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Fire ^ Wildfire - Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 1, 2011 --A young volunteer ass...

The original database describes this as: Title: Volunteers help with clean-up effort in Bastrop wildfires Production Date: 10/01/2011 Caption: Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 1, 2011 --A young volunteer assists with th... More

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

Letters from Charles Briggs, Lexington, [Massachusetts], 1828 Oct[ober...

Will P. Huntington writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 26, 1827 certifying Theodore Parker's qualifications for teaching in the public schools. Charles Briggs writes to unknown on Oct[ober] 27th 1828 to certify Theo... More

To be exhibited in Chesnut Street, Philadelphia, below Tenth Street, f...

Broadside illustrated with 2 giraffes, gensbock and eland. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Circus; Animals; Posters.

Letters from Anne Warren Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Deborah West...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Glasgow, [Scotland], to Richard Da...

Untitled (Married Couple) - Public domain portrait

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Free evening schools. The Chambers Street Chapel Evening Schools will ...

Evening schools.; Chambers Street Chapel Evening Schools. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Po... More

Tabernacle, Salt Lake City; Temple, Salt Lake City, 1900; Rico, Colora...

Public domain photograph of temple building, religious architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Waln Grove" Frankford, Philad., taken Oct. 1886 A very old house in F...

Photographs show mansion built by Robert Waln in 1742 and house with gambrel roof, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In album: Views of old Philadelphia, collected by Joseph Y. Jeanes, ca. 1915, leaf 18 r... More

Dobroudja Campaigne, Oct. 1916 : Volhynie Campaigne, Oct. 1916 ; Izonz...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Ceremonies - New York - Red Cross workers parade in New York City, Oct...

Date Taken: 10/4/1917 Ceremonies - New York Public domain photograph of procession, parade in New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - New York - Great Red Cross Parade in New York City, Oct. ...

Date Taken: 10/4/1917 Ceremonies - New York Public domain photograph of procession, parade in New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Red Cross - I thru M - Red Cross Workers Parade in New York C...

Date Taken: 10/4/1917 American Red Cross - I thru M

Ceremonies - New York - Great Red Cross parade in New York City, Oct. ...

Date Taken: 10/4/1917 Ceremonies - New York Public domain photograph of procession, parade in New York, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - New York - Great Red Cross parade in New York City, Oct. ...

Date Taken: 10/4/1917 Ceremonies - New York Public domain photograph of nurses, hospital, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ceremonies - New York - Great Red Crosss parade in New York City, Oct....

Date Taken: 10/4/1917. - Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Ceremonies - New York

Some of the hardest workers in the task of rescue and recovery after t...

Title, date (day/month) and notes from Red Cross caption card. Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range. Group title: Otranto Disaster, England. Data: Potomac Div. Pacific. Div. Central. Pa. Gift; A... More

Address delivered by M. Hinzelin at the Carnival held on Oct. 13, in t...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Hine. Additional date: 13 October 1918. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 an... More

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Ypresville

Original caption: Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Oct. 26th., 1918. Photograph Of S. S. :Ypresville. Nationality: British. Tonnage: 7062. Captain: W. Miller. Owners: Cayzer Irvine & Co. Where From: Antofagas... More

Photograph of the SS Ypresville

Original caption: Photograph Of S. S. :Ypresville. Oct. 26th., 1918. Nationality: British. Tonnage: 7062. Captain: W. Miller. Owners: Cayzer Irvine & Co. Where From: Antofagasta, Chili [Chile]. Destination: No... More

Photograph of the SS Erroll - Public domain image of steamship

Original caption: Photograph Of S. S. Erroll. Oct. 26th., 1918. Nationality: British. Tonnage: 4457. Captain: R. H. Lennie. Owners: John Warrick & Co. Where From: Calita Coloso, Chili [Caleta Coloso, Chile]. W... More

Photograph of the SS Erroll - Public domain image of steamship

Original caption: Photograph Of S. S. Erroll. Oct. 26th., 1918. Nationality: British. Tonnage: 4457. Captain: R. H. Lennie. Owners: John Warrick & Co. Where From: Calita Coloso, Chili [Caleta Coloso, Chile]. W... More

