STS052-46-022 - STS-052 - Crewmember seated in the commander's seat in...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Commander James Wetherbee in the commander's seat in the fwd flight deck. The wrist and end effector of the remote manipulator system (RMS) can ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Astrotech Space Operations proces...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities, workers check the placement of NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft on a work stand. There employees of the Johns Hopkins University... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shipped in an air-conditioned transporta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shipped in an air-conditioned transportation van from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, the first Mercury orbiter, arrives at the A... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Astrotech Space Operations proces...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities, workers verify the correct placement of NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft on a test stand. Once in place, employees of the Johns ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space En...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft arrives at the nonhazardous payload processing facility at Astrotech Space Operations in Tit... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a worker adjusts an insulating blanket around the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacec... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker (left) at Astrotech Space Operat...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker (left) at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., questions another worker about the oxygen connection in his protective suit before spacecraft propellant loading o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Astrotech Space Operations in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., helps suit up another worker for spacecraft propellant loading of the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geoc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Astrotech Space Operations i...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A worker at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., suits up for spacecraft propellant loading of the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Rangin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers oversee removal of the canister from around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Envi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers attach supports to an overhead panel above the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Envir... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers suspend an environmental curtain around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environm... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission. The...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission. The MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) mission is a scientific investigation of the planet Mercury. MES... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II rocket with the Mercu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II rocket with the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft aboard is ready for launch on a seven-year journey to the pla... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers ensure the smooth rotation of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. After rotation, the SDO will be moved to a work stand.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is revealed after removal of the protective cover used for shipping. SDO is the first space ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance, or ULA, Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, rolled out of the ULA Vertica... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance, or ULA, Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, rolled out of the ULA Vertica... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Illuminated with a blue hue from bright xenon l...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Illuminated with a blue hue from bright xenon lights, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Com... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Richard Fitzgerald, Radiation Belt Storm Probes...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Richard Fitzgerald, Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, project manager at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory? in Laurel, M.D., participates in a postlaunch news conference at NAS... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carry...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, roars off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:05 a.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carry...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:05 a.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carry...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, lifted off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:05 a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Doors are open on the air-conditioned tr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Doors are open on the air-conditioned transportation van that carried NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to the Astrotech Space ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities near KSC, workers remove the protective cover from NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. Employees of the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- - Astrotech Space Operations facilities ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- - Astrotech Space Operations facilities near KSC, workers check the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft as it rotates on the turnov... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astrotech Space Operations facilities ne...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astrotech Space Operations facilities near KSC, workers complete rotation of the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft on the turnover... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations facilities in Titusville, Fla., secure the cover on the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations in ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., suit up for spacecraft propellant loading of the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) arrive at Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for mating with the Boeing Delta II Heavy rocket that will launch the MESSENGER (Mercur... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The final Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) arrive at Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for mating with the Boeing Delta II Heavy rocket that will launch the MESSENGER (Mercur... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After bagging the MESSENGER (Mercury Surf...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After bagging the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft, Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., place the fi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., an overhead crane moves the upper canister (at left) toward the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ra... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the unwrapped MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band radar antenna is prepared to ob...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band radar antenna is prepared to observe the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) launch. This antenna and a C-band radar antenna are on l... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Boeing Delta II rocket with the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft aboard ... More
BISE (Bodies in the Space Environment) experiment
ISS019-E-005710 (9 April 2009) --- Astronaut Michael Barratt, Expedition 19/20 flight engineer, uses Neurospat hardware to perform the Bodies in the Space Environment (BISE) experiment in the Destiny laboratory... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The shipping container with NASA's Solar Dynami...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The shipping container with NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, arrives at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla. SDO is the first space weather research network mission... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a hoist is attached to NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, in order to lift and rotate it. SDO is the first space weather resear... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a hoist begins rotating NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. After rotation, the SDO will be moved to a work stand. SDO will be r... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the clearance as the Solar Dynamics Observatory is lifted from the stand. The spacecraft is being move... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the Solar Dynamics Observatory after it was lifted from its work stand. The spacecraft is being moved... More
Spacecraft: The Kennedy Space Center has processed and launched many ...
