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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, space shuttle Endeavour goes through transition and retirement processing in high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft completed 25 missions beginning with its first flight, STS-49, in May 1992, and ending with STS-134 in May 2011. It helped construct the International Space Station in orbit and travelled more than 122 million miles in orbit during its career. The reaction control system pods in the shuttle's nose and aft section were removed for processing before Endeavour was put on public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Google precisely mapped the space center and some of its historical facilities for the company's map page. The work allows Internet users to see inside buildings at Kennedy as they were used during the space shuttle era. Photo credit: Google/Wendy Wang KSC-2013-3240

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, space shuttle Endeavour...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, space shuttle Endeavour goes through transition and retirement processing in high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The spacec... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, a Space Shuttle Main Engine, or SSME, stands inside the Engine Shop at Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Each orbiter used three of the engines during launch and ascent into orbit. The engines burn super-cold liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen and each one produces 155,000 pounds of thrust. The engines, known in the industry as RS-25s, could be reused on multiple shuttle missions. They will be used again later this decade for NASA's Space Launch System rocket. Google precisely mapped the space center and some of its historical facilities for the company's map page. The work allows Internet users to see inside buildings at Kennedy as they were used during the space shuttle era. Photo credit: Google/Wendy Wang KSC-2013-3238

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, a Space Shuttle Main En...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, a Space Shuttle Main Engine, or SSME, stands inside the Engine Shop at Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Each orbiter used three of the... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An electric motorcycle is displayed on Earth Day at a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2254

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An electric motorcycle is displayed on Earth D...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An electric motorcycle is displayed on Earth Day at a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail acr... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pathfinder Fitness Trail, laid out in the shape of a space shuttle, is the site for a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The trail is across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2257

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pathfinder Fitness Trail, laid out in the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Pathfinder Fitness Trail, laid out in the shape of a space shuttle, is the site for a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The trail is across the st... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A lightning strike sparks a brush fire near Headquarters Building in the Industrial Area of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.    The space center is nestled on the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Chenega Security & Support Solutions is responsible for Kennedy's Fire Rescue Department. For information on the refuge, visit http://www.fws.gov/merrittisland/Index.html. For more on Kennedy Space Center, visit http://www.nasa.gov/kennedy. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2014-3508

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A lightning strike sparks a brush fire near Hea...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A lightning strike sparks a brush fire near Headquarters Building in the Industrial Area of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space center is nestled on the Merritt Island Na... More

jsc2017e009777 (01/26/2017) --- Former NFL player Kevin Williams (Vikings, Seahawks, Saints) enjoys the tour at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) while getting a hands on look in the NASA Space Shuttle cockpit. Kevin was invited with the other former NFL players to visit JSC as part of the JSC Super Bowl tailgate event. The former NFL players got a chance to visit Mission Control and well as many other areas in the Space Center. They also took time to sign autographs and give picture opportunities to the JSC Staff. jsc2017e009777

jsc2017e009777 (01/26/2017) --- Former NFL player Kevin Williams (Viki...

jsc2017e009777 (01/26/2017) --- Former NFL player Kevin Williams (Vikings, Seahawks, Saints) enjoys the tour at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) while getting a hands on look in the NASA Space Shuttle cockpit. Ke... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 3 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was one of the four control rooms used by NASA and contractor launch teams to oversee a space shuttle countdown. This firing room is furnished in the classic style with the same metal computer cabinets and some of the same monitors in place when the first shuttle mission launched April 12, 1981. Specialized operators worked at consoles tailored to keep track of the status of shuttle systems while the spacecraft was processed in the Orbiter Processing Facility, being stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building and standing at the launch pad before liftoff. The firing rooms, including 3, were also used during NASA's Apollo Program. Google precisely mapped the space center and some of its historical facilities for the company's map page. The work allows Internet users to see inside buildings at Kennedy as they were used during the space shuttle era. Photo credit: Google/Wendy Wang KSC-2013-3234

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 3 inside th...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 3 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was one of the four control rooms used by NASA and contractor launch teams to oversee... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand under space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Glenn is at the space center to mark the 50th anniversary of being the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth inside the NASA Mercury Project's Friendship 7 capsule on Feb. 20, 1962. Glenn later returned to space in October 1998 as a payload specialist aboard Discovery's STS-95 mission. Robinson was the payload commander of STS-95.        Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Shuttle Discovery currently is being prepared for display at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1445

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

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana sits at the controls in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1. At the space center in Florida, Cabana is helping John Glenn 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-2012-1455

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana sits at the controls in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1. At the space center in Florida, C... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand 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. Robinson was the payload commander of STS-95.      Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Shuttle Discovery currently is being prepared for display at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1448

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

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

The STS-81 flight crew conducts a press briefing on the runway of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility after they arrive at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission. They are (from left): Mission Commander Michael A. Baker; Pilot Brent W. Jett, Jr.; and Mission Specialists Peter J. K. "Jeff" Wisoff; John M. Grunsfeld, Marsha S. Ivins, and J.M. "Jerry" Linenger. The 10-day mission will feature the transfer of Linenger to Mir to replace astronaut John Blaha, who has been on the orbital laboratory since Sept. 19, 1996 after arrival there during the STS79 mission. During STS-81, Shuttle and Mir crews will conduct risk mitigation, human life science, microgravity and materials processing experiments that will provide data for the design, development and operation of the International Space Station. The primary payload is the SPACEHAB-DM double module which will provide space for more than 2,000 pounds of hardware, food and water that will be transferred into the Russian space station during five days of docking operations. The SPACEHAB will also be used to return experiment samples from the Mir to Earth for analysis and for microgravity experiments during the mission KSC-97pc120

The STS-81 flight crew conducts a press briefing on the runway of KSC'...

