AN aerial view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columb...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More
The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia is being moved ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The STS-1, orbiter Columbia, arrives at Launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The STS-1, orbiter Columbia, arrives at Launch Complex 39A after being rolled out of the VAB. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-1, orbiter Columbia, sits at Launch Complex...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-1, orbiter Columbia, sits at Launch Complex 39A after being rolled out of the VAB. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Orbiter Columbia tow from OPF to VAB. Photo ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Orbiter Columbia tow from OPF to VAB. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Orbiter Columbia tow from OPF to VAB. Photo ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Orbiter Columbia tow from OPF to VAB. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the front end of space shuttle Endeavour is raised off the floor of the VAB by lifts, as workers prepare to att... More
Construction of the Shuttle Orbiter Modification and Refurbishment Fac...
Construction of the Shuttle Orbiter Modification and Refurbishment Facility (OMRF). Northwest of the VAB.
STS-27 external tank (ET) transfer into KSC's VAB
S88-37367 (March 28, 1988) --- The external tank (ET) for STS-27 arrived at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) today via ocean going barge and was moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where preparations will... More
STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rollover at KSC
S88-42092 (15 July 1988) --- STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rollover at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is closely monitored by engineers and technicians in the late stages of the move from the orbiter ... More
STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, ET/SRB mating in KSC VAB
S88-41541 (7 July 1988) --- STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, is suspended by overhead crane and large frame attached to vehicle at four points. A ground-level view shows OV-103 during operations to a... More
STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, ET/SRB mating operations at KSC VAB
STS-27 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is suspended via overhead crane, attached at four points, in the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Below OV-104 on the mobile launcher platfo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Following the rollover from the OPF, the orbite...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Following the rollover from the OPF, the orbiter Columbia is prepared for mating with the ET/SRB stack in the VAB. Columbia is scheduled for launch in late July 1989. Photo credit: NASA
STS-36 Atlantis, OV-104, leaves VAB during its rollout to KSC LC Pad 3...
Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is blocked by its large orange external tank (ET) as it leaves Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) during its rollout to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A. T... More
STS-35 Columbia, OV-102, rolls back to KSC VAB after hydrogen leak dis...
S90-42289 ( 3 July 1990) --- Kennedy Space Center (KSC) workers watch as Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, along with its external tank (ET) and two solid rocket boosters (SRBs) atop the giant crawler transpo... 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
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The orbiter Discovery, its wheels retracted ato...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The orbiter Discovery, its wheels retracted atop the orbiter transporter, rolls over from the OPF high bay to the VAB. Discovery is slated to lift off in March on mission STS-39, a DoD fl... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two space planes pass inside the VAB as the orb...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Two space planes pass inside the VAB as the orbiter Discovery is towed past its sister ship, Columbia. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The orbiter Discovery heads for the VAB atop th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The orbiter Discovery heads for the VAB atop the specially designed orbiter transporter. Once inside the VAB, Discovery will be mated with the external tank/solid rocket booster assembly.... More
Earth observations taken during STS-77 mission
STS077-713-010 (19-29 May 1996) --- Like a number of Shuttle flight crews that preceded them, the members of the crew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour made eastern Florida one of their photographic targets. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis rolls to the VAB for stacking b...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis rolls to the VAB for stacking before rollout to Pad 39A in preparation for STS-79.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As the sun begins to rise in the early-m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As the sun begins to rise in the early-morning sky after its departure from Launch Pad 39A, the Space Shuttle Atlantis slowly travels on the crawlerway toward the Vehicle Assembly ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis moves into the VAB during rollb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis moves into the VAB during rollback from pad 39A
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis passes the American flag as it ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis passes the American flag as it rolls back to VAB from pad 39A
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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With the Mate/Demate Device (MDD) on the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With the Mate/Demate Device (MDD) on the left and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on the right, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis approaches Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia glide...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia glides in for a touchdown on Runway 33 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility that will conclude the Microgravity Science Laboratory-1 (MSL-1) mission... More
While KSC workers in the Launch Complex 39 Area watch, The Space Shut...
