CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is towed from the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), beginning its move to Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (O... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is towed toward the work platforms in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1) after participating in a unique "nose-to-n... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is towed toward the work platforms in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1) after participating in a unique "nose-to-n... More
ML is rolled to Pad 39B, shot from VAB roof 2011-7799
ML is rolled to Pad 39B, shot from VAB roof
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Slowly, carefully, space shuttle Atlantis back...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Slowly, carefully, space shuttle Atlantis backs away from the work platforms in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 on its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space C... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The tail fin of space shuttle Atlantis emerges...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The tail fin of space shuttle Atlantis emerges through the open door of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 on its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is towed toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay 4 doors after being towed around from the VAB transfer aisle... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at N...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians prepare space shuttle Atlantis to be towed out of the transfer aisle and around to the VA... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is towed toward Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 after being towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB. In the fore... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis has been towed to the doors of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 after being towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building V... More
T&R Atlantis Move from OPF-1 to VAB HB 2012-3577
T&R Atlantis Move from OPF-1 to VAB HB Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
T&R Atlantis Move from OPF-1 to VAB HB 2012-3581
T&R Atlantis Move from OPF-1 to VAB HB Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
T&R Atlantis Move from OPF-1 to VAB HB 2012-3574
T&R Atlantis Move from OPF-1 to VAB HB Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery begins its trip to the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery begins its trip to the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background is the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Buildin... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery executes a three-point ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery executes a three-point turnaround outside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, for its trip to the Shuttle Landing Fac... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cabl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cable trays run along the walls in high bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, as part of a centerwide refurbishment initiative under t... More
T&R/Atlantis - Weight and CG in Preparation for Roll to VAB 2012-3553
T&R/Atlantis - Weight and CG in Preparation for Roll to VAB
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Seen from overhead, mockup components of an Ori...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Seen from overhead, mockup components of an Orion spacecraft are laid out in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Endeavour moves into the Vehi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Endeavour moves into the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour moved from Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility to swit... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour is seen inside the Mate...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Endeavour is seen inside the Mate-Demate Device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, is ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a large work platform is being removed from the Vehicle Assembly Building, or V... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a large work platform is being removed from the Vehicle Assembly Building, or V... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, con...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction workers lower the large space shuttle-era Level E north work platform from high bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a large space shuttle-era work platform is being removed from high bay 3 of the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An Orion mockup spacecraft atop its service mod...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An Orion mockup spacecraft atop its service module simulator is lowered onto a transporter in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As part of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a large space shuttle-era work platform is being removed from high bay 3 of the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- All is quiet and orderly inside the mobile lau...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- All is quiet and orderly inside the mobile launcher, or ML, at the park site adjacent to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Preparation... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An adult osprey prepares to land in its nest a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An adult osprey prepares to land in its nest atop a speaker platform in the Press Site parking lot at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying a fish in its talons. In the backgr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, construction workers are hanging protective cloths around a work level near High Bay 3. Modificati... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view looking up from the ground level inside ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view looking up from the ground level inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. High above is the 175-ton crane. Modifications are underwa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, a...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 175-ton crane is being lowered from Level 16 down to the transfer aisle floor. Upgrades to the... More
Platform E South Installation. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space...
A heavy-lift crane lowers the first half of the E-level work platforms, E south, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, into position for installation in High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) ... More
Aft Skirt Move from Hangar AF to BFF
The left hand aft skirt for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket arrives at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, from the Hangar AF facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The aft skirt will b... More
Platform C North Installation. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the second half of the C-level work platforms, C north, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, is lowered into position for ... More
Platform B South Installation. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space...
A heavy-lift crane lowers the first half of the B-level work platforms, B south, for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, for installation on the south side of High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (V... More
Platform A North Arrival. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cent...
Workers prepare to unload the second half of the A-level work platforms, A north, for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, from a heavy load transport truck near the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA'... More
Crawler Transporter 2 (CT-2) Trek from Pad 39B to VAB
Ground support technicians walks alongside crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) as the vehicle moves slowly along the crawlerway toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crawl... More
Orion EFT-1 Heat Shield Move from LASF to VAB Highbay 2
The Orion heat shield from Exploration Flight Test-1 has arrived in High Bay 2 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The heat shield was moved from the Launch Abort S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop a mobile la...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop a mobile launch platform, passes by the turn basin in Launch Complex 39 toward Pad A as the sun rises on a balmy Florida morning. First motion out of t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Workers move the Orbiter Transporter System (OT...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Workers move the Orbiter Transporter System (OTS) into Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The OTS will be moved under shuttle Atlantis for its rollov... More
VAB Topping Off Ceremony. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cent...
