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Photograph of the Delta Launch Vehicle on Launch Complex 17B with the Relay II Communications Satellite

Photograph of the Delta Launch Vehicle on Launch Complex 17B with the ...

Original caption: Cape Kennedy, Florida - On Launch Complex 17B stands the Delta launch vehicle with the Relay II communications satellite mated to its third stage. If a successful launch is achieved, it will ... More

Photograph of the Delta Launch Vehicle on Launch Complex 17B with the Relay II Communications Satellite

Photograph of the Delta Launch Vehicle on Launch Complex 17B with the ...

Original caption: Cape Kennedy, Florida - On Launch Complex 17B stands the Delta launch vehicle with the Relay II communications satellite mated to its third stage. If a successful launch is achieved, it will ... More

Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) prepare the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them for electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS June 29 aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif., the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC00pp0713

Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...

Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) prepare the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them for electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  Workers lower the suspended TDRS-J spacecraft onto a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for final checkout and processing before launch, currently targeted for Nov. 20. TDRS-J is the third in the current series of three Tracking and Data Relay Satellites designed to replenish the existing on-orbit fleet of six spacecraft, the first of which was launched in 1983. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-earth orbit, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and launch support for some expendable vehicles. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until approximately 2017. KSC-02pp1642

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers lower the suspended TDRS-J spac...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers lower the suspended TDRS-J spacecraft onto a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for final checkout and processing before launch, cu... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the mobile launcher parking area behind the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the new mobile launcher, or ML, for the Ares rockets is under  construction.  The ML will be the base to launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle and the cargo vehicle. The base is being made lighter than space shuttle mobile launcher platforms so the crawler-transporter can pick up the added load of the 345-foot tower and taller rocket. When the structural portion of the new mobile launcher is complete, umbilicals, access arms, communications equipment and command/control equipment will be installed. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-3140

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the mobile launcher parking area behind the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the mobile launcher parking area behind the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the new mobile launcher, or ML, for the Ares rockets is under construc... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the podium, Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. offers remarks at the commissioning ceremony for the new Convoy Command Vehicle behind him.  At left is Mike McCulley, chief operating officer, United Space Alliance. The new 40-foot vehicle is replacing a 15-year old model, and will be used following Shuttle landings as the prime vehicle to control critical communications between the orbiter, the crew and the Launch Control Center, to monitor the health of the Shuttle Orbiter systems and to direct convoy operations at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Upgrades and high-tech features incorporated into the design and development of this vehicle make it more reliable and efficient for the convoy crew. Seating capacity was increased from 4 to 12, and video recorders and television monitors were added to provide the convoy team with the maximum amount of visual information KSC-02pd1087

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the podium, Center Director Roy Bridg...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the podium, Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. offers remarks at the commissioning ceremony for the new Convoy Command Vehicle behind him. At left is Mike McCulley, chief operatin... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Lockheed Martin Atlas Centaur IIA (AC-144) rocket is lifted up the launch tower. The rocket will be used in the launch of TDRS-J, scheduled for  Nov. 20.  The third in a series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-J will help replenish the current constellation of geosynchronous TDRS satellites. The TDRS System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-Earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. KSC-02pd1525

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral A...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Lockheed Martin Atlas Centaur IIA (AC-144) rocket is lifted up the launch tower. The rocket will be used in the launch o... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, officials pose at the site where a Shuttle Program time capsule has been secured vault within the walls of the Space Shuttle Atlantis home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. From the left are: Pete Nickolenko, deputy director of NASA Ground Processing at Kennedy, Patty Stratton of Abacus Technology, currently program manager for the Information Management Communications Support Contract. During the Shuttle Program she was deputy director of Ground Operations for NASA's Space Program Operations Contractor, United Space Alliance, Rita Wilcoxon, NASA's now retired director of Shuttle Processing, Bob Cabana, director of the Kennedy Space Center and George Jacobs, deputy director of Center Operations, who was manager of the agency's Shuttle Transition and Retirement Project Office.      The time capsule, containing artifacts and other memorabilia associated with the history of the program is designated to be opened on the 50th anniversary of the shuttle's final landing, STS-135. The new $100 million "Space Shuttle Atlantis" facility includes interactive exhibits that tell the story of the 30-year Space Shuttle Program and highlight the future of space exploration. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3517

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, officials pose at the site where a Shuttle Program time capsule has been secured vault within the walls of the Space Shuttle Atlan... More

The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predominantly displayed on the fairing that will encapsulate the satellite for launch. The fairing is in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) where TDRS is undergoing testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS June 29 aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif., the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC-00pp0714

The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predomi...