The STS-81 flight crew conducts a press briefing on the runway of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility after they arrive at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking miss... More

STS-94 Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt prepares to enter the Space Shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad 39A in preparation for launch.  He first flew in this capacity on STS-69. He has been a professional  deep sea diver and engineer and holds a doctorate in bioengineering. Gernhardt will be in  charge of the Blue shift and as flight engineer will operate and maintain the  orbiter while  Halsell and Still are  asleep as members of the Red shift. He will also back them up on  the  flight deck during the ascent and re-entry phases of the mission. Gernhardt and six  fellow crew members will lift off  during a launch window that  opens at 1:50 p.m.  EDT, July 1. The launch window will open 47 minutes early to improve the  opportunity to lift off before Florida summer rain showers reach the space center KSC-97PC971

STS-94 Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt prepares to enter the S...

STS-94 Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt prepares to enter the Space Shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad 39A in preparation for launch. He first flew in this capacity on STS-69. He has been a professional de... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch  Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than  the originally scheduled time of 2:37 p.m. to improve the opportunity to lift off before  Florida summer rain showers reached the space center. The  crew members are Mission  Commander James D. Halsell Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss;  Mission Specialists Michael L.Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists  Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the space flight, the MSL-1 will be  used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the  International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal  growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard is the Hitchhiker Cryogenic  Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which is attached to the right side of  Columbia’s payload bay. These payloads had previously flown on the STS-83 mission in  April, which was cut short after nearly four days because of indications of a faulty fuel  cell. STS-94 is a reflight of that mission KSC-97PC962

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from La...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was o... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches  down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with  Mission Commander  James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L. Still at the controls to  complete the STS-94 mission. Also on board are Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas,  Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt, Payload Commander Janice Voss, and Payload  Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission, the Spacelab module was used to test some of the  hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space  Station while the flight crew conducted combustion, protein crystal growth and materials  processing experiments. This mission was a reflight of  the STS-83 mission that lifted off   from KSC in April of this year. That space flight was cut short due to indications of a  faulty fuel cell. This was Columbia’s 11th landing at KSC and the 38th landing at the  space center in the history of the Shuttle program KSC-97PC1050

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touch...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with Mission Commander James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L.... More

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Framed by Florida foliage and wetlands, this unique view was taken from the roof of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98pc562

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttl...

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Framed by Florida foliage and wetlands, this unique view was taken from the... More

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98pc558

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttl...

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orb... More

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98pc564

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttl...

The orbiter Columbia approaches touchdown on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orb... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator attacks and eats a smaller one in a natural display of cannibalism. Although this event has been observed infrequently by Kennedy Space Center's staff photographers, it is common feeding behavior among the wild alligator population on the space center. Alligators are carnivorous and will eat any living thing that crosses their paths and is small enough for them to kill. For this reason, it is dangerous to feed wild alligators, and in Florida, it is also illegal. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is located on Kennedy Space Center property. KSC-98pc773

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator attacks and eats a sma...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator attacks and eats a smaller one in a natural display of cannibalism. Although this event has been observed infrequently by Kennedy Space Center's staff photographe... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Media and spectators get a close-up view of the Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury capsule after its recovery from the Atlantic Ocean floor where it lay for 38 years.   Launched July 21, 1961, the capsule made a successful 16-minute suborbital flight, with astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom aboard, and splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.  A prematurely jettisoned hatch caused the capsule to flood and a Marine rescue helicopter was unable to lift it.  It quickly sank to a three-mile depth.  Grissom was rescued but his spacecraft remained lost on the ocean floor, until now. Curt Newport, an underwater salvage expert, located the capsule through modern technology, and after one abortive attempt, successfully raised it and brought it to Port Canaveral. The recovery of Liberty Bell 7 fulfilled a 14-year dream for the expedition leader. The expedition was sponsored by the Discovery Channel.  The capsule is being moved to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas,  where it will be restored for eventual public display. Newport has also been involved in salvage operations of the Space Shuttle Challenger and TWA Flight 800 that crashed off the coast of Long Island, N.Y KSC-99pp1032

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Media and spectators get a close-up view...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Media and spectators get a close-up view of the Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury capsule after its recovery from the Atlantic Ocean floor where it lay for 38 years. Launched July 2... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Guests at the annual Community Leaders Breakfast held in the Debus Center at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex enjoy reminiscing about the early days of the Space Shuttle Program with Center Director Bob Cabana, far right on stage.  Community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers and state and local government heard Cabana provide an overview of operations at the space center and a look ahead at upcoming missions and activities. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-3310

