CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane moves the Ares I-X crew module simulator toward a stand at right. Other Ares I-X segment... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the first of three space shuttle main engines is installed in space shuttle Atlantis. Each engine is 14 feet l... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hardware that will be used in the launch of the Ares I-X rocket is being offloaded from the C-5 aircraft. The ha... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the Joint Airlock Module, the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will enter and exit the 470-ton orb... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Installed on a transporter, the payload...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Installed on a transporter, the payload canister moves out of the Vertical Processing Facility. Inside the canister are the SPACEHAB module and the port 5 truss segment for missi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, (at left) one of three space shuttle main engines is being prepared for installation in space shuttle Disco... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from underneath the wing of NASA’...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from underneath the wing of NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, the Joint Airlock Module, the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will ente... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) Processing Facility, Boeing-Rocketdyne crane operator Joe Ferrante (left) lowers SSME 2058, the first SSME fully assembled at KSC, onto an en... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Hyster forklift moves the second of three space shuttle main engines closer to shuttle Atlantis for installa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, engine #2, the last of three space shuttle main engines is installed in shuttle Atlantis. Each engine is ... More
In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers help guide the Multi...
In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers help guide the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo as it moves toward the weight and balance scale. The Italian-built MPLM is one of three such pressurized ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft opens to reveal the kscpao/release/2000/78-00.htm">Joint Airlock Module</a> the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Spa... More
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, Bernardo Patti, at left, head of International Space Station, Program Department, European Space Agency... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hardware that will be used in the launch of the Ares I-X rocket is being offloaded from the C-5 aircraft. The ha... More
The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch...
The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, March 28, 1963. The fourth launch of Saturn launch vehicles, developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the dir... More
The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch...
The Saturn I (SA-4) flight lifted off from Kennedy Space Center launch Complex 34, March 28, 1963. The fourth launch of Saturn launch vehicles developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), under the dir... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle main engine No. 1 is installed in space shuttle Discovery. Each engine is 14 feet long, weig... More
Representatives of RSC Energia in Russia and other onlookers in the SP...
Representatives of RSC Energia in Russia and other onlookers in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility examine an oxygen generator which the Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry to the Russian Mir Space Station ... More
An oxygen generator destined to replace a malfunctioning unit on the R...
An oxygen generator destined to replace a malfunctioning unit on the Russian Mir Space Station is the object of much curiosity during preflight preparations in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility. A SPACEH... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians strap in place a Russian-made oxygen generator on the floor of a SPACEHAB Double Module, being prepared for flight in the SPACEHAB Payload Pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians p...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians prepare to place a Russian-made oxygen generator into position for transport in a SPACEHAB Double Module being processed for flight on Space ... More
McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians oversee the move of a Russian-m...
McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians oversee the move of a Russian-made oxygen generator to a SPACEHAB Double Module, at rear, in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility. In foreground, from left, are Marc T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians l...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians look over a Russian-made oxygen generator which has just been placed on the floor of a SPACEHAB Double Module being prepared for flight on Sp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians o...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- McDonnell Douglas-SPACEHAB technicians oversee the move of a Russian-made oxygen generator to a SPACEHAB Double Module, at rear, in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility. With f... More
Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be ma...
Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, is unloaded in its container from an Air Force C-5 jet c... More
The container transporting the Node 1, the first element of the Inter...
The container transporting the Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, is moved into the Space S... More
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to b...
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, rests in its container in the Space Station Processi... More
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to b...
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, rests in its container in the Space Station Processi... More
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to b...
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, rests in its container in the Space Station Processi... More
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to b...
The Node 1, the first element of the International Space Station to be manufactured in the United States and the first to be launched on the Space Shuttle, rests in its container in the Space Station Processi... More
Workers rotate the Node 1, part of the primary payload of the first Sp...
Workers rotate the Node 1, part of the primary payload of the first Space Shuttle launch of an International Space Station (ISS) element, during processing activities in the Space Station Processing Facility. A... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia continues up ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Columbia continues up the ramp to Launch Pad 39B in its morning rollout prior to STS-90. Leveling systems within the crawler-transporter underneath the Shuttle ke... More
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high ...
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC during repainting of the American flag. The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet and will require ... More
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high ...
