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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  Looking like a shooting star, Space Shuttle Discovery roars into the night sky on mission STS-116.  The trailing blaze lighted the sky and nearby water, while clouds of smoke and steam billowed across the launch pad.  Liftoff occurred on time at 8:47 p.m. EST. This was the second launch attempt for mission STS-116.  The first launch attempt on Dec. 7 was postponed due a low cloud ceiling over Kennedy Space Center. This is Discovery's 33rd mission and the first night launch since 2002.   The 20th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-116 carries another truss segment, P5. It will serve as a spacer, mated to the P4 truss that was attached in September.  After installing the P5, the crew will reconfigure and redistribute the power generated by two pairs of U.S. solar arrays. Landing is expected Dec. 21 at KSC.   Photo courtesy of Nikon/Scott Andrews KSC-06pd2763

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking like a shooting star, Space Shu...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking like a shooting star, Space Shuttle Discovery roars into the night sky on mission STS-116. The trailing blaze lighted the sky and nearby water, while clouds of smoke and ... More

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Office of the Deputy Administrator - EPA and European Union (EU) Energ...

Office of the Deputy Administrator - EPA and European Union (EU) Energy Star Labeling Program

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Office of the Deputy Administrator - EPA and European Union (EU) Energ...

Office of the Deputy Administrator - EPA and European Union (EU) Energy Star Labeling Program

[Hurricane Gustav] Lufkin, TX, September 2, 2008 -- Bill Davis, regional coordinator Texas Forest Service, Lance Carpenter, FEMA situational liaison, LtC Schoening, Texas National Guard and Paul Harrerann, Lone star State IMT discuss distribution plans in a  warehouse in Lufkin, TX.  The warehouse is being used to handle basic supplies of water and MRE (meals ready to eat) for distribution to residents affected by Hurricane Gustav.  Photo by Patsy Lynch/FEMA

[Hurricane Gustav] Lufkin, TX, September 2, 2008 -- Bill Davis, region...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –   NASA's Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ship Freedom Star arrives at the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with a spent solid rocket booster alongside.  The booster is from space shuttle Endeavour's launch Nov. 14 on mission STS-126. The space shuttle’s solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered at sea. The boosters impact the Atlantic Ocean approximately seven minutes after liftoff. The splashdown area is a square of about six by nine nautical miles located about 140 nautical miles downrange from the launch pad. The retrieval ships are stationed approximately 8 to 10 nautical miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown. As soon as the boosters enter the water, the ships accelerate to a speed of 15 knots and quickly close on the boosters. The pilot chutes and main parachutes are the first items to be brought on board. With the chutes and frustum recovered, attention turns to the boosters. The ship’s tow line is connected and the booster is returned to the Port and, after transfer to a position alongside the ship, to Hangar AF. There, the expended boosters are disassembled, refurbished and reloaded with solid propellant for reuse. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-08pd3731

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ship Fr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ship Freedom Star arrives at the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The ... More

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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Energy Star ...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Energy Star

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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Energy Star ...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Energy Star

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Port Canaveral, Fla.,  a crane moves a container toward the deck of the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station. Inside is the control center for the X-band radar installed on the deck of the ship.  The radar will provide critical support during launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission.  The radar will work with smaller X-band radars placed on the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty Star to provide extremely high-resolution images of any debris that might be created during Atlantis' launch.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-2957

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Port Canaveral, Fla., a crane moves a conta...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Port Canaveral, Fla., a crane moves a container toward the deck of the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station. Inside is the control center for the X-band radar installed... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Port Canaveral, Fla.,  a container is lifted from the transporter for transfer to the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station. Inside is the control center for the X-band radar installed on the deck of the ship.  The radar will provide critical support during launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission.  The radar will work with smaller X-band radars placed on the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty Star to provide extremely high-resolution images of any debris that might be created during Atlantis' launch.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-2956

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Port Canaveral, Fla., a container is lifted...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Port Canaveral, Fla., a container is lifted from the transporter for transfer to the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station. Inside is the control center for the X-band r... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An X-band radar waits to be installed on the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station in Port Canaveral, Fla.  The radar will provide critical support during launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission.  The radar will work with smaller X-band radars placed on the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty Star to provide extremely high-resolution images of any debris that might be created during Atlantis' launch.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-2947

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An X-band radar waits to be installed on the U....

