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Technicians work inside the thimble

Technicians work inside the thimble

Technicians work inside the thimble...Image # : C-1961-55810 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  At Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission.  The canister arrived at the pad on Saturday evening, however, early Sunday morning technicians were unable to place the canister into the pad’s payload changeout room. Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the payload canister that help the canister move along guide rails didn’t fit properly. The shoes were removed and several options were considered, including slightly shaving down the pads so the shoes will fit onto the rails.  STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ launch is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett. KSC-08pd2758

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, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 miss... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installation.  The FRCS provides the thrust for attitude (rotational) maneuvers (pitch, yaw and roll) and for small velocity changes along the orbiter axis (translation maneuvers).  Processing of Atlantis is under way for mission STS-115, the 19th flight to the International Space Station. KSC-05pd2545

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installati... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the midfield of the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF.    Testing of the prototype lander has been ongoing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for free flight. The SLF will provide the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus utilizes an autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, payload that will allow it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is one of 20 small projects comprising the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, program in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. AES projects pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus/index.html.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3109

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tech...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the midfield of the Shuttle Landing Facility, or... More

Astronaut Grissom on level 3 in front of Liberty Bell 7 capsule

Astronaut Grissom on level 3 in front of Liberty Bell 7 capsule

S61-03698 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft, sits in front of his capsule for a picture. Behind him technicians work inside the capsule. T... More

Technicians work with Apollo 14 lunar sample material in Lunar Receiving Lab.

Technicians work with Apollo 14 lunar sample material in Lunar Receivi...

S71-19489 (18 Feb. 1971) --- Glove handlers work with freshly opened Apollo 14 lunar sample material in modularized cabinets in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory at the Manned Spacecraft Center. The glove operator... More

Technicians work with the Air Force Avionics Laboratory's optical properties of orbiting spacecraft (OPOS) telescope

Technicians work with the Air Force Avionics Laboratory's optical prop...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: John Bryan State Park State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public... More

Technicians work at the customer service window at the Darnall Army Hospital pharmacy

Technicians work at the customer service window at the Darnall Army Ho...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. 1ST Class William Clay Release Status: Released ... More

Equipment SPECIALIST John Frazier and Dynamic Environment Simulator SENIOR Operator SENIOR MASTER SGT. Thomas Shriver (left to right) discuss testing of the simulator (in the background). The technicians work in the Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Division, Air Force Systems Command

Equipment SPECIALIST John Frazier and Dynamic Environment Simulator SE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

Facility operators Earl Sine and Joe Manson and CPT Ray Pope (left to right) operate the master control console for 50-megawatt wind tunnel testing. The technicians work in the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Flight Control Division, Air Force Systems Command

Facility operators Earl Sine and Joe Manson and CPT Ray Pope (left to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Instrumentation technicians SGT. Gary Olsen and AIRMAN 1ST Class Elaine Badner operate a power panel and test director's panel respectively. The technicians work in the Mobile Evaluation Laboratory, Avionics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command. EXACT DATE SHOT UNKNOWN

Instrumentation technicians SGT. Gary Olsen and AIRMAN 1ST Class Elain...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

Instrumentation engineer John Pappas points out modifications of an F-4 Fatigue Bird aircraft to aeronautical engineer 1LT Gerald Boman. The technicians work in the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Flight Control Division, Air Force Systems Command

Instrumentation engineer John Pappas points out modifications of an F-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Materials engineer Lee Gulley and engineer Noel Tracy (left to right) perform an ultrasonic test of a graphite epoxy panel. The technicians work in the Materials Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command

Materials engineer Lee Gulley and engineer Noel Tracy (left to right) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

Facility engineer Bill Lanich, weather equipment technician SSGT Donald Dumrauf and mechanical engineer Jan Servaites (left to right), operating a console, simulate the comparison of radar imagery with television imagery. The technicians work in the Tower Facility in the Avionics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command

Facility engineer Bill Lanich, weather equipment technician SSGT Donal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

Second LT. John Robertson, Alfred Deptula, and William Humphries (left to right) discuss the pitting of a nose cone after the cone was tested in a 50-megawatt wind tunnel. The technicians work in the Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Flight Control Division, Air Force Systems Command

Second LT. John Robertson, Alfred Deptula, and William Humphries (left...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