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC during repainting of the American flag and NASA logo. The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet and... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Painters are suspended on platforms from...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC during repainting of the American flag and NASA logo. The flag spans an... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The NASA logo, also known as the "meatba...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The NASA logo, also known as the "meatball," is painted on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). When finished, the logo will measure 110 feet by 132 feet, or about 12,3... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) gets...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) gets a facelift with the repainting of the American flag and replacing of the bicentennial emblem with the NASA logo. The painting honors NASA’s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the red paint to the chevron while the worker on the right fills in the blue field to the NASA logo they are painting on the Vehicle Assembly B... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the red paint to the chevron while the worker on the right fills in the blue field to the NASA logo they are painting on the Vehicle Assembly B... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assem...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- 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. ... 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. -- This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assem...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- 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. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from inside the altitude chamber ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from inside the altitude chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building's high bay, the Rotation Handling Fixture (RHF), with a simulated module attached, is lowered during... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building'...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building's high bay, a crane lifts the Rotation Handling Fixture (RHF) and simulated module during a test. Under normal operation, the RHF will hold ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building'...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building's high bay, the Rotation Handling Fixture (RHF), with a simulated module attached, is lowered by crane into the altitude chamber below durin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building'...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building's high bay, the Rotation Handling Fixture (RHF), with a simulated module attached, is viewed from above the altitude chamber into which it w... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the saucer-like ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the saucer-like 27.5-ton lid of an altitude chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building high bay. The chamber was recently reactivated, after a 24-year ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking as if poised in flight, the sauc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking as if poised in flight, the saucer-like lid of an altitude chamber is lifted from the floor in the Operations and Checkout Building high bay to its place on top of the cham... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers watch as the 27.5-ton lid is low...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers watch as the 27.5-ton lid is lowered onto the top of an altitude chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building high bay. The chamber was recently reactivated, after a 24-... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Build...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay, Center Director Roy Bridges remarks on the accomplishment of the joint NASA/Boeing team in renovating an altitude chamber form... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cutting a red ribbon for the unveiling o...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cutting a red ribbon for the unveiling of a newly renovated altitude chamber are (left to right) Tommy Mack, project manager, NASA; Steve Francois, director, Space Station and Shut... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a ribbon-cutting ceremony inside the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At a ribbon-cutting ceremony inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay, Sterling Walker, director of Engineering Development, introduces the project team members respons... More
At Launch Pad 39B, two holes caused by hail on Space Shuttle Discovery...
At Launch Pad 39B, two holes caused by hail on Space Shuttle Discovery's external tank (ET) are visible. Left of the tank is one of the solid rocket boosters. Workers are investigating the damage and potential ... More
A hole, created by recent hail storms, is identified as number one on ...
A hole, created by recent hail storms, is identified as number one on the surface of the external tank (ET) mated to Space Shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39B. Workers are investigating the damage and potential... More
A hole, created by recent hail storms, is identified as number two on ...
A hole, created by recent hail storms, is identified as number two on the surface of the external tank (ET) mated to Space Shuttle Discovery at Launch Pad 39B. Workers are investigating the damage and potential... More
At Launch pad 39B, Mike Barber, with United Space Alliance safety, poi...
At Launch pad 39B, Mike Barber, with United Space Alliance safety, points to one of the holes caused by hail on Space Shuttle Discovery's external tank (ET). Workers are investigating the damage and potential p... More
At Launch Pad 39B, the top of the external tank (ET) mated to Space Sh...
At Launch Pad 39B, the top of the external tank (ET) mated to Space Shuttle Discovery is dotted with nearly a dozen visible dings from recent hail storms. Workers are investigating the damage and potential prob... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery makes the climb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery makes the climb to Launch Pad 39B aboard the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter. The crawler is able to keep its cargo level during the move ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter lands in the rain at the Shuttle Landing Facility to deliver its cargo, the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) f... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter is reflected in the rain puddles as it comes to a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The Beluga is carrying the Raffael... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter is reflected in the rain puddles as it taxis toward the mate/demate tower at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The Beluga is c... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility to deliver its cargo, the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under clear and cloud-spotted skies at t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Under clear and cloud-spotted skies at the Shuttle Landing Facility, cranes support the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello after the "Beluga" Super Transporter ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay of the Space Station P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), workers begin removing the shipping canister from around the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffael... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay in the Space Station P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), workers on the floor oversee the transfer of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello to a work... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the one...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the one-piece, upward-hinged main cargo door of the Airbus Industrie A300-600ST "Beluga" Super Transporter is open to offload its cargo, the second... