CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The light from engine ignition is reflected in ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The light from engine ignition is reflected in the water near Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as a Delta IV rocket clears the tower with the GOES-O satell... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With smoke and steam rolling across the launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With smoke and steam rolling across the launch pad, a Delta IV rocket races into the sky with the GOES-O satellite aboard. Liftoff was at 6:51 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Can... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifts Super Stack 2, part of the Ares I-X upper stage. The stack is being moved across t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane is attached to the Ares I-X Super Stack 4. The stack will be lifted and moved to High Bay... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3, a worker watches as a crane lowers the Ares I-X Super Stack 4 for integration with Super Stack 3. Five super stacks make up the upper stage... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 4, assembly of the Ares I-X rocket nears completion. The yellow framework, nicknamed the "birdcage," lifts Super Stack 5 through an opening at ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Water at left is seen flooding Launch Pad 17-B ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Water at left is seen flooding Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demo... More
Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
Launch scaffolding is raised into place around the Soyuz rocket shortly after arrival to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the cre... More
Expedition 21 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
Photojournalists photograph the Soyuz rocket as it is rolled out to the launch pad Monday, Sept. 28, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch the crew of Expedition 21 an... More
Expedition 21 Launches. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Partici... More
Expedition 21 Launches. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Partici... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - At Space Launch Complex 2 at Vande...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - At Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the interstage of the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket for launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Su... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage of the Atlas V rocket slated to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage of the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, awaits processing in the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center hangar on Cape Canaveral Air... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Nozzle extension deployment system testing on t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Nozzle extension deployment system testing on the second stage of a Delta IV rocket has been completed in a test cell in the hangar of the Delta Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Fo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V rocket ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is lifted from its transporter at Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air For... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V rocket ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur upper stage for the Atlas V rocket scheduled to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, begins its lift into the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41 o... More
Expedition 22 Launch Day. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-17 rocket is seen several hours before its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009. The Soyuz rocket will carry Expedition 22 NASA Flight Engineer Timothy J. Cr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Forc...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the core stage of a Delta IV rocket is nearly upright as operations proceed to place it in the mobile service tower. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Forc...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the first of two solid rocket boosters for the Delta IV rocket slated to launch NASA's GOES-P meteorological satellite... More
Expedition 23 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Al... More
Expedition 23 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March, 31, 2010. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 23 Soyuz Commander Ale... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket arrives at Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Once assembled, it will be a two-stage fully integrated launch ... More
Expedition 25 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is raised into vertical position at the launch pad of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010. The TMA-01M is a new modified Soyuz vehicle that features upgraded ... More
BOULDER, Colo. – A Sierra Nevada Corp. team member examines the compan...
BOULDER, Colo. – A Sierra Nevada Corp. team member examines the company's structural test article for the Dream Chaser spacecraft in the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Facility for Advanced Spatial Technol... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket awaits a static fir...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket awaits a static fire test on Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in which all nine Merlin engines will fire at once. The engines use r... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Stage 0 motor of the Orbital ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Stage 0 motor of the Orbital Sciences Corp. Taurus XL is moved into launch position on Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. As part of ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in C...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Taurus XL rocket's Stage 3 motor is on a stationary rail in a temporary processing tent near the pad at Space Launch Complex ... More
Ariane 5 Rocket. NASA public domain image colelction.
ISS026-E-027267 (16 Feb. 2011) --- The Expedition 26 crew member aboard the International Space Station who snapped this photograph of the Ariane 5 rocket, barely visible in the far background, just after lift ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Space Launch Complex 576-E at ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- On Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Taurus XL rocket is in its launch configuration. The upper stack, consisting of Stages 1, 2 and... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden addresses th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden addresses the audience during a celebration at Complex 5/6 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The celebration was held at the launch sit... More
Apollo Landing Rocket System - drop II at MSC
Apollo Landing Rocket System - drop II at MSC NASA Identifier: S65-27434
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, se...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, secured inside its payload transportation canister, has been delivered to NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base i... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, se...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft, secured inside its payload transportation canister, is being transferred to NASA's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) at Vandenberg Air Force Base... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers are loading the first stage of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Juno spacecraft... More
Expedition 28 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
The upper stage of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket, in which the crew capsule is located, is pictured here at the launch pad on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The TMA-02M spacecraft wil... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The mobile service tower at NASA's Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has moved away from the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Aquari... More
J-2X engine installation. NASA public domain image colelction.