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Guests at the annual Community Leaders Breakfas...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Guests at the annual Community Leaders Breakfast held in the Debus Center at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex enjoy reminiscing about the early days of the Space Shuttle Program wit... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- House Of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, from California's 8th District, and other VIPs are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness space shuttle Discovery make history as it lifts off on its final scheduled mission from Launch Pad 39A. While at the space center, they attended a presentation in the Operations Support Building II and toured Orbiter Processing Facilities 1 and 2 where shuttles Atlantis and Endeavour are being prepared for their final missions respectively.      Discovery and its six-member STS-133 crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery will make its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This will be the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. For more information on the STS-133 mission, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-1682

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- House Of Representatives Democratic Leader Nan...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- House Of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, from California's 8th District, and other VIPs are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness space shuttle Discovery m... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2255

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-f... More

ROCHFORD, AL - ASTRONAUT COOPER, GORDON L. - LIFE VEST CHECK - PRELAUNCH ACTIVITIES - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-9 - MSC

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S63-03964 (1963) --- Al Rochford, Crew Systems, Manned Space Center, assists astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in checking his life vest, normally stowed in a pocket in the lower left leg. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to a guest about the Mercury Project's Atlas rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building. At the space center in Florida, Cabana is helping John Glenn 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 space shuttle 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. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1459

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to a guest about the Mercury Project's Atlas rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building. At the space center in Florida, Cabana is helping John Gl... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand in the middeck 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. Robinson was the payload commander of STS-95.          Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Shuttle Discovery currently is being prepared for display at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1452

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson stand in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Glenn is ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson sit in the flight deck 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. Robinson was the payload commander of STS-95.        Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Shuttle Discovery currently is being prepared for display at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1453

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson sit in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Glenn i... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, right, presents a framed photograph of the Kremlin to center director Robert Crippen during a visit to the space center. Space, energy and the environment are the three major focuses of the Russian's U.S. visit, which also included a stop at the agency's Johnson Space Center. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-93PC-1148

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Russia...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, right, presents a framed photograph of the Kremlin to center director Robert Crippen during a visit to... More

STS-81 Mission Commander Michael A. Baker talks to the press at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after he and his crew arrived at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission KSC-97pc121

STS-81 Mission Commander Michael A. Baker talks to the press at the KS...

STS-81 Mission Commander Michael A. Baker talks to the press at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after he and his crew arrived at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttle-Mir ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch  Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than  the originally scheduled time of 2:37 p.m. to improve the opportunity to lift off before  Florida summer rain showers reached the space center. The  crew members are Mission  Commander James D. Halsell Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss;  Mission Specialists Michael L.Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists  Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the space flight, the MSL-1 will be  used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the  International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal  growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard is the Hitchhiker Cryogenic  Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which is attached to the right side of  Columbia’s payload bay. These payloads had previously flown on the STS-83 mission in  April, which was cut short after nearly four days because of indications of a faulty fuel  cell. STS-94 is a reflight of that mission KSC-97PC965

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from La...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was o... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With its drag chute deployed, the Space Shuttle  Orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at  6:46:34 a.m. EDT  with Mission Commander  James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L.  Still at the controls to complete the STS-94 mission. Also on board are Mission Specialist  Donald A. Thomas, Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt , Payload Commander  Janice Voss, and Payload Specialists Roger  K.  Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. Mission  elapsed time for STS-94 was 15 days,16 hours, 44 seconds. During the Microgravity  Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission, the Spacelab module was used to test some of the  hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space  Station while the flight crew conducted combustion, protein crystal growth and materials  processing experiments. This mission was a reflight of  the STS-83 mission that lifted off   from KSC in April of this year. That space flight was cut short due to indications of a  faulty fuel cell. This was Columbia’s 11th landing at KSC and the 38th landing at the  space center in the history of the Shuttle program KSC-97PC1045

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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With its drag chute deployed, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with Mission Commander James D.... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches  down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with  Mission Commander  James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L. Still at the controls to  complete the STS-94 mission. Also on board are Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas,  Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt, Payload Commander Janice Voss, and Payload  Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission, the Spacelab module was used to test some of the  hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space  Station while the flight crew conducted combustion, protein crystal growth and materials  processing experiments. This mission was a reflight of  the STS-83 mission that lifted off   from KSC in April of this year. That space flight was cut short due to indications of a  faulty fuel cell. This was Columbia’s 11th landing at KSC and the 38th landing at the  space center in the history of the Shuttle program KSC-97PC1044

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touch...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with Mission Commander James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L.... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator attacks and eats a smaller one in a natural display of cannibalism. Although this event has been observed infrequently by Kennedy Space Center's staff photographers, it is common feeding behavior among the wild alligator population on the space center. Alligators are carnivorous and will eat any living thing that crosses their paths and is small enough for them to kill. For this reason, it is dangerous to feed wild alligators, and in Florida, it is also illegal. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which is operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is located on Kennedy Space Center property. KSC-98pc772

