KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bionetics Project Engineer William McLamb...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Bionetics Project Engineer William McLamb examines a petri dish containing C. elegans nemotodes (round worms). These specimens were found in a Biological Research in Canisters (BRI... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Jose Nunez (center), NASA mission project engineer, points to the Columbus Laboratory above, being displaye... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, participates in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, a standard part of Shuttle launch preparation... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Joint Airlock Module, suspended from...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Joint Airlock Module, suspended from an overhead crane, moves toward the payload canister below. After being placed in the canister, the module will be transferred to the Space... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A student displays an experiment that wi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A student displays an experiment that will fly in SPACEHAB on Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107. SPACEHAB's complement of commercial experiments includes six educational ex... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenned...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 Pilot Kevin Ford walks away from the Shuttle Training Aircraft, or STA, after completing shuttle landing ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab is lowered toward the floor after being lifted out of the vacuum chamber where it was tested for leaks. The test was very succ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the Interna...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is centered over the three-story vacuum chamber in which the Lab will be placed. The 32,000-pound scientific research ... 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, United Space Alliance technicians, lying on a work platform, remove window #8 from the top of the crew module o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After greeting the media on the Shuttle...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After greeting the media on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS-122 crew stands in front of space shuttle Atlantis for a final group photo. From ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members of the STS-122 crew arrive for launch. From left are Mission Specialists Leopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Hans Schlegel, Rex Walheim and Lel... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Dressed in bunny suits, STS-107 Payload ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Dressed in bunny suits, STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anderson (left) and 107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (right), who is with the Israeli Space Agency, review data in Columb... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center engineer Marc Seibert pre...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center engineer Marc Seibert presents the Communication Award to the University of New Hampshire team members during NASA's 2014 Robotic Mining Competition award ceremony i... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the Joint Airlock Module, the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will enter and exit the 470-ton orb... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After a nearly 5.3 million mile round tr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After a nearly 5.3 million mile round trip to the International Space Station, space shuttle Atlantis slows down with the aid of a drag chute after landing on Runway 15 of the Shut... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facilit...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, astronauts are getting first-hand experience with the fluid experiment rack of the Japanese Experiment Module, or JEM, part of the missio... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Sharing a humorous moment on Launch Pad ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Sharing a humorous moment on Launch Pad 39A during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities are (left) Commander Rick Husband and (right) Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon (the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, STS-115 Mission Specialists Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper (left) and Joseph Tanner (center) get ready to check out the Japanese Experiment M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop a mobile la...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, atop a mobile launch platform, passes by the turn basin in Launch Complex 39 toward Pad A as the sun rises on a balmy Florida morning. First motion out of t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Brilliant flames spread light across Launch Pad...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Brilliant flames spread light across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Discovery roars toward space on the STS-128 mission. Liftoff from Launch Pad... 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-128 crew members put on their launch-and-entry suits before heading to the Astrovan for the 3.4-mile... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The European Space Agency's Columbus modu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The European Space Agency's Columbus module rests on a work stand in view of media representatives and invited guests following a ceremony to welcome the module into the Space Stati... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Students pause during their work on thei...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Students pause during their work on their experiments that will fly in SPACEHAB on Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107. SPACEHAB's complement of commercial experiments includ... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is lowered into a three-story vacuum chamber. The 32,000-pound scientific res... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, a ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, a truck maneuvers its bed into place for the offloading of the remote manipulator system for the Japanese Experiment Module from the Antonov 1... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-107 crew share a humorous moment ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-107 crew share a humorous moment on Launch Pad 39A during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. From left are Commander Rick Husband, Payload Specialist Ilan Ra... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Firing Room 4, ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Firing Room 4, STS-128 Launch Director Pete Nickolenko waits for the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-128 mission. Liftoff from Launch Pad 39A... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Bu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis is lowered alongside the external tank and solid rocket boosters waiting below... 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 roll the transportation case protecting the Russian-built Mini Research Module1, or MRM1, fro... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Commander Steve Frick (right) a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Commander Steve Frick (right) and Pilot Alan Poindexter arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in a shuttle training aircraft jet for launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-122 Commander Steve Frick is greeted by Doug Lyons, launch director for STS-122 mission. The crew's arrival signals the imminent... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Sitting atop the Mobile Launcher Platfor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Sitting atop the Mobile Launcher Platform, Space Shuttle Atlantis inches its way to the launch pad. The Shuttle and MLP rest on top of the crawler-transporter beneath it, which mo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, an overhead crane lifts the Joint Airlock Module to move and place it into the payload canister at left for transfer to the Space Station P... More
STS-98 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (left) and Mission Specialist Tho...