SENIOR chamber technician Debbie Williams and development technician Jerry Hamilton review data on testing of Thomas Domes. The technicians work in the Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Aerospace Medical Division, Air Force Systems Command

SENIOR chamber technician Debbie Williams and development technician J...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub... More

Facility technician SGT Mike Tollinger connects a cord to an electronic calibrated imager as mechanical engineer Jan Servaites watches. The technicians work in the Tower Facility in the Avionics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command

Facility technician SGT Mike Tollinger connects a cord to an electroni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

Technicians work in the base cryogenic liquids production plant

Technicians work in the base cryogenic liquids production plant

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Hogan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service ... More

Technicians work at a radar site during operation SOLID SHIELD '79

Technicians work at a radar site during operation SOLID SHIELD '79

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '79 Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Technicians work in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air Force Systems Command

Technicians work in the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Air F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bolling Air Force Base State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: R... More

Technicians work in the Air Force Systems Command

Technicians work in the Air Force Systems Command

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work on the Fleet Satellite Communications satellite in the TRW laboratory

Technicians work on the Fleet Satellite Communications satellite in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work in the Fleet Satellite Communications satellite in the TRW Laboratory

Technicians work in the Fleet Satellite Communications satellite in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work on the Fleet Satellite Communication satellite in the Air Force Systems Command

Technicians work on the Fleet Satellite Communication satellite in the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work on an Advanced Ballistic Re-entry System hardware nose cone in the Air Force Systems Command

Technicians work on an Advanced Ballistic Re-entry System hardware nos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work on a mobile Air Force Systems Command tracking station

Technicians work on a mobile Air Force Systems Command tracking statio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work on the NATO Defense Satellite Communications System II satellite in the TRW Laboratory

Technicians work on the NATO Defense Satellite Communications System I...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Technicians work with computers in the Global Weather Center

Technicians work with computers in the Global Weather Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Technicians work to free the last bolt in the the vertical stabilizer of a Boeing 707 aircraft. The Military Aircraft Disposition and Storage Center is reclaiming commercial Boeing 707 aircraft, using engines and spare parts in a re-engineering program

Technicians work to free the last bolt in the the vertical stabilizer ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John A. Pickett Release Sta... More

Technicians work on the second production model B-1B aircraft in a hangar at the Rockwell International facility

Technicians work on the second production model B-1B aircraft in a han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Mike Dial Release Status: Released to Public... More

Technicians work on the second production model B-1B aircraft in a hangar at the Rockwell International Corp

Technicians work on the second production model B-1B aircraft in a han...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Palmdale State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Mike Dial Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Technicians work in the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility test control room where the engine test conditions are controlled and monitored. Each of two cells will have 2,170 instrumentation channels, nearly double the best existing data gathering capabilities. These channels will measure engine performance, acquire test data and monitor testing

Technicians work in the Aeropropulsion System Test Facility test contr...

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

Technicians work on the warheads of an LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

Technicians work on the warheads of an LGM-30G Minuteman III intercont...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P... More

Technicians work on the warhead of an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile

Technicians work on the warhead of an LGM-30F Minuteman II intercontin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to P... More

Technicians work in the television monitor room during production of the Navy News This Week program at the Naval Imaging Command

Technicians work in the television monitor room during production of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Anacostia State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Sharon Nelms-Thorsvik Release... More

Technicians work in the television monitor room during production of the Navy News This Week program at the Naval Imaging Command

Technicians work in the television monitor room during production of t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Anacostia State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Sharon Nelms-Thorsvi... More

Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Jimmy Olson checks and services the oil in a C-141B Starlifter engine as other technicians work underneath

Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Jimmy Olson checks and services the oil in a C-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Fernando Serna Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Technicians work on the placement of solar panels on Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio (OSCAR) program satellite.  OSCAR is a low-budget program using small satellites for scientific and communications applications.  Two OSCAR satellites will be

Technicians work on the placement of solar panels on Orbiting Satellit...

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: SSGT Micheal E. Best Release Sta... More

A group of technicians work on a TR-1B reconnaissance aircraft in a hangar

A group of technicians work on a TR-1B reconnaissance aircraft in a ha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

STS-34 Galileo processing at KSC's SAEF-2 planetary spacecraft facility

STS-34 Galileo processing at KSC's SAEF-2 planetary spacecraft facilit...