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An X-band radar waits to be installed on the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station in Port Canaveral, Fla. The radar will provide critical support during launch of space sh... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers maneuver the position of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, after its rotation.  The SDO will be moved to a work stand. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program.  The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth.  In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch.   Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2009-4025

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers maneuver the position of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, after its rotation. The SDO will be moved to a work stand. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla.,  an overhead cable moves  NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, toward the work stand in the foreground.  SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program.  The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth.  In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch.   Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2009-4029

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., an overhead cable moves NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, toward the work stand in the foreground. SDO is the first space we... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians remove the protective cover around NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program.  The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth.  In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch.    Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-4034

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians remove the protective cover around NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. SDO is the first space weather research networ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians remove portions of the protective cover wrapped around NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program.  The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth.  In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch.    Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-4036

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fl...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians remove portions of the protective cover wrapped around NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. SDO is the first space wea... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Payload Processing Facility in Titusville, Fla.,  the Solar Dynamics Observatory is  lowered onto the Ransome table.  The table will be used to rotate the spacecraft in various directions for access to different areas of the spacecraft. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program.  The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth.  In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-4268

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 lowered onto the Ransome table. The table will be used to rotate the spacecraft in v... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver NASA's Pegasus barge toward the Turn Basin dock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The barge contains the external fuel tank, designated ET-133, that will be used for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission.  After Pegasus is docked, the tank will be offloaded and moved into a high bay in the Vehicle Assembly Building for checkout.  The tank was shipped aboard the Pegasus from NASA's Michould Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Pegasus was towed to Port Canaveral by the Freedom Star Retrieval Ship.  Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2009-4392

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver NASA's Pegasus barge toward t...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver NASA's Pegasus barge toward the Turn Basin dock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The barge contains the external fuel tank, designated ET-133, that will be use... More

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 of the spacecraft science instruments are being tested in their last major evaluation before launch.  SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program.  The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth.  In preparation for launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch.  Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Dec. 4.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-4591

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. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers release the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, for its move onto a test stand during preparations for propulsion system testing and leak checks.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Diller KSC-2009-5298

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers release the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, for its move onto a test stand during preparations for propulsion s... More

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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Siemens - National Cha...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Siemens - National Change the World, Start with Energy Star Campaign

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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Siemens - National Cha...

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Siemens - National Change the World, Start with Energy Star Campaign

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually deploy a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to test the release mechanism sequence for the arrays using signal commands.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-6228

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually deploy a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to test... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually deploy one of the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to test the release mechanism sequence for the arrays using signal commands.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-6227

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually deploy one of the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparatio... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare to offload the Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, from a Volga-Dnepr Antonov AN-124-100, a Ukranian/Russian aircraft.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-6434

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force S...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare to offload the Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observa... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is transported to the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-6443

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is transported to the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved into the hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-6445

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved into the hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Can... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Volga-Dnepr Antonov AN-124-100, a Ukranian/Russian aircraft, lands at the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, delivering the Centaur second stage for the Atlas V rocket slated to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-6431

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Volga-Dnepr Antonov AN-124-100, a Ukranian/Ru...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A Volga-Dnepr Antonov AN-124-100, a Ukranian/Russian aircraft, lands at the Skid Strip on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, delivering the Centaur second stage for the Atlas V ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians check the range of motion of the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, part of the testing required to verify the spacecraft's readiness for launch.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-6422

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians check the range of motion of the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory,... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the range-of-motion tests are complete on the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, part of the testing required to verify the spacecraft's readiness for launch.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-6430

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the range-of-motion tests are complete on the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, p... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians start the process of stowing the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, following testing to verify the spacecraft's readiness for launch.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-6476

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians start the process of stowing the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory,... More

CSC attains VPP Star Demonstration status

CSC attains VPP Star Demonstration status

CSC Inc. at NASA's John C. Space Center was presented a Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Star Demonstration banner by the Occupational Safety and Health administration (OSHA) during a Dec. 9 ceremony. From l... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center attach a lifting device to the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to remove it from a Ransome table.    SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. Liftoff on an Atlas V rocket is scheduled for Feb. 3, 2010. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder KSC-2009-6832

