Space shuttle STS-127 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Description: SEQUENTIAL STILL COVERAGE OF LIFTOFF. FRAME VEHICLE AND LAUNCHER PLUS ONE VEHICLE LENGTH. Item: DD083-39A Date Taken: 7/15/2009 Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS STS127 LAUNCH AND LANDING
MS Ivins with hair loose on the AFD
STS098-348-015 (7-20 February 2001) --- Astronaut Marsha S. Ivins, STS-98 mission specialist, is photographed on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 stop to talk ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crew of mission STS-115 stop to talk to the media after arriving at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility to prepare for a second launch attempt on Sept. 6 to the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew is in the White Room o...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew is in the White Room on the orbiter access arm on Launch Pad 39B to get instruction on using the emergency egress system. From left are Commander Brent Jett, Pilo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Space Florida president Steve Kohler (left) talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) first zer... More
Crewmember activity in the shuttle middeck
STS091-780-001 (2-12 June 1998) --- Cosmonaut Valery V. Ryumin, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), organizes a meal on the mid deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. T... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, invited guests tour the blockhouse at Complex 5/6 during a celebration of Alan Shepard's historic flight 50 years ago. From left are Rober... More
HL-10 Landing with F-104 Chase Aircraft
ECN-2367 HL-10 touches down on its main landing gear, while the pilot was holding the nose up to slow the vehicle. The F-104 in the background was used as a chase plane. Its pilot would give the HL-10's pilot c... More
External tank - Space Shuttle Projects
This is a cutaway illustration of the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) with callouts. The giant cylinder, higher than a 15-story building, with a length of 154-feet (47-meters) and a diameter of 27.5-feet (8.4-... More
The space shuttle orbiter Columbia lifts off the launch pad during the...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More
The space shuttle Enterprise in the launch position. This is the first...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More
LANDING (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30852 (14 April 1981) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for the STS-1 flight, egresses the NASA space shuttle following touchdown of the Columbia on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, Californi... More
A view of the space shuttle Columbia and its booster rockets in flight
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More
Artist's concept of the Space Shuttle Orbiter deploying a module in or...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-5 Launch
(November 11, 1982) A view of the Space Shuttle Columbia's launch for the STS-5 mission on November 11, 1982. This was Columbia's first operational mission. ..Image # : S82-39532
A left front view of a Boeing 747 aircraft landing to refuel while car...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 David Rose Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More
Shuttle Discovery on pad for STS 51-D mission
Shuttle Discovery on the launch pad for the STS 51-D mission.
CFD: Space Shuttle Launch Configuration surface pressure comparison (r...
CFD: Space Shuttle Launch Configuration surface pressure comparison (right) computation and wind tunnel
Space Shuttle Columbia, LDEF Return to KSC
Suspended above the payload bay of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) is monitored by technicians during its move from the Space Shuttle to a transportation canister. LDEF, w... More
STS-31 Pilot Charles F. Bolden, left, and Commander Loren J. Shriver p...
STS-31 Pilot Charles F. Bolden, left, and Commander Loren J. Shriver prepare to enter the orbiter Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39B during the culmination of the two-day Terminal Countdown Dem... More
41C-37-1701 - STS-41C - EVA to repair the SMM
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the extravehicular activity which repaired the Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite during the STS-41C mission includes : Two mission speciali... More
41C-12-453 - STS-41C - EVA to repair the SSM
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the extravehicular activity (EVA) done to repair the Solar Maximum Mission (SSM) satellite in the payload bay of the space shuttle Challenger. ... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Project
On the 500th arniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World, replicas of his three ships sailed past the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) while the space shuttle Columbia sat poised... More
Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center
Astronaut Mark Lee floats freely as he tests the new backpack called the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system. SAFER is designed for use in the event a crew member becomes untethered while conducting an... More
Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64 landing view
STS64-S-073 (20 Sept. 1994) --- The drag chute for the space shuttle Discovery is deployed as NASA's most-heavily flown spacecraft completes a 10-day, 22-hour and 50-minute mission. Discovery, with a crew of s... More
Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov seen in Mir's window from Shuttle Discovery
STS063-711-080 (6 Feb. 1995) --- Cosmonaut Valeriy V. Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir Space Station on January 8, 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery. ... More
KSC payload processing employees in Orbiter Processing Facility 1 prep...