At the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Spacecraft and Assembly Encapsulation Facility 2 (SAEF-2), the planetary spacecraft checkout facility, clean-suited technicians work on the Galileo spacecraft prior to movi... More

Fluid Component Facility. NASA public domain image colelction.

Fluid Component Facility. NASA public domain image colelction.

A technician with the John C. Stennis Space Center's Fluid Component Facility studies samples to determine cleanliness of valves and fittings used on pipes that transport liquid fuel and propellants. The clean ... More

Air Force and civilian technicians work on the rewiring of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft

Air Force and civilian technicians work on the rewiring of a KC-135 St...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcclellan Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Relea... More

STS-39 Discovery, OV-103, IBSS SPAS II

STS-39 Discovery, OV-103, IBSS SPAS II

S91-27781 (5 Nov 1990) --- STS-39 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Infrared Background Signature Survey (IBSS) Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) II documented during preflight processing procedures. German Me... More

Navy dental technicians work on patients in a field hospital during Operation Desert Storm

Navy dental technicians work on patients in a field hospital during Op...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room at Launch Pad 39A, technicians work the Payload Ground-Handling Mechanism hook instrumentation unit to move the U.S. Lab Destiny out of the payload canister and into the PCR. The Lab will then be transferred to the payload bay of Atlantis for mission STS-98. Destiny, a key element in the construction of the International Space Station is designed for space science experiments. STS-98 is the seventh construction flight to the ISS. Launch of STS-98 is scheduled for Jan. 19 at 2:11 a.m. EST KSC01pp0090

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room at Launch ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room at Launch Pad 39A, technicians work the Payload Ground-Handling Mechanism hook instrumentation unit to move the U.S. Lab Destiny out of the payload ca... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians work on the bottom of the first stage of a Delta II rocket before its lift up the gantry. The rocket will propel the Genesis spacecraft on a journey to capture samples of the ions and elements in the solar wind and return them to Earth for scientists to use to determine the exact composition of the Sun and the solar system’s origin. NASA's Genesis project in managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Lockheed Martin Astronautics built the Genesis spacecraft for NASA in Denver, Colo. The launch is scheduled for July 30 at 12:36 p.m. EDT KSC01pd1093

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Ai...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians work on the bottom of the first stage of a Delta II rocket before its lift up the gantry. The rocket will prope... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians work on the bottom of the first stage of a Delta II rocket before its lift up the gantry. The rocket will propel the Genesis spacecraft on a journey to capture samples of the ions and elements in the solar wind and return them to Earth for scientists to use to determine the exact composition of the Sun and the solar system’s origin. NASA's Genesis project in managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Lockheed Martin Astronautics built the Genesis spacecraft for NASA in Denver, Colo. The launch is scheduled for July 30 at 12:36 p.m. EDT KSC01pd1094

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Ai...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- On Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, technicians work on the bottom of the first stage of a Delta II rocket before its lift up the gantry. The rocket will prope... More

Technicians work on an S-3B Viking

Technicians work on an S-3B Viking

Pacific Ocean (Nov. 12, 2003) Technicians assigned to the "Blue Wolves" of Sea Control Squadron Thirty Five (VS-35) work on an S-3B Viking aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis and her embarked Carrier ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  In the Orbiter Processing Facility, technicians work on insulation tiles near the landing gear door of orbiter Discovery.  The orbiter is now being prepared for eventual launch on a future mission.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, tech...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, technicians work on insulation tiles near the landing gear door of orbiter Discovery. The orbiter is now being prepared for eventual launch on ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -  - On Launch Complex 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., technicians work on the first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket before it is lifted up into the mobile service tower. To follow in the next week are attachment of the three strap-on solid rocket boosters, lifting of the payload fairing, and lifting of the second stage for mating with the first stage.   The rocket is the launch vehicle for the Swift spacecraft and its Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, now scheduled for liftoff no earlier than Nov. 2.  Swift is a medium-class Explorer mission managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.  The observatory was built for NASA by Spectrum Astro, a division of General Dynamics.  KSC is responsible for Swift’s integration with the Boeing Delta II rocket and the countdown management on launch day. KSC-04pd2035