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Erroll

Original caption: Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Oct. 26th., 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Erroll. Nationality: British. Tonnage: 4457. Captain: R. H. Lennie. Owners: John Warrick & Co. Where From: Calita Colos... More

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Glen Nevis

Original caption: Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Oct. 26th., 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Glen Nevis. Nationality: British. Tonnage: 5119. Captain W. Higgins. Owners: Rio Cape Line Ltd. Of London. Where From: ... More

Photograph of the SS Bedminster

Original caption: Photograph Of S.S. Bedminster. Oct, 29, 1918. Nationality: American. Tonnage: 2580. Captain: J. Constantine. Owners: Emergency Fleet Corp. Where From: Jacksonville, Fla. Where Photographed: C... More

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Bedminster

Original caption: Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Oct, 29, 1918. Photograph Of S.S. Bedminster. Nationality: American. Tonnage: 2580. Captain: J. Constantine. Owners: Emergency Fleet Corp. Where From: Jackso... More

Photograph of the SS Bedminster

Original caption: Photograph Of S.S. Bedminster. Oct, 29, 1918. Nationality: American. Tonnage: 2580. Captain: J. Constantine. Owners: Emergency Fleet Corp. Where From: Jacksonville, Fla. Where Photographed: C... More

Sailors hoist an airborne low frequency sonar aboard the aircraft carr...

ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 23, 2017) Sailors hoist an airborne low frequency sonar aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Oct. 23, 2017, in the Arabian Sea. Nimitz is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of ope... More

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer U...

NORWEGIAN SEA (Oct. 19, 2018) Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) participate in a ship's nautical or otherwise photographic and interpretive examination (... More

An aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS ...

ARABIAN GULF (Oct. 04, 2017) An aircraft launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Oct. 4, 2017, in the Arabian Gulf. Nimitz is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations... More

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) steams ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 26, 2018) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) steams through the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 26, 2018. John C. Stennis is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S... More

Arab demonstrations on Oct. 13 and 27, 1933. In Jerusalem and Jaffa. A...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

This photo shows the cruiser USS Houston (CA30) in the San Diego Bay i...

WASHINGTON (Jun. 09, 2014) This photo shows the cruiser USS Houston (CA30) in the San Diego Bay in Oct. 1935. In a training evolution to be conducted as part of the Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CA... More

Selecting star American farmers. Washington, D.C. Oct. 7. Selection of...

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Harris and Ewing photo. Date (year) b... More

Fact finding board Chairman intent as he hears final argument on wage ...

A black and white photo of a group of men sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewin... More

Cakes for sky riders. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. Air travelers leaving ...

A group of people standing in front of an airplane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five (ACU-5), US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto ... More

Republic of Korea (ROK) Major General Sang Gi Bae, Commanding General,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Republic of Korea (ROK) Major General Sang Gi Bae, Commanding General, 1st ROK Marine Core Division, Pohang, Korea, looks at a ... More

Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81 (LCAC-81), from Assault Unit Craft Five (ACU-5), US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto ... More

The Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel Thor, is marooned in Reykjavik, Icela...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (Oct. 16, 2018) The Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel Thor is marooned in Reykjavik, Iceland, Oct. 16, 2018. The Icelandic Coast Guard hosted a ceremony to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic, ... More

The first USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) is underway in this undated f...

WASHINGTON (Oct. 25, 2013) The first USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413) is underway in this undated file photo. The ship sank during the Battle off Samar on Oct. 25, 1944. Lt. Cmdr. R. W. Copeland, USNR, was in com... More

[Standing Group & N. Atlantic Council Meet, Oct 28, 1952]

[Standing Group & N. Atlantic Council Meet, Oct 28, 1952] - [PAR-4331 through PAR-4334]

[Standing Group & N. Atlantic Council Meet, Oct 28, 1952]

[Standing Group & N. Atlantic Council Meet, Oct 28, 1952] - [PAR-4331 through PAR-4334]

[SRE Productivity Conference, Oct, 1952]

[SRE Productivity Conference, Oct, 1952] - [PAR-4365 through PAR-4366] Public domain photograph of the board of directors, managers, group of men, portrait, office, committee, free to use, no copyright restric... More

Earthquake - Northridge, Calif. , Oct. 20, 2011 -- FEMA Region IX Eart...