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator attacks and eats a sma...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A large alligator attacks and eats a smaller one in a natural display of cannibalism. Although this event has been observed infrequently by Kennedy Space Center's staff photographe... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spotted in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with the space center, an anhinga captures a fish in its long, dagger-shaped bill. It is also known as the "snakebird" because in the water its body is submerged so that only its head and long, slender neck are visible. Ranging the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from North Carolina to Texas, north in the Mississippi Valley to Arkansas and Tennessee, and in the South to South America, it inhabits freshwater ponds and swamps with thick vegetation. They are often seen with wings half-open, drying them in the sun since they lack oil glands with which to preen KSC-99wl06

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spotted in the Merritt Island National W...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spotted in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with the space center, an anhinga captures a fish in its long, dagger-shaped bill. It is also known ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure on Launch Pad 39A begins to move away from space shuttle Discovery. The structure provides weather protection and access to the shuttle while it awaits lift off on the pad. RSS "rollback," as it's called, began at 8:02 p.m. EST on Feb. 23 and wrapped up at 8:37 p.m. From here, cameras will catch the shuttle lift off amidst the space center's pristine wildlife refuge.              Scheduled to lift off Feb. 24 at 4:50 p.m. EST, Discovery and its six-member crew will deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery, which will fly its 39th mission, is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This will be the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. For more information on the STS-133 mission, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts133/. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2011-1574

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure on Launch Pad 39A begins to move away from space shuttle Discovery. The structure provides weather protection an... More

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Karen L. Thompson, chief technologist for Kennedy Space Center, speaks during a visit by Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, to to Kennedy Space Center's Space Life Sciences Laboratory. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space center. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-4091

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Karen L. Thompson, chief technologist for Kenne...

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Karen L. Thompson, chief technologist for Kennedy Space Center, speaks during a visit by Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, to to Kennedy Space Center's Space Life Sciences Labora... More

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Robert Mueller, left, explains differences in lunar, Martian and Earth soil using simulants to Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, during a tour of the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space center. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-4085

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Robert Mueller, left, explains differences in l...

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Robert Mueller, left, explains differences in lunar, Martian and Earth soil using simulants to Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, during a tour of the Space Life Sciences Laborato... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- To start the new year, Joyce M. Riquelme from Kennedy's Center Planning and Development Office discusses the space center's direction with TV news reporter Greg Pallone of Channel 13 in Orlando.The office's purpose is to develop the world’s premier spaceport, meeting government and commercial space industry needs through comprehensive resource planning and the formation of partnerships to ensure the economic vitality of Kennedy Space Center.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-1000

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- To start the new year, Joyce M. Riquelme from ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- To start the new year, Joyce M. Riquelme from Kennedy's Center Planning and Development Office discusses the space center's direction with TV news reporter Greg Pallone of Channel 13 in ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2250

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-f... More

A group of rockets sitting next to each other on display. Cape canaveral usa space center, science technology.

A group of rockets sitting next to each other on display. Cape canaver...

A group of rocket towers in a garden / The rocket museum at the kennedy space center / Public domain space exploration photo.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn signs the wall of the clean room leading into 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-2012-1457

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn signs the wall of the clean room le...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn signs the wall of the clean room leading into space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Glenn is at the space c... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn stands in the middeck 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-2012-1451

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn stands in the middeck of space shut...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn stands in the middeck 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 50t... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson tour the Vehicle Assembly Building 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 space shuttle Discovery's STS-95 mission. Robinson was the payload commander of STS-95.    Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition until the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975. Photo credit: Cory Huston KSC-2012-1464

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, and NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson tour the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Glenn is at the space center to mark the... More

Rocketry at Space Center, Houston, Texas

Rocketry at Space Center, Houston, Texas

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

STS-81 Mission Specialist J.M. "Jerry" Linenger talks to the press at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after the flight crew arrived at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttle-Mir docking mission. The 10-day mission will feature the transfer of Linenger to Mir to replace astronaut John Blaha, who has been on the orbital laboratory since Sept. 19, 1996. Linenger will be the fourth U.S. astronaut to stay onboard the Russian space station and serve as a Mir crew member. Mission Commander Michael A. Baker is to his left KSC-97pc122

STS-81 Mission Specialist J.M. "Jerry" Linenger talks to the press at ...

STS-81 Mission Specialist J.M. "Jerry" Linenger talks to the press at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after the flight crew arrived at the space center for the final countdown preparations for the fifth Shuttl... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch  Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than  the originally scheduled time of 2:37 p.m. to improve the opportunity to lift off before  Florida summer rain showers reached the space center. The  crew members are Mission  Commander James D. Halsell Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss;  Mission Specialists Michael L.Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists  Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the space flight, the MSL-1 will be  used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the  International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal  growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard is the Hitchhiker Cryogenic  Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which is attached to the right side of  Columbia’s payload bay. These payloads had previously flown on the STS-83 mission in  April, which was cut short after nearly four days because of indications of a faulty fuel  cell. STS-94 is a reflight of that mission KSC-97PC966

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from La...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was o... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches  down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with  Mission Commander  James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L. Still at the controls to  complete the STS-94 mission. Also on board are Mission Specialist Donald A. Thomas,  Mission Specialist Michael L. Gernhardt, Payload Commander Janice Voss, and Payload  Specialists Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission, the Spacelab module was used to test some of the  hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the International Space  Station while the flight crew conducted combustion, protein crystal growth and materials  processing experiments. This mission was a reflight of  the STS-83 mission that lifted off   from KSC in April of this year. That space flight was cut short due to indications of a  faulty fuel cell. This was Columbia’s 11th landing at KSC and the 38th landing at the  space center in the history of the Shuttle program KSC-97PC1047

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touch...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility at 6:46:34 a.m. EDT with Mission Commander James D. Halsell Jr. and Pilot Susan L.... More

The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98pc556

The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landin...