The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predominantly displayed on the fairing that will encapsulate the satellite for launch. The fairing is in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulatio... More

ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the 2010 Tom Joyner Family Reunion, NASA astronaut Mike Foreman, left, space activist and actress Nichelle Nichols, and NASA astronaut Leland Melvin pose for a photo at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. To encourage student attendees to focus on pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), NASA featured some of its greatest legends and trailblazers during a panel discussion at the reunion event. In the 1960s, Nichols played communications officer Lieutenant Uhura in the Star Trek television series. Foreman and Melvin are both veterans of two space shuttle missions.    NASA's Education Office sponsored the panel discussion and educational activities as part of the agency's "Summer of Innovation" initiative and the federal "Educate to Innovate" campaign. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Diller KSC-2010-4572

ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the 2010 Tom Joyner Family Reunion, NASA astro...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the 2010 Tom Joyner Family Reunion, NASA astronaut Mike Foreman, left, space activist and actress Nichelle Nichols, and NASA astronaut Leland Melvin pose for a photo at the Gaylord Palms... More

Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) shoots into the blue sky aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built by the Hughes Space and Communications Company, the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC-00pp0827

Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking an...

Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) shoots into the blue sky aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Convoy Command Center vehicle is positioned on the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida awaiting the landing of space shuttle Atlantis. The command vehicle is equipped to control critical communications between the crew still aboard Atlantis and the Launch Control Center. The team will monitor the health of the orbiter systems and direct convoy operations made up of about 40 vehicles, including 25 specially designed vehicles to assist the crew in leaving the shuttle, and prepare the vehicle for towing from the SLF to its processing hangar. Seen here is Dean Schaaf with the Convoy Command Center.    Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marks the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Atlantis and its crew delivered to the International Space Station the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 is the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis and the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky KSC-2011-5746

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Convoy Command Center vehicle is positione...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Convoy Command Center vehicle is positioned on the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida awaiting the landing of space shuttle Atlantis. The comman... More

ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the 2010 Tom Joyner Family Reunion, space activist and actress Nichelle Nichols talks to attendees at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. To encourage student attendees to focus on pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), NASA featured some of its greatest legends and trailblazers during a panel discussion at the reunion event. In the 1960s, Nichols played communications officer Lieutenant Uhura in the Star Trek television series. Other panel members included NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, Christine Darden, Lew Braxton, Robyn Gordon and Jim Jennings.    NASA's Education Office sponsored the panel discussion and educational activities as part of the agency's "Summer of Innovation" initiative and the federal "Educate to Innovate" campaign. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Diller KSC-2010-4575

ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the 2010 Tom Joyner Family Reunion, space acti...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- During the 2010 Tom Joyner Family Reunion, space activist and actress Nichelle Nichols talks to attendees at the Gaylord Palms Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. To encourage student attendees ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 crew members put on their launch-and-entry suits before heading to the Astrovan for the 3.4-mile drive to Launch Pad 39A.  There, crew members will complete their suitup and enter space shuttle Discovery for the 1:36 a.m. EDT liftoff. Seen here is Mission Specialist Nicole Stott, checking communications in her helmet. The 13-day mission will deliver more than 7 tons of supplies, science racks and equipment, as well as additional environmental hardware to sustain six crew members on the International Space Station. The equipment includes a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill.  The mission is the 128th in the Space Shuttle Program, the 37th flight of Discovery and the 30th station assembly flight.  Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-4824

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 crew members put on their launch-and-entry suits before heading to the Astrovan for the 3.4-mile... More

In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at right sits while one-half of the fairing (left) is moved closer to it. After encapsulation in the fairing, TDRS will be transported to Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for launch scheduled June 29 aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif., the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC00pp0749

In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...