KSC payload processing employees in Orbiter Processing Facility 1 prepare the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia’s crew airlock and payload bay for the reinstallation of the Spacelab long transfer tunnel that leads... More
Space shuttle STS-88. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Launched: December 4, 1998, 3:35:34.075 a.m. EST.Landing: December 15, 1998, 10:53:29 p.m. EST, Kennedy Space Center, Florida .Space Shuttle: Endeavour.Crew: Commander Robert D. Cabana, Pilot Frederick W. Sturc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-89 Mission Specialist Bonnie Dunbar...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-89 Mission Specialist Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D.; Commander Terrence Wilcutt; Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., Michael Anderson, James Reilly, Ph.D.; Pilot Joe Edwards Jr.;... More
STS060-15-002 - STS-060 - View of payloads in the STS-60 Discovery's p...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the major payloads of the Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-60 mission, backdropped against clouds over the Atlantic Ocean. In... More
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Jul...
In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-96 Mission Specialist Julie Payette is assisted by a suit technician in donning her launch and entry suit during final launch preparations. Payette is with the Canad... More
STS-103 Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier of Switzerland, with the E...
STS-103 Mission Specialist Claude Nicollier of Switzerland, with the European Space Agency, smiles after landing at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility to begin Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test... More
This aerial photo captures many of the facilities involved in Space Sh...
This aerial photo captures many of the facilities involved in Space Shuttle processing. At center is the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The curved road is the newly restored crawlerway leading into the VAB hi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Resting atop the Mobile Launcher Platfor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Resting atop the Mobile Launcher Platform, Space Shuttle Atlantis is viewed from a high level on the Fixed Service Structure. Seen is one of its solid rocket boosters and the exter... More
International Space Station (ISS), Space Shuttle Program, NASA
Pictured is the crew for the Shuttle Endeavor STS-113 mission snapped during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center. From the left are Astronauts James D. Wetherbee,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The late afternoon sun highlights the e...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The late afternoon sun highlights the external tank and solid rocket booster on Space Shuttle Columbia after rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. Visible ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, Shuttle Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar at KSC, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left) shows some of the debris from Space Shuttle Columbia to former payload specialist Dr. Roger Crouch (center) an... More
S115E05691 - STS-115 - STS-115 Space Shuttle Atlantis docked on the IS...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of STS-115 Space Shuttle Atlantis connected to the International Space Station (ISS) during Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Shown is the Pressurize... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facilit...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-115 Mission Specialists (foreground, from left) Daniel Burbank, Joseph Tanner, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Radar technicians adjust two bird dete...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Radar technicians adjust two bird detection radars near Launch Pad 39B before the July 1 launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-121. When birds, especially vultures, ar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-115 crew members inspect equipment in Atlantis's payload bay. Mission Specialists (starting second from left... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew learn about use of the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew learn about use of the bunker in the event of an emergency at the launch pad. Seen in the photo are, from left, Commander Brent Jett, Mission Specialists Daniel B... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew gets instructions on l...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew gets instructions on landing the slidewire baskets, used during emergency egress from the launch pad. From left are Mission Specialists Joseph Tanner and Heidemar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew walks out of the Opera...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-115 crew walks out of the Operations and Checkout Building to head for Launch Pad 39B. Leading the way on the left is Pilot Christopher Ferguson; behind him are Mission S... More
STS-115 MS Burbank works on the aft FD of the Space Shuttle Atlantis
S115-E-06001 (14 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Daniel C. Burbank, STS-115 mission specialist, works on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during the sixth day in space for the shuttle crew.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from the mid-section of Atlantis,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from the mid-section of Atlantis, STS-117 crew members are looking at the external airlock near the nose of the orbiter Atlantis. The crew is at KSC to take part in a Crew ... More
JSC2007-E-18071 (9 April 2007) --- While seated at the pilot's station...