The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 o... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98dc560

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia touches down on Run...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3... More

STS-90 Mission Specialists Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency (left) and Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., inspect the orbiter Columbia's tires in the evening after their midday arrival on May 3, ending their nearly 16-day Neurolab mission. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system KSC-98pc578

STS-90 Mission Specialists Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Cana...

STS-90 Mission Specialists Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency (left) and Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., inspect the orbiter Columbia's tires in the evening after their midday arrival on May... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A sandpiper wades the water in the Merritt Island National <a href="http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/captions/subjects/wildlife.htm">Wildlife </a> Refuge, which shares a boundary with the space center. Sandpipers are usually seen foraging on the beach or margins of lakes, ponds, marshes or streams. The open waters of the Wildlife Refuge provide wintering areas for 23 species of migratory waterfowl as well as a year-round home for great blue herons, great egrets, wood storks, cormorants, brown pelicans and other species of marsh and shore birds. The refuge comprises 92,000 acres, ranging from fresh-water impoundments, salt-water estuaries and brackish marshes to hardwood hammocks and pine flatwoods. The diverse landscape provides habitat for more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fishes, and 65 amphibians and reptiles, including such endangered species as Southern bald eagles, wood storks, Florida scrub jays, Atlantic loggerhead and leatherback turtles, osprey, and nearly 5,000 alligators KSC-99pc64

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A sandpiper wades the water in the Merri...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A sandpiper wades the water in the Merritt Island National kscpao/captions/subjects/wildlife.htm">Wildlife </a> Refuge, which shares a boundary with the space center. Sandpipers ar... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media.  Seen here is Mission Specialist Michael Fossum.  Other crew members are Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter, who represents the European Space Agency. The crew is at the space center to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Over several days, the crew will practice emergency egress from the pad and suit up in their orange flight suits for the simulated countdown to launch. Space Shuttle Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121.  It will carry supplies to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1046

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media. Seen here is Mission Specialist Michael Fossum. ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-121 crew poses for a photo.  From left are Mission Specialist Michael Fossum, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak, Commander Steven Lindsey and Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter from Germany, who represents the European Space Agency.  The crew is at the space center to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Over several days, the crew will practice emergency egress from the pad and suit up in their orange flight suits for the simulated countdown to launch. Space Shuttle Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121.  It will carry supplies to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1048

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at NASA's Kennedy Spa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-121 crew poses for a photo. From left are Mission Specialist Michael Fossum, Pilot Mark Kelly, Mission Specialist Lisa N... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida stands on the horizon as rain clouds move over the space center soon after space shuttle Atlantis is revealed on Launch Pad 39A following the move of the rotating service structure (RSS). The structure provides weather protection and access to the shuttle while it awaits liftoff on the pad. RSS "rollback" marks a major milestone in Atlantis' STS-135 mission countdown. Atlantis and its crew of four; Commander Chris Ferguson, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, are scheduled to lift off at 11:26 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station. Atlantis also will fly the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, Atlantis will return with a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program. For more information visit, www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley KSC-2011-5434

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.-- The Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida stands on the horizon as rain clouds move over the space center soon after space shuttle Atlantis is revealed on La... More

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, speaks during a visit to the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space center. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-4094

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, spea...

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, speaks during a visit to the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space ce... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, the view from the top of the Fixed Service Structure at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The FSS, as the structure is known, is 285 feet high and overlooks the Rotating Service Structure that was rolled into place when a space shuttle was at the pad. The path taken by NASA's massive crawler-transporters that carried the shuttle stack 3 miles from Vehicle Assembly Building are also visible leading up to the launch pad. In the distance are seen the launch pads and support structures at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the Atlas V, Delta IV and Falcon 9 rockets. Google precisely mapped the space center and some of its historical facilities for the company's map page. The work allows Internet users to see inside buildings at Kennedy as they were used during the space shuttle era. Photo credit: Google/Wendy Wang KSC-2013-3237

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, the view from the top o...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, the view from the top of the Fixed Service Structure at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The FSS, as the structure is known, is 285 feet high and... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2251

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-f... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A mock-up of a battery-powered lunar rover is displayed on Earth Day at a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2258

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A mock-up of a battery-powered lunar rover is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A mock-up of a battery-powered lunar rover is displayed on Earth Day at a Sustainability Fair hosted by NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfind... More

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media.  Seen here at center is Pilot Mark Kelly.  Other crew members are Mission Commander Steven Lindsey and Mission Specialists Michael Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter, who represents the European Space Agency.  The crew is at the space center to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Over several days, the crew will practice emergency egress from the pad and suit up in their orange flight suits for the simulated countdown to launch. Space Shuttle Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121.  It will carry supplies to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1042

