KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-118 Pilot Charlie Hobaugh is ready after suitup to head for the launch pad and board Space Shuttle Endeavour. The STS-118 mission is... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Italian-built module, U.S. Node 2, fo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Italian-built module, U.S. Node 2, for the International Space Station is offloaded from a Beluga aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility. The second of three Station connectin... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (left) and Joseph Tanner (center) get ready to check out the Japanese Experiment M... More
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-97 Mission Specialist Joseph Tann...
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-97 Mission Specialist Joseph Tanner (left) is greeted by Center Director Roy Bridges on his arrival at KSC from Johnson Space Center. Tanner and the rest of the crew have re... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop a mobile la...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop a mobile launch platform, passes by the turn basin in Launch Complex 39 toward Pad A as the sun rises on a balmy Florida morning. First motion out of t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Workers move the Orbiter Transporter System (OT...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Workers move the Orbiter Transporter System (OTS) into Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The OTS will be moved under shuttle Atlantis for its rollov... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At SPACEHAB in Titusville, Fla., STS-127 Miss...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At SPACEHAB in Titusville, Fla., STS-127 Mission Specialist Christopher Cassidy gets a close look at the Pump Module Assembly, part of the payload for the mission. The crew members are ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach proudly ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach proudly displays a space shuttle Atlantis banner for STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson, front right, and Pilot Doug Hurley. Four astronauts brought A... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the STS-133 crew receive instruction by the catch nets for the slidewire baskets at the base of the pad as part of... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an overhead crane moves the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, or MPLM, toward a payload canist... More
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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After rollback of the Rotating Service S...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- After rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Endeavour is bathed in light. Twin solid rocket boosters flank the orange external tank behind En... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians in the Space Station Processing Fa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Technicians in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, check the progress of the Payload Attach System, or PAS, as it is lifted up to the Alpha M... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a simulated launch countdown on Launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a simulated launch countdown on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Mission Specialists Nicole Stott, left, and Michael Barratt are strapped into the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Space Station Processing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves towards the SPACEHAB Module to transport in to the Payload Canister. The SPACEHAB Module will carry racks of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The European Space Agency's Columbus modu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The European Space Agency's Columbus module rests on a work stand in view of media representatives and invited guests following a ceremony to welcome the module into the Space Stati... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations Support Building II at NASA'...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Shuttle Program and mission managers meet for the traditional Flight Readiness Review, a thorough a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew prepare...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew prepares to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in T-38 training jets. Mission Specialist Michael Barratt, left, Pilot Eric Boe and Missi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the closeout crew in the White Room help STS-127 crew members complete their suitup before entering space shuttle Endeavour fo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a simulated launch countdown the STS-13...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a simulated launch countdown the STS-135 crew pauses for a photo before climbing aboard the waiting Astrovan at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As part of the Terminal Cou... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and Mission S...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialist Sandy Magnus have touched down in a T-38 jet on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Students pause during their work on thei...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Students pause during their work on their experiments that will fly in SPACEHAB on Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107. SPACEHAB's complement of commercial experiments includ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is lowered into a three-story vacuum chamber. The 32,000-pound scientific res... More
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. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, a ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, a truck maneuvers its bed into place for the offloading of the remote manipulator system for the Japanese Experiment Module from the Antonov 1... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Shadows in the water next to the runway refle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Shadows in the water next to the runway reflect space shuttle Discovery being towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Discovery's landing ended the 14-d... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the payl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the payload canister atop its transporter rolls toward Launch Pad 39A. The canister contains the Columbus Lab module and integrated cargo carrier-li... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers at SPACEHAB gather to watch STS-...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers at SPACEHAB gather to watch STS-102 Mission Specialist Andrew S.W. Thomas work on the Early Ammonia Servicer. Thomas and other crew members are at SPACEHAB to get acquainte... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room (part of t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room (part of the Rotation Service Structure at the launch pad), the doors of the payload canister open to reveal its cargo, the SPACEHAB module (bottom) a... 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, members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 crew participate in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT. Here, ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sunrise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Flor...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Sunrise at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A after the payload canister carrying the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module (MPLM) w... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launch team members monitor the countdown to the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-135 ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Swarms of people are at the Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Swarms of people are at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida to watch space shuttle Discovery lift off on its final scheduled mission from Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff is ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey talks to media at Launch Pad 39A, where space shuttle Discovery is poised for launch next month. The six-member... 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, astronauts Terry Virts, left, and Charles Hobaugh familiarize themselves with the operation of the robotic worksta... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket boost...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, tows a spent booster from space shuttle Atlantis' final launch, to Port Canaveral in Florida. The shuttle's two solid r... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on launch Pa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis sits on launch Pad 39A waiting for the rotating service structure to be moved into place for final launch preparations. A small section of the fixed service ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shu...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shuttle Discovery is ushered into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) from Orbiter Processing Facility-3 during a move known as "rollover." Onc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Emerging from the billows of smoke and s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Emerging from the billows of smoke and steam on Launch Pad 39A, space shuttle Atlantis hurtles into space for a rendezvous with the International Space Station on mission STS-122. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour rests on Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour rests on Launch Pad 39A after rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Shuttle comprises the orbiter, in front, and the taller orange external tank ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a l...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a left-side main separation bolt attaches the bottom of space shuttle Discovery to its external fuel tank in the Vehicle Assembly Building. As ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Bu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis is lowered alongside the external tank and solid rocket boosters waiting below... More
An STS-102 crew member reaches for the release lever for the slidewire...
