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. – 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 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 prepare to tow a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft to the mate-demate device for mating with space shuttle Discov... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Center Director Robert Cabana, second from right, joins space shuttle support personnel in a ceremony following... 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. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft prepares to touch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft prepares to touch down on the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as an SCA, arrived at 5... 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. – 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. – A replica shuttle main engine (RSME) is poised ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A replica shuttle main engine (RSME) is poised for installation on space shuttle Discovery in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The RSME is one o... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare to tow space shuttle Discovery to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. Protectiv... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery to its new home receives permission for a 7-a.m. takeoff from the control tower at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space Shuttle Discovery’s move from the Vehicle...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space Shuttle Discovery’s move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, is complete as the sun comes up over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A T-38 jet taxis onto the apron of the Shuttle ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A T-38 jet taxis onto the apron of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The jet is at Kennedy to support space shuttle Discovery’s ferry flight. ... 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
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft approaches the apr...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft approaches the apron of the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as an SCA, arrived at 5:3... 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. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery backs out of its processing bay, Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, to begin the move to the Vehicle Assembly Bui... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks attached to its payload bay doo... 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
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery rolls along the towway from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. Railing... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Media snap photos as space shuttle Discovery, m...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Media snap photos as space shuttle Discovery, mounted to a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, slowly rolls along the runway of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florid... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The “pathfinder” aircraft for space shuttle Dis...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The “pathfinder” aircraft for space shuttle Discovery’s ferry flight taxis onto the apron of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The NASA C-9 aircra... 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. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery and its companion T-38 jet fly over Space Launch Complex-17 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after taking off from NAS... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery sports two replica shut...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery sports two replica shuttle main engines (RSMEs) in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Three RSMEs will be installed on Disco... 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. – 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. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Launch Pad 39B, which is being restructured for future... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery to its new home departs from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 7 a.m. EDT. The duo are heading south to fly over ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1). Endeavour is switching places with shuttle Discovery which tempora... 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
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) past employees and media representatives eager to take a few photograp... 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. -- Outside Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Outside Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media are on hand to cover the move of space shuttle Discovery to the Vehicle Assembly Buildin... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery, mounted to a Shuttle C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery, mounted to a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, rises just after 7 a.m. EDT from the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The duo is beginni... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This is an aerial view of the long Shuttle Land...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This is an aerial view of the long Shuttle Landing Facility SLF runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida that space shuttle Discovery, bolted to the top of a Shuttle Carrier Aircr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its space shuttle main engines long since removed -- approaches the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, from Orbiter ... 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 aft end of space shuttle Endeavour appears as it backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1). Endeavour is switching places with sh... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft parks near the mat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft parks near the mate/demate device at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as an SCA, arrived at 5:35... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, speak...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, speaks with Professor Sam Ting, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 principal investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kennedy Center... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Expedition 27 crew members from the Intern...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Expedition 27 crew members from the International Space Station appear onscreen to address NASA officials, Florida representatives, Kennedy employees and media waiting to hear which ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Atlantis' three main engines take cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Atlantis' three main engines take center stage to the banners commemorating the orbiters that served the Space Shuttle Program. In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter P... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-1 Pilot and former Kennedy Space Center Di...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-1 Pilot and former Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Crippen addresses the audience after the announcement that revealed the four institutions receiving shuttle orbiters for permanen... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mike Parrish, space shuttle Endeavour's vehicl...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Mike Parrish, space shuttle Endeavour's vehicle manager with United Space Alliance addresses the audience after the announcement that revealed the four institutions that will receive shu... More
In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's...
