CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Ares IX upper stage segments’ ballast assemblie...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Ares IX upper stage segments’ ballast assemblies are positioned along the floor of high bay 4 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, part of the preparations for... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Hyster forklift moves NASA's Juno spacecraft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Hyster forklift moves NASA's Juno spacecraft into Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. to begin final testing and preparations for launch. The solar-power... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 12 times the thrust produced by ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 12 times the thrust produced by a Boeing 747 jet aircraft, the Constellation Program's Ares I-X test rocket roars off Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in F... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage ignited on NASA’s Ares I-X test...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage ignited on NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. The rocket produces 2.96 million pounds of... More
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief...
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief component of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA's Constellation Program. This transportation sy... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, memb...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the news media are briefed on the agency's Space Launch System SLS Program Todd May, program manager for Space Launch Systems SLS at ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NASA's K...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance Recovery Operations personnel pull a colorful main parachute for the Ares I-X rocket o... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a fu...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a full-size mock-up of the Orion spacecraft and launch abort system were transported to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. In the backgro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view from inside the new “Space Shuttle Atlan...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view from inside the new “Space Shuttle Atlantis” exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, shows the buildup of the replica solid rocket boosters and external fue... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Statio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare to inspect the spent first stage of NASA's Ares I-X rocket, secured in a slip. The booster was recovered by t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Ares I-X test rocket ignites its first s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Ares I-X test rocket ignites its first stage at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. The Constellation Program's 327-foot-tall roc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Viewed from the Launch Pad 39A flame trench, c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Viewed from the Launch Pad 39A flame trench, crawler-transporter No. 2 moves under a space shuttle era mobile launcher platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The activity wa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians in the Astrotech payload processin...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians in the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. install thermal insulation on NASA's Juno magnetometer boom. The boom structure is attached to Juno's solar a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the sixth tower segment is lifted toward five segments already secured to a new mobile launcher, or ML, being constructed to support the Constel... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A forklift operator offloads NASA's Radiation B...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A forklift operator offloads NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probe B, enclosed in a protective shipping container, from a flatbed truck at the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the tower on a new mobile launcher, or ML, for the Constellation Program grows as the fourth section is lowered into position. The tower will... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Ares I-X test rocket launches into a bright...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Ares I-X test rocket launches into a bright Florida sky from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. NASA’s Constellation Program's 327-... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle As...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Endeavour is lifted off its transporter. The shuttle will be raised to a vertical position and lifted up int... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Orbiter Processing Facility, ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Orbiter Processing Facility, space shuttle Endeavour settles on its transporter for the trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building. In high bay 1 of the VAB, Endeavour will ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cra...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crawler-transporter No. 2 moves a space shuttle era mobile launcher platform at Launch Pad 39A. The activity was part of testing to check out r... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed-Martin technicians at Astrotech's pay...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed-Martin technicians at Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. remove the protective wrapping from NASA's Juno spacecraft to begin final testing and preparati... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 23 times the power output of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 23 times the power output of the Hoover Dam, NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket soars into blue skies above Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket p... More
Dr. von Braun began his association with Walt Disney in the 1950s when...
Dr. von Braun began his association with Walt Disney in the 1950s when the rocket scientist appeared in three Disney television productions related to the exploration of space. Years later, Dr. von Braun invite... More
The first stage (S-1-C) of Apollo 6 (A/S 502) is erected at the Vehicl...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More
A Saturn 1B space launch vehicle lifts off from Launch Complex 34 carr...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Kennedy State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander (foreground) can be seen inside the backshell. In the background, workers are helping place the heat shield, j... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, a crane lifts the shipping crate from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The spacecraft arrived May 7 via a U.S. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare to install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane moves the heat shield toward a platform at left. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraf... More
Indian River Lagoon National Scenic Byway - Apollo Saturn V Rocket
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Visitors at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex admire the gigantic Apollo Saturn V Rocket. Location: Location: Florida (28.605° N... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the heat shield onto a platform. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft.. The Phoenix ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the heat shield for the Phoenix Mars Lander is moved into position for installation on the spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the firs... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft will undergo spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, a crane lifts the shipping crate from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The spacecraft arrived May 7 via a U.S. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians secure the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside onto a spin table for spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the fi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians complete the installation of the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first proje... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Secured on the spin table, the backshell...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Secured on the spin table, the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside is ready for spin testing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians lower a crane over the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The crane will be used to remove the heat shield from around the P... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first op... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians attach a crane to the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The crane will be used to remove the heat shield from around the Ph... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft is maneuvered away from the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III that delivered it. The crate will... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers watch as an overhead crane lowers the heat shield toward a platform. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell w...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside onto a spin table for spin testing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft is secure on a flat bed truck for transportation to the Payload Hazardous Servi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the backshell wi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The spacecraft is being moved to a spin t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the spin test of th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the spin test of the Phoenix Mars Lander in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the cargo hold of this U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III opens to reveal the crated Phoenix spacecraft inside. The Phoenix m... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, media dressed in clean-room garb document the arrival of the Phoenix spacecraft. The spacecraft arrived May 7 ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The unwrapped Phoenix spacecraft is on ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The unwrapped Phoenix spacecraft is on display in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Ma... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander (foreground) can be seen inside the backshell. In the background, workers are helping place the heat shield, j... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed in clean-room garb remove the protective wrapping from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The Phoe... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers move the platform with the Phoenix spacecraft into another room. The Phoenix mission is the first proj... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft is ready for spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the heat shield from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's f... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft has been placed on a flat bed truck for transportation to the Payload Hazardous... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed in clean-room garb begin removing the protective wrapping from around the Phoenix spacecraft. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster II...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III lands at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility carrying the Phoenix spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell w...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside toward a spin table for spin testing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers oversee the offloading of the crated Phoenix spacecraft inside the cargo hold of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.... More
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks t...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the first day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Heflin was a former space shuttle flight director and... More
A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Decelera...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E. L. Tedder Release Sta... More
A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Decelera...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E.L. Tedder Release Stat... More
The Pioneer Venus-A aboard an Atlas Centaur 50 rocket lifts off
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pu... More
The space shuttle Enterprise in the launch position. This is the first...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More
Aerial view of the rocket booster-mounted Columbia space shuttle orbit...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Release... More
The space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external tank and solid rock...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release St... More
The space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external tank and solid rock...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release St... More
The space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external tank and solid rock...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release St... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17, Pad A, technicians encapsulate the Geotail spacecraft upper and attached Payload Assist Module-D upper stage lower in the protect... More
A Lockheed Martin Titan IVB launch vehicle is ready for liftoff from c...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Range Visual Info. TECH. Service Release Statu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The newly added Robot Scouts exhibit at ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The newly added Robot Scouts exhibit at the KSC Visitor Complex is situated next to the Rocket Garden. Part of the $13 million expansion to the Visitor Complex, the exhibit helps d... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, the bottom pa...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, the bottom panels of the canister are already in place around the Mars Odyssey orbiter (right). Next to it is the cylindrical upper canister waiting to b... More
An overhead crane lowers the cylindrical canister over the Mars Odysse...
