CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Near the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Near the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, old roller shaft bearing assembly parts that were removed from crawler-transporter 2, or CT-2, have ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane moves the Ares I-X crew module simulator toward a stand at right. Other Ares I-X segment... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are underway to remove the gear boxes on the C truck of crawler-transporter 2, or CT-2. A sect... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery approaches the mate-dem...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery approaches the mate-demate device, or MDD, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The MDD is a large gantry-like steel str... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A canister, carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectr...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A canister, carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) and Express Logistics Carrier-3 for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission, arrives at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Sp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Before dawn, at the Shuttle Landing Facility...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Before dawn, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour is lowered toward the ground by the sling in the mate/demate de... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is raised into the mate-demate device during operations to place it on top of a Shuttle ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, old ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, old racks are being excessed in high bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, as part of a centerwide refurbishment initiative under the ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As the ground fills with smoke and steam...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As the ground fills with smoke and steam, Space Shuttle Discovery creates its own fireworks display, fitting for the first ever launch to be made on Independence Day. It was the ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare to begin removing the quick disconnect from the ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) on space shuttle Discov... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Sierra Nevada Space Systems (SNSS) of...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA and Sierra Nevada Space Systems (SNSS) of Sparks, Nev., sign a Space Act Agreement that will offer the company technical capabilities from Kennedy Space Center's uniquely skilled wo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians reattach the vent line to the ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel ta... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Shuttle Plaza area at the Kennedy Space ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Shuttle Plaza area at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, STS-135 Commander Chris Ferguson speaks during the Ground Breaking Ceremony for the future home of space ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Kibo Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section, or ELM-ES, is exposed after removal of the shipp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Several remote cameras are positioned ar...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Several remote cameras are positioned around the perimeter of Launch Pad 39B in preparation for the launch of mission STS-115 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. A lightning strike to t... More
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top is close to ...
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top is close to touchdown at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after leaving the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip. The ferry flight began in Calif... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A member of the Columbia Reconstruction ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team photographs a piece of Columbia debris delivered to the RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La., mor... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ground support equipment technicians monitor t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Ground support equipment technicians monitor the progress as crawler-transporter 1 begins its trek to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. New jacking, equalizing an... More
EDWARDS, Calif. – Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour und...
EDWARDS, Calif. – Against a setting sun, space shuttle Endeavour undergoes recovery operations on Edwards Air Force Base in California after its landing. The orbiter convoy normally begins recovery operation... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, officials pose at the site where a Shuttle Program time capsule has been secured vault within the walls of the Space Shuttle Atlan... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-127 Commander Mark Polansky checks the fit of his helmet before heading to Launch Pad 39A for launch... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is suspended 60 feet off the ground inside the mate-demate device in preparation for the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Ground support equipment technicians monitor th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Ground support equipment technicians monitor the progress as one of the jacking, equalizing and leveling, or JEL, hydraulic cylinders is lifted from crawler-transporter 1 at the crawler t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Pilot Gregory C. Johnson is ready to p...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Pilot Gregory C. Johnson is ready to practice driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission will each practice driving ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew prepare...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew prepares to depart NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in T-38 training jets. Mission Specialist Michael Barratt, left, Pilot Eric Boe and Missi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the closeout crew in the White Room help STS-127 crew members complete their suitup before entering space shuttle Endeavour fo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 Mission Specialist Steve Swanson adjusts his helmet as he puts on the launch-and-entry suit for ... More
Research scientist Gary Stutte displays a wheat sample that is part of...
Research scientist Gary Stutte displays a wheat sample that is part of ground testing for the first International Space Station plant experiment, scheduled to fly in October 2001. The payload process testing i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the sun comes up over the Shuttle Landing Fa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the sun comes up over the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is suspended above the ground at the mate-demate device during ope... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the tip-top of the bright-orange external fuel tank is where workers will prepare to begin removing the quick disconnect from... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the lift ground support equipment positions the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, payload over th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the media get an up close view of sp...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Members of the media get an up close view of space shuttle Atlantis in her new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. The shuttle is wrapped in a protective plastic ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the sun rises, preparations are under way fo...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As the sun rises, preparations are under way for the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft carrying space shuttle Discovery to back out of the Shuttle Landing Facility's mate-demate device at NASA’s K... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers check the attachments on the ground support equipment for the STS-125 Hubble Servicing Mission as it i... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is bei...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is being transported to the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility for free flight test number 15 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew receives instruction on emergency exit from the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A. From left are Pilot Alan Poindexter and Mission ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-125 Mission Specialist Megan McArthur is ready to talk to the media about her role in the mission. The crew is at Kenned... More
Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility gather with the crew ...
Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility gather with the crew of mission STS-97, who are holding the symbolic key representing the turnover of the P6 Integrated Truss Structure, part of the payload on t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is pre...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander is prepared for transport to the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility for free flight test number 15 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florid... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Viewed from the Launch Pad 39A flame trench, c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Viewed from the Launch Pad 39A flame trench, crawler-transporter No. 2 moves under a space shuttle era mobile launcher platform at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The activity wa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first of four new emergency egress vehicle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first of four new emergency egress vehicles, called Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protection, or MRAP, vehicles arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida from the U.S. Army Red River Depot ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crawler-transporter 1 continues its trek along...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crawler-transporter 1 continues its trek along the crawlerway to Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. New jacking, equalizing and leveling, or JEL, hydraulic cylinde... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 Mission Specialist John Phillips is eager for launch as he puts on his launch-and-entry suit. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project team continue their work identifying pieces of Columbia debris delivered to the RLV Hangar. Shipped from Barksdale Air Force Base, Sh... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft moves into position under space shuttle Discovery suspended 60 feet off the ground ... More
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top takes off fr...
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top takes off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Skid Strip. In the foreground is another SCA, which brought Atlantis back to KSC from California. Th... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata is ready to practice driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier used for emergency escape, if needed,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39, STS-123 crew members are instructed on the use of the M-113 armored personnel carrier from Capt. George Hoggard, astronaut rescue ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Following the simulated launch countdown...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Following the simulated launch countdown, STS-123 crew members begin exiting space shuttle Endeavour into the White Room on Launch Pad 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. To leave ... More
At KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility, a specially equipped Cessna Citatio...
At KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility, a specially equipped Cessna Citation aircraft flies over the runway to calibrate the Cessna’s field mills with field mills on the ground (on the tripod at left) and on the car... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is lifted off the ground into the mate-demate device. Operations are under way to positi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the 195-foot level of the fixed service str...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On the 195-foot level of the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-125 crew members talk about using the slidewire baskets for emergenc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane on the mate-demate device lifts space shuttle Discovery from the ground. Operations are under way to pos... More
The orbiter Atlantis arrives at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility riding ...
The orbiter Atlantis arrives at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility riding piggyback on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, a modified Boeing 747. Atlantis landed in California Feb. 19 concluding mission STS-98. The ferry f... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-123 Mission Specialist Garrett Rei...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-123 Mission Specialist Garrett Reisman works at putting on his gloves while suiting up for the launch dress rehearsal, culmination of the terminal countdown demonstration tes... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Team members stationed at consoles in the Laun...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Team members stationed at consoles in the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida monitor space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank as it is loaded with more t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the slidewire basket landing on Laun...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the slidewire basket landing on Launch Pad 39A, the space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 crew responds to questions from the media. From left are Commander Steve Frick (with the mic... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler-transporter moves toward NASA's new mobile launcher (ML) support structure. The crawler will transport the ML from a construction sit... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SCAPE vehicles are in position at the Shuttle L...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SCAPE vehicles are in position at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the event a return-to-landing-site is needed after launch of space shuttle Ende... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the hypergolic maintenance facility...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the hypergolic maintenance facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a technician monitors equipment during testing of the Ares I-X Roll Control System, or RoCS. The RoCS Serv... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A T-38 jet aircraft carrying the Orbite...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A T-38 jet aircraft carrying the Orbiter Experiment Support System (OEX) recorder from Columbia arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Search teams near Hemphill, Texas, recove... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During emergency egress from Launch Pad ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- During emergency egress from Launch Pad 39A, STS-120 Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson (foreground) and Doug Wheelock settle in the slidewire basket. Wilson reaches for the rel... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first free-flight test of NASA's Morpheus ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The first free-flight test of NASA's Morpheus prototype lander was conducted at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 98-second test began at 10:02 ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-120 crew is at NASA's Kennedy Sp...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-120 crew is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for the pre-launch terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT. Here, during emergency egress training, crew members practice... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-124 Mission Specialist Akihiko Hoshide sits in his seat aboard space shuttle Discovery following the simulated launch countdown, par... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In space shuttle Discovery's payload bay...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In space shuttle Discovery's payload bay, STS-120 crew members get a close look at the equipment and payloads. Seen here are Mission Specialists Stephanie Wilson and Paolo Nespoli... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander perform...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander performed a free-flight test from a launch pad at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 97-s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker guides the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft into position under space shuttle Discovery suspended in the mate-d... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers secure a sling to space shuttle Discovery in order to lift it onto the top of a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, cra...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crawler-transporter No. 2 moves a space shuttle era mobile launcher platform at Launch Pad 39A. The activity was part of testing to check out r... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery drops from the blue s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery drops from the blue sky preparing to land on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. This 69th landing at Kennedy ended the STS-124 mission, a 14-day flight t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Back at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Back at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-124 Commander Mark Kelly happily crosses the parking area after the successful space shuttle landing practice aboard ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers begin to install a new ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) on space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank. A hydro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler-transporter moves NASA's new mobile launcher (ML) support structure from a construction site, north of the Vehicle Assembly Building,... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crawler-transporter 2, or CT-2, is on its way to the Park Site west of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The transporter has new brakes and muf... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SL...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds preparations under way to lift space shuttle Discovery onto the back of the Shuttle Carri... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's Projec...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander for free flight test number 15 on a launch pad at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenned... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin talks to the media at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility following his arrival to participate in three... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Commande...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Commander Steve Frick puts on his helmet, part of his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. The STS-122 crew is preparing for a simul... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wor...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers monitor the progress of a crawler-transporter as it moves NASA's new mobile launcher (ML) support structure from a construction site, n... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NA...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers secure the work stand holding the Kibo Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section, or ELM-ES.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers attach space shuttle Discovery to the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft in the mate-demate device. The device,... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wo...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers check data on the payload ground handling mechanism, or PGHM, in the Payload Changeout Room on Launch Pad 39A. The PGHM is being used... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin tries on his launch and entry suit, preparing for launch. The fitting is part of terminal countdown demonstration t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Co...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39, STS-123 Mission Specialist Robert L. Behnken takes time out from driving practice of the M-113 armored personnel carrier to pose f... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In this aerial view, NASA's Orion crew module,...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In this aerial view, NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck is passing the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on it... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The STS-125 crew members listen to instruction...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The STS-125 crew members listen to instructions for driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. From left are Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld, Megan McArthur, Michael Good, Mike Mas... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servi...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the airlock of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers prepare to move the ground support equipment for the STS-125 Hubble Servicing Mission ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, the crew for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-123 mission receives instruction for emergency egress from the pad. In blue flight suits,... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Mission Specialist Megan McArthur is r...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-125 Mission Specialist Megan McArthur is ready to practice driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. The crew members of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission will each practice... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Before daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Before daybreak at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery hovers above the ground at the mate-demate device. Operations are under ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A piece of metal lies on the ground nea...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A piece of metal lies on the ground near the NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building following the wrath of hurricane Wilma as it crossed the state Oct. 24. Kennedy... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Leland Melvin tries on the gloves of his launch and entry suit, preparing for launch. The fitting is part of terminal countdown d... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, is in position in the mate/demate device so that space shuttle Discovery can be l... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-125 Mission Specialist John Grunsfeld discusses his role in the mission for the media. The crew is at Kennedy to take pa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers install a new 7-inch quick disconnect on the ground umbilical carrier plate (GUCP) of space shuttle Discovery's exter... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Ku-band antenna is stowed at the forward end of space shuttle Endeavour’s payload bay in preparation for fina... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clyde Parrish, a NASA/KSC engineer, expl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clyde Parrish, a NASA/KSC engineer, explains how the fertilizer scrubber control panel (center) works to turn nitrogen tetroxide vapor into fertilizer, potassium hydroxide. Parrish... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-119 Mission Specialist Steve Swanson is ready to practice driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier used for emergency escape, if needed,... More
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jett...
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jettison system of its CST-100 spacecraft at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas as part of an agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Pro... More