While KSC workers in the Launch Complex 39 Area watch, The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia rolls over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) June 4 from Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF)1 atop its transporter ... More
The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia is reflected in a nearby pond as i...
The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia is reflected in a nearby pond as it rolls over to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) June 4 from Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) 1 atop its transporter in preparation for... More
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlanti...
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis makes the short journey from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This photo was taken from the roof ... More
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlanti...
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis makes the short journey from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This photo was taken from the roof ... More
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlanti...
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3, in background, en route to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This photo was taken from ... More
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlanti...
Carried atop an orbiter transporter, the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis rolls into the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) . The "rollover" of the orbiter from the Orbiter Processing Facility ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. and ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. and Pilot Kent V. Rominger at the controls and the Mate/Demate Device (MDD) and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the background, the Space... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. and ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr. and Pilot Kent V. Rominger at the controls and the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the background, the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery touche... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The orbiter drag chute deploys after the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The orbiter drag chute deploys after the Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis lands on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the conclusion of the nearly 11-day STS-86 m... More
The orbiter Endeavour awaits further processing in the transfer aisle ...
The orbiter Endeavour awaits further processing in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). It had been undergoing preparations for the STS-89 mission in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1. In ... More
The orbiter Endeavour awaits further processing in the transfer aisle ...
The orbiter Endeavour awaits further processing in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). It had been undergoing preparations for the STS-89 mission in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1. In ... More
VAB Aerial. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
KSC's Launch Complex 39 is strategically located next to a barge site and a variety of structures, including a Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Orbiter Processing Facilities (OPF), Press Site, Launch Control Ce... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia was t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia was transferred from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 today to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where it will be mated to its external tank ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia was t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia was transferred from Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 3 today to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where it will be mated to its external tank ... More
The orbiter Discovery rolls out of KSC's Orbiter Processing Facility B...
The orbiter Discovery rolls out of KSC's Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 en route to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Once inside the VAB, Discovery will be hoisted upright into a vertical position to be ... More
Astronaut Fernando (Frank) Caldeiro poses in front of the orbiter Disc...
Astronaut Fernando (Frank) Caldeiro poses in front of the orbiter Discovery as it rolls out of KSC's Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 en route to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Once inside the VAB, Disco... More
The orbiter Discovery is backed out of KSC's Orbiter Processing Facili...
The orbiter Discovery is backed out of KSC's Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2 en route to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Once inside the VAB, Discovery will be hoisted upright into a vertical position to... More
The orbiter Discovery approaches KSC's 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly ...
The orbiter Discovery approaches KSC's 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) after leaving the Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 2. Once inside the VAB, Discovery will be hoisted upright into a vertical p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery is silhouetted a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery is silhouetted against the early morning sky as it is makes its 3.4 mile trek atop a crawler/transporter to Launch Complex 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Bui... More
Participants in the ribbon cutting for KSC's new 34,600-square-foot Sp...
Participants in the ribbon cutting for KSC's new 34,600-square-foot Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facility (SSMEPF) pose in front of a Space Shuttle Main Engine on display for the ceremony. From left, th... More
Participants in the ribbon cutting for KSC's new 34,600-square-foot Sp...
Participants in the ribbon cutting for KSC's new 34,600-square-foot Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facility (SSMEPF) gather to talk inside the facility following the ceremony. From left, they are Robert B... More
James W. Tibble (pointing at engine), an Engine Systems/Ground Support...
James W. Tibble (pointing at engine), an Engine Systems/Ground Support Equipment team manager for Rocketdyne, discusses the operation of a Space Shuttle Main Engine with Robert B. Sieck, director of Shuttle Pro... More
KSC Center Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. and U.S. Congressman Dave Weldo...