In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at right sits while one-half of the fairing (left) is moved closer to it. After encapsulation in the fairing... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  A long-range tracking camera captures images of space shuttle Atlantis as it launches on mission STS-122 from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.  Liftoff was on time at 2:45 p.m. EST.  Long-range cameras are used during early phases of ascent to identify and track debris and continue to be used as long as the vehicle is visible.  At the controls is Tim Terry, with Kennedy Space Center Integrated Communications Services. During the 11-day mission, the crew's prime objective is to attach the Columbus laboratory to the Harmony module, adding to the International Space Station's size and capabilities.   Photo credit: NASA/Kenny Allen KSC-08pd0240

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A long-range tracking camera captures i...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A long-range tracking camera captures images of space shuttle Atlantis as it launches on mission STS-122 from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff was on time a... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  Workers make adjustments on the first part of the fairing around the TDRS-J satellite before encapsulation continues. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA-Centaur rocket from Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Dec. 4.  The third in a series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-J will help replenish the current constellation of geosynchronous TDRS satellites. The TDRS System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-Earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. KSC-02pd1776

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the first p...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the first part of the fairing around the TDRS-J satellite before encapsulation continues. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed M... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) make final adjustments on the nose fairing surrounding the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I). The second in a new series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-I replenishes the existing on-orbit fleet of six spacecraft. The TDRS System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-Earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. Launch of TDRS-I is scheduled for March 8 aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket from Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station KSC-02pd0174

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and E...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) make final adjustments on the nose fairing surrounding the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I). Th... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  A crane is lifted from the SLF to attach to the container with the TDRS-J spacecraft inside (at left). The container will be placed on a transporter and taken to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). TDRS-J is the third in the current series of three Tracking and Data Relay Satellites designed to replenish the existing on-orbit fleet of six spacecraft, the first of which was launched in 1983. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and launch support for some expendable vehicles. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until approximately 2017. KSC-02pd1574

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A crane is lifted from the SLF to attach...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A crane is lifted from the SLF to attach to the container with the TDRS-J spacecraft inside (at left). The container will be placed on a transporter and taken to the Spacecraft Ass... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-134 Mission Specialist Michael Fincke, left, and Pilot Gregory H. Johnson pose in front of space shuttle Endeavour's landing gear inside NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-1 following a crew return event.      Commander Mark Kelly, Johnson and Mission Specialists Fincke, Greg Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori lifted off May 16, 2011 aboard space shuttle Endeavour. During the nearly 16-day STS-134 mission, Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas, a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for Dextre. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the station and Endeavour's 25th and final flight. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-5563

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-134 Mission Specialist Michael Fincke, left...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-134 Mission Specialist Michael Fincke, left, and Pilot Gregory H. Johnson pose in front of space shuttle Endeavour's landing gear inside NASA Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  -- An Atlas/Centaur booster arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for the launch of TDRS-J. The third in a series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-J will help replenish the current constellation of geosynchronous TDRS satellites. The TDRS System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-Earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. KSC-02pd1489

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Atlas/Centaur booster arrives at Cap...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Atlas/Centaur booster arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for the launch of TDRS-J. The third in a series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-J will help reple... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers prepare to lift the TDRS-J spacecraft for its move to a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for final checkout and processing before launch, currently targeted for Nov. 20. TDRS-J is the third in the current series of three Tracking and Data Relay Satellites designed to replenish the existing on-orbit fleet of six spacecraft, the first of which was launched in 1983. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-earth orbit, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and launch support for some expendable vehicles. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until approximately 2017. KSC-02pp1638

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers prepare to lift the TDRS-J space...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers prepare to lift the TDRS-J spacecraft for its move to a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for final checkout and processing before ... More

The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) after its arrival at KSC. The TDRS will undergo testing in the SAEF-2. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif., the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS June 29 aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket KSC-00pp0711

The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside...

The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) after its arrival at KSC. The TDRS will undergo testing in the SAEF-2. One of t... More

At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide the ascent of a Centaur rocket up the launch tower where it will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lockheed-built Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket will launch the latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) June 29 from CCAFS. The TDRS is one of three (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC-00pp0704

At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide ...

At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide the ascent of a Centaur rocket up the launch tower where it will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lo... More

NASA7-726-063C (3 June 1998) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Russia's Mir space station in this 70mm photograph taken from the Mir. The nadir perspective affords a clear look at the layout of the cargo bay, revealing the open bay doors; the docking apparatus for connecting to Mir (near cabin), the tunnel; the SPACEHAB module (second element from aft); the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (near aft firewall); and the Ku-band antenna for communications (near cabin). Affixed to the lower right corner of the top of SPACEHAB is the  external antenna for the SPACEHAB universal communications system (SHUCS). Discovery is the third Shuttle to visit Mir in a series of ten rendezvous (including nine docking) missions.    Photo Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. nasa7-726-063c

NASA7-726-063C (3 June 1998) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery approache...