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - On Launch Complex 17-A at Cape Canaver...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - - On Launch Complex 17-A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., technicians work on the first stage of a Boeing Delta II rocket before it is lifted up into the mobile service t... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument that is part of the New Horizons spacecraft. New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. SWAP is a solar wind and plasma spectrometer that measures atmospheric “escape rate” and will observe Pluto’s interaction with the solar wind.  New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2302

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payloa...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument that is part of the New Horizons spacecraf... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on a panel they are installing on the New Horizons spacecraft.  A series of interconnecting panels will enclose the spacecraft beneath the antenna to maintain safe operating temperatures in space.  New Horizons will make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and its moon, Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. As it approaches Pluto, the spacecraft will look for ultraviolet emission from Pluto's atmosphere and make the best global maps of Pluto and Charon in green, blue, red and a special wavelength that is sensitive to methane frost on the surface. It will also take spectral maps in the near infrared, telling the science team about Pluto's and Charon's surface compositions and locations and temperatures of these materials. When the spacecraft is closest to Pluto or its moon, it will take close-up pictures in both visible and near-infrared wavelengths. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and Charon in July 2015. KSC-05pd2313

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians work on a panel they are installing on the New Horizons spacecraft. A series of interconnecting p... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -    In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installation.  The FRCS provides the thrust for attitude (rotational) maneuvers (pitch, yaw and roll) and for small velocity changes along the orbiter axis (translation maneuvers).  Processing of Atlantis is under way for mission STS-115, the 19th flight to the International Space Station. KSC-05pd2546

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installat... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -   In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installation.  The FRCS provides the thrust for attitude (rotational) maneuvers (pitch, yaw and roll) and for small velocity changes along the orbiter axis (translation maneuvers).  Processing of Atlantis is under way for mission STS-115, the 19th flight to the International Space Station. KSC-05pd2544

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1, technicians work on the Forward Reaction Control System (FRCS) of space shuttle Atlantis as it sits in the transfer aisle prior to installati... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians work on the solar array of a THEMIS probe in preparation for a light test. THEMIS consists of five identical probes, the largest number of scientific satellites ever launched into orbit aboard a single rocket. This unique constellation of satellites will resolve the tantalizing mystery of what causes the spectacular sudden brightening of the aurora borealis and aurora australis - the fiery skies over the Earth's northern and southern polar regions. These lights are the visible manifestations of invisible energy releases, called geomagnetic substorms, in near-Earth space. THEMIS will not only seek to answer where and when substorms start, but will also provide clues as to how and why these space storms create havoc on satellites, terrestrial power grids, and communication systems.  THEMIS is scheduled to launch Feb. 15 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-06pd2807

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusv...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians work on the solar array of a THEMIS probe in preparation for a light test. THEMIS consists of five identical probes,... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --    In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians work on the Japanese remote manipulator system.  It is scheduled to fly on a 2008 mission along with the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM).  Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-07pd0280

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facil...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians work on the Japanese remote manipulator system. It is scheduled to fly on a 2008 mission along with the Kibo Japanese Expe... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --    In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians work on the Japanese remote manipulator system.  It is scheduled to fly on a 2008 mission along with the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module Pressurized Module (JEM-PM).  Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-07pd0281

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facil...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, technicians work on the Japanese remote manipulator system. It is scheduled to fly on a 2008 mission along with the Kibo Japanese Expe... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --    In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work around the attach point for the external tank near Endeavour's landing gear. The orbiter is scheduled to fly on mission STS-118 to the International Space Station in the summer of 2007.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-07pd0582

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility ba...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work around the attach point for the external tank near Endeavour's landing gear. The orbiter is scheduled to fly on missio... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --   In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work around the attach point for the external tank near Endeavour's landing gear. The orbiter is scheduled to fly on mission STS-118 to the International Space Station in the summer of 2007.  Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-07pd0581

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work around the attach point for the external tank near Endeavour's landing gear. The orbiter is scheduled to fly on mission... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians work on repair techniques to the hail-damaged external tank. They are inside a tented area that protects the tank. Scaffolding around the tank can be seen below.  A severe thunderstorm with golf ball-sized hail caused visible divots in the giant tank's foam insulation and minor surface damage to about 26 heat shield tiles on the shuttle's left wing. A new target launch date has not been determined, but teams will focus on preparing Atlantis for liftoff in late April on mission STS-117. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-07pd0598

