KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), workers observe the canister being lifted from the Swift spacecraft, which is enclosed in a protective cover. Swift is ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Swift spacecraft is revealed. Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray bu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians perform blanket closeouts on the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during the mission. Swift i... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a worker monitors the data produced by the second flight simulation of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. The rocket is t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Seen at Vandenberg Air Force Bas...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is the fairing (foreground) for the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. In the background is the third stage, under the clea... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be mated to the AIM spacecraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Californ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is ready for mating to the AIM spacecraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesospher... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, under the protective clean tent, technicians move the second half of the fairing into place around the AIM spacecraft. The fairing is a... More
STS-61 art concept of astronauts during HST servicing
S93-48826 (November 1993) --- This artist's rendition of the 1993 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission shows astronauts installing the new Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC 2). The instruments to rep... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), an overhead crane raises the Swift spacecraft, wrapped in a protective cover, to vertical before being placed on a work... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), workers attach straps from an overhead crane onto the platform under the Swift spacecraft, which is enclosed in a prote... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician trims blanket material that will be installed around the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales (left) doe...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales (left) does touch-up work on the Swift spacecraft in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. John DiBatilito is at right. Swift is wrapped wit... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenber...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers stand beside NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft, waiting for an overhead c... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a technician prepares the lights for illumination testing of the AIM spacecraft at left. The AIM spacecra... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians lower the AIM spacecraft onto a moveable stand. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesos... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the AIM spacecraft is prepared for its move to the clean room for testing. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosph... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare the AIM spacecraft for fairing installation. The fairing is a molded structure that fits around the spacecraft and... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is ready for mating with the waiting Delta II rocket. Dawn is scheduled for... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped i...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians take a final look at the blankets installed on the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the second stage of the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle is being lifted up the mobile service tower for mating with the first... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Buildi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians place a star tracker cover on the AIM spacecraft during testing of the solar array p... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians in bunny suits prepare for the solar array deployment on the AIM spacecraft. T... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians in bunny suits prepare for the solar array deployment on the AIM spacecraft. T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flight simulation No. 3 is on the sche...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flight simulation No. 3 is on the schedule for the Pegasus XL launch vehicle, seen here in Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. AIM, which stands for ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Calif...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, under the protective clean tent, technicians begin installing the fairing around the AIM spacecraft. The fairing is a molded structur... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers guide the upper transportation canister as it is lowered onto the Dawn spacecraft. The canister will be attached to the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is moved toward the opening above the Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower. Dawn will be mated... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker monitors the progress of the re...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker monitors the progress of the retraction of the mobile service tower, or gantry, from the Delta II rocket on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting w... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA
This photograph was taken during the integration of the Astro-1 mission payloads at the Kennedy Space Center on March 20, 1990, showing the Broad Band X-Ray Telescope (BBXRT) at the left, as three telescopes fo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, meticulously clean the inside of a Boeing Delta fairing that will encapsulate the Swift spacecraft. Swift is a first-of-its... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), a Spectrolab technician, Anna Herrera, places a new solar cell on the Swift spacecraft’s solar a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force St...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician installs the blankets around the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during the mission. Swift is... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Swift spacecraft is in Hangar AE at C...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Swift spacecraft is in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Swift has been wrapped with blankets to provide thermal stability during the mission. Swift is a first-of... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the three stages of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL are being mated for the launch of NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician on the work stand prepares the first stage of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket, at left, to be mated to the ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in C...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians discuss the process for mating the first and second stages of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket in front of them... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft arrives in a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. AIM is the seventh Small Explorers missi... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the second and third stages of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket wait for mating. The rocket is the launch vehicle for th... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenbe...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers stand beside NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft, waiting for an overhead ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians remove covers from instruments in the AIM spacecraft while solar panels are partially deployed.... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Californ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the third stage of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is being mated to the AIM spacecraft, at right. AIM, which stands for Aerono... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA