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center attach a lifting device to the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SD... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., Boeing spacecraft fueling technicians from Kennedy Space Center prepare the equipment necessary to sample the monomethylhydrazine propellant that will be loaded aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO.    The hydrazine fuel is being sampled for purity before it is loaded aboard the spacecraft.  The technicians are dressed in self-contained atmospheric protective ensemble suits, or SCAPE suits, as a safety precaution in the unlikely event that any of the highly toxic chemical should escape from the storage tank. The nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer was loaded earlier in the week which is customarily followed by loading of the fuel.  Propellant loading is one of the final processing milestones before the spacecraft is encapsulated in its fairing for launch.  SDO is the first mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program and is designed to study the causes of solar variability and its impacts on Earth. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information to help characterize the interior of the Sun, the Sun's magnetic field, the hot plasma of the solar corona, and the density of radiation that creates the ionosphere of the planets. The information will be used to create better forecasts of space weather needed to protect the aircraft, satellites and astronauts living and working in space. Liftoff aboard an Atlas V rocket is targeted for Feb. 9 from Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For information on SDO, visit http://www.nasa.gov/sdo.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1054

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in T...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., Boeing spacecraft fueling technicians from Kennedy Space Center prepare the equipment necessary to sample the monomethylhyd... More

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-374

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-375

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-379

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-384

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-386

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-428

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-061

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-366

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-369

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-196

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-262

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-305

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame. ARC-2010-ACD10-0005-165

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Sant...

NASA Ames Research Center 70 Year Anniversary Gala Dinner held at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California with special guest speaker Nichelle Nichols of Star Trek fame.

Dusty Dead Star, JPL/NASA images

Dusty Dead Star, JPL/NASA images

A composite image from NASA Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star, a supernova remnant called G54.1+0.3. The white source at the center is a dead star called a pulsar.... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, pulls the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, ET-122, toward NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tank traveled 900 miles by sea from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus Barge. After reaching the Turn Basin at Kennedy, the tank will be offloaded and moved to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it eventually will be attached to space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. STS-134, targeted to launch in Feb. 2011, currently is scheduled to be the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program.        The tank, which is the largest element of the space shuttle stack, was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and restored to flight configuration by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company employees. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-4845

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket boost...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, pulls the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, ET-122, toward NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ta... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Part of a spent booster is seen in the background bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean as deck hands on Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval vessel prepare to recover it after space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 launch.            The shuttle’s two solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after every launch by Liberty Star and Freedom Star. The boosters impact the Atlantic about seven minutes after liftoff and the retrieval ships are stationed about 10 miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown. After the spent segments are processed, they will be transported to Utah, where they will be refurbished and stored, if needed. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2011-1805

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Part of a spent booster is seen in the backgro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Part of a spent booster is seen in the background bobbing in the Atlantic Ocean as deck hands on Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval vessel prepare to recover it a... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dusk descends on the Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, to recover the right spent booster after it splashed down following space shuttle Discovery's final launch.            The shuttle’s two solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after every launch by Freedom Star and Liberty Star. The boosters impact the Atlantic about seven minutes after liftoff and the retrieval ships are stationed about 10 miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown. After the spent segments are processed, they will be transported to Utah, where they will be refurbished and stored, if needed. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux KSC-2011-1867

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dusk descends on the Freedom Star, one of NASA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Dusk descends on the Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, to recover the right spent booster after it splashed down following... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, tows a spent booster from space shuttle Atlantis' final launch, to Port Canaveral in Florida.  The shuttle's two solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after every launch by Freedom Star and Liberty Star. The boosters impact the Atlantic about seven minutes after liftoff and the retrieval ships are stationed about 10 miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown. After the spent segments are processed, they will be transported to Utah, where they will be deserviced and stored, if needed.        Atlantis began its final flight at 11:29 a.m. EDT on July 8 to deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the International Space Station. Atlantis also delivers the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit to the station. 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 is 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/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-5366