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians work on repair techniques to the hail-damaged external tank. They are inside a tented area that protects the tank. Sc... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians work on repair techniques to the external tank. They are inside a tented area that protects the tank. A severe thunderstorm with golf ball-sized hail caused visible divots in the giant tank's foam insulation and minor surface damage to about 26 heat shield tiles on the shuttle's left wing. A new target launch date has not been determined, but teams will focus on preparing Atlantis for liftoff in late April on mission STS-117. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-07pd0602

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Highbay 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians work on repair techniques to the external tank. They are inside a tented area that protects the tank. A severe thunde... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF.  --   In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians work on the AIM spacecraft. The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space, 50 miles above the Earth's surface in the coldest part of the planet's atmosphere. The mission's primary goal is to explain why these clouds form and what has caused them to become brighter and more numerous and appear at lower latitudes in recent years. AIM's results will provide the basis for the study of long-term variability in the mesospheric climate and its relationship to global climate change. AIM is scheduled to be mated to the Pegasus XL during the second week of April, after which final inspections will be conducted.  Launch is scheduled for April 25. KSC-07pd0707

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- In a clean-room environment at North Vandenberg Air Force Base, technicians work on the AIM spacecraft. The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study po... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  --  In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be mated to the AIM spacecraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, is being prepared for integrated testing and a flight simulation.  The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space, 50 miles above the Earth's surface in the coldest part of the planet's atmosphere. The mission's primary goal is to explain why these clouds form and what has caused them to become brighter and more numerous and appear at lower latitudes in recent years. AIM's results will provide the basis for the study of long-term variability in the mesospheric climate and its relationship to global climate change. AIM is scheduled to be mated to its launch vehicle, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus XL, during the second week of April, after which final inspections will be conducted.  Launch is scheduled for April 25. KSC-07pd0776

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg A...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be mated to the AIM spacecraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  --  In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be mated to the AIM spacecraft, hovering above it. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, is being prepared for integrated testing and a flight simulation.  The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space, 50 miles above the Earth's surface in the coldest part of the planet's atmosphere. The mission's primary goal is to explain why these clouds form and what has caused them to become brighter and more numerous and appear at lower latitudes in recent years. AIM's results will provide the basis for the study of long-term variability in the mesospheric climate and its relationship to global climate change. AIM is scheduled to be mated to its launch vehicle, Orbital Sciences' Pegasus XL, during the second week of April, after which final inspections will be conducted.  Launch is scheduled for April 25. KSC-07pd0780

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg A...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In Building 1555 on North Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians work on the separation system to be mated to the AIM spacecraft, hovering above it. AIM, which stan... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, under the protective clean tent, technicians work on the second half of the fairing to be installed around the AIM spacecraft. The fairing is a molded structure that fits around the spacecraft and forms an aerodynamically smooth nose cone, protecting the spacecraft during launch. Launch will be from a Pegasus XL rocket, carried and released by Orbital Sciences L-1011 jet aircraft. AIM, which stands for Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, is being prepared for integrated testing and a flight simulation.  The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space, 50 miles above the Earth's surface in the coldest part of the planet's atmosphere. The mission's primary goal is to explain why these clouds form and what has caused them to become brighter and more numerous and appear at lower latitudes in recent years. AIM's results will provide the basis for the study of long-term variability in the mesospheric climate and its relationship to global climate change. Launch is scheduled for April 25. KSC-07pd0969

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in Califor...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, under the protective clean tent, technicians work on the second half of the fairing to be installed around the AIM spacecraft. The fair... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour.  The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission, Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope.  For that purpose, it is designated STS-400.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-08pd1850

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, tech...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  –  In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission, Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope.  For that purpose, it is designated STS-400.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-08pd1849

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, tec...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  At Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission.  The canister arrived at the pad on Saturday evening, however, early Sunday morning technicians were unable to place the canister into the pad’s payload changeout room. Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the payload canister that help the canister move along guide rails didn’t fit properly. The shoes, one seen here, were removed and several options were considered, including slightly shaving down the pads so the shoes will fit onto the rails.  STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ launch is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett. KSC-08pd2759