KSC Center Director Roy D. Bridges Jr. and U.S. Congressman Dave Weldon (holding scissors) cut the ribbon at a ceremony on July 6 to open KSC's new 34,600-square-foot Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facili... More
In this aerial view the Crawler Transporter Maintenance Building (cent...
In this aerial view the Crawler Transporter Maintenance Building (center) sits between two crawler transporters. The KSC crawlers are the largest tracked vehicles known. Once used to move assembled Apollo/Satur... More
In this aerial view looking south can be seen Launch Complex (LC) 39 a...
In this aerial view looking south can be seen Launch Complex (LC) 39 area, where assembly, checkout and launch of the Space Shuttle Orbiter and its External Tank and twin Solid Rocket Boosters take place. Centr... More
This aerial view, looking north, shows the Apollo/Saturn V Center, par...
This aerial view, looking north, shows the Apollo/Saturn V Center, part of the KSC Visitor Complex. Located about 2 miles north of the Vehicle Assembly Building on the Kennedy Parkway, it is near the current Ba... More
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high ...
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC during repainting of the American flag. The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet and will require ... More
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high ...
Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC during repainting of the American flag and NASA logo. The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet and... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Painters are suspended on platforms from...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Painters are suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC during repainting of the American flag and NASA logo. The flag spans an... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Painters are dwarfed by the six-foot sta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Painters are dwarfed by the six-foot stars in the blue field of the American flag they are repainting on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The flag spans an area 209... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The NASA logo, also known as the "meatba...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The NASA logo, also known as the "meatball," is painted on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). When finished, the logo will measure 110 feet by 132 feet, or about 12,3... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The American flag is being repainted on ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The American flag is being repainted on the side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The flag spans an area 209 feet by 110 feet, or about 23, 437 square feet. Each stripe is 9... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) gets...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) gets a facelift with the repainting of the American flag and replacing of the bicentennial emblem with the NASA logo. The painting honors NASA’s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the red paint to the chevron while the worker on the right fills in the blue field to the NASA logo they are painting on the Vehicle Assembly B... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The worker on the lower left applies the red paint to the chevron while the worker on the right fills in the blue field to the NASA logo they are painting on the Vehicle Assembly B... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assem...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) getting a facelift with the repainting of the American flag and replacing of the Bicentennial emblem with the NASA logo. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows workers, suspende...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows workers, suspended on platforms from the top of the 525-foot-high VAB, using rollers and brushes to repaint the flag on the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). ... More
This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) getting a f...
This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) getting a facelift with the repainting of the American flag and replacing of the Bicentennial emblem with the NASA logo. The painting honors NASA's 40t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assem...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This aerial view shows the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) getting a facelift with the repainting of the American flag and replacing of the bicentennial emblem with the NASA logo. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the Launch Complex 39 area wears a new coat of paint, along with newly painted American flag and NASA logo. The improved look was finished in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking northwest, the Vehicle Assembly ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking northwest, the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the Launch Complex 39 area of KSC can be seen with its new coat of paint, along with newly painted American flag and NASA ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking eastward, the Vehicle Assembly B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Looking eastward, the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the Launch Complex 39 area can be seen with its new coat of paint, along with newly painted American flag and NASA logo. Th... More
The orbiter Atlantis, being towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility to...
