Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lifts the forw...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lifts the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) to mate it with the components seen at lower left in the photo. The forward section of each boos... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star tows a spent solid rocket booster toward Port Canaveral. The booster is from Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched on July 4. The space shu... More
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief...
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief component of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA's Constellation Program. This transportation sy... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star is temporarily docked at Port Canaveral while the booster it was towing is moved alongside for the remainder of the trip uprive... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star be...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star begins the rest of its journey to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space Shu... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid r...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) sits on top of the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to forward skirt con... More
Landing of Mercury-Atlas 8 spacecraft with parachute extended
S63-00693 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Landing with parachute extended of astronaut Walter M. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) capsule, called the Sigma 7, after a world orbital flight. Photo is labeled "Splashdown". Phot... 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
GEMINI PARACHUTE LANDING SEQUENCE - CHART - MSC
S65-05398 (1965) --- Artist concept of Gemini parachute landing sequence from high altitude drogue chute deployed to jettison of chute.
Gemini 10 Splashdown, NASA Gemini program
Gemini 10 spacecraft at splashdown..Image # : 66C-6532 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft development, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Apollo 10 crewmember is pickup by recovery helicopter
S69-20621 (26 May 1969) --- A member of the Apollo 10 crew is hoisted into a helicopter from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton, during recovery operations in the South Pacific. Astronauts Thomas P. Staffor... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid r...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) is lowered onto the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to forward skirt co... More
Endeavour Nears Splashdown, NASA Apollo program
(August 7, 1971) The Apollo 15 Command Module "Endeavour", with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B. Irwin aboard, nears a safe touchdown in the mid-Pacific Ocean to end their lunar landing ... More
View of the parachutes of Skylab 3 command module during splashdown
SL3-114-1760 (25 Sept. 1973) --? An excellent view of the three main ring sail parachutes of the Skylab 3 command module as they unfurl during descent to a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. This pictu... More
AST-04-255 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Ov...
The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Overexposed view of Main Parachutes. Image taken on Revolution 138.Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Time of Photo 205:21:15,Groun... More
AST-04-256 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, Ov...
The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Overexpose of Main Parachutes,Partial Frame. Image taken on Revolution 138.Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) Time of Photo 205:21:... More
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel list...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA, Lockheed Martin and U.S. Navy personnel listen to former space shuttle flight director and mission operations executive Milt Heflin during Orion recovery preparations aboard the USS An... More
A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Decelera...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E.L. Tedder Release Stat... More
A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Decelera...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E. L. Tedder Release Sta... More
A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Decelera...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E.L. Tedder Release Stat... More
A view of the NASA Space Shuttle Program Solid Rocket Booster Decelera...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Facility, El Centro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 E.L. Tedder Release Stat... More
Artist: Ken Hodges Pioneer Galileo Probe descending into Jupiter's Atm...
Artist: Ken Hodges Pioneer Galileo Probe descending into Jupiter's Atmosphere with parachute deployed, heat shield separation, while orbiter collects data from above (from JPL files - no reference nunber available)
Artist: Ken Hodges Composite image explaining Objective and Motivation...
Artist: Ken Hodges Composite image explaining Objective and Motivation for Galileo Probe Heat Loads: Galileo Probe descending into Jupiters Atmosphere shows heat shield separation with parachute deployed. (Re... More
Parachutes - Galileo Spacecraft
A parachute for the Galileo spacecraft is tested in a wind tunnel. Galileo consisted of an orbiter and an atmosphere probe that descended into Jupiter's atmosphere on a parachute after being braked by a heat sh... More
Parachutes - Galileo Spacecraft
A parachute for the Galileo spacecraft is tested in a wind tunnel. Galileo consisted of an orbiter and an atmosphere probe that descended into Jupiter's atmosphere on a parachute after being braked by a heat shield
41B-13-459 - STS-41B - After insertion into orbit,crewmembers still we...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: After insertion into orbit, Mission Specialists Robert Stewart still wears his launch and entry boots and parachutes in the middeck. Alternate numberin... More
41B-13-456 - STS-41B - After insertion into orbit, crewmembers still w...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: After insertion into orbit, Mission Specialists Bruce McCandless still wears his launch and entry boots and parachutes in the middeck. Alternate numberi... More
41B-13-457 - STS-41B - After insertion into orbit,crewmembers still we...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: After insertion into orbit, Mission Specialists Robert Stewart still wears his launch and entry boots and parachutes in the middeck. The camera flash m... More
41B-13-458 - STS-41B - After insertion into orbit,crewmembers still we...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: After insertion into orbit, Mission Specialists Robert Stewart still wears his launch and entry boots and parachutes in the middeck. The camera flash m... More
Astronaut Gregory prepares for Ellington Field departure with STS-29 c...
STS029-S-001 (10 March 1989) --- Astronaut Frederick Gregory, STS-33 mission commander, prepares to climb aboard a NASA T-38 jet aircraft. He's part of a group of JSC personnel who, in various NASA aircraft, w... More
STS-32 MS Dunbar wearing LES floats in life raft during water egress t...