In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the facilities where four shuttle orbiters will be displayed p... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana appears ple...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana appears pleased that Kennedy was awarded shuttle Atlantis to be displayed permanently in Florida. In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Pro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials, Florida representatives, Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials, Florida representatives, Kennedy employees and media stand to applaud the news that revealed the four institutions that will receive shuttle orbiters for permanent displa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Atlantis' three main engines take cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Shuttle Atlantis' three main engines take center stage to the banners commemorating the orbiters that served the Space Shuttle Program. In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Pro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana addresses t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana addresses the audience after the announcement that revealed the four institutions that will receive shuttle orbiters for permanent display. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana addresses t...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana addresses the audience poised to hear which of the four institutions will receive shuttle orbiters for permanent display. In a ceremony held in fro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Standing proudly in front of shuttle Atlantis'...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Standing proudly in front of shuttle Atlantis' three main engines are, from left, STS-1 Pilot and former Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Crippen, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, NAS... More
In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's...
In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the facilities where four shuttle orbiters will be displayed p... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials, Florida representatives, Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA officials, Florida representatives, Kennedy employees and media await the announcement that will reveal the four institutions that will receive shuttle orbiters for permanent displa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Process...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In a ceremony held in front of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the facilities where four shuttle orbi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Kennedy ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana sit on the dias listening to other speakers after the announcement that revealed the four institutions that will ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Stephanie Stilson (facing camera), flow...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Stephanie Stilson (facing camera), flow director for space shuttle Discovery, discusses Discovery's thermal protection system with members of a visiting team from the Smithsonian'... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of a visiting team from the Smithsonia...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Members of a visiting team from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum examine the space shuttle's thermal protection system tile as they stand beneath shuttle Discovery in Orbi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility's midfield to learn about the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2) to learn about how s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2) to learn about how s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility's midfield to learn about the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Launch Pad 39B, which is being restructured for future... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Launch Pad 39B, which is being restructured for future... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2) to learn about how s... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is pushed from the processing bay to begin the move to the Vehicle Assembly... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery, as it is seldom seen in public -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is towed from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. Railings, called stro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers evaluate space shuttle Discovery's readiness for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building,... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks attached to its payload bay doo... 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 "spot" for space shuttle Discovery as it rolls from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, protective plastic covers the nose of space shuttle Discovery where its forward reaction control sy... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks attached to its payload bay doo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks attached to its payload bay doo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, to begin the move to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. Di... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, blankets covering the frame of space shuttle Discovery show evidence of its 39 successful spaceflig... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery rolls out of Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, to begin the move to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. Di... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery finds shelter in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, after rolling from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery ventures out in public seemingly "undressed" -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, an... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is welcomed into the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, after rolling from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2. ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks attached to its payload bay doo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, pro...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, protective plastic covers the nose of space shuttle Discovery where its forward reaction control system (FRCS) once resided as it rolls from Or... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery winds its way from Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, in the background, to the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers evaluate space shuttle Discovery's readiness for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building,... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery -- its nose encased in protective plastic, its cockpit windows covered, and strongbacks attached to its payload bay doo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the cockpit windows on space shuttle Discovery are covered and secured for its move to the Vehicle ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work platforms fold away from space shuttle Discovery for its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Outside Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Outside Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Stephanie Stilson, Transition and Retirement orbiter flow director, answers questions from the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2, or OPF-2, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, railings, called strongbacks, are installed along the payload bay doors of space shuttle Discovery.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ope...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operators begin to move space shuttle Endeavour, its nose encased in protective plastic where its forward reaction control system (FRCS) once r... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Uni...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance workers tow space shuttle Discovery into position to enter Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1). Discovery is switching... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour, in the distance, approaches shuttle Discovery during its move to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Discovery is swi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Seen through the open bay door of the Vehicle ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Seen through the open bay door of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for its move to Orbiter Process... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour backs out of Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1) for a short jaunt to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), in the bac... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour, its nose encased in protective plastic where its forward reaction control system (FRCS) once resided, backs out of Orb... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where it temporarily has been stored. Discovery is switching places w... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour continues on its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where it temporarily will be stored. Endeavour is swappin... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttles Discovery and Endeavour, their noses encased in protective plastic where their forward reaction control systems (FRCS) once resi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Uni...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance workers continue towing space shuttle Discovery to Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1) after stopping for a unique "no... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Endeavour has arrived in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), where it temporarily will be stored. Endeavour is swapping places ... More