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello arrives in its shipping canister at the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). There it will undergo testing, joining ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cranes supporting the Multi-Purpose Logi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Cranes supporting the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello lower it onto a transporter for transfer to the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). At the SSPF t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello sits on a transporter waiting for transfer to the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). At the SSPF the Raffaello wil... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello is suspended above a workstand in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) where it will undergo testing. One of Ital... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay in the Space Station P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello waits for transfer to a workstand. There it will under... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crane is attached to the Raffaello, th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crane is attached to the Raffaello, the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for the International Space Station (ISS), before offloading the MPLM from the "Beluga" Super... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers oversee the placement of the Mul...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers oversee the placement of the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello as a crane lowers it onto a workstand in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF). O... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay of the Space Station P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), workers remove the top of the shipping canister from the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The second Multi-Purpose Logistics Modul...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for the International Space Station (ISS), named Raffaello, is moved out of the "Beluga" Super Transporter at the Shuttle Landing F... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers on cranes circle the "Beluga" Su...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers on cranes circle the "Beluga" Super Transporter at the Shuttle Landing Facility, ready to help offload the Raffaello, the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay in the Space Station P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside a high bay in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello is lifted out of its canister by an overhead crane. It... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) called Raffaello rests in its workstand in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) as an Alenia Aerospazio worker passes by. The Ital... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), workers from the Italian aerospace company Alenia Aerospazio begin removing the protective cover from the Multi-Purpose Logistics M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers begin offloading the Raffaello, the second Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) for the International Space Station (ISS), from the "Belug... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), workers from the Italian aerospace company Alenia Aerospazio begin removing the protective cover from the Multi-Purpose Logistics M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy airplane, with the In...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy airplane, with the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 truss aboard, arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from Marshall Space Flight Center. Manufactured... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy airplane, with the In...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- NASA's Super Guppy airplane, with the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 truss aboard, rolls to a stop at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Hunt... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Escort vehicles prepare to leave the Shu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Escort vehicles prepare to leave the Shuttle Landing Facility with the S1 truss (at right) on its trek to the Operations and Checkout Building. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Hu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, workers attach cranes to the S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station, to lift the truss to a payload transporter for its transfer to... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the new...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the newly arrived S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station (ISS), is offloaded from NASA's Super Guppy aircraft. Manufactured by the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the S1 ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the S1 truss, a segment of the International Space Station, is moved away from the Super Guppy that brought it to KSC from Marshall Space Flight Ce... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, NASA'...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, NASA's Super Guppy opens to reveal its cargo, the International Space Station's (ISS) S1 truss. Manufactured by the Boeing Co. in Huntington Beac... More
James Stickley (left) and Derry Dilby (right), who are with United Spa...
James Stickley (left) and Derry Dilby (right), who are with United Space Alliance, check over a spare four-inch diameter LH2 recirculation line that will be used to replace a damaged LH2 line in the orbiter Dis... More
A spare four-inch diameter LH2 recirculation line (shown in photo) wil...
A spare four-inch diameter LH2 recirculation line (shown in photo) will be used to replace a damaged LH2 line in the orbiter Discovery. The line recirculates hydrogen from the Shuttle main engines back to the e... More
Gary Hamilton (left) and James Stickley, both with United Space Allian...
Gary Hamilton (left) and James Stickley, both with United Space Alliance, check out a spare four-inch diameter LH2 recirculation line that will be used to replace a damaged LH2 line in the orbiter Discovery. Th... More
Just after sundown, Space Shuttle Discovery is framed with light from ...
Just after sundown, Space Shuttle Discovery is framed with light from the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39B as it waits for liftoff on mission STS-103. At the top is seen the external tank gaseous oxyge... More
After sunup, which is obscured by a cloud-filled sky, Space Shuttle Di...
After sunup, which is obscured by a cloud-filled sky, Space Shuttle Discovery waits atop the mobile launcher platform for launch of mission STS-103. At the top is seen the external tank gaseous oxygen vent arm ... More
In the early morning hours, Space Shuttle Discovery is framed with lig...
In the early morning hours, Space Shuttle Discovery is framed with light from the Fixed Service Structure on Launch Pad 39B as it waits for flight and mission STS-103. At the top is seen the external tank gaseo... More
A cloud-streaked sky provides backdrop for Space Shuttle Discovery as ...
A cloud-streaked sky provides backdrop for Space Shuttle Discovery as it waits for liftoff on mission STS-103 from Launch Pad 39B. The tower at its left is the Fixed Service Structure, topped by the 80-foot-tal... More
A Russian cargo plane, the Antenov 124, arrives at Cape Canaveral Air ...
A Russian cargo plane, the Antenov 124, arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force skid strip to deliver the Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket scheduled to launch the latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) June 29 fro... More
At Cape Canaveral Air Force skid strip, the Centaur upper stage is pla...
At Cape Canaveral Air Force skid strip, the Centaur upper stage is placed aboard a transporter after arriving aboard a Russian cargo plane, the Antenov 124. The Centaur will be coupled with an Atlas IIA to laun... More
Workers at Cape Canaveral Air Force skid strip oversee the offloading ...
Workers at Cape Canaveral Air Force skid strip oversee the offloading of the Centaur upper stage from a Russian cargo plane, the Antenov 124. The Centaur will be coupled with an Atlas IIA to launch the latest T... More