NASA7-726-063C (3 June 1998) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Russia's Mir space station in this 70mm photograph taken from the Mir. The nadir perspective affords a clear look at the layout of the car... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four members of the STS-134 crew answer questions as part of a mission overview at the Visitor Complex of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participating in the event, seated, from the left, former astronaut Bruce Melnick, along with Greg Johnson, Michael Fincke, Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff.      STS-134 commander Mark Kelly, pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Gregory Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori lifted off May 16, 2011 aboard space shuttle Endeavour. During the nearly 16-day STS-134 mission, Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas and a high-pressure gas tank. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the station and Endeavour's 25th and final flight. For more information, visit: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/main/index.html  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-5341

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four members of the STS-134 crew answer questio...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four members of the STS-134 crew answer questions as part of a mission overview at the Visitor Complex of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participating in the event, seated, from ... More

After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits bathed in spotlights before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built by the Hughes Space and Communications Company, the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the Space Shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC00pp0822

After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canavera...

After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits bathed in spotlights before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur ro... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Mission Specialist Bill McArthur (with tool in hand) gets a close look at the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 in the payload bay of orbiter Discovery. He and other crew members Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Pam Melroy and Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata, Leroy Chiao, Jeff Wisoff, and Michael Lopez-Alegria are at KSC to take part in Crew Equipment Interface Test activities. Discovery is in the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 1. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 on Shuttle Discovery from Launch Pad 39A on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. Discovery will carry the Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) Z1, the PMA-3, Ku-band Communications System, and Control Moment Gyros (CMGs) KSC00pp0915

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Mission Specialist Bill McArthur ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Mission Specialist Bill McArthur (with tool in hand) gets a close look at the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 in the payload bay of orbiter Discovery. He and other crew members... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, invited guests tour the blockhouse at Complex 5/6 during a celebration of Alan Shepard's historic flight 50 years ago. From left are Robert Sieck, former shuttle launch director; Andy Anderson, former manager for communications in the Mercury Mission Control Center; Bob Moser, former chief test conductor for the Mercury-Redstone launches; and John Twigg, former backup chief test conductor for the Mercury-Redstone launches.    The celebration was held at the launch site of the first U.S. manned spaceflight May 5, 1961, to mark the 50th anniversary of the flight.  Fifty years ago, astronaut Alan Shepard lifted off inside the Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," atop an 82-foot-tall Mercury-Redstone rocket at 9:34 a.m. EST, sending him on a remarkably successful, 15-minute suborbital flight. The event was attended by more than 200 workers from the original Mercury program and included a re-creation of Shepard's flight and recovery, as well as a tribute to his contributions as a moonwalker on the Apollo 14 lunar mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/topics/history/milestones/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3333

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, invited guests tour the blockhouse at Complex 5/6 during a celebration of Alan Shepard's historic flight 50 years ago. From left are Rober... More

Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC

Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC

Description: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 100-foot-diameter satellite, designed by the Space Vehicle Group of the NASA Langley Research Center and constructed by General Mills of Minneapoli... More

Launch of Mercury-Atlas, NASA Mercury project

Launch of Mercury-Atlas, NASA Mercury project

(February 21, 1961) In this Project Mercury test, a spacecraft booster by a modified Atlas was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury capsule reached a peak altitude of 107 statute miles and landed ... More

Unloading Atlas Launch Vehicle, NASA Mercury project

Unloading Atlas Launch Vehicle, NASA Mercury project

(April 23, 1961) The Atlas launch vehicle is shown being unloaded at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This vehicle was expected to launch a Mercury spacecraft (without any astronauts aboard), built by McDonnell Aircraf... More

Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn Listening to Communications with Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter during the Aurora 7 Flight

Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn Listening to Communications with...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Astronaut John H. Glenn, first American to orbit the earth, listens in on the voice communications of fellow Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter. Carpenter successfully complete... More

U.S.N.S. Kingsport, the first satellite communication ship

U.S.N.S. Kingsport, the first satellite communication ship

(January 29, 1963) In 1962, the United States Navy built the first satellite communications ship, the U.S.N.S. Kingsport. The picture shows a 53- foot white plastic dome protecting a 30-foot stabilized paraboli... More

RE-ENTRY COMMUNICATIONS (EXPERIMENT) - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-III - TEST - MSC

RE-ENTRY COMMUNICATIONS (EXPERIMENT) - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-III - TEST - ...