Colonel Rocco Patrone (Director, Plans, Programs and Resources Office NASA-KSC) signs the last major beam also autographed by construction workers, NASA, and Corps of Engineers employees to be installed during... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crawler-transporter delivers space shuttle Discovery atop the mobile launcher platform onto Launch Pad 39A. Traveling from the Vehicle Assem... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour enters the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). In the VAB, Endeavour will be lifted into a high bay ... More
STS-28 Columbia, OV-102, ET/SRB mating preparations at KSC VAB
S89-39624 (3 July 1989) --- Following rollover from the Orbiter Processing Facility, the orbiter Columbia is prepared for mating with the ET/SRB stack in the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle as work con... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Discovery heads out of the VA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Discovery heads out of the VAB to Launch Pad 39B. Discovery is set to leftoff on shuttle mission STS-41, carrying a five-member crew and the Ulysses solar explorer durin... More
Earth observations taken during STS-77 mission
STS077-713-010 (19-29 May 1996) --- Like a number of Shuttle flight crews that preceded them, the members of the crew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour made eastern Florida one of their photographic targets. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The American flag is being repainted on ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The American flag is being repainted on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet, or about 23, 437 square feet. Each stripe is 9... More
This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) getting a f...
This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) getting a facelift with the repainting of the American flag and replacing of the Bicentennial emblem with the NASA logo. The painting honors NASA's 40t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows workers, suspende...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows workers, suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high VAB, using rollers and brushes to repaint the flag on the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Center, members of the 1998 astronaut candidate class (Group 17) watch as candidate Sunita L. Williams practices using firefighting equipment du... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wor...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers accompany space shuttle Endeavour as it is being transported from Orbiter Processing Facility-2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crawler-transporter with mobile launch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crawler-transporter with mobile launcher platform on top tests the buried portion of the Apollo-era crawlerway leading to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) high bay 2 on the so... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis is moved aboard an ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis is moved aboard an orbiter transporter from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) bay 3 over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). In the background (right) ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Atlantis, with twin solid rocket...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Shuttle Atlantis, with twin solid rocket boosters and external tank atop the Mobile Launcher Platform and crawler-transorter, moves in the predawn hours into high bay 2 in the Vehi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunup, Shuttle Atlantis sits ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunup, Shuttle Atlantis sits outside the Vehicle Assembly Building's (VAB) high bay 2 on the building's west side after completing a fit check. This is the first time i... More
The orbiter Atlantis, on its transporter, heads into the turn toward t...
The orbiter Atlantis, on its transporter, heads into the turn toward the Vehicle Assembly Building, in the background. In the VAB it will be raised to vertical and lifted up and into high bay 3 for stacking wit... More
Viewed from inside Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, Atlantis is read...
Viewed from inside Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, Atlantis is ready for rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB it will be raised to vertical and lifted up and into high bay 3 for stacking wit... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. – This view shows much of the Launch Compl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. – This view shows much of the Launch Complex 39 Area looking north. At center is the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building. Other buildings surrounding it are (counter clockwise... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Crawler-transporter (CT) number 2 near...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Crawler-transporter (CT) number 2 nears the launch pad with a Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) on top. After recent modifications to the cab and muffler system, the CT was taken o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Endeavour rolls into the Vehicle Assembl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Endeavour rolls into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for temporary storage. The orbiter has been moved from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) to allow work to be performed... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The 525-foot high Vehicle Assembly Building do...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The 525-foot high Vehicle Assembly Building dominates the Launch Complex 39 Area. On the right is the Launch Control Center. To the left are the Orbiter Processing Facility Bays 1, 2 a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of a hurricane assessment team ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of a hurricane assessment team from Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center tour the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) a week after Hurricane Fran... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A helicopter moves past the Vehicle Assem...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A helicopter moves past the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC following the category 3 Hurricane Jeanne. The storm barreled through Central Florida Sept. 25-26 from the southeast. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup of the Vehicle Assembly Buildi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A closeup of the Vehicle Assembly Building shows one of the scaffolds being used to allow workers to cover the holes with corrugated steel so the facility can be returned to perfor... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view of the Vehicle Assembly Buildin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This view of the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC shows the patchwork of corrugated steel that covers holes created by recent hurricanes. The VAB lost 820 panels from the south wal... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Crawler Transporter (CT) area, a w...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Crawler Transporter (CT) area, a worker places another load of new crawler shoes on the ground. The new shoes were manufactured by ME Global in Duluth, Minn. The CT transpo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis is mom...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis is moments away from a tow from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The move will allow work to be perfo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis is mov...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis is moved into high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). It was towed from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) to allow work to be perf... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis arrive...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis arrives in high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). It was towed from the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) to allow work to be perform... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Atlantis is backed out of th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Atlantis is backed out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for transfer back to the Orbiter Processing Facility. Atlantis spent 10 days in the VAB to allow work to be per... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Discovery, sitting on an orbi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Discovery, sitting on an orbiter transporter, slowly backs out of NASA's Orbiter Processing Facility to begin the rollover to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The r... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The redesigned external fuel tank, des...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The redesigned external fuel tank, designated ET-118, turns the corner toward the Vehicle Assembly Building, seen at right. The tank, which arrived at KSC aboard the Pegasus bar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis arrives in the transfer aisl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis arrives in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, concluding its rollover from the Orbiter Processing Facility. In the VAB, the orbiter will be lifted in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After leaving the Orbiter Processing F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After leaving the Orbiter Processing Facility, Atlantis makes its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building atop an orbiter transporter. In the VAB, the orbiter will be lifted into h... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Crawler-transporter No. 2 sits outside t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Crawler-transporter No. 2 sits outside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Workers will be driving the crawler to test it before it is needed to move the STS-116 stack from VAB high ba... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers check on the crawler-transporter...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers check on the crawler-transporters in the event they are needed for rolling back Space Shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39B. Crawler No. 2 will be used to move the STS-116 s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Atl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - From Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Atlantis begins rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 10:04 a.m. EDT. First motion off the pad was at 10:04 a.m.... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 makes the turn to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 makes the turn toward the Vehicle Assembly Building after being offloaded from the Pegasus barge in the turn basin at the Launch Complex 39 Area. Once insid... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On platforms suspended from the top of ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On platforms suspended from the top of the 525-foot-high VAB, workers use rollers and brushes to repaint the U.S. flag on the southwest side of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis rolls through the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis rolls through the door of the Orbiter Processing Facility to make the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion was at 6:19 a.m. EST. Once in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis backs away from th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis backs away from the Orbiter Processing Facility to make the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building, seen at left. First motion was at 6:19 a.m. EST. On... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Aboard its transporter, external tank ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Aboard its transporter, external tank No. 117 moves away from the Pegasus barge, at right, heading for the Vehicle Assembly Building. ET-117 arrived aboard the barge after its vo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Aboard its transporter, external tank N...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Aboard its transporter, external tank No. 117 moves into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The tank was offloaded from the Pegasus barge in the nearby turn bas... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed across an arm of the Banana Riv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed across an arm of the Banana River, Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on Launch Pad 39A. At right of the pad is the 300,000-gallon water tower that provides the water for sound ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunrise, Space Shuttle Atlan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Just after sunrise, Space Shuttle Atlantis, mounted on a mobile launch platform, rolls a second time to Launch Pad 39A atop a crawler transporter. First motion out of the Vehicle... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The leading edge of the mobile launch p...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The leading edge of the mobile launch platform atop a crawler transporter, and carrying Space Shuttle Atlantis, heads toward the gate of Launch Pad 39A. This is the second rollou... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the external tank for Endeavour is lowered between the solid rocket boosters toward the mobile launcher platform below. Endeavour is currentl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour, atop its transpo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour, atop its transporter, rolls under the overhead crane in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB, the crane will lift the orbiter th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NA...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the top of external tank No. 120 is seen as the tank is lowered between the solid rocket boosters for mating on t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen from inside the Orbiter Processing...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen from inside the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery rolls through the opening for the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In the VAB, the shu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 on a transporter as the sun rises. The orbiter is headed for the Vehicle Assembly Building. Rollover from it... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1 on a transporter just before sunrise for the short trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Rollover from its p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeav...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeavour rolls out of the Orbiter Processing Facility on its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In high bay 1 of the VAB, Endeavour will be a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeav...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On its transporter, space shuttle Endeavour rolls toward the Vehicle Assembly Building after leaving the Orbiter Processing Facility. In high bay 1 of the VAB, Endeavour will be a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Pegasus barge containing the external fue...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Pegasus barge containing the external fuel tank for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station arrives in Port Canaveral, Fla., after an ocean voya... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two tugboats maneuver the Pegasus barge towar...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two tugboats maneuver the Pegasus barge toward the dock in the turn basin at the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The barge contains the external fuel tank for sp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Towed by a tugboat, the Pegasus barge contai...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Towed by a tugboat, the Pegasus barge containing the external fuel tank for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station arrives in the turn basin at th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The external fuel tank for space shuttle Endeav...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The external fuel tank for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 mission to the International Space Station heads through the open door of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Spac... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A minor effect of Tropical Storm Hanna as it p...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A minor effect of Tropical Storm Hanna as it passed Florida’s east coast, part of a panel on the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center came off in a burst of high wind... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour is hard down on Launch...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour is hard down on Launch Pad 39B. The shuttle and mobile launcher platform it sits on rest atop the crawler-transporter that carried them from the Vehicle Assembly... More