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket boost...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, tows a spent booster from space shuttle Atlantis' final launch, to Port Canaveral in Florida. The shuttle's two solid r... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – One of two solid rocket boosters is lifted above a mooring at Port Canaveral in Florida.  Liberty Star, one of NASA’s two booster retrieval ships, towed the spent booster from space shuttle Atlantis’ final launch to the port. The shuttle’s two solid rocket booster casings and associated flight hardware are recovered in the Atlantic Ocean after every launch by Freedom Star and Liberty Star. The boosters impact the Atlantic about seven minutes after liftoff, and the retrieval ships are stationed about 10 miles from the impact area at the time of splashdown.    After the spent segments are processed, they will be transported to Utah, where they will be deserviced and stored, if needed. Atlantis began its final flight, STS-135, at 11:29 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. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-5487

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – One of two solid rocket boosters is lifted abov...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – One of two solid rocket boosters is lifted above a mooring at Port Canaveral in Florida. Liberty Star, one of NASA’s two booster retrieval ships, towed the spent booster from space shutt... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thousands of space shuttle workers and their families gather near the "Star Trek" exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for the “We Made History! Shuttle Program Celebration” on Aug. 13. The event was held to honor current and former workers’ dedication to NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and to celebrate 30 years of space shuttle achievements. The event featured food, music, entertainment, astronaut appearances, educational activities, giveaways, and Starfire Night Skyshow. Photo credit: Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-6495

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thousands of space shuttle workers and their f...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Thousands of space shuttle workers and their families gather near the "Star Trek" exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida for the “We Made History! Shuttle Program... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Trek) signs autographs for a guest at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during activities for the agency’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission (GRAIL). Nichols was on hand to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the first airing of the Star Trek television series. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is hosting “Star Trek: The Exhibition” to show visitors where “science fiction meets science fact.”    GRAIL will fly twin spacecraft in tandem around the moon to precisely measure and map variations in the moon's gravitational field. The mission will provide the most accurate global gravity field to date for any planet, including Earth. This detailed information will reveal differences in the density of the moon's crust and mantle and will help answer fundamental questions about the moon's internal structure, thermal evolution, and history of collisions with asteroids. The aim is to map the moon's gravity field so completely that future moon vehicles can safely navigate anywhere on the moon’s surface. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/grail. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2011-6853

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Tre...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Actress Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura on Star Trek) signs autographs for a guest at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida during activities for the agency’s Gravity Recovery a... More

Harrisburg, Pa. , Dec. 1, 2011 -- Angela D. Green, FEMA Quality Assurance/Quality Control Specialist for the Centralized Processing Center earned The Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in Afghanistan.  Dan Smyser, FEMA Public Assistance Group Supervisor, presented the medal to Staff Sergeant Angela Green in the presence of family, friends and co-workers. Photo by Howard Greenblatt/FEMA

Harrisburg, Pa. , Dec. 1, 2011 -- Angela D. Green, FEMA Quality Assura...

The original database describes this as: Title: FEMA Employee wins Bronze Star Production Date: 12/01/2011 Caption: Harrisburg, Pa. , Dec. 1, 2011 -- Angela D. Green, FEMA Quality Assurance/Quality Control S... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Liberty Star ship departs Port Canaveral in Florida with an Orion flight test capsule secured to its deck.    Liberty Star has been enlisted to support the Crew Module Recovery Attach Fitting Test (CRAFT) which began at-sea operations Nov. 29.  Multiple attach clips are being evaluated against the current recovery cleat configuration by U.S. Air Force pararescue jumpers (PJs) and a U.S. Navy diver. The 21st Century Ground Systems Program will use data collected from the tests to help develop ground operations support equipment that could be used to recover an uncrewed Orion flight test capsule after splashdown. The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle is NASA's next-generation spacecraft being developed for deep space missions to asteroids, moons and other interplanetary destinations throughout the solar system. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs KSC-2011-8152

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Liberty Star ship departs Port Canaveral...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Liberty Star ship departs Port Canaveral in Florida with an Orion flight test capsule secured to its deck. Liberty Star has been enlisted to support the Crew Module Recovery Att... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, the covering around NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, has been removed. MARS is being prepared for a day of testing in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2585

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, the covering around NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, has been remo... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2589

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Por...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Freedom Star boat is heading back to Port Canaveral in Florida, after a full day of testing NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, in the Atlantic Ocean. MARS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, the covering around NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, has been removed. MARS is being prepared for a day of testing in the Atlantic Ocean.      MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2580