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media. Seen here at center is Pilot Mark Kelly. Other c... More

Installation of Soyuz Spacecraft at Baikonur

Installation of Soyuz Spacecraft at Baikonur

The Soyuz spacecraft and launch vehicle are installed on the launch pad at the Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan. Baikonur is the world's largest space center. This launch was part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana sit in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1. 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-2012-1454

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA Kennedy Space Center Direc...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana sit in the flight deck of space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1. Glenn is at the space center to mar... More

Exact shuttle mock-up at Space Center, Houston, Texas

Exact shuttle mock-up at Space Center, Houston, Texas

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Project

Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Project

The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-94) soared from Launch Pad 39A begirning its 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory -1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than the originally schedu... More

STS-94 Payload Commander Janice Voss prepares to enter the Space Shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad 39A in preparation for launch.  She has flown on STS-83, STS-63 and STS-57. Voss holds a  doctorate degree in aeronautics/astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of  Technology and has earned two NASA Space Flight Medals. As Payload Commander and  a member of the Blue team, Voss will have overall responsibility for the operation of  all  of the  MSL-1  experiments. During the experimentation phase of the mission, she be  working primarily with three combustion experiments. She and six fellow crew members  will lift off  during a launch window that opens at 1:50 p.m. EDT,  July 1. The launch window will open 47 minutes early to improve the opportunity to  lift off before Florida summer rain showers reach the space center KSC-97PC970

STS-94 Payload Commander Janice Voss prepares to enter the Space Shutt...

STS-94 Payload Commander Janice Voss prepares to enter the Space Shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad 39A in preparation for launch. She has flown on STS-83, STS-63 and STS-57. Voss holds a doctorate degree in aero... More

Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Project

Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Project

The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-94) soared from Launch Pad 39A begirning its 16-day Microgravity Science Laboratory -1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than the originally schedu... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch  Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science  Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was opened 47 minutes earlier than  the originally scheduled time of 2:37 p.m. to improve the opportunity to lift off before  Florida summer rain showers reached the space center. The  crew members are Mission  Commander James D. Halsell Jr.; Pilot Susan L. Still; Payload Commander Janice Voss;  Mission Specialists Michael L.Gernhardt and Donald A. Thomas; and Payload Specialists  Roger K. Crouch and Gregory T. Linteris. During the space flight, the MSL-1 will be  used to test some of the hardware, facilities and procedures that are planned for use on the  International Space Station while the flight crew conducts combustion, protein crystal  growth and materials processing experiments. Also onboard is the Hitchhiker Cryogenic  Flexible Diode (CRYOFD) experiment payload, which is attached to the right side of  Columbia’s payload bay. These payloads had previously flown on the STS-83 mission in  April, which was cut short after nearly four days because of indications of a faulty fuel  cell. STS-94 is a reflight of that mission KSC-97PC959

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from La...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia soars from Launch Pad 39A at 2:02 p.m. EDT July 1 to begin the 16-day STS-94 Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission. The launch window was o... More

Flying along the Indian River toward KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility is the orbiter Columbia as it nears touchdown on Runway 33 to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. This unique view with Titusville and the Indian River in the background was taken from the roof of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98pc561

Flying along the Indian River toward KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility is...

Flying along the Indian River toward KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility is the orbiter Columbia as it nears touchdown on Runway 33 to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. This unique view with Titusville and ... More

Some of the STS-90 crew members pose at the Shuttle Landing Facility hours after arrival on May 3, ending their nearly 16-day Neurolab mission. Shown left to right are Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan, D.V.M.; Payload Specialist Jay Buckey, M.D.; and Mission Specialists Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency and Kathryn (Kay) Hire holding a sign that states "Proud to be at KSC." The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system KSC-98pc579

Some of the STS-90 crew members pose at the Shuttle Landing Facility h...

Some of the STS-90 crew members pose at the Shuttle Landing Facility hours after arrival on May 3, ending their nearly 16-day Neurolab mission. Shown left to right are Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan, D.V.M... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia is about to touch down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-pa90-05

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia is about to touch d...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia is about to touch down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. ED... More

The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 of the mission. The wheels stopped at 12:09:58 EDT, completing a total mission time of 15 days, 21 hours, 50 minutes and 58 seconds. The 90th Shuttle mission was Columbia's 13th landing at the space center and the 43rd KSC landing in the history of the Space Shuttle program. During the mission, the crew conducted research to contribute to a better understanding of the human nervous system. The crew of the STS-90 Neurolab mission include Commander Richard Searfoss; Pilot Scott Altman; Mission Specialists Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the Canadian Space Agency, and Kathryn (Kay) Hire; and Payload Specialists Jay Buckey, M.D., and James Pawelczyk, Ph.D KSC-98pc554

The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landin...