The original database describes this as: Title: ShakeOut Media Event at Target Production Date: 10/20/2011 Caption: Northridge, Calif. , Oct. 20, 2011 -- FEMA Region IX Earthquake Specialist, Jennifer Lynett... More

[Standing Group & N. Atlantic Council Meet, Oct 28, 1952]

[Standing Group & N. Atlantic Council Meet, Oct 28, 1952] - [PAR-4331 through PAR-4334]

[SRE Productivity Conference, Oct, 1952]

[SRE Productivity Conference, Oct, 1952] - [PAR-4365 through PAR-4366] Public domain photograph of the board of directors, managers, group of men, portrait, office, committee, free to use, no copyright restric... More

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP. Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane. Bell ...

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP. Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane. Bell VTOL tilt-rotor aircraft hovering along side Hangar One at Moffett Field. The XV-3 design combined a helicopter rotor and a wing. A 450 hors... More

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP. Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane. Bell ...

XV-3 HOVERING ON RAMP. Flight Test of Bell XV-3 Convertiplane. Bell VTOL tilt-rotor aircraft hovering in front of building N-211 at Moffett Field. The XV-3 design combined a helicopter rotor and a wing. A 450... More

Astronaut Walter Schirra leaves Hanger "S" prior to MA-8 flight

S63-00695 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Earth-orbital spaceflight, leaves Hanger "S" at Cape Canaveral on his way to his scheduled Oct. 3, 1962 flight. P... More

ASTRONAUT WALTER M. SCHIRRA, JR. - MISC. - INSERTION (PRELAUNCH) - CAP...

S65-56196 (25 Oct. 1965) --- Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, stand in the white room atop Pad 19 awaiting insertion into their Gemini-6 spacecraft during the prel... More

ATLAS/AGENA - ON PAD - CAPE. NASA public domain image colelction.

S65-57967 (25 Oct. 1965) --- View at Pad 14 during prelaunch operations for the Atlas/Agena. The Agena is mounted atop its Atlas launch vehicle. The Atlas/Agena liftoff was at 10 a.m. (EST) on Oct. 25, 1965. In... More

LIFTOFF - GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-6 - ATLAS/AGENA - CAPE

S65-56161 (25 Oct. 1965) --- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched an Atlas/Agena vehicle at 10 a.m. (EST) on Oct. 25, 1965, from Pad 14. Intended as a rendezvous target vehicle in the Gemi... More

WALKUP RAMP (GT-6 PRIME CREW)(PRIOR TO SCRUB) - - MISC.

S65-57962 (25 Oct. 1965) --- The Gemini-6 prime crew arrives at Pad 19 during the Gemini-6 countdown. Leading up the ramp is astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, followed by astronaut Thomas P. Staff... More

WALKUP DOWN RAMP (AFTER MISSION SCRUBBED) - - MISC.

S65-57964 (25 Oct. 1965) --- The prime crew of the Gemini-6 spaceflight walk down the ramp at Pad 19 after leaving the Gemini-6 spacecraft. Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. (leading) is command pilot; and astron... More

A sequence of reconnaissance photos of the different stages of the Han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hanoi Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

APOLLO VII - LAUNCH - KSC, NASA Apollo program

S68-48662 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. (EDT), Oct. 11, 1968. Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205) is the fi... More

APOLLO VII - LAUNCH - KSC, NASA Apollo program

S68-48787 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. on Oct. 11, 1968.

LAUNCH - APOLLO VII - KSC, NASA Apollo program

S68-48666 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. (EDT), Oct. 11, 1968. Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205) is the fi... More

APOLLO VII - CREW - LAUNCH - KSC

S68-48788 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. (EDT), Oct. 11, 1968. Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205) is the fi... More

Member of Apollo 7 crew hoisted to helicopter during recovery operatio...