Spacecraft: The Kennedy Space Center has processed and launched many scientific missions to study Earth, the moon, other planets, and the space environment, which has greatly expanded our knowledge and underst... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, is rolled back from Space Launch Comp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unfavorable weather forecast as a result of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unfavorable weather forecast as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac approaching Florida kept NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unfavorable weather forecast as a result of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unfavorable weather forecast as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac approaching Florida kept NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, is rolled back from Space Launch Comp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance, or ULA, Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, rolled out of the ULA Vertica... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With its engines burning bright against the lat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With its engines burning bright against the late night sky, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, travels upward after lifting of... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A postlaunch news conference is held at NASA Ke...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A postlaunch news conference is held at NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site in Florida following the launch of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, mission atop a United Launch Al... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dr. Carlos Calle, senior research scientist on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dr. Carlos Calle, senior research scientist on the Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust Mitigation project, demonstrates a dust particle experiment in the Electrostatics and Surface Physi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dr. Carlos Calle, senior research scientist on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dr. Carlos Calle, senior research scientist on the Electrodynamic Dust Shield for Dust Mitigation project, demonstrates a dust particle experiment in the Electrostatics and Surface Physi... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-1 - INSIGNIAS
S86-27614 (Feb 1986) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia is at the center of the Spacelab Life Sciences 1 patch. The various elements of the logo serve to deliver the message of the dedication of this mission to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities near KSC, workers attach an overhead crane to NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. The spacecraft will b... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrot...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the high bay clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities near KSC, workers prepare to attach an overhead crane to NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. The spacec... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Astrotech Space Operations proces...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities, workers prepare for contact of NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft with a test stand. Once in place, employees of the Johns Hopkins... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astrotech Space Operations facilities ne...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Astrotech Space Operations facilities near KSC, workers again rotate the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft on the turnover fixture... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., remove the cover from the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft inside th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations facilitie...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations facilities in Titusville, Fla., the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft is ready for encapsulation be... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers place insulating blankets around the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft.... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech Space Operation...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technicians at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., work on the back side of the MESSENGER spacecraft, mating it with the Payload Assist Module, the Boeing Delta II thir... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operati...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., secure the first part of a transportation canister around the Delta II upper stage booster on the MESSENGER (Mercur... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Boeing workers secure the first half of the fairing installed around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geoch... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, part of the fairing for the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft is moved into... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Boeing workers complete the installation of the fairing around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band (left) and a C-band radar anten...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band (left) and a C-band radar antenna are prepared to observe the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) launch. The antennas are on loan to... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., an overhead cable lifts NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, to place it on the work stand in the foreground. SDO is the first s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians begin removing the protective cover around NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. SDO is the first space weather researc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titu...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., support the high-gain antenna lowered to allow access to the battery compartment for installation of the flight battery. SDO... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory is moved across the floor toward the Ransome table in the background. The table will be... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved, or gimbaled, during performance testing. All of the spacecraft science i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., an engineer monitors the movement, or gimbaling, of the high-gain antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. All o... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unfavorable weather forecast as a result of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An unfavorable weather forecast as a result of Tropical Storm Isaac approaching Florida kept NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, on Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, carrying NASA’s twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, is rolled back from Space Launch Comp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The engines ignite under the United Launch Alli...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The engines ignite under the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 4:05 a.m. EDT lifting NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Illuminated with a blue hue from bright xenon l...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Illuminated with a blue hue from bright xenon lights, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft lifts off Space Launch Com... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carry...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, lifted off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:05 a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Michael Luther, deputy associate administrator ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Michael Luther, deputy associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate? at NASA Headquarters, participates in a Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, postlaunch news confere... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Illuminated with a blue hue from bright xenon l...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Illuminated with a blue hue from bright xenon lights, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft begins to lift off Space L... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spotlights dance along the clouds over Space La...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Spotlights dance along the clouds over Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station as NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, lift off the pad at 4:05 a.m. EDT aboard... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With its engines burning bright against the lat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With its engines burning bright against the late night sky, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, travels upward after lifting of... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carry...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, lifts off Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 4:05 a.... More
Centaur 6A Rocket in the Space Power Chambers Shop Area
A researcher prepares a Centaur 6A second-stage rocket for a series of tests in the Space Power Chambers’ vacuum tank at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. Lewis was... More
Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center
This is a view of the Russian Mir Space Station photographed by a crewmember of the second Shuttle/Mir docking mission, STS-74. The image shows: top - Progress supply vehicle, Kvant-1 module, and the Core modul... More
Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center
This is a view of the Russian Mir Space Station photographed by a crewmember of the fifth Shuttle/Mir docking mission, STS-81. The image shows: upper center - Progress supply vehicle, Kvant-1 module, and Core m... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Astrotech Space Operations proces...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Astrotech Space Operations processing facilities, workers prepare to move NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft onto a test stand using an overhead crane. There, employees of the John... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations facilities...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations facilities near KSC, workers adjust wires on the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft during rotation o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations fa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Astrotech Space Operations facilities in Titusville, Fla., finish encapsulating the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft f... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a worker checks wiring on the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft. Two solar arr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane lifts the MESSENGER sp...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane lifts the MESSENGER spacecraft from its work stand under the watchful eyes and hands of technicians. The spacecraft is being moved to mate it with the Payload As... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the MESSENGER spacecraft is lowered toward the Payload Assist Module, the Boeing Delta II third stage, for mating. MESSENGER (Mer... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operati...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., prepare to lift the upper canister (at left) and move it over to the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operati...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Boeing workers at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., watch the movement of the upper canister as it is lowered around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Boeing worker observes the second half of the fairing as it moves into place around the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space E... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A C-band radar antenna stands ready to ob...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A C-band radar antenna stands ready to observe the MESSENGER (Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging) launch. This antenna and an X-band radar antenna are on ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mobile Service Tower rolls back revealing the MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) sp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II rocket with the Mercu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Boeing Delta II rocket with the Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft aboard is ready for launch on a seven-year journey to the pla... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., the shipping container cover removed from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (right), or SDO, is moved away. SDO is the first space weat... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, remains on the transporter after the shipping cover was removed. SDO is the first space wea... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is undergoing performance testing. The high-gain antenna seen at center left will... More