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Port Canaveral in Florida, the covering around NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, has been remo... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat as it is being prepared for a day of testing after departing from Port Canaveral in Florida for the Atlantic Ocean.     MARS, run by NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., with its spatial, hyperspectral, thermal, and directed energy capabilities will be used for thermal imaging testing for the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon capsule test flight to the International Space Station. During today’s test, the MARS X-band radar and kineto tracking mount KTM were tested to ensure that they were synchronized to receive a rocket launch feed. The radar was used to identify an object to see if the KTM could lock on to and track it. The MARS team performed maintenance on the system, confirmed communications links, and tested the design of the mounting system and environmental enclosure. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston KSC-2012-2579

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s Mobile Aerospace Reconnaissance System, or MARS, is secured aboard NASA’s Freedom Star boat as it is being prepared for a day of testing after departing from Port Canaveral in Flor... More

COTS-2 Freedom Star Thermal Imaging Test 2012-2586

COTS-2 Freedom Star Thermal Imaging Test 2012-2586

COTS-2 Freedom Star Thermal Imaging Test Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe A, enclosed in a protective shipping container, is positioned into the airlock of the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where Applied Physics Laboratory technicians will begin spacecraft testing and prelaunch preparations.  The twin RBSP spacecraft arrived at Kennedy’s Shuttle Landing Facility in the cargo bay of a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft earlier in the day.            The RBSP mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. The RBSP instruments will provide the measurements needed to characterize and quantify the plasma processes that produce very energetic ions and relativistic electrons. The mission is part of NASA’s broader Living With a Star Program that was conceived to explore fundamental processes that operate throughout the solar system, and in particular those that generate hazardous space weather effects in the vicinity of Earth and phenomena that could impact solar system exploration. RBSP is scheduled to begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts and the extremes of space weather after launch. Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for August 23.  For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-2637

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe A, enclosed i...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe A, enclosed in a protective shipping container, is positioned into the airlock of the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Cen... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A forklift operator moves NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe B, enclosed in a protective shipping container, toward a flatbed truck at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The twin RBSP spacecraft will be transported to the Astrotech payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center where Applied Physics Laboratory technicians will begin spacecraft testing and prelaunch preparations.        The RBSP mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. The RBSP instruments will provide the measurements needed to characterize and quantify the plasma processes that produce very energetic ions and relativistic electrons. The mission is part of NASA’s broader Living With a Star Program that was conceived to explore fundamental processes that operate throughout the solar system, and in particular those that generate hazardous space weather effects in the vicinity of Earth and phenomena that could impact solar system exploration. RBSP is scheduled to begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts and the extremes of space weather after launch. Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for August 23.  For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-2620

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A forklift operator moves NASA's Radiation Belt...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A forklift operator moves NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe B, enclosed in a protective shipping container, toward a flatbed truck at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the clean room high bay at the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to remove the shipping container from around NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe A. Applied Physics Laboratory technicians then will begin prelaunch preparations and spacecraft testing.    The Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP instruments will provide the measurements needed to characterize and quantify the plasma processes that produce very energetic ions and relativistic electrons. The mission is part of NASA’s broader Living With a Star Program that was conceived to explore fundamental processes that operate throughout the solar system, particularly those that generate hazardous space weather effects in the vicinity of Earth and phenomena that could impact solar system exploration. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after launch. Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for August 23. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-2648

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the clean room high bay at the Astrotech pay...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the clean room high bay at the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to remove the shipping container from aroun... More

View of Dark Star Cellars/Midnight Winery from Route 46 in the Central Valley of California

View of Dark Star Cellars/Midnight Winery from Route 46 in the Central...

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SORITA WHERRY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE MIGHTY EAGLE LANDER FOR THE MARSHALL STAR’S “FACE OF MISSION SUCCESS”. 1300094

SORITA WHERRY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE MIGHTY EAGLE LANDER FOR THE MARSHA...

SORITA WHERRY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE MIGHTY EAGLE LANDER FOR THE MARSHALL STAR’S “FACE OF MISSION SUCCESS”.