STS-32 Mission Specialist (MS) Bonnie J. Dunbar, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES) and lauch and entry helmet (LEH), in a single-occupant (one man) lift raft enlists the aid of two SCUBA-equipped divers as ... More
STS-38 Pilot Culbertson rolls through CCT side hatch during egress tra...
STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson, wearing launch and entry suit (LES) and launch and entry helmet (LEH), rolls through the side hatch of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integratio... More
STS-38 Commander Covey participates in egress training in JSC's MAIL
S90-38948 (9 March 1990) --- Astronaut Richard O. Covey, STS-38 commander, is seen in a close-up view during training exercises with a special escape pole. The device was designed and deployed on all active or... More
STS-38 crewmembers don LES equipment prior to egress training in JSC's...
STS-38 crewmembers don launch and entry suit (LES) equipment prior to emergency egress training in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MAIL) Bldg 9A. Pilot Frank L. Culbertson, wearing navy blue LES, faste... More
STS-38 MS Springer climbs through CCT side hatch prior to egress train...
STS-38 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert C. Springer, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), climbs through the side hatch of the crew compartment trainer (CCT) located in JSC's Mockup and Integration Laboratory (MA... More
ASCAN Helms sets up tent during survival training at Fairchild AFB
1990 Group 13 Astronaut Candidate (ASCAN) Susan J. Helms gathers pine branches to create bedding under a tent she has constructed from a parachute. Helms, along with her classmates, is participating in wilderne... More
STS-47 MS Davis dons LES with technicians' help prior to JSC bailout t...
STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, Mission Specialist (MS) N. Jan Davis, wearing a launch and entry suit (LES), looks on as technicians adjust her LES parachute pack prior to launch emergency egress (b... More
STS-56 Commander Cameron, in LES, during JSC emergency egress training
STS-56 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Commander Kenneth Cameron, wearing launch and entry suit (LES), poses at the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) side hatch before climbing into the mockup. Cameron, along... More
STS-51 astronauts participate in emergency bailout training in WETF
S93-31929 (24 March 1993) --- The three mission specialists for NASA's STS-51 mission watch as a crewmate (out of frame) simulates a parachute jump into water during emergency bailout training exercises at the ... More
Cosmonaut Vladimir Titov participates in bail-out training for STS-60
Cosmanaut Vladimir Titov, an alternate mission specialist for STS-60, simulates a parachute glide into water during a bailout training exercise at JSC. This phase of emergency egress training took place in JSC'... More
Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau during emergency bailout training
S93-45723 (7 October 1993) --- Canadian astronaut candidate Marc Garneau, later named as a mission specialist for NASA's STS-77 mission-representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), participates in emergency ba... More
Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau during emergency bailout training
S93-45726 (7 Oct. 1993) --- Canadian astronaut candidate Marc Garneau, later named as a mission specialist for NASA's STS-77 mission, participates in emergency bailout training at the Johnson Space Center (JSC)... More
Astronaut Sidney Gutierrez suspended by parachute during bailout train...
S93-50718 (22 Dec 1993) --- Astronaut Sidney M. Gutierrez, commander, is suspended by his parachute gear during emergency bailout training at the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Fac... More
Cosmonaut Yuriy Onufriyenko simulates parachute drop into water
S94-47232 (13 Oct 1994) --- Cosmonaut Yuriy I. Onufriyenko (right), in the United States to participate in training for joint Russia-United States space missions, simulates a parachute drop into water. The trai... More
STS-72 Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata during ASCAN training
S95-00352 (12-14 September 1992) --- Astronaut candidate Koichi Wakata gets assistance with his parachute following a simulated chute drop at Vance Air Force Base. Wakata, representing the National Space Devel... More
STS-70 bailout training in the WETF
S95-03464 (16 Feb 1995) --- Attired in a training version of the Shuttle launch and entry garment, astronaut Terence T. (Tom) Henricks participates in a bailout training session at the Johnson Space Center's (J... More
Steerable Parachute for Apollo Vehicle in Ames 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel.
Gliding parachute test in 40x80 foot Wind Tunnel, mounted on main strut flying horizontally. Don Richey
Steerable Parachute for Apollo Vehicle tested in Ames 40x80 foot Wind ...
(02/18/1964) Apollo 3 Parachute cluster, flown vertically in 40x80 wind tunnel. Parachutes mounted on a control head with reels to vary the line lengths. Don Richey
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the ...
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) being mated to the rest of the stack below it. The forward section of each booster, from nos... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane centers the fo...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane centers the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) above the rest of the stack it will be mated to. The forward section of each booster, from nos... More
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the ...
