KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During suit check, STS-115 Mission Speci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During suit check, STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLean signals confidence about the launch on Space Shuttle Atlantis on Aug. 27. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space A... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Columbia, Microgravity
The crew assigned to the STS-65 mission included (seated left to right) Richard J. (Rick) Hieb, payload commander; Robert D. (Bob) Cabana, commander; and Donald A. Thomas, mission specialist. Standing, from lef... More
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Payload S...
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, is prepared by closeout room crew members Danny Wyatt (left to right), Carlous Gillis, Jim K... More
Launch of STS-68 Space Shuttle Endeavour
STS068-S-034 (30 September 1994) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A in a halo of light. Aboard for an on time launch at 7:16:00:068 a.m. (EDT) are a crew of six NASA astronauts and th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Bright lights at KSC's Shuttle Landing F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Bright lights at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15 illuminate the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery, which completes the 9-day, 19-hour, 13-minute and 1-second long STS-96 ... More
After landing on KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15, the Space S...
After landing on KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery is ventilated via the hose running underneath. At right is the crew hatch access vehicle by which the Shuttle crew ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Applauding the launch team inside the Launch C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Applauding the launch team inside the Launch Control Center are United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, right. They joined NASA Administrator Daniel G... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB module, (left to rig...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the SPACEHAB module, (left to right) STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa and Julie Payette (far right) review equipment use with Chris Jask... More
NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (left) and Director of Space Shuttle ...
NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin (left) and Director of Space Shuttle Operations Bill Readdy look at the underside of the orbiter Discovery after the end of mission STS-96. Discovery touched down on KSC's Shutt... More
After arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the STS-93 crew speak...
After arrival at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the STS-93 crew speak to the media about their mission. From left are Mission Specialists Michel Tognini of France, who is with the Centre National d'Etudes Spat... More
OFFICIAL STS-2 CREW STATION. NASA public domain image colelction.
S81-29900 (May 1981) --- This is the official insignia for STS-2 the United States second space shuttle orbital flight test mission. Crewmen are astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. ... More
Space Shuttle Project, Marshall Space Flight Center
A smooth countdown culminated in a picture-perfect launch as the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (STS-47) climbed skyward atop a ladder of billowing smoke on September 12, 1992. The primary payload for the plar... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Projects
These five astronauts and two United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML) payload specialists pause from a rigid training schedule for the STS-73 crew portrait. On the front row, left to right, are Albert Sacc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With a contrail streaming off its wing, ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With a contrail streaming off its wing, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery nears touchdown on KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15 to complete the 9-day, 19-hour, 13-minute an... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 arrives at...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 arrives at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility to prepare for launch on Aug. 27 to the International Space Station. Seen here is Mis... More
Space Shuttle Atlantis, Space Shuttle Projects
The crew assigned to the STS-79 mission included (seated front left to right) Jerome (Jay) Apt, mission specialist; Terrence W. Wilcutt, pilot; William F. Readdy, commander; Thomas D. Akers, and Carl E. Walz, b... More
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Mission S...
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson is prepared by closeout room crew members (left) Danny Wyatt and Dave Law (right) for entry into the Space Shu... More
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Payload S...
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), is prepared by closeout room crew members Danny Wyatt (... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger gets a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger gets a hands-on look at equipment at the SPACEHAB Facility. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part of fa... More
3490a: At Chkalovsky Airfield in Star City, Russia on the outskirts of...
3490a: At Chkalovsky Airfield in Star City, Russia on the outskirts of Moscow, Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is greeted by his daughters Nov. 10, just hours ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery, targeted fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery, targeted for launch on August 7, 1997, on mission http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-85/mission-sts-85.html">STS-85</a>, rolls out to kscpao/... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) STS-96 Mission Specialists J...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) STS-96 Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa, and Commander Kent V. Rominger check out equipment inside the SPACEHAB module. At right is Chris Jaskoika with... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Beneath a bright moon, the landing of Sp...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Beneath a bright moon, the landing of Space Shuttle Discovery at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15 is reflected in the nearby canal. This 47th Shuttle landing at KSC complet... More
(Left to right) Canadian Minister of Industry John Manley, NASA admini...