A J-2X next-generation rocket engine is lifted onto the A-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center. Testing of the engine began the following month. The engine is being developed for NASA by Pratt & Whitney Rocketd... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket for transport from its hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operatio... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare the first stage of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to be lifted into the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch C... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare the fifth and final solid rocket booster for lifting into the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41. It then ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare the fifth and final solid rocket booster for lifting into the Vertical Integration Facility at Launch Complex 41. It then ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Juno spacecraft, enclosed in an Atlas payl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Juno spacecraft, enclosed in an Atlas payload fairing, outside the Astrotech Space Operations' payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., is ready for transport to Space Launch... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in C...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the progress as a solid rocket motor for the United Launch Alliance Delta II that will carry NASA's National ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Atlas V first stage (left) and Centaur upp...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Atlas V first stage (left) and Centaur upper stage to support the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission approach the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force S... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A driver backs the Atlas V first stage to supp...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A driver backs the Atlas V first stage to support the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission into position in the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Centaur upper stage to support the Mars Sc...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Centaur upper stage to support the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission approaches the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MSL's c... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A view from above at NASA’s Space...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A view from above at NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, as a crane lifts a solid rocket motor into position for the United Launch Alli... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in C...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a crane is used to hoist up a solid rocket motor for the United Launch Alliance Delta II that will carry NASA's National Polar-or... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the progress as a solid rocket motor is lifted by crane for attachment to th... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians assist as a crane lifts a solid rocket motor closer to the United Launch Alliance De... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- At NASA’s Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the progress as solid rocket motors are lifted and attached to the United L... More
Atlas V Rocket Ready for Juno Mission
An Atlas V rocket with NASA's Juno spacecraft payload is seen the evening before it's planned launch at Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Thursday, August 4, 2011. Th... More
Atlas V Rocket Launches with Juno Spacecraft
An Atlas V rocket launches with the Juno spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Friday, August 5, 2011. The Juno spacecraft will make a five-year, 400-... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle sending NASA's Juno planetary probe on its five-year journey to Jupiter is off to a roaring start from Space Launch Complex 41 on Ca... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Press Site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, about 150 followers of the agency’s Twitter account view the launch of NASA's Juno planetary probe atop a United Launch Allia... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Rising from fire and smoke, NASA's Juno planet...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Rising from fire and smoke, NASA's Juno planetary probe, enclosed in its payload fairing, launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Leaving from Space Launch Complex 41 and ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno planetary probe is off to a roaring start on its five-year journey to Jupiter from Space Launch Complex 41 on C... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Backdropped by the Atlantic Ocean and surround...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Backdropped by the Atlantic Ocean and surrounded by its four-tower lightning protection system, NASA's Juno planetary probe, enclosed in its payload fairing, is seconds away from liftoff... More
A-3 Test Stand. NASA public domain image colelction.
The A-3 Test Stand under construction at Stennis Space Center is set for completion and activation in 2013. It will allow operators to conduct simulated high-altitude testing on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket that will launch NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission tower... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Early morning finds workers accompanying the f...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Early morning finds workers accompanying the first stage of the Atlas V rocket for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission on its move from the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center o... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first stage of the Atlas V rocket for NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first stage of the Atlas V rocket for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission is suspended over the concrete surface outside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Co... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Surrounded by an early morning sky, the United ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Surrounded by an early morning sky, the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket sits on Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as it waits to launch ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A U.S. Air Force helicopter flies overhead as t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A U.S. Air Force helicopter flies overhead as the United Launch Alliance Delta II Heavy rocket sits on Space Launch Complex 17B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida waiting to l... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a crane positions the final solid rocket motor (SRM) for mating to the ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Vertical Integration Facility at Space L...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, technicians guide the final solid rocket motor (SRM) off a trailer. The mot... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Spa...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 in California, technicians make final inspections of the clamshell-shaped Delta payload fairing for NASA’s National Pola... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 41, the payload fairin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex 41, the payload fairing containing NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft rises from the transporter below as it is lifted up the side of the Vertical In... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an aerial view shows the mobile launcher (ML) as it rolls out aboard the crawler-transporter moving from next to Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Buil... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral A...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, spacecraft technicians in the Vertical Integration Facility prepare to install the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rides a pillar of smoke and flames as it lifts off from ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rides smoke and flames as it rises from the launch pad a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crawler-transporter rolling toward the mobile launcher, or ML, will provide the ML a lift back to the park site near the V... More
J-2X engine test. NASA public domain image colelction.