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, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 miss... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  At Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission.  The canister arrived at the pad on Saturday evening; however, early Sunday morning technicians were unable to place the canister into the pad’s payload changeout room. Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the payload canister that help the canister move along the guide rails didn’t fit properly. The shoes were removed and several options were considered, including slightly shaving down the pads so the shoes will fit onto the rails. STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ launch is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett. KSC-08pd2762

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, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 miss... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  At Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission.  The canister arrived at the pad on Saturday evening; however, early Sunday morning technicians were unable to place the canister into the pad’s payload changeout room. Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the payload canister that help the canister move along the guide rails didn’t fit properly. The shoes were removed and several options were considered, including slightly shaving down the pads so the shoes will fit onto the rails. STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ launch is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett. KSC-08pd2764

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, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 miss... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  At Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission.  The canister arrived at the pad on Saturday evening, however, early Sunday morning technicians were unable to place the canister into the pad’s payload changeout room. Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the payload canister that help the canister move along guide rails didn’t fit properly. The shoes were removed and several options were considered, including slightly shaving down the pads so the shoes will fit onto the rails. STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ launch is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett. KSC-08pd2757

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, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 miss... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -  At Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 mission.  The canister arrived at the pad on Saturday evening; however, early Sunday morning technicians were unable to place the canister into the pad’s payload changeout room. Teflon pads on “shoes” attached to the outside of the payload canister that help the canister move along the guide rails didn’t fit properly. The shoes were removed and several options were considered, including slightly shaving down the pads so the shoes will fit onto the rails.  STS-125 is the fifth and final shuttle Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Atlantis’ launch is targeted for Oct. 10. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett. KSC-08pd2763

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, technicians work to move the Hubble payload canister into the payload changeout room for space shuttle Atlantis’ STS-125 miss... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work the console collecting data from NASA's C-band Debris Radar antenna at a site on North Merritt Island in Florida.  One of the largest of its kind in the world, the C-band radar provided critical support to pinpoint debris during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission. The need for this radar was identified after the Columbia tragedy.  It worked together with smaller X-band radars placed on the solid rocket booster ship Liberty Star and the U.S. Army landing craft utility ship Brandy Station.  Together they provided extremely high resolution images of any debris that created by Atlantis during launch.  Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder KSC-2009-3212

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work the console collecting data fr...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work the console collecting data from NASA's C-band Debris Radar antenna at a site on North Merritt Island in Florida. One of the largest of its kind in the world, the C-band... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, technicians work to remove the Load Control Assembly-2 (LCA-2) from inside space shuttle Endeavour's aft section. Located in the orbiter's aft avionics bay 5, the LCA-2 assembly, which feeds power to the fuel line heaters, is believed to have caused the heaters for Endeavour's auxiliary power unit-1 (APU-1) to fail April 29 during the first launch attempt for the STS-134 mission. The assembly will be replaced and systems will be retested before the launch is rescheduled.            STS-134 will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank and additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper to the International Space Station. The mission also will be the final spaceflight for Endeavour. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder KSC-2011-3256

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A,...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, technicians work to remove the Load Control Assembly-2 (LCA-2) from inside space shuttle Endeavour's aft section. Located in the orbiter's ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes A and B are secured to work stands in the Astrotech payload processing facility, where technicians work to clean and inspect the two spacecraft.    The Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3129

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes A and B are ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes A and B are secured to work stands in the Astrotech payload processing facility, where technicians work to clean and inspect the two spacecraft. The ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work inside the aft compartment of Atlantis to secure replica shuttle main engine RSME number 2 in place.    Three RSMEs were installed on Atlantis. The replicas were built in the Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne engine shop at KSC to replace the space shuttle main engines SSMEs which will be placed in storage to support NASA's Space Launch System currently under development. The RSME installation is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of the space shuttle fleet. A groundbreaking was held Jan. 18, 2012 for Atlantis’ future home, a 65,000-square-foot exhibit hall in Shuttle Plaza at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis is scheduled to roll over to the visitor complex during November in preparation for the exhibit’s grand opening in July 2013. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson KSC-2012-3505

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work inside the aft compartment of Atlantis to secure replica shuttle main engine RSME number 2... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work inside the aft compartment of the space shuttle Endeavour as replica shuttle main engine RSME number 3 is installed on the space shuttle Endeavour.      The work is part of Transition and Retirement of the remaining space shuttles, Endeavour and Atlantis. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2012-3779