JSC2007-E-18071 (9 April 2007) --- While seated at the pilot's station, astronaut George D. Zamka, STS-120 pilot, participates in a training session in the crew compartment trainer (CCT-2) in the Space Vehicle ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-120 Commander Pamela Melroy is donni...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-120 Commander Pamela Melroy is donning her launch and entry suit to take part in a simulated launch countdown, part of the prelaunch terminal countdown demonstration test, or T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the White Room on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-120 Commander Pamela Melroy is helped by the closeout crew to put on a parachute and get ready to enter sp... More
S123E009262 - STS-123 - Flyaround view of the ISS taken from STS-123 S...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earths horizon, is the forward (FWD) side of the International Space Station (ISS) after departure of the ST... More
STS122-S-046 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Flames from the main engines on Space S...
STS122-S-046 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Flames from the main engines on Space Shuttle Atlantis, at ignition, pour through the mobile launcher platform into the flame trench below. Within seconds, Atlantis was on its cli... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis is suspended vertically above the transfer aisle. Atlantis will be lifted into high bay 3 and stac... More
S125E011847 - STS-125 - View of the HST after being released from the ...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during separation from the shuttle Atlantis. Photo taken on Flight Day 9 of the STS-125 mission. Subject Term... More
S129E005552 - STS-129 - Survey view of Atlantis taken during the STS-1...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the starboard (STBD) Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod taken during a survey of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on the ... More
STS099-S-019 (11 February 2000) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour is bac...
STS099-S-019 (11 February 2000) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour is backdropped in the distance against a clear blue sky as its launches toward space. Launch of the STS-99 mission occurred at 12:43:40 p.m. (EST... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The solid rocket booster recovery ship Freedom ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The solid rocket booster recovery ship Freedom Star, towing the spent first stage of NASA's Ares I-X rocket, passes through Port Canaveral in Florida. Following the launch of the Ares I-X... More
STS-132 Lifts Off NASA Image of The Day
Space shuttle Atlantis soars to orbit from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14. The third of five shuttl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians inspect a spent shuttle solid rock...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians inspect a spent shuttle solid rocket booster outside Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The booster was used during space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 l... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a cr...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane is used to load a space shuttle solid rocket booster and an external fuel tank on trucks for transport to separate museums. The sol... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Sh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA, flies over the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SCA, a modified 747 je... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis is transported along Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Atlantis is transported along Kennedy Parkway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its 10-mile journey to the Kennedy Visitor Complex where it will be put on public ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians perform safing procedures on NASA'...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians perform safing procedures on NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander after completing the first free flight test at night from a launch pad at the north end of the Shuttle L... More
Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA...
Significance: The Orbiter Discovery, OV-103, is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the context of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program (1969-2011) under Criterion A ... More
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Spanish-American woman passing shuttle through warp in weaving rag rug...
Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Proposed USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory
A 1960 concept image of the United States Air Force's proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) that was intended to test the military usefulness of having humans in orbit. The station's baseline configuration ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Noted physicist Stephen Hawking arriv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Noted physicist Stephen Hawking arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 ... More
Photograph of an Artist's Concept of a Sleek Space Shuttle Craft
Original caption: MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS. SPACE SHUTTLE UNVEILED - This artist's concept of a sleek space shuttle craft (foreground) has been released by North American Rockwell Space Divisio... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid r...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) is lowered onto the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to forward skirt co... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's exter...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank continues in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians are modifying 94 support bea... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Megan McArthur puts ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Megan McArthur puts on her launch-and-entry suit before heading for Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch will be McArthur's fir... More
Space shuttle Space Shuttle Illustration
An unidentified illustration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) space shuttle. The space shuttle fleet flew 135 missions and helped construct the International Space Station between ... More
Space shuttle Space Shuttle - Thermal Insulation
The high temperatures which were to be encountered by the Space Shuttle were simulated in the tunnels at Langley in this 1975 test of the thermal insulation materials which were used on the orbiter.