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Rodeo competition at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

Rodeo competition at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rod...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo Austin in Austin, Texas

Carnival scene at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo, produced by Rodeo ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Ph... More

A tattered advertising sign that borrowed the motif of the Texas state "lone star" flag

A tattered advertising sign that borrowed the motif of the Texas state...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Speedster Star Shocks the Galaxy

Speedster Star Shocks the Galaxy

The red arc in this infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope is a giant shock wave, created by a speeding star known as Kappa Cassiopeiae. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Dissecting Dust from Detonation of Dead Star

Dissecting Dust from Detonation of Dead Star

This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows N103B -- all that remains from a supernova that exploded a millennium ago in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy 160,000 light-years away f... More

Powerful, Pulsating Core of Star

Powerful, Pulsating Core of Star

The blue dot in this image marks the spot of an energetic pulsar -- the magnetic, spinning core of star that blew up in a supernova explosion. NASA NuSTAR discovered the pulsar by identifying its telltale pulse... More

Evolution of a Massive Star. NASA public domain image colelction.

Evolution of a Massive Star. NASA public domain image colelction.

This series of images show three evolutionary phases of massive star formation, as pictured in infrared images from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. NASA/JPL-Caltech

Soaking up the Rays of a Sun-like Star Artist Concept

Soaking up the Rays of a Sun-like Star Artist Concept

This artist's concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. The habitable zone is a reg... More

Cool Star Marked by Long-Lived Storm Artist Concept

Cool Star Marked by Long-Lived Storm Artist Concept

This illustration shows a cool star, called W1906+40, marked by a raging storm near one of its poles. The storm is thought to be similar to the Great Red Spot on Jupiter. Scientists discovered it using NASA's K... More

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City nicholas reindeer building. A christmas scene with santa claus flying in his sleigh

City nicholas reindeer building. A christmas scene with santa claus fl...

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A christmas ornament with a star and a crescent. Christmas bauble star sky.

A christmas ornament with a star and a crescent. Christmas bauble star...

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A bunch of origami flowers on a table. Froebelsterne star fold.

A bunch of origami flowers on a table. Froebelsterne star fold.

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A joshua tree in the desert under a starry sky. Star sky milky way.

A joshua tree in the desert under a starry sky. Star sky milky way.

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A full moon is seen in the dark sky. Moon sky natural.

A full moon is seen in the dark sky. Moon sky natural.

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A christmas card with a christmas tree and snowflakes. Merry christmas christmas christmas tree, emotions.

A christmas card with a christmas tree and snowflakes. Merry christmas...

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A cartoon snowman in a top hat and scarf. Christmas new year's day new year's eve, emotions.

A cartoon snowman in a top hat and scarf. Christmas new year's day new...

Snowman in the snow with snowflakes / A cartoon snowman in a top hat and scarf / Public domain stock illustration.

A toy rocket is flying through the space. Rocket flight path all.

A toy rocket is flying through the space. Rocket flight path all.

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Entrepreneur start flight path, people.

Entrepreneur start flight path, people.

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An image of a dark sky with many stars. Nebula star space, backgrounds textures.

An image of a dark sky with many stars. Nebula star space, backgrounds...

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A long exposure photo of a car driving on a road at night. Long exposu...

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A long exposure photo of a mountain road at night. Light graffiti light drawing starry sky.

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Stock photo: A trail in the mountains at night / A long exposure photo of a mountain road at night.

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A tent is set up in a field at night. Camping night star

A tent is set up in a field at night. Camping night star

A tent with a tent and trees in the background / A tent with a large white sail at night public domain stock photo.

A large building with three domes lit up at night. Church star faith, religion.

A large building with three domes lit up at night. Church star faith, ...

A church with a bright light shining on it / A bright light shines over a church public domain stock photo.

A black and white photo of a satellite. Satellite moon earth, backgrounds textures.

A black and white photo of a satellite. Satellite moon earth, backgrou...

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A planet with a bright light in front of it. Moon earth planet, backgrounds textures.

A planet with a bright light in front of it. Moon earth planet, backgr...

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Abril bridge tejo building. A long bridge over a body of water at night

Abril bridge tejo building. A long bridge over a body of water at nigh...

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A pine cone sitting on top of a wooden post. Christmas pine cones star.

A pine cone sitting on top of a wooden post. Christmas pine cones star...

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A gnome with a red hat and a red star. Christmas star origami.

A gnome with a red hat and a red star. Christmas star origami.

Christmas decorations for the holiday season. A christmas decoration with a santa hat and a star. Public domain stock photo.

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A computer generated image of an abstract design. Fractal fractal art digital art.

A computer generated image of an abstract design. Fractal fractal art ...

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