S68-49661 (22 Oct. 1968) --- A member of the Apollo 7 crew is hoisted up to a recovery helicopter from the USS Essex during recovery operations. The Apollo 7 spacecraft splashed down at 7:11 a.m., Oct. 22, 1968... More

Apollo XII Crew - Preflight News Conference - MSC

S69-54412 (11 Oct. 1969) --- The members of the Apollo 12 prime crew discuss their scheduled lunar landing mission at a preflight press conference which was held on Oct. 11, 1969, in the Manned Spacecraft Cente... More

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan using binoculars for magnifed viewing of ea...

41G-11-027 (14 Oct. 1984) --- Kathryn D. Sullivan, 41-G mission specialist, uses a pair of binoculars to do some magnified viewing through the forward cabin windows of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenge... More

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan checks SIR-B antenna during EVA

41G-13-032 (11 Oct. 1984) --- Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan checks the latch of the SIR-B antenna in the space shuttle Challenger's open cargo bay during her historic extravehicular activity (EVA) on Oct. 11, 1... More

Launch of the shuttle Challenger begining of the STS 61-A mission

61A-S-018 (30 Oct 1985) --- A record-sized crew of eight persons is lifted toward Earth-orbit as the space shuttle Challenger blasts from the launch pad at Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida. Almo... More

LAUNCH PAD 39-B (AERIAL) - KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.

S86-38627 (9 Oct. 1986) --- The space shuttle Atlantis is rolled out to Launch Pad 39-B in the early morning of Oct. 9, 1986. Atlantis is scheduled to remain at Pad B for seven weeks where it will support check... More

STS-26 crew trains in JSC fixed-based (FB) shuttle mission simulator (...

S87-46304 (20 Oct 1987) --- Astronauts Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck, left, STS-26 commander, and Richard O. Covey, pilot, man their respective stations in the Shuttle mission simulator (fixed base) at the Johnson ... More

STS-26 crewmembers pose for onboard portrait on middeck with 51L memen...

STS026-08-007 (29 Sept-3 Oct 1988) --- An in-space crew portrait on the middeck of Discovery. Left to right are Astronauts David C. Hilmers, George D. Nelson, Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck, John M. (Mike) Lounge... More

Tambora Caldera, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

STS026-038-056 (29 Sept. - 3 Oct. 1988) --- Tambora Caldera, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia as photographed with a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera. Tambora is a 6-kilometer-wide and 650-meter-deep Caldera formed in ... More

STS-34 Galileo spacecraft / inertial upper stage (IUS) deployment

STS034-72-070 (18 Oct 1989) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space, the Galileo spacecraft and its inertial upper stage (IUS) begin relative separation from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis. Th... More

STS-34 Galileo spacecraft / IUS deployment taken by the IMAX camera

S89-48714 (18 Oct 1989) --- This photograph was taken by the STS-34 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis and shows the Galileo spacecraft being deployed on Oct. 18, 1989 from the payload bay. Galileo is a sc... More

STS-34 Commander Williams looks away from forward flight deck controls

STS034-06-025 (18-23 Oct. 1989) --- Astronaut Donald E. Williams spent a portion of the five-day STS-34 flight at Atlantis' commander's station and, as evidenced by his countenance in this posed photo, appeared... More

STS-34 Galileo spacecraft / IUS deployment sequence in OV-104's payloa...

STS034-71-000AK (18 Oct 1989) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space, the Galileo spacecraft and its inertial upper stage (IUS) have just detached from a cradle-like device aboard the Earth-orbiting Spa... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Discovery heads out of the VA...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The space shuttle Discovery heads out of the VAB to Launch Pad 39B. Discovery is set to leftoff on shuttle mission STS-41, carrying a five-member crew and the Ulysses solar explorer durin... More

STS-41 Discovery, OV-103, lifts off from KSC Launch Complex (LC) Pad 3...