Space shuttle SPACE SHUTTLE, NASA Technology Images
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04380.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
The Shuttle Enterprise with Star Trek cast
(September 17, 1976) The Shuttle Enterprise rolls out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities with Star Trek television cast members. From left to right they are: Dr. James D. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, DeF... More
Space shuttle SPACE SHUTTLE, NASA Technology Images
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04378.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
SPACE SHUTTLE AND 747 AIRPLANE - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1977 Keywords: c1977_02300s 1977_02305.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Space shuttle Art Concepts- Shuttle
Shuttle related interaction with the space telescope. Public domain photograph of NASA satellite, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, sp... More
S88E5193 - STS-088 - View of FGB module
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Backdropped against the darkness of space, Zarya approaches the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The photograph was taken from Endeavour's aft flight deck with ... More
STS063-714-000M - STS-063 - Payload Bay
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of the Discovery's payload bay over an Earth limb as viewed from the Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-63. Subject Terms: ... More
LANDING (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30845 (14 April 1981) --- The 122-feet-long (37.2 meters) space shuttle orbiter Columbia approaches its dry lake bed landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California to successfully complete a ... More
A left rear view of the space shuttle Columbia landing on a runway at ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to... More
The cargo bay of NASA's space shuttle Columbia, taken from inside the ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Johnson Space Center, Houston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released ... More
Artist's concept of the Space Shuttle Orbiter deploying a satellite in...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The Complex 39 press site buzzes with activity during the final countd...
The Complex 39 press site buzzes with activity during the final countdown to the launch of the third space shuttle flight. More than 2,000 news media representatives from around the world crowded onto the press... More
LANDING - STS-3 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S82-33420 (4 July 1982) --- The aft wheels of the space shuttle Columbia ease down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) today to successfully complete a week-long spaceflight for astronauts Thomas K. M... More
CREW PORTRAIT - SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION 41B
S83-40555 (15 October 1983) --- These five astronauts are in training for the STS-41B mission, scheduled early next year. On the front row are Vance D. Brand, commander; and Robert L. Gibson, pilot. Mission spe... More
Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-7 Landing
(June 24, 1983) Space Shuttle Challenger's STS-7 mission landed on June 24, 1983 at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. ..Image # : s83-35790
The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from the Complex 39A launch pad
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More
41G-49-074 - STS-41G - STS-41G earth observations
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-41G earth observations. Payload Bay is visible. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) SPACE SHUTTLE MI... More
View of foot restraint strayed from Challenger
S84-27024 (7 Feb 1984) --- This 70mm frame centers on a foot restraint that strayed from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger during the February 9, 1984 extravehicular activity (EVA) session of astronau... More
51I-32-008 - STS-51I - AUSSAT-1 being deployed from the payload bay of...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing Australia's AUSSAT-1 communications satellite deploying from the payload bay. Subject Terms: COMMUNICATION SATELLITE... More
Space shuttle Challenger Rocket Booster
(January 28, 1986) At about 76 seconds, fragments of the Orbiter can be seen tumbling against a background of fire, smoke and vaporized propellants from the External Tank. The left Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) fl... More
STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, at KSC Launch Complex (LC) ...
S88-52659 (2 Nov 1988) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39B at KSC following the roll-out process from the vehicle assembly building. It will undergo final checkouts and evaluations prior to its l... More
S122E012209 - STS-122 - Flyaround view of ISS after STS-122 Undocking
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Flyaround view of U.S. Laboratory/Destiny and Node 2/Harmony, taken from the orbiter Atlantis as it begins relative separation from the International Sp... More
STS-31 Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (left) and Kathryn D. Sull...
STS-31 Mission Specialists Steven A. Hawley (left) and Kathryn D. Sullivan, and Commander Loren J. Shriver prepare to enter the orbiter Discovery from the 195-foot level at Launch Pad 39B during the culmination... More
Space shuttle STS-43 Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis streaks skyward as sunlight pierces through the gap between the orbiter and ET assembly. Atlantis lifted off on the 42nd space shuttle flight at 11:02 a.m. EDT on August 2, 1991 carry... More
Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-63 Rollout
The Space Shuttle Discovery completes the final Earth-bound portion of its journey into space, leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building on the slow trip to Launch Pad 39B. Discovery is scheduled to fly the first S... More
S46-01-001 - STS-046 - The Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) in the ...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: A view of the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) in the payload bay of the shuttle orbiter Atlantis during the STS-46 mission. Visible are the Research... More
STS-99 Mission Specialist Janet Lynn Kavandi (Ph.D.) smiles on her arr...
STS-99 Mission Specialist Janet Lynn Kavandi (Ph.D.) smiles on her arrival at KSC aboard a T-38 training jet aircraft to take part in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT provides the crew w... More