An overhead crane lowers the cylindrical canister over the Mars Odyssey orbiter below it. The canister will protect the spacecraft during transfer to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Mars ... More
An overhead crane lifts the cylindrical canister toward the Mars Odyss...
An overhead crane lifts the cylindrical canister toward the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The canister will be lowered over the spacecraft to protect it during transfer to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, workers attac...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, workers attach the upper canister to lower panels that surround the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The canister will protect the spacecraft during transfer to Lau... More
An overhead crane lowers the cylindrical canister toward the Mars Odys...
An overhead crane lowers the cylindrical canister toward the Mars Odyssey orbiter below it. The canister will protect the spacecraft during transfer to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Mar... More
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mars Odyssey...
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mars Odyssey orbiter is ready to be lifted up the gantry and mated with the Delta II rocket. The spacecraft will map the Martian surface in search of ge... More
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft nears its destination on the gantry at Lau...
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft nears its destination on the gantry at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will be mated with the Delta II rocket. The spacecraft will map the Martian surface... More
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, start at...
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, start attaching the Mars Odyssey orbiter to the Boeing Delta II rocket. The spacecraft will map the Martian surface in search of geological features... More
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft (left) disappears into the top of the gant...
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft (left) disappears into the top of the gantry at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will be mated with the Delta II rocket seen in the center. The spacecraft ... More
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker begins ...
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a worker begins removing the bottom panels from around the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The spacecraft is being mated to a Boeing Delta II rocket for launch schedu... More
The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, wrapped in protective covering, leav...
The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft, wrapped in protective covering, leaves the Space Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 on a transporter to Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Mars Odyssey i... More
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mars Odyssey...
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Mars Odyssey orbiter begins moving up the gantry for mating with the Delta II rocket. The spacecraft will map the Martian surface in search of geologica... More
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft (left) nears the top of the gantry at Laun...
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft (left) nears the top of the gantry at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where it will be mated with the Delta II rocket seen in the center. The spacecraft will map t... More
In the early morning before dawn the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft arri...
In the early morning before dawn the 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft arrives at Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated with the Delta II rocket that will launch it. The spacecraft will... More
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, get read...
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, get ready to move the Mars Odyssey spacecraft into the clean room at the top of the gantry. There it will be mated encased by the fairing of the Del... More
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove a...
On Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove another panel from around the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The spacecraft is being mated to a Boeing Delta II rocket for launch scheduled at 11:02 a... More
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, help gui...
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, help guide the Mars Odyssey spacecraft into position for the enclosure by the fairing of the Delta II rocket already in place. The spacecraft will m... More
With the Delta II rocket’s first and second stages standing by (right)...
With the Delta II rocket’s first and second stages standing by (right), the Mars Odyssey orbiter is lifted up the gantry on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for mating with the Delta II. The s... More
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, oversee ...
Workers on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, oversee the Mars Odyssey orbiter as it is lowered toward the Boeing Delta II rocket. The spacecraft will map the Martian surface in search of geolog... More
The Mars Odyssey orbiter, with a protective cover on top, waits on Lau...
The Mars Odyssey orbiter, with a protective cover on top, waits on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for the fairing of the Boeing Delta II rocket to be installed. Scheduled to launch 11:02 a.m... More
At sunrise on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, worke...
At sunrise on Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers begin attaching a crane to the top of the Mars Odyssey orbiter. The spacecraft will be lifted up the gantry and mated with the Delta II r... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Delta II rocket t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first stage of the Delta II rocket to launch the MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover) vehicle arrives at Pad 17-A on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The MER Mission consists of two... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of the Delta II rocket is nearly vertical in the launch tower. The Delta will launch the Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of the Delta II rocket is lifted up the launch tower. The Delta will launch the Mars Exploration Rover (MER-A) vehicle... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers on Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, work on the bottom of the first stage of the Delta II rocket being lifted up the launch tower. The Delta will launch the Mar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first stage of the Delta II rocket achieves vertical position at the launch tower. The Delta will launch the Mars Exploration Rov... More