STS041-S-101 (6 Oct 1990) --- Discovery lifts off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a four-day mission in space for its five-man crew. Onboard the spacecraft are Astronauts Richard N. ... More

Ulysses spacecraft and its upper stage system are deployed during STS-...

STS041-601-009 (6 Oct 1990) --- The Ulysses spacecraft, backdropped against the blackness of space, rapidly distances itself from Discovery and moves toward the beginning of its five-year mission to the Sun. T... More

STS-41 crew poses in front of OV-103 on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, Ca...

STS041-S-096 (10 Oct 1990) --- The five astronaut crewmembers of Discovery's most recent flight pose for their first photo back on terra firma following their successful four day mission in earth orbit. Discove... More

STS-41 Discovery, OV-103, glides over concrete runway 22 at EAFB, Cali...

STS041-S-093 (10 Oct 1990) --- Discovery is only moments away from touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base to end a four-day mission in space for its five-man crew. The vehicle landed at 6:57 a.m. PDT, Oct. 10, 19... More

STS-41 Discovery lifts off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space...

STS-41 Discovery lifts off from Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a four-day mission in space for its five-man crew. Onboard the spacecraft were Astronauts Richard N. Richards, Robert D Ca... More

Space Center Houston (SCH) grand opening

S92-48270 (16 Oct. 1992) --- Officials and politicians help celebrate the grand opening of Space Center Houston on Oct. 16, 1992.

Ukraine - ICBM SILO - Dismantlement Project, WGI, March 2002 - MK & KB...

Ukraine - ICBM SILO - Dismantlement Project, WGI, March 2002 - MK & KBY First Meeting Oct 1994

Ukraine - ICBM SILO - Dismantlement Project, WGI, March 2002 - MK & KB...

Ukraine - ICBM SILO - Dismantlement Project, WGI, March 2002 - MK & KBY First Meeting Oct 1994

Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-73 launch views

STS073-S-030 (20 Oct. 1995) --- The space shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39B, at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), to begin a scheduled 16-day mission in Earth orbit in support of the United States Mi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia completes the short...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia completes the short journey from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). During its approximately one-week stay inside the VA... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia completes the short...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia completes the short journey from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). During its approximately one-week stay inside the VA... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia completes the short...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia completes the short journey from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). During its approximately one-week stay inside the VA... More

STS-84 Mission Specialist Elena V. Kondakova gives a "thumbs up" as sh...

STS-84 Mission Specialist Elena V. Kondakova gives a "thumbs up" as she dons her launch and entry suit during final prelaunch preparations in the Operations and Checkout Building. Kondakova is a cosmonaut with ... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers David Rice, at left, and John...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers David Rice, at left, and Johnny Melendez rotate a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) to the horizontal position on a lift fixture in the Payload Hazardous Serv... More

This radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), at center, will und...

This radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), at center, will undergo mechanical and electrical verification testing now that it has been installed on the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servi... More

This radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), at center, is ready...

This radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), at center, is ready for electrical verification testing now that it has been installed on the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. ... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers prepare the installation cart...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers prepare the installation cart (atop the platform) for removal of a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) from the adjacent Cassini spacecraft. This is the second ... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers carefully roll into place a p...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers carefully roll into place a platform with a second radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) for installation on the Cassini spacecraft. In background at left, the fi... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers use a borescope to verify pre...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers use a borescope to verify pressure relief device bellows integrity on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) which has been installed on the Cassini spacecraft i... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers Dan Maynard and John Shuping ...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers Dan Maynard and John Shuping prepare to install a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) on the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHS... More

Supported on a lift fixture, this radioisotope thermoelectric generat...

Supported on a lift fixture, this radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG), at center, is hoisted from its storage base using the airlock crane in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF). Jet Propu... More

Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility remove the stora...

Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility remove the storage collar from a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) in preparation for installation on the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini will be out... More

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) worker Mary Reaves mates connectors o...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) worker Mary Reaves mates connectors on a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) to power up the Cassini spacecraft, while quality assurance engineer Peter Sorci looks on. ... More