This image shows a part of the Cygnus loop supernova remnant, taken by the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) on the Astro Observatory during the Astro-1 mission (STS-35) on December 5, 1990. Pictured is a por... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Forc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Swift spacecraft waits for final removal of the protective cover (at top). Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength ob... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician performs blanket closeouts on the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during the mission. Swift... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales does touch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales does touch-up work on the Swift spacecraft in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Swift is wrapped with blankets to provide thermal stabili... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenbe...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers begin lifting the shipping container from around NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vanden...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the shipping container removed from around NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft a... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vanden...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers roll the AIM spacecraft into the "tent" where a partial deployment of the solar arrays on the spacecraft will t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, lights are reflected on the solar array panels of the AIM spacecraft during illumination testing. The AIM s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Californ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians prepare to mate the AIM spacecraft (at left) to the SoftRide isolation system on the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers check the fitting on the lower transportation canister segments in place around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted off its transporter. Dawn will be lifted into the mobile service tower and prepared for mati... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers in the mobile service tower keep watch as the Dawn spacecraft is lowered toward the awaiting Delta II rocket. Dawn... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the lower segments of the transportation canister away from the Dawn spacecraf... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the mobile service tower, or gantry (at right), is retracted on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost from th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped i...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Swift spacecraft is being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers look at the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft that must be removed. Swift is a first... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force St...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician works on a blanket installed around the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during the mission. S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales (left) doe...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Technician Grace Miller-Swales (left) does touch-up work on the Swift spacecraft in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. John DiBatilito, with Quality Assurance Services, ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Pad...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the mobile service tower at Launch Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers attach the upper second stage to the lower first stage of the Boeing Delta II launch vehi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians roll the AIM spacecraft back under the protective clean tent. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of I... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians carry the separation system, at left, toward the AIM spacecraft hovering above the stand at right. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM spacecraft leaves Building 1655 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket will be transferred to a waiting Orbital Sciences Stargaz... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Ba...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a runway at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Stargazer L-1011 aircraft takes off at 4:26 p.m. EDT with its underbelly cargo of the Pegasus XL rock... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft arrives at the upper level of the mobile service tower. It will be moved inside and prepared for mati... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the transportation canister from around the Dawn spacecraft. After removal of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Inside Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), workers observe the canister being lifted from the Swift spacecraft, which is enclosed in a protective cover. Swift is ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers remove the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft. Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup of one of the solar cells that...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup of one of the solar cells that will be removed and replaced on the Swift spacecraft’s solar array. Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength observatory dedicated t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), a Spectrolab technician, Anna Herrera, removes one of the solar cells that will be replaced on t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- A shipping truck carrying NASA'...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- A shipping truck carrying NASA's AIM spacecraft arrives at Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. AIM is the seventh Small Explorers mission und... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers move the shipping container with NASA's AIM spacecraft inside into Building 1555. AIM is the seventh Small Explorers mis... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vand...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare the area where a partial deployment of the solar arrays on the AIM spacecraft will take place. The A... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians in bunny suits prepare for the solar array deployment on the AIM spacecraft. T... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, two of the solar array panels on the AIM spacecraft are deployed for testing. Inside are ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians look at part of the AIM spacecraft. AIM will fly three instruments designed to study polar mes... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians remove covers from instruments in the AIM spacecraft while solar panels are partially deployed.... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the AIM spacecraft has been rotated to horizontal prior to its move to the clean room for testing. AIM, which stands for Aeronom... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers ensure the upper transportation canister is securely attached to the lower segments. The transportation canister will pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers place another segment of the transportation canister around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn spacecraft. The cani... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the clean room at NASA’s Hangar AE on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), a Spectrolab technician, Anna Herrera, places a new solar cell on the Swift spacecraft’s solar a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force St...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Hangar AE, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician (right) watches while another completes installation of the blankets around the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians perform blanket closeouts on the Swift spacecraft. The blankets provide thermal stability during the mission. Swift i... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician on the work stand (center) prepares the second stage of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket to be mated to the f... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in C...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket undergoes its second flight simulation. The rocket is the launch vehicle for NASA's Aeron... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenber...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers observe NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft as it is lowered onto a scale... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenb...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside a clean room at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers remove the shipping container from around NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacec... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vande...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers lower the AIM spacecraft onto a moveable base. AIM will be moved into an area where a partial deployment of t... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- Inside the clean-room "tent" of Building 1555 at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, two of the solar array panels on the AIM spacecraft are deployed for testing. Inside are ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a technician begins the illumination testing of the AIM spacecraft at left. The AIM spacecraft will fly t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians lower the spacecraft handling fixture around the AIM spacecraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians move a mobile stand toward the AIM spacecraft suspended via a crane at left. . AIM, which stands fo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Californ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician mates the AIM spacecraft, at left, to the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket, at right. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The mated Pegasus XL rocket - AIM spacecraft is moved onto a transporter in Building 1655 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The launch vehicle will be transferred to a ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers place the lower segments of the transportation canister around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn spacecraft. The ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusvi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers watch as the upper transportation canister is lowered over the Dawn spacecraft. The canister will be attached to the bot... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - The Swift spacecraft arrives at Hangar ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - The Swift spacecraft arrives at Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Spectrum Astro workers look over the Swift spacecraft while removing its protective cover. Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wave... More