S64-04919 (September 1964) --- Diagram of reduction of the re-entry ionized plasma about a Gemini spacecraft by fluid injection, an experiment planned for the Gemini-Titan 3 orbital flight.

RE-ENTRY COMMUNICATIONS (EXPERIMENT) - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-III - TEST - DIAGRAMS - MSC

RE-ENTRY COMMUNICATIONS (EXPERIMENT) - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-III - TEST - ...

S64-04925 (September 1964) --- Diagram of Gemini spacecraft location of re-entry communications experiment planned for the Gemini-Titan 3 orbital flight.

LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jettison system of its CST-100 spacecraft at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas as part of an agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program CCP during Commercial Crew Development Round 2 CCDev2) activities. The FHS will protect the spacecraft's parachutes, rendezvous-and-docking sensor packages, and docking mechanism during ascent and re-entry. During a mission to low Earth orbit, the shield will be jettisoned after re-entry heating, allowing the spacecraft's air bags to deploy for a safe landing. In 2011, NASA selected Boeing for CCDev2 to mature the design and development of a crew transportation system with the overall goal of accelerating a United States-led capability to the International Space Station. The goal of CCP is to drive down the cost of space travel as well as open up space to more people than ever before by balancing industry’s own innovative capabilities with NASA's 50 years of human spaceflight experience. Six other aerospace companies also were selected to mature launch vehicle and spacecraft designs under CCDev2, including Alliant Techsystems Inc. ATK, Excalibur Almaz Inc., Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada Corp. SNC, Space Exploration Technologies SpaceX, and United Launch Alliance ULA. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: Boeing    The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is developing the necessary ground systems, infrastructure and operational approaches required to safely process, assemble, transport and launch the next generation of rockets and spacecraft in support of NASA’s exploration objectives. Future work also will replace the antiquated communications, power and vehicle access resources with modern efficient systems. Some of the utilities and systems slated for replacement have been used since the VAB opened in 1965. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/ground/index.html Photo credit: Boeing KSC-2012-4386

LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jett...

LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jettison system of its CST-100 spacecraft at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas as part of an agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Pro... More

COMMUNICATIONS TEST (MERRITT ISLAND LAUNCH AREA [MILA]) -  ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING - FL

COMMUNICATIONS TEST (MERRITT ISLAND LAUNCH AREA [MILA]) - ASTRONAUT J...

S65-13244 (6 Jan. 1965) --- The Gemini-Titan 3 prime crew, astronauts Virgil I. Grissom (left) and John W. Young, are shown in the Gemini-3 spacecraft during a communications test at the Merritt Island launch area.

COMMUNICATIONS TEST (MERRITT ISLAND LAUNCH AREA [MILA]) -  ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING - FL

COMMUNICATIONS TEST (MERRITT ISLAND LAUNCH AREA [MILA]) - ASTRONAUT J...

S65-13243 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot, is shown entering the Gemini-3 spacecraft for a communications test at the Merritt Island launch area.

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - COMMUNICATIONS (TEST) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - TRAINING - FL

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-3 - COMMUNICATIONS (TEST) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG ...

S65-13391 (6 Jan. 1965) --- Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom (left), Gemini-Titan 3 command pilot; and John W. Young, pilot, are shown discussing test plans prior to entering the Gemini-3 spacecraft for a communicat... More

Optical Communications Transmitter, NASA Gemini program

Optical Communications Transmitter, NASA Gemini program

S65-42598 (10 Nov. 1965) --- Douglas S. Idlly, Electromagnetic Systems Branch, Instrumentation and Electronic Systems Division, illustrates an Optical Communications Transmitter (LASER) during a briefing at the... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14.      The Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 known as Rassvet, or "dawn," is inside the shuttle's cargo bay. It will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian Soyuz and Progress spacecraft. The laboratory will be attached to the bottom port of the station's Zarya module.  The mission's three spacewalks will focus on storing spare components outside the station, including six batteries, a communications antenna and parts for the Canadian Dextre robotic arm.  STS-132 is the 132nd shuttle flight, the 32nd for Atlantis and the 34th shuttle mission dedicated to station assembly and maintenance. For more information on the STS-132 mission objectives, payload and crew, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts132/index.html. Photo Credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-20103367

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles off Launch Pad 3...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14. The ... More

Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) conduct electrical testing on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS June 29 aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif., the latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit KSC-00pp0715

Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...

Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) conduct electrical testing on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS ... More

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is placed onto a transporter for its move to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for testing. The TDRS is one of three (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif. The latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for launch, then spring back into their original cupped circular shape on orbit. The new satellites will augment the TDRS system’s existing Sand Ku-band frequencies by adding Ka-band capability. TDRS will serve as the sole means of continuous, high-data-rate communication with the space shuttle, with the International Space Station upon its completion, and with dozens of unmanned scientific satellites in low earth orbit. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS June 29 aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket KSC-00pp0708

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Sa...

At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is placed onto a transporter for its move to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for testing. The T... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  The TDRS-J satellite sits between the two halves of the fairing before encapsulation for launch. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA-Centaur rocket from Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Dec. 4.  The third in a series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-J will help replenish the current constellation of geosynchronous TDRS satellites. The TDRS System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-Earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. KSC-02pd1778

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The TDRS-J satellite sits between the t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The TDRS-J satellite sits between the two halves of the fairing before encapsulation for launch. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA-Centa... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four members of the STS-134 crew answer questions as part of a mission overview at the Visitor Complex of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participating in the event, seated, from the left, former astronaut Bruce Melnick, along with Greg Johnson, Michael Fincke, Andrew Feustel and Gregory Chamitoff.      STS-134 commander Mark Kelly, pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialists Michael Fincke, Gregory Chamitoff, Andrew Feustel and European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori lifted off May 16, 2011 aboard space shuttle Endeavour. During the nearly 16-day STS-134 mission, Endeavour delivered to the International Space Station the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and spare parts, including two S-band communications antennas and a high-pressure gas tank. This was the 36th shuttle mission to the station and Endeavour's 25th and final flight. For more information, visit: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/main/index.html  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-5336

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four members of the STS-134 crew answer questio...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Four members of the STS-134 crew answer questions as part of a mission overview at the Visitor Complex of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participating in the event, seated, from ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the newly arrived ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is lifted above two Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules positioned along the wall of the clean room.    ELC-3 and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer are the primary payloads for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. The STS-134 crew will also deliver spare parts including two S-band communications antennas, a high pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for Dextre and micrometeoroid debris shields.  Endeavour's launch is targeted for July 29, 2010. For information on the STS-134 mission objectives and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-6674

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NAS...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the newly arrived ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is lifted above two Multi-Purpose Logistics Mo... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the TDRS-J satellite launches aboard an Atlas IIA vehicle on Dec. 4 at the beginning of the launch window at 9:42 p.m. EST. TDRS-J, the third in a series of telemetry satellites, will help replenish the current constellation of geosynchronous TDRS satellites that are the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. The satellites also provide communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-Earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. KSC-02pd1852

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Ai...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the TDRS-J satellite launches aboard an Atlas IIA vehicle on Dec. 4 at the beginning of the launch window at 9:42 p.m. EST.... More

Cumberland River and Nashville, TN, USA

Cumberland River and Nashville, TN, USA

SL2-81-198 (22 June 1973) --- Making its way through the rugged Cumberland Plateau, the Cumberland River winds through the city of Nashville in north central Tennessee (36.0N, 87.0W) where the heavily forested ... More

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Navy communications satellite (FLTSATCOM) is being put into a high altitude test cell

A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 Photographs Relating to Agenc... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: 1974_03797.jpg c1974_03700s Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 P... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: 1974_03901.jpg c1974_03900s Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1974_03800s 1974_03803.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 P... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: 1974_03802.jpg c1974_03800s Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 P... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 Photographs Relating to Agenc... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 Photographs Relating to Agenc... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1974_03900s 1974_03902.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROOM 12 COMPUTER EQUIPMENT - ROOM 14 MAINTENANCE AREA - ROOM 25 EEC COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SUPPORT AREA -

8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL BUILDING - ROOM 10 COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - ROO...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/20/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Location Room: 10 - 12 - 14 - 25 Photographs Relating to Agenc... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS PROGRAM

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/22/1974 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

A solid-propellant apogee motor for the NATO III communications satellite (SATCOM) is being put into a 110,000-foot altitude test. The engine also underwent the impact, vibration and acceleration (IVA) test

A solid-propellant apogee motor for the NATO III communications satell...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More

Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov briefed on Apollo Communications test system console

Cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov briefed on Apollo Communications test system ...