NASA conducted a key stability test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on the A-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center on Dec. 1, marking another step forward in development of the upper-stage engine that will carr... More
Expedition 30 Soyuz Rollout. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedi... More
Expedition 30 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is seen at dusk an hour before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. The crew of Expedition 30, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit, Soyuz Commande... More
Expedition 30 Preflight. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is obscured by the venting of liquid oxygen on it's launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 just hours before its launch to send the crew of Ex... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket that will carry NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) into space awaits integration with the spacecraft in the clean r... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Evaluation of a Dragon capsule is under way on ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Evaluation of a Dragon capsule is under way on Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida following a wet dress rehearsal on March 1, which included loading th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lightning catenary masts stand ready to protect...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lightning catenary masts stand ready to protect a Falcon 9 rocket if a storm should develop over Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida following a wet dre... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences proces...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, preparations to launch NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, ar... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences proces...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, preparations to launch NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, ar... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences proces...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Inside the Orbital Sciences processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Orbital’s Pegasus XL rocket awaits launch. The rocket has been mated with NASA's N... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Ca...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the progress as a transporter is moved underneath the Orbital Science’s Pegasus XL inside Orbital’s hanger. Th... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Ca...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a transporter is moved toward the Orbital Science’s Pegasus XL inside Orbital’s hanger. The rocket is mated to NASA’s encapsulated... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Cheryl Hurst, NASA Kennedy Space Center's direc...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Cheryl Hurst, NASA Kennedy Space Center's director of External Relations and Education, addresses students and teachers involved with the NASA OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Video Contest in the R... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The 227-foot-tall 69.2 meter) SpaceX Falcon 9 r...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The 227-foot-tall 69.2 meter) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket arrives at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff with the SpaceX Dragon capsule aboard is se... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Partially hidden behind a flame and exhaust def...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Partially hidden behind a flame and exhaust deflector, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff with the SpaceX... More
Expedition 31 Soyuz Rocket Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is seen in silhouette after being rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, May 13, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expe... More
Expedition 31 Soyuz Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.
Members of the media photograph the Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Heading to the International Space Station onboard the soyuz are Expedition ... More
Expedition 31 Soyuz Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Enginee... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is nestled between t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is nestled between the lightning masts protecting the pad at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The vehicle rolled out to ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A photographer sets up his remote camera at Spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A photographer sets up his remote camera at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. In the background, final preparations are under way to launch the Spac... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Dragon capsule, powered by nine Merl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Dragon capsule, powered by nine Merlin engines on the Falcon 9 rocket, soars into orbit at 3:44 a.m. EDT, leaving Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Nine Merlin engines ignite under the SpaceX Fal...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Nine Merlin engines ignite under the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 3:44 a.m. EDT at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch is the company's seco... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Frost and ice breaks away from the SpaceX Falco...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Frost and ice breaks away from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket following ignition of its nine Merlin engines at 3:44 a.m. EDT at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into space fro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars into space from Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 3:44 a.m. EDT, carrying the Dragon capsule to orbit. The launch ... More
Expedition 31 Soyuz Rocket Rollout (201205130006HQ)
The Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft is rolled out by train o the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Sunday, May 13, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennad... More
Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Rollout
A russian space engineer waves hello as the Soyuz TMA-05M is rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 So... More
Expedition 32 Soyuz Rocket Rollout
The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is raised into position at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Thursday, July 12, 2012. The launch of the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Y... More