The orbiter Columbia touches down on Runway 33 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 12:08:59 p.m. EDT on May 3, 1998, landing on orbit 256 o... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  A fire burns in the background as members of the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service operate firefighting equipment soaking the grass and underbrush in an attempt to keep the fire away from Kennedy Parkway and the wooded area on the other side of the road. Lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Kennedy Space Center at Tel IV, Ransom Road and Pine Island Road. This area is part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge operated by the service. The fires were a short distance from operational facilities at the space center and forced the closing of Florida State Route 3. The fires are being contained by firefighters from Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service KSC-98pc767

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fire burns in the background as membe...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A fire burns in the background as members of the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service operate firefighting equipment soaking the grass and underbrush in an attempt to keep the fire away ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  A wooded section of the southeast corner of Kennedy Space Center burns on Monday, June 22, after lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Tel IV, Ransom Road and Pine Island Road. This area is part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The fires were a short distance from operational facilities at the space center and forced the closing of Florida State Route 3. The fires are being contained by firefighters from Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service KSC-98pc768

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A wooded section of the southeast corne...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A wooded section of the southeast corner of Kennedy Space Center burns on Monday, June 22, after lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Tel IV, R... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  Charred trees and brush in a wooded section of Kennedy Space Center still burn Monday, June 22, after lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Kennedy Space Center at Tel IV, Ransom Road and Pine Island Road. This area is part of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge operated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The fires were a short distance from operational facilities at the space center and forced the closing of Florida State Route 3. The fires are being contained by firefighters from Kennedy Space Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service KSC-98pc766

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Charred trees and brush in a wooded sec...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Charred trees and brush in a wooded section of Kennedy Space Center still burn Monday, June 22, after lightning touched off three different fires Sunday evening in and around Kenn... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Gunther Wendt takes a turn at the podium after viewing the recovered Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury capsule, seen in the background.  At right is Curt Newport who led the expedition to find and retrieve the capsule.  The expedition was sponsored by the Discovery Channel.   Wendt worked on the Liberty Bell 7 before its launch July 21, 1961. After its successful 16-minute suborbital flight, the Liberty Bell 7, with astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom aboard, splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean.  A prematurely jettisoned hatch caused the capsule to flood and a Marine rescue helicopter was unable to lift it.  It quickly sank to a three-mile depth.  Grissom was rescued but his spacecraft remained lost on the ocean floor, until now. An underwater salvage expert, Newport located the capsule through modern technology, and after one abortive attempt, successfully raised it and brought it to Port Canaveral. The recovery of Liberty Bell 7 fulfilled a 14-year dream for the expedition leader.  The capsule is being moved to the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson, Kansas,  where it will be restored for eventual public display. Newport has also been involved in salvage operations of the Space Shuttle Challenger and TWA Flight 800 that crashed off the coast of Long Island, N.Y KSC-99pp1031

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Gunther Wendt takes a turn at the podium...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Gunther Wendt takes a turn at the podium after viewing the recovered Liberty Bell 7 Project Mercury capsule, seen in the background. At right is Curt Newport who led the expeditio... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, Mission Commander Steven Lindsey pauses at a microphone to introduce the crew.  Joining him are Mission Specialist Michael Fossum, Pilot Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Lisa Nowak (partly visible at left), Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter, who represents the European Space Agency.   The crew is at the space center to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Over several days, the crew will practice emergency egress from the pad and suit up in their orange flight suits for the simulated countdown to launch. Space Shuttle Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121.  It will carry supplies to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1040

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, Mission Commander Steven Lindsey pauses at a microphone to introduce the crew. Joining him are Mission Sp... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media.  Seen here at center is Mission Specialist Piers Sellers; at left is Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson.  Other crew members are Mission Commander Steven Lindsey, Mission Specialist Michael Fossum, Pilot Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Lisa Nowak  and Thomas Reiter, who represents the European Space Agency.  The crew is at the space center to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Over several days, the crew will practice emergency egress from the pad and suit up in their orange flight suits for the simulated countdown to launch. Space Shuttle Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121.  It will carry supplies to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1045

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media. Seen here at center is Mission Specialist Piers S... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media.  Seen here at center is Mission Specialist Lisa Nowak; at left is Pilot Mark Kelly.  Other crew members are Mission Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly, and Mission Specialists Michael Fossum, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Thomas Reiter, who represents the European Space Agency.  The crew is at the space center to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Over several days, the crew will practice emergency egress from the pad and suit up in their orange flight suits for the simulated countdown to launch. Space Shuttle Discovery is designated to launch July 1 on mission STS-121.  It will carry supplies to the International Space Station.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-06pd1043

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center aboard a Grumman G2 aircraft, the STS-121 crew gathers at a microphone for the media. Seen here at center is Mission Specialist Lisa No... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to guests at the annual Community Leaders Breakfast held in the Debus Center at Kennedy's Visitor Complex. Community leaders, business executives, educators, community organizers and state and local government heard Cabana provide an overview of operations at the space center and a look ahead at upcoming missions and activities. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-3308

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to g...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA Kennedy Space Center Bob Cabana talks to guests at the annual Community Leaders Breakfast held in the Debus Center at Kennedy's Visitor Complex. Community leaders, business executive... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center employees in Florida were provided a unique photo opportunity on Oct. 8 from some of the robot 'stars' of the upcoming movie, "Transformers 3." Paramount Pictures filmed scenes for the movie at Kennedy from Oct. 4 through 8. As a show of appreciation for sharing the space center with the "Transformers 3" cast and crew, Kennedy employees and their families were invited to see two Transformers characters, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, in their vehicle form, on display outside Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. In this image Kennedy employee family members pose for a photo in front of 'Bumblebee,' while 'Optimus Prime' is on display to its right. "Transformers 3" is due out in theaters summer 2011. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux KSC-2010-5030