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NAS...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work inside the aft compartment of the space shuttle Endeavour as replica shuttle main engi... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work with the Hyster forklift as replica shuttle main engine RSME number 3 is installed on the space shuttle Endeavour.      The work is part of Transition and Retirement of the remaining space shuttles, Endeavour and Atlantis. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2012-3776

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work with the Hyster forklift as replica shuttle main engine RSME number 3 is installed on the ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In an overhead view, technicians work inside the aft compartment of the space shuttle Endeavour during installation of replica shuttle main engine RSME number 3 in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.      The work is part of Transition and Retirement of the remaining space shuttles, Endeavour and Atlantis. Endeavour is being prepared for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Its ferry flight to California is targeted for mid-September. Endeavour was the last space shuttle added to NASA’s orbiter fleet. Over the course of its 19-year career, Endeavour spent 299 days in space during 25 missions. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition Photo credit: NASA/ Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2012-3777

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In an overhead view, technicians work inside th...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In an overhead view, technicians work inside the aft compartment of the space shuttle Endeavour during installation of replica shuttle main engine RSME number 3 in Orbiter Processing Faci... More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla.       NASA's RBSP mission will help us understand the sun's influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 23, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3910

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla. NASA's RBSP mission will help us ... More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla.      NASA's RBSP mission will help us understand the sun's influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 23, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3911

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla. NASA's RBSP mission will help us u... More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla.         NASA's RBSP mission will help us understand the sun's influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 23, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3913

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla. NASA's RBSP mission will help u... More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla.     NASA's RBSP mission will help us understand the sun's influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 23, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3912

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Technicians work with a solar array with its associated science boom for the Radiation Belt Storm Probe B at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Fla. NASA's RBSP mission will help us un... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft.    NASA’s RBSP mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. As the spacecraft orbits Earth, the four solar panels will continuously face the sun to provide constant power to its instruments. The boom will provide data of the electric fields that energize radiation particles and modify the structure of the inner magnetosphere. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Launch is targeted for Aug. 23. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-4191

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facilit...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft. NASA’s RBSP miss... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF.    Testing of the prototype lander has been ongoing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for free flight. The SLF will provide the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus utilizes an autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, payload that will allow it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is one of 20 small projects comprising the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, program in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. AES projects pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus/index.html.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3139

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tech...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF. Testing... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF.    Testing of the prototype lander has been ongoing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for free flight. The SLF will provide the lander with the kind of field necessary for realistic testing, complete with rocks, craters and hazards to avoid. Morpheus utilizes an autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT, payload that will allow it to navigate to clear landing sites amidst rocks, craters and other hazards during its descent. Project Morpheus is one of 20 small projects comprising the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, program in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. AES projects pioneer new approaches for rapidly developing prototype systems, demonstrating key capabilities and validating operational concepts for future human missions beyond Earth orbit. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/exploration/morpheus/index.html.  Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3140

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, tech...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the buildup of a movable launch platform for the Project Morpheus lander at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF. Testing... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work with the Orion spacecraft being assembled by Lockheed Martin inside the Operations & Checkout Building's high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is being prepared for a test flight next year that calls for the Orion to fly without a crew on a mission to evaluate its systems and heat shield. The spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts into deep space and back safely. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahsser KSC-2013-3460

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work with the Orion spacecraft bein...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work with the Orion spacecraft being assembled by Lockheed Martin inside the Operations & Checkout Building's high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is being ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work with a set of maneuvering thrusters prior to their installation into the Orion spacecraft being assembled by Lockheed Martin inside the Operations & Checkout Building's high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The spacecraft is being prepared for a test flight next year that calls for the Orion to fly without a crew on a mission to evaluate its systems and heat shield. The spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts into deep space and back safely. Photo credit: NASA/Charisse Nahsser KSC-2013-3459

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work with a set of maneuvering thru...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Technicians work with a set of maneuvering thrusters prior to their installation into the Orion spacecraft being assembled by Lockheed Martin inside the Operations & Checkout Building's h... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the service module bulkhead wiring for the Orion spacecraft.    Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. The first unpiloted test flight of the Orion is scheduled to launch in 2014 atop a Delta IV rocket and in 2017 on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-3810

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building hig...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians work on the service module bulkhead wiring for the Orion spacecraft. Orion i... More