An STS-102 crew member reaches for the release lever for the slidewire basket, used for emergency egress from the orbiter and pad. The crew is at KSC for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Perched atop the Mobile Launcher Platfor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Perched atop the Mobile Launcher Platform, Space Shuttle Endeavour passes through the gate to Launch Pad 39B. To the right of the pad is a 290-foot tall water tower. To the left is... More
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, members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 crew put on their launch-and-entry suits before heading to ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim speaks ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim speaks to media during a question-and-answer session at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A in Florida. Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts a... 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, workers prepare to roll the transportation case protecting the Russian-built Mini Research Module1, or MRM1, fro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-135 Mission Specialist Rex Walheim checks the fit of his launch-and-entry suit before during a simu... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's main landing gear to...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's main landing gear touches down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after 13-days in space, completing the 5.3... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Commander Steve Frick (right) a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Commander Steve Frick (right) and Pilot Alan Poindexter arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in a shuttle training aircraft jet for launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Bare branches frame the liftoff of Space...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Bare branches frame the liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-106 to the International Space Station. Billows of smoke and steam are illuminated by the flames of the sol... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, workers wait to begin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, workers wait to begin replace Shuttle Atlantis' Power Drive Unit (PDU), which is attached to the crane (center). The PDU controls the rudder/speed brake on the o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-122 Commander Steve Frick is greeted by Doug Lyons, launch director for STS-122 mission. The crew's arrival signals the imminent... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 crew members take part in a payload bay walkdown to check out the cargo secured in Atlantis' ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Battalion Chief David Seymour provides supervi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Battalion Chief David Seymour provides supervision while space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 crew members participate in M113 armored personnel carrier training at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the Rotating Service Structure roll...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the Rotating Service Structure rolled back, Space Shuttle Discovery is revealed, poised for launch on mission STS-102 at 6:42 a.m. EST March 8. It sits on the Mobile Launcher ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Perched atop the Mobile Launcher Platfor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Perched atop the Mobile Launcher Platform, Space Shuttle Endeavour passes through the gate to Launch Pad 39B. To the right of the pad is a 290-foot tall water tower. To the left is... More
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON -- STS123-S-001-- STS-123 continues asse...
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON -- STS123-S-001-- STS-123 continues assembly of the International Space Station (ISS). The primary mission objectives include rotating an expedition crew member and installing bot... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, an overhead crane lifts the Joint Airlock Module to move and place it into the payload canister at left for transfer to the Space Station P... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On the slidewire basket bunker area of...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On the slidewire basket bunker area of Launch Pad 39A, STS-118 educator astronaut and Mission Specialist Barbara R. Morgan responds to a question from the media before the crew's... More
STS-98 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (left) and Mission Specialist Tho...
STS-98 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (left) and Mission Specialist Thomas D. Jones (Ph.D.) check out equipment in the U.S. Lab Destiny during a Multi-Equipment Interface Test. During the mission, Jones will hel... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew receives instruction on emergency exit from the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A. From left are Pilot Alan Poindexter and Mission ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facilit...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves the JEM Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section toward a scale (at left) for weight and center-of-gravity... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 is being transpor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 is being transported from the Pegasus barge in the turn basin at the Launch Complex 39 Area to the Vehicle Assembly Building where it will be lifted into a c... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In High Bay 1 in the Vehicle Assembly Building ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In High Bay 1 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour hovers over the mobile launcher platform to which its external fuel tank ... More
Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility gather with the crew ...
Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility gather with the crew of mission STS-97, who are holding the symbolic key representing the turnover of the P6 Integrated Truss Structure, part of the payload on t... 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 Donatello as it moves the length of the SSPF toward a workstand. In the SSPF, Donatello will undergo processing by... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tec...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians in the payload changeout room have maneuvered space shuttle Atlantis' cargo, the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module (MPLM) in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at KSC, STS-107 Payl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at KSC, STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anderson (center) and Pilot William "Willie" McCool (right) talk with Robert Hanley, who is mission lead with the Vehi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Bu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis is lowered toward the external tank and solid rocket boosters waiting below, a... More
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, members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 crew put on their launch-and-entry suits before heading to ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-116...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-116 Mission Specialist Nicholas Patrick is greeted after his arrival by Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Bill Parsons. The crew has returne... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shu...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Shuttle Weather Officer Kathy Winters talks to media about the weather forecast for space shuttle Discovery's upcoming launch to the Internatio... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Moments after liftoff, the launch of sp...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Moments after liftoff, the launch of space shuttle Atlantis casts a glow in the lagoon waters during launch from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis is racing... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane begins to lift the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) pressure module out of the shipping canister to move it to a work st... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-126 crew participate in a crew equipment interface test, or CEIT. Here,... More
STS-106 Mission Specialist Edward T. Lu grins upon his arrival at the ...
STS-106 Mission Specialist Edward T. Lu grins upon his arrival at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility. He and the rest of the crew will be making pre-launch preparations for the fourth flight to the International ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers monitor space shuttle Discovery as it ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers monitor space shuttle Discovery as it arrives at Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It took the shuttle, attached to its... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers discuss moving, or "rolling over," shuttle Discovery to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). On... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After greeting the media on their arrival on ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After greeting the media on their arrival on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the crew members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 mission wave and head for... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians roll the test equipment away from an external tank door on space shuttle Atla... 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, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis' main engines and solid rocket boosters ignite on Launch Pad 39A producing billows of smoke and steam as it lifts off on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour races into the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour races into the sky trailing columns of fire from the solid rocket boosters as it begins mission STS-118. The liftoff from Launch Pad 39A was on time at 6:3... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) is ready for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) is ready for flight on the Shuttle Landing Facility runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey and Pilot Eric Boe... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers monitor the progress of Space Sh...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers monitor the progress of Space Shuttle Atlantis as it moves through the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building along the crawlerway toward Launch Pad 39A. First motion out o... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour passes the fork in the crawlerway between Launch Pad 39B, at right, and Launch Pad 39A. First motion of the 3.4-mile ro... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform, ascends the five percent grade to the top of the hardstand on Launch Pad 39A. The rotating service structure, adjoine... 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, a crane lifts the gaseous nitrogen tank from space shuttle Discovery's payload bay with the aid of a "fish ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It is time for reflection at NASA's Kennedy Sp...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- It is time for reflection at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as employees accompany space shuttle Atlantis as it is slowly towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility to an orbiter pr... More
STS-102 Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas (front, left) and Paul Richa...
STS-102 Mission Specialists Andrew Thomas (front, left) and Paul Richards take their seats in the slidewire basket, used for emergency egress from the orbiter and pad. Behind them, other crew members climb into... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 crew participate in training activities during the Crew Equipment ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – During a media event at NASA's Kennedy Space Ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – During a media event at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to showcase the newest section of the International Space Station, the Tranquility node, STS-130 Commander George Zamka spea... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 makes the turn to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 makes the turn toward the Vehicle Assembly Building after being offloaded from the Pegasus barge in the turn basin at the Launch Complex 39 Area. Once insid... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the glow of a setting sun, Space Shu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the glow of a setting sun, Space Shuttle Endeavour is revealed after the rollback of the Rotating Service Structure (left) on Launch Pad 39A. At the top of the external tank ca... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia seems to leap fr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia seems to leap from amid the trees as it roars toward space on mission STS-107. Following a flawless and uneventful countdown, liftoff occurred on-time at 10... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Works at Launch Pad 39A begin closing th...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Works at Launch Pad 39A begin closing the payload bay doors on Space Shuttle Atlantis. The payload includes the SPACEHAB Double Module (center) and two GetAway Special (GAS) canist... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket boost...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Liberty Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, tows the right spent booster from space shuttle Atlantis' final launch, as it is taken to Port Canaveral in Florida. The... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, the payload canister ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, the payload canister with the SPACEHAB Double Module and the Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) inside is lifted off the payload transporter toward the Payload Chang... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The drag chute deployed behind space s...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The drag chute deployed behind space shuttle Discovery helps slow its smooth landing on Runway 33 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, completing the 1... More