(Left to right) Canadian Minister of Industry John Manley, NASA administrator Daniel Goldin, and President of the Canadian Space Agency Mac Evans give a thumbs up to the end of a successful mission after Space ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 arrives at ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 arrives at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility to prepare for launch on Aug. 27 to the International Space Station. Seen here is Miss... More
Astronaut Curtis Brown on flight deck mockup during training
S94-40091 (23 June 1994) --- Astronaut Curtis L. Brown mans the pilot's station of a Shuttle trainer during a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of the scheduled November flig... More
Tier 3 DarkStar on Ramp. NASA public domain image colelction.
(September 14, 1995) The Lockheed Martin/Boeing Tier III- (minus) unpiloted aerial vehicle is inspected by NASA personnel September 14, 1995, following its arrival at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-63 Mission Specialist Dr. Bernard Ha...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-63 Mission Specialist Dr. Bernard Harris autographs copies of the crew photograph in the Training Auditorium during a March crew visit to thank employees for their help in ensu... More
STS-88 Mission Specialist Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, a Russian c...
STS-88 Mission Specialist Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut, suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building, as part of a flight crew equipment fit check, prior to his trip to Launch Pad 39... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa ge...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa gets a hands-on look at equipment at the SPACEHAB Facility. Members of the STS-96 crew are taking part in a bench review at SPACEHAB as part o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLea...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLean has his launch suit checked for fit before the launch on Aug. 27. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency, will be making his s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 arrives at NA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 arrives at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility to prepare for a second launch attempt on Sept. 6 to the International Space Station. See... More
Space shuttle STS-60. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Launch: February 3, 1994.Landing: February 11, 1994 Kennedy Space Center, fl. .Astronauts: Charles F. Bolden Jr., Kenneth F. Reightler Jr., N. Jan Davis, Ronald M. Sega, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and Sergei K. Kr... More
Launch of STS-68 Space Shuttle Endeavour
STS068-S-037 (30 September 1994) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A in a halo of light. Aboard for an on time launch at 7:16:00:068 a.m. (EDT) are a crew of six NASA astronauts and t... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Projects
The crew patch of STS-73, the second flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2), depicts the Space Shuttle Columbia in the vastness of space. In the foreground are the classic regular polyhedr... More
STS-101 Commander James Halsell (left) and STS-98 Commander Ken Cockre...
STS-101 Commander James Halsell (left) and STS-98 Commander Ken Cockrell (right) look over the recently installed Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS) in the cockpit of the orbiter Atlantis, which ... More
STS-101 Commander James Halsell (left) and STS-98 Commander Ken Cockre...
STS-101 Commander James Halsell (left) and STS-98 Commander Ken Cockrell (right) pause for a photo while looking over the recently installed Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS) in the cockpit of t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 stop to talk ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 stop to talk to the media after arriving at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility to prepare for a second launch attempt on Sept. 6 to the... More
F-22 Raptor 4006 makes its second flight July 18 following
F-22 Raptor 4006 makes its second flight July 18 following an extensive refurbishment to get it back in the air. (Courtesy photo by Christopher Higgins/Lockheed Martin)
Space Shuttle Endeavor, Space Shuttle Projects
This STS-68 patch was designed by artist Sean Collins. Exploration of Earth from space is the focus of the design of the insignia, the second flight of the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2). SRL-2 was part of NASA... More
Astronaut Curtis Brown suspended by simulated parachute gear during tr...
S94-37516 (28 June 1994) --- Astronaut Curtis L. Brown is suspended by a simulated parachute gear during an emergency bailout training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Trainin... More
STS-63. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Launch: February 3, 1995.Landing: February 11, 1995 Kennedy Space Center, Fl..Astronauts: James D. Wetherbee, Eileen M. Collins, C. Michael Foale, Janice E. Voss, Bernard A. Harris, Jr. and Vladimar G. Titov.Sp... More
Crowds of thousands line the grassy shoulders of the parkways at Kenne...
Crowds of thousands line the grassy shoulders of the parkways at Kennedy Space Center to view the launch of STS-95. Extra attention has been drawn to the mission due to the addition to the crew of John H. Glenn... More
Space Shuttle Discovery, John H Glenn Jr.
In the white room at the Kenndy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, is prepared by closeout room crew members Danny Wyatt (left to right), Carlous Gill... More
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, an eager STS-95 ...
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, an eager STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, has his flight suit checked by closeout room crew members Danny Wyatt (left to righ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The SPACEHAB Double module arrives at th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The SPACEHAB Double module arrives at the payload changeout room at Launch Pad 39B before being transferred to Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay for mission STS-96. Above it is... More
The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade fiel...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More
Pilot Joe Walker and the X-1A. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.