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center employees in Florida...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Kennedy Space Center employees in Florida were provided a unique photo opportunity on Oct. 8 from some of the robot 'stars' of the upcoming movie, "Transformers 3." Paramount Pictur... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – David Reed, left, explains an innovation developed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to Mason Peck, center, NASA's chief Technologist, during Pecks' tour of the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space center. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-4082

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – David Reed, left, explains an innovation develo...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – David Reed, left, explains an innovation developed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to Mason Peck, center, NASA's chief Technologist, during Pecks' tour of the Space Life Sciences Laborator... More

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Mason Peck, center, NASA's chief Technologist, listens as Michael Hogue, right, explains an innovation during Pecks' tour of the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space center. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-4083

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Mason Peck, center, NASA's chief Technologi...

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Mason Peck, center, NASA's chief Technologist, listens as Michael Hogue, right, explains an innovation during Pecks' tour of the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy. Peck toured... More

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Ray Wheeler, left, explains plant growth experimentation facilities to Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, during a tour of the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy. Peck toured the lab facility during a visit to the space center. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2012-4089

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Ray Wheeler, left, explains plant growth ex...

CAPE CANAVERAl, Fla. - Dr. Ray Wheeler, left, explains plant growth experimentation facilities to Dr. Mason Peck, NASA's chief Technologist, during a tour of the Space Life Sciences Laboratory at Kennedy. Peck ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and a former space shuttle commander, points out landmarks of the space center to astronaut candidate Andrew Morgan during a visit to the Beach House at Kennedy. The Beach House is a traditional gathering place for astronauts before they fly into space. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system. To learn more about the astronaut class of 2013, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/2013astroclass.html Photo credit: NASA/Daniel Casper KSC-2014-1591

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Ce...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and a former space shuttle commander, points out landmarks of the space center to astronaut candidate Andrew Morgan during a visit to t... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building in Launch Complex 39.    Kennedy Earth Day events included booths by a dozen sustainable companies and environmental organizations, displays on organic gardening, recycling, sustainable materials, alternative fuels and wildlife, and test-drives of several alternative-fuel vehicles.  In keeping with the national theme, "Green Cities," the fair provided employees with the opportunity to learn how to do their parts in securing a healthy and sustainable future for their cities and the planet.  The space center's sustainability objective is to "promote, maintain and pioneer green practices in all aspects of our mission, striving to be an agency leader in everything we do." For more information on Kennedy's sustainability policy, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/sustainability. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2014-2261

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida hosts a Sustainability Fair in observance of Earth Day. The fair was held adjacent to the Pathfinder Fitness Trail across the street from the 525-f... More

Hurricane Matthew Damage Survey

Hurricane Matthew Damage Survey

A support building is seen during an aerial survey of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday. The survey was performed to identify structures and facilities that may have sustained damage from Hurri... More

an F-4E Phantom is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia.

an F-4E Phantom is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in ...

HAMPTON, Va. (Oct. 29, 2018) an F-4E Phantom is on display at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia. Phantoms were used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force extensively during the Vietnam War. T... More

Color guard members present the colors during the grand

Color guard members present the colors during the grand

Color guard members present the colors during the grand opening ceremony of a new, interactive shuttle exhibit at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Jan. 23, 2016. The space shuttle replica and Boeing 747 shuttle... More

Dependents of Department of the Navy personnel mold planes and rockets out of clay at the John C. Stennis Space Center.

Dependents of Department of the Navy personnel mold planes and rockets...

Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Oct. 13, 2005) Dependents of Department of the Navy personnel mold planes and rockets out of clay at the John C. Stennis Space Center. The Space Center is conducting a day camp for... More

Coast Guard color guard members wait for the space

Coast Guard color guard members wait for the space

Coast Guard color guard members wait for the space shuttle exhibit grand opening to begin at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Jan. 23, 2016. The space shuttle replica and Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft exi... More

Sen. John C. Stennis celebrates a successful Space Shuttle Main Engine test

Sen. John C. Stennis celebrates a successful Space Shuttle Main Engine...

Description: (August 23, 1978) Sen. John C. Stennis dances a jig on top of the Test Control Center at Stennis Space Center following the successful test of a Space Shuttle Main Engine in 1978. A staunch support... More

STS-90 Landing, NASA Space Shuttle Landing Facility

STS-90 Landing, NASA Space Shuttle Landing Facility

(May 3, 1998) A flock of birds takes flight as the orbiter Columbia, with its drag chute deployed, touches down on Runway 22 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility to complete the nearly 16-day STS-90 mission. Main ... More

A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter unloads food and water, transported from Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., to provide support and relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter unloads food and water, transpor...

Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Sep. 01, 2005) A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter unloads food and water, transported from Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., to provide support and relief to victims of Hurrican... More

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