middeck

STS098-351-022 - STS-098 - Stowage bags on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of stowage bags and hardware on the orbiter Atlantis middeck during the STS-98 mission. Subject Terms: Stowage (Onboard Equipment), STS-98, Atlant... More

S43-27-023 - STS-043 - A view of the port side of the airlock exterior on OV-104's middeck

S43-27-023 - STS-043 - A view of the port side of the airlock exterior...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: A view of the port side of the airlock exterior on the middeck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, taken during the STS-43 mission. Commander John Bl... More

STS057-13-006 - STS-057 - In orbit crew portrait taken in the aft flight deck.

STS057-13-006 - 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

S126E013172 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013172 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

STS068-74-019 - STS-068 - STS-68 crew activities on flight deck

STS068-74-019 - STS-068 - STS-68 crew activities on flight deck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of STS-68 Pilot Terrence W. Wilcutt on the orbiter Endeavour's flight deck. Subject Terms: Endeavour (Orbiter), STS-68, Astronauts, Onboard Activi... More

STS098-361-010 - STS-098 - Stowage items on Atlantis middeck

STS098-361-010 - STS-098 - Stowage items on Atlantis middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of assorted stowage items on the orbiter Atlantis middeck. A partial view of a crewmember (legs only) is visible in the frame. Subject Terms: Onbo... More

S126E012498 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E012498 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S124E009035 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-155

S124E009035 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-155

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

S126E012263 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E012263 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

STS098-320-029 - STS-098 - Cockrell and Polansky on Atlantis middeck

STS098-320-029 - STS-098 - Cockrell and Polansky on Atlantis middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of STS-98 Mission commander Kenneth D. Cockrell and Pilot Mark L. Polansky shaving on the orbiter Atlantis middeck. Subject Terms: ASTRONAUTS, CRE... More

STS106-375-021 - STS-106 - Flyaround views of the ISS taken from Atlantis during STS-106 mission

STS106-375-021 - STS-106 - Flyaround views of the ISS taken from Atlan...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the International Space Station (ISS) taken from Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during the final flyaround of the STS-106 mission. The ISS... More

41D-101-050 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during OAST-1 experiment

41D-101-050 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing hardware attached to the edge of the extended Solar Array Experiment (SAE) panel during the Office of Aero. and Space... More

S43-04-014 - STS-043 - STS-43 Adamson, Baker and Blaha work on OV-104's middeck

S43-04-014 - STS-043 - STS-43 Adamson, Baker and Blaha work on OV-104'...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) James ``Jim`` Adamson videotapes Commander John Blaha working by the stowage lockers while Pilot Michael ``Mike`` Baker runs on ... More

S114E8001 - STS-114 - Orbiter printer

S114E8001 - STS-114 - Orbiter printer

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the the Epson printer flown aboard the orbiter Discovery during the STS-114 flight. Subject Terms: Printers, STS-114 Categories: Flight Statio... More

S122E006748 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

S122E006748 - STS-122 - IDC Survey Images during STS-122.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Image of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISIS) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is part of the Orbit... More

S126E012493 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E012493 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

S124E009081 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-136

S124E009081 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-136

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels and tiles on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). ... More

S124E009473 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-258

S124E009473 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-258

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

S43-31-024 - STS-043 - STS-43 Baker loads film in a video camera on OV-104's middeck

S43-31-024 - STS-043 - STS-43 Baker loads film in a video camera on OV...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Pilot Michael ``Mike`` Baker, with sunglasses on his forehead, loads film into a video camera on the middeck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, duri... More

S124E009444 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-229

S124E009444 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-229

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

S07-32-1681 - STS-007 - View of the shuttle Challenger from the SPAS-01 satellite

S07-32-1681 - STS-007 - View of the shuttle Challenger from the SPAS-0...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the STS-7 shuttle Challenger taken from the Shuttle pallet satellite (SPAS-01) include: View of the Challenger with RMS arm in shape of a seven... More

S43-38-031 - STS-043 - STS-43 MS Adamson works on OV-104's flight deck

S43-38-031 - STS-043 - STS-43 MS Adamson works on OV-104's flight deck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) James ``Jim`` Adamson works at the commander's workstation on the forward flight deck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, dur... More

S43-20-013 - STS-043 - STS-43 Commander Blaha works on OV-104's middeck

S43-20-013 - STS-043 - STS-43 Commander Blaha works on OV-104's middec...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Commander John Blaha, wearing a blood pressure cuff, works by the interdeck ladder on the middeck of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during the STS-... More

STS068-65-027 - STS-068 - STS-68 crew activities on flight deck

STS068-65-027 - STS-068 - STS-68 crew activities on flight deck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of STS-68 Mission specialist Steven L. Smith (wearing red cap) under the windows on the orbiter Endeavour's flight deck. Subject Terms: STS-68, EN... More

S124E009494 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-279

S124E009494 - STS-124 - Panel Inspection taken by ISI IDC on STS-279

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of inspection of panels on the STS-124 Discovery. Image was taken by the Integrated Sensor Inspection System (ISI) Digital Camera (IDC). The IDC is... More

41D-102-022 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during OAST-1 experiment

41D-102-022 - STS-41D - Hardware attached to edge of SAE panel during ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing hardware attached to the edge of the extended Solar Array Experiment (SAE) panel during the Office of Aero. and Space... More

S126E013506 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-126 Joint Operations

S126E013506 - STS-126 - IDC Survey Images during Expedition 18 / STS-1...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Late inspection Integrated Sensor Inspection System Digital Camera (IDC) survey test images of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Photos were taken wi... More

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