Description: (1955) Cowboy Joe (NACA High-Speed Flight Station test pilot Joseph Walker) and his steed (Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A). A happy Joe was photographed in 1955 at Edwards, California. The X-1A was... More
Space Shuttle Endeavor, Space Shuttle Project
A smooth countdown culminated in a picture-perfect launch as the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-47) climbed skyward atop a ladder of billowing smoke. Primary payload for the plarned seven-day flight was Spacelab-... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia soars into the cl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia soars into the cloud-washed sky above Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. After six scrubs from the original Sept. 25 launch date, liftoff occurred Oct. 20 at 9:53 a... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-73 crew insignia
STS073-S-001 (May 1995) --- The crew patch of STS-73, the second flight of the United States Microgravity Laboratory (USML-2), depicts the space shuttle Columbia in the vastness of space. In the foreground are ... More
STS-77 crew preflight training. NASA public domain image colelction.
S96-08071 (April 1996) --- Crew trainer Viet Nguyen briefs Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau, mission specialist, on Remote Manipulation System (RMS) procedures during a training session in the Johnson Space Cent... More
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Pilot Ste...
In the environmental chamber known as the white room, STS-95 Pilot Steven W. Lindsey is prepared by closeout room crew members Dave Law(left), Danny Wyatt and Travis Thompson (right) for entry into the Space Sh... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the payload changeout room at Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the payload changeout room at Launch Pad 39B, technicians move the SPACEHAB Double module from the payload canister before placing it in Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay fo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burban...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank talks with a suit technician during suit check. Burbank will me making his second flight on a shuttle. He and other crew members are check... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program
The second flight of the Saturn I vehicle, the SA-2, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 15, 1962. This vehicle had a secondary mission. After the first stage shutoff, at a 65-mile a... More
Air Force COL Joe Engle and Navy CAPT Richard Truly give the "thumbs u...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT John L. Marine Release Status: Rele... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission ST... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger (left)...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger (left) and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa (right) look over equipment with Chris Jaskoika (center), of Boeing SPACEHAB. Members of the STS-96 crew... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This fish-eye view shows the SPACEHAB Do...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This fish-eye view shows the SPACEHAB Double module being moved into the payload changeout room at Launch Pad 39B before being transferred to Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During suit check, STS-115 Mission Speci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During suit check, STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLean waves in confidence about the launch on Space Shuttle Atlantis on Aug. 27. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLea...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLean tests the fit of his helmet before launching on Aug. 27. MacLean, who represents the Canadian Space Agency, will be making his second flig... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burban...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank checks the equipment on the head set in his launch suit. Burbank is making his second flight on a shuttle. He and other crew members are ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut Joe Engle acknowledges ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut Joe Engle acknowledges the applause as he is introduced as a previous inductee into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. He and other Hall of Fame members were prese... More
TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Former astronauts Jon McBride, left, and Bob Crippe...
TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Former astronauts Jon McBride, left, and Bob Crippen, center, along with Kennedy Space Center director Bob Cabana, also a former astronaut, laid a wreath at the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame h... More
STS-29 DISCOVERY - ORBITER VEHICLE (OV)-103 - OFFICIAL CREW PORTRAIT
S89-25082 (January 1989) --- Space shuttle Discovery will be manned by these five astronauts when it makes it second flight within a five-month period next month. The STS-29 crew members are (front row), Michae... More
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa in small life raft during training
S94-37520 (28 June 1994) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-66 payload commander, secures herself in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless En... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery, targeted fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery, targeted for launch on August 7, 1997, on mission http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-85/mission-sts-85.html">STS-85</a>, rolls out to kscpao/... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery, targeted fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Discovery, targeted for launch on August 7, 1997, on mission http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-85/mission-sts-85.html">STS-85</a>, rolls out to kscpao/... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rom...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- (From left) STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger and Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa look over equipment at the SPACEHAB Facility. Members of the STS-96 crew are tak... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the payload changeout room at Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the payload changeout room at Launch Pad 39B, the SPACEHAB Double module is moved from the payload canister before being placed in Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay for miss... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With its drag chute fully deployed, Spac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With its drag chute fully deployed, Space Shuttle Discovery lands on KSC's brightly lighted Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15, completing the 9-day, 19-hour, 13-minute and 1-secon... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burban...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Daniel Burbank checks the fit of his gloves. Burbank is making his second flight on a shuttle. He and other crew members are checking their launch suits... More