The orbiter Atlantis, being towed from the Shuttle Landing Facility toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) , intersects the morning sun's rays. In the background, to the right of the VAB, are the Orbiter Pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a beautiful Florida morning, a crawle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On a beautiful Florida morning, a crawler transporter moves Space Shuttle Discovery (right, nearly hidden behind its external tank and solid rocket boosters) from Pad 39B back to t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Mike Sestile, with United Space Alliance, draws circles around divots in the foam insulation on the top of the external tan... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Standing inside a protective tent around...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Standing inside a protective tent around the external tank of Space Shuttle Discovery in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), United Space Alliance technician Don Pataky repairs di... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crawler transporter moves Space Shuttl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crawler transporter moves Space Shuttle Discovery, hidden by its external tank and solid rocket boosters, from Pad 39B back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for repair of d... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) John Blue, with United Space Alliance, and Jorge Rivera, with NASA, look at the dings in the foam insulation on the externa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assemb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Inside High Bay 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), John Blue, with United Space Alliance, points to one of the divots in the foam insulation on the external tank of Space S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crawler transporter moves Space Shuttl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A crawler transporter moves Space Shuttle Discovery, with its external tank and solid rocket boosters, from Pad 39B back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at left to repair da... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the STS-93 stack of solid rocket boos...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), it passes underneath one of the lightning shield wires strung from ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank sits at the Mobile Launcher Platform park site waiting for lightning shield wires to be installed on the Vehicle Assembl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), United Space Alliance technician Robert Williams sands the repaired areas near the top of Space Shuttle Discovery's external tank. Repairs w... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) after lightning shield wires were strung from the roof of the VAB for p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank nears the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where it will sit underneath the lightning shield wires strung from the roof o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery makes the climb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Discovery makes the climb to Launch Pad 39B aboard the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter. The crawler is able to keep its cargo level during the move ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The crawler transporter, with its cargo ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The crawler transporter, with its cargo of Space Shuttle Discovery and mobile launcher platform, leaves tracks on the crawlerway as it makes its way up Launch Pad 39B. Behind the S... More
Against a popcorn-clouded blue sky, Space Shuttle Discovery, atop the ...
Against a popcorn-clouded blue sky, Space Shuttle Discovery, atop the mobile launcher platform and crawler transporter, ends its five-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building as it crosses through the gate ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Nearing the end of its 4.2-mile trek fro...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Nearing the end of its 4.2-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), Space Shuttle Discovery clears the gate to begin the climb to Launch Pad 39B aboard the mobile launch... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The avian population (foreground) at thi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The avian population (foreground) at this watering site on Kennedy Space Center is undaunted as the 12-million-pound combination of Space Shuttle Discovery, crawler transporter and... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from the top of the rotating serv...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from the top of the rotating service structure, Space Shuttle Discovery rests on the mobile launcher platform and towers over the landscape after rollout to Launch Pad 39B. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia is rolled out from ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia is rolled out from the Orbiter Processing Facility (background) on its transporter. It is being moved to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for externa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia, aboard its orbiter...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Columbia, aboard its orbiter transporter system, makes the turn from the Orbiter Processing Facility (behind it, left) to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for... More
The east side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space ...
The east side of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center shows missing panels around the leaves of the upper door, the effect of the high winds from Hurricane Floyd as it passed along the Ea... More
The walls of the Butler Building at Kennedy Space Center come tumbling...
The walls of the Butler Building at Kennedy Space Center come tumbling down, with the help of the crane in the background. The building, which is near the Orbiter Processing Facility, is being demolished in ord... More
The Butler Building at Kennedy Space Center is nearly demolished, with...
The Butler Building at Kennedy Space Center is nearly demolished, with the help of the crane in the background. The building, which is near the Orbiter Processing Facility (right), is being demolished in order ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, some of t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, some of the 1998 astronaut candidate class (group 17) line up for a photo while standing under the engines of the Saturn V rocket on display. The U.S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the 1998 astronaut candidate cla...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Some of the 1998 astronaut candidate class (group 17) take a close look at displays in the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. The U.S. candidates include Clayton C. Anderson, Lee J. Ar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, some of t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, some of the 1998 astronaut candidate class (group 17) take a close look at the Saturn V rocket on display. The U.S. candidates include Clayton C. And... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, some of t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, some of the 1998 astronaut candidate class (group 17) line up for a photo during a tour of facilities at KSC. The U.S. candidates include Clayton C. ... More
In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, members of the 1998 astronau...
In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, members of the 1998 astronaut candidate class (group 17) get a close-up view of the tiles, part of the thermal protection system, on the underside of the orbiter Atlant... More