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) being mated to the rest of the stack below it. The forward section of each booster, from nos... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane moves the forw...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane moves the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) toward the previously stacked elements at lower left in the photo. The forward section of each b... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid r...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) is lowered onto the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to forward skirt co... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lifts the forw...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lifts the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) to mate it with the components seen at lower left in the photo. The forward section of each boos... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid r...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) sits on top of the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to forward skirt con... More
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the ...
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) being mated to the rest of the stack below it. The forward section of each booster, from nos... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane moves the forw...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane moves the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) toward the previously stacked elements at lower left in the photo. The forward section of each b... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane centers the fo...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane centers the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) above the rest of the stack it will be mated to. The forward section of each booster, from nos... More
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the ...
Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building check the connections on the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) being mated to the rest of the stack below it. The forward section of each booster, from nos... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lowers the for...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lowers the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) toward the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to ... More
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lowers the for...
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, an overhead crane lowers the forward section of a solid rocket booster (SRB) toward the rest of the stack for mating. The forward section of each booster, from nose cap to ... More
Parachute Test - NASA Rover images
NASA Mars Exploration Rover parachute deployment testing in the world largest wind tunnel at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, Calif. Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Spac... More
Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Spac... More
Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Spac... More
Expedition 7 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Soyuz TMA-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 7 Mission Commander; astronaut Edward T. Lu, NASA International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer; and European Spac... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ship has recently returned to KSC after refurbishment at Fort George Island, Fla., including n... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ship has recently returned to KSC after refurbishment at Fort George Island, Fla., including n... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ship has recently returned to KSC after refurbishment at Fort George Island, Fla., including ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ship has recently returned to KSC after refurbishment at Fort George Island, Fla., including n... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn B...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ship has recently returned to KSC after refurbishment at Fort George Island, Fla., including n... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building. The ship has recently returned to KSC after refurbishment at Fort George Island, Fla., including ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Freedom Star is berthed at the Turn Basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building and NASA-KSC News Center. The flag is near the News Center. The ship has recently returned to KS... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canavera...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star gets ready to transfer the spent solid rocket booster to a straddle crane that will... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star ar...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star arrives at the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space Sh... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star tow...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star tows a spent solid rocket booster back to Port Canaveral. The booster is from Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched on July 4. The space shu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star clo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star closes in on the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At a dock in Port Canaveral, the SRB Re...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At a dock in Port Canaveral, the SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star has successfully transferred its tow cargo, a spent solid rocket booster, to a starboard position for the balance ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With the Vehicle Assembly Building in t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - With the Vehicle Assembly Building in the background, the SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star nears Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star clo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star closes in on the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canavera...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers move the spent solid rocket booster away from the SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star to an area beneath the stradd... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At a dock in Port Canaveral, the SRB Re...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At a dock in Port Canaveral, the SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star transfers its tow cargo, a spent solid rocket booster, to a starboard position for the balance of its journey to C... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canavera...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers move the spent solid rocket booster underneath the straddle crane that will lift it out of the water. The boos... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star clos...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star closes in on the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space Sh... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star be...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star begins the rest of its journey to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space Shu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star hea...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star heads up the Banana River to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space Shuttle ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canavera...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the dock at Hangar AF, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers move the spent solid rocket booster away from the SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star to an area beneath the stradd... More
Expedition 14 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi land in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at appr... More
Expedition 14 Landing. NASA public domain image colelction.
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and American spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi land in their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft southwest of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at appr... More
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief...
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief component of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA's Constellation Program. This transportation sy... More
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief...
Under the goals of the Vision for Space Exploration, Ares I is a chief component of the cost-effective space transportation infrastructure being developed by NASA's Constellation Program. This transportation sy... More
Parachute Testing for Mars Science Laboratory
The team developing the landing system for NASA Mars Science Laboratory tested the deployment of an early parachute design in mid-October 2007 inside the world largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center,... More
Testing a Parachute for Mars in World Largest Wind Tunnel
The team developing the landing system for NASA Mars Science Laboratory tested the deployment of an early parachute design in mid-October 2007 inside the world largest wind tunnel, at NASA Ames Research Center,... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star tows one of the boosters, retrieved after the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission, toward Port Canaveral. The spa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star is temporarily docked at Port Canaveral while the booster it was towing is moved alongside for the remainder of the trip uprive... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spectators watch as the solid rocket boo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Spectators watch as the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star tows one of the boosters, retrieved after the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission, toward Por... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star tows toward Port Canaveral one of the boosters, retrieved after the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission, toward P... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star tows one of the boosters retrieved after the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-122 mission. The space shuttle's solid rock... More
Testing Phoenix Mars Lander Parachute in Idaho
NASA Phoenix Mars Lander parachuted for nearly three minutes as it descended through the Martian atmosphere on May 25, 2008. Extensive preparations for that crucial period included this drop test near Boise, Id... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This image taken from the deck of NASA's SRB r...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This image taken from the deck of NASA's SRB retrieval ship Freedom Star shows the right hand solid rocket booster from space shuttle Discovery's STS-124 launch falling through the atmos... More