S74-20807 (23 April 1974) --- Cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (foreground) is briefed on the Apollo communications test system console in the Building 440 laboratory during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Pro... More

A Titan III-C stands poised on Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the launch of Application Technology Satellite-F, first in a new generation of NASA communications satellites. (1.3-2) 74P-126

A Titan III-C stands poised on Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...

A Titan III-C stands poised on Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for the launch of Application Technology Satellite-F, first in a new generation of NASA communications satellites. (1.3-2)

An Air Force Titan III-C lifted off from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:00 A.M. EDT today to launch Application Technology Satellite 6, first in a new generation of NASA Communications satellites. (1.3-13)(Test 7670) 74PC-374

An Air Force Titan III-C lifted off from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral ...

An Air Force Titan III-C lifted off from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 9:00 A.M. EDT today to launch Application Technology Satellite 6, first in a new generation of NASA Communications sate... More

BLDG. 30 - SIMULATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS - ASTP)

BLDG. 30 - SIMULATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS - ASTP)

S74-33004 (19 Sept. 1962) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr, (right), Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) pilot, discusses the MA-8 flight plan with flight director Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Chief of the Flight Operations ... More

BLDG. 30 - SIMULATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS - ASTP)

BLDG. 30 - SIMULATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS - ASTP)

S74-33006 (19 Sept. 1962) --- Flight director Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (center), Chief of the Flight Operations Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, discusses the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) flight pla... More

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/19/1975 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

Communication Technology Satellite

Communication Technology Satellite

(December 16, 1975) The Communication Technology Satellite was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on January 17, 1976 and operated until October 1979. This high-powered spacecraft was the resul... More

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/19/1975 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/19/1975 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/19/1975 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

MICROPROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 11/19/1975 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 86 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

DRAWING OF JOINT DOC NASA CTS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE

DRAWING OF JOINT DOC NASA CTS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 12/5/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Photographer Assistants: COPY NEGATIVE Keywords: c1975_04200s 1975_04289.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating t... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians check out the Symphonie-B spacecraft during launch preparations at KSC. Symphonie is a synchronous-orbit communications satellite, jointly owned and managed by West Germany and France.    Photo credit: NASA KSC-75PC-0365

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians check out the Symphonie-B spacecra...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians check out the Symphonie-B spacecraft during launch preparations at KSC. Symphonie is a synchronous-orbit communications satellite, jointly owned and managed by West Germany a... More

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS  FIELD UNIT

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS FIELD UNIT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/28/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/18/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/18/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/29/1976 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL ROOF ANTENNA - TRANSMITTER - CONTROL CENTER - SPACECRAFT DATA CENTER - SHF EVALUATION AREA

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/7/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/18/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS LABORATORY, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/29/1976 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS GLOBE

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS GLOBE

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/26/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL ROOF ANTENNA - TRANSMITTER - CONTROL CENTER - SPACECRAFT DATA CENTER - SHF EVALUATION AREA

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/7/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL ROOF ANTENNA - TRANSMITTER - CONTROL CENTER - SPACECRAFT DATA CENTER - SHF EVALUATION AREA

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/7/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/18/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/18/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS  FIELD UNIT

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS FIELD UNIT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/28/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL ROOF ANTENNA - TRANSMITTER - CONTROL CENTER - SPACECRAFT DATA CENTER - SHF EVALUATION AREA

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/7/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS  FIELD UNIT

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS FIELD UNIT

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/28/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6 FOOT WIND TUNNEL ROOF ANTENNA - TRANSMITTER - CONTROL CENTER - SPACECRAFT DATA CENTER - SHF EVALUATION AREA

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS SMALL EARTH TERMINAL SET - 8X6...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 5/7/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Location Building No: 54 Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY BRANCH, NASA Technology Images

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/18/1976 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

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