STS-98 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (left) and Mission Specialist Thomas D. Jones (Ph.D.) check out equipment in the U.S. Lab Destiny during a Multi-Equipment Interface Test. During the mission, Jones will hel... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facilit...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane moves the JEM Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section toward a scale (at left) for weight and center-of-gravity... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Te...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site, Testbed Manager Louis MacDowell (foreground) explains to Center Director Jim Kennedy (third from right) about a study being underta... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at KSC, STS-107 Payl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After their arrival at KSC, STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anderson (center) and Pilot William "Willie" McCool (right) talk with Robert Hanley, who is mission lead with the Vehi... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission crew ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission crew members arrive in T-38 training jets at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility. Mission Specialist Nicole Stott is seen here... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Bu...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In high bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis is lowered toward the external tank and solid rocket boosters waiting below, a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, the Starfighter F-104 picks up speed on the runway for takeoff. The pilot is Rick Svetkoff; the co-pilot is Dave Waldrop. The aircraft is t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, an overhead crane begins to lift the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) pressure module out of the shipping canister to move it to a work st... 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, United Space Alliance technicians roll the test equipment away from an external tank door on space shuttle Atla... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers monitor the progress of Space Sh...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers monitor the progress of Space Shuttle Atlantis as it moves through the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building along the crawlerway toward Launch Pad 39A. First motion out o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a m...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform, ascends the five percent grade to the top of the hardstand on Launch Pad 39A. The rotating service structure, adjoine... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia seems to leap fr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Columbia seems to leap from amid the trees as it roars toward space on mission STS-107. Following a flawless and uneventful countdown, liftoff occurred on-time at 10... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Space Florida President Frank DiBello addresses guests at a presentation during which XCOR Aerospace announced plans to open a manufacturing ope... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the Joint Airlock Module waits for transfer to the payload canister behind it after which it will be moved to the Space Station Processing ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the Interna...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is lifted off the floor of the Operations and Checkout Building in order to be placed inside the vacuum chamber in the... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The ship carrying the Experiment Logist...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The ship carrying the Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section for the Japanese Experiment Module arrives at the Trident wharf after departing from Yokohama, Japan, Feb. 7.... 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. – Brilliant flames spread light across Launch Pad...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Brilliant flames spread light across Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as space shuttle Discovery roars toward space on the STS-128 mission. Liftoff from Launch Pad... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the deck of Liberty Star, one of tw...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From the deck of Liberty Star, one of two KSC solid rocket booster recovery ships, a crane lowers a one-man submarine into the ocean near Cape Canaveral, Fla. Called DeepWorker 200... 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, preparations are under way to install the chin panel on space shuttle Atlantis. The chin panel is a semicirc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The ship carrying the Experiment Logist...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The ship carrying the Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section for the Japanese Experiment Module is tied up at the Trident wharf after departing from Yokohama, Japan, Feb.... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Te...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site, Louis MacDowell (right), Testbed manager, explains to Center Director Jim Kennedy a project being undertaken for the U.S. Navy. At... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-107 Mission Specialist Ilan Ramon, wi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-107 Mission Specialist Ilan Ramon, with the Israeli Space Agency, looks at an experiment in the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), part of the payload on the mission. The cr... More
Research assistant Trisha Bruno performs an analysis on potato samples...
Research assistant Trisha Bruno performs an analysis on potato samples at Hangar L at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The research she is performing is one of many studies at the Biological Sciences Branc... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the Joint Airlock Module is placed in a horizontal position to be transferred to the payload canister behind it. Then it will be moved to t... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – -- The STS-128 crew members pause in front of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – -- The STS-128 crew members pause in front of the Astrovan that will take them to Launch Pad 39A. From left are Mission Specialists Danny Olivas, Nicole Stott, Christer Fuglesang, Jose ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Columbia Crew Memorial Service is held...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Columbia Crew Memorial Service is held at the Shuttle Landing Facility for KSC employees and invited guests. The service concluded with a “Missing Man Formation Fly Over” by NA... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers brief the media following the scrub of a launch attempt of space shuttle Discovery. From left are bri... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from underneath the wing of NASA’...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from underneath the wing of NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, the Joint Airlock Module, the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will ente... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anders...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anderson completes suit check prior to Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include a simulated launch countdown at the pad. ST... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Paul Hintze (left) explains to Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Dr. Paul Hintze (left) explains to Center Director Jim Kennedy a project he is working at the KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site. Hitze is doing post-graduate work for the National Res... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The late afternoon sun highlights the ex...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The late afternoon sun highlights the external tank and solid rocket booster on Space Shuttle Columbia after rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A. Visible a... 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
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. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Te...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site, Center Director Jim Kennedy (second from right) learns from Testbed Manager Louis MacDowell (right) about a project being undertake... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA's ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, heat lamps assist United Space Alliance technician Jeff Holmes in a putty repair on some of the high-temper... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-107 Mission Specialist Laurel Clark l...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-107 Mission Specialist Laurel Clark looks over experiments equipment in the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), part of the payload on the mission. The crew is taking part in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab, named Destiny, is lowered into the rotation and handling fixture in preparation for testing in the altitude chamber. Destiny ... 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 Closeout Crew in the White Room help STS-128 crew members complete their suit-up before entering space shuttle Discovery ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft opens to reveal the kscpao/release/2000/78-00.htm">Joint Airlock Module</a> the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Spa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Trident wharf, workers help guid...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Trident wharf, workers help guide the container with the Experiment Logistics Module Pressurized Section inside toward a flat bed on the dock. The logistics module is part... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Commander Rick Husband makes a...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Commander Rick Husband makes a few comments after the crew's arrival at KSC for pre-launch preparations. Other crew members are Pilot William "Willie" McCool, Payload Co... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, one ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Orbiter Processing Facility, one of two Materials International Space Station Experiments, or MISSE, is lowered into space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay for installation. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Asse...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — In the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Atlantis is raised off its transporter. After raised to a vertical position, At... 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Sitting in the slidewire basket on the la...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Sitting in the slidewire basket on the launch pad are (left to right) STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Payload Commander Michael Anderson and Mission Specialist Laurel Clark. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The transporter rolls out of Port Canave...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The transporter rolls out of Port Canaveral with the Pressurized Module of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) aboard. The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) deve... 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 check out the 6,000-square-foot high bay of the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF). The LETF recently underwent a $35 million compre... 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 watch the vehicle motion simulator, or VMS, simulate all of the movements a space vehicle could experience from rollout to launch. The ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Columbia Crew Memorial Service is held...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A Columbia Crew Memorial Service is held at the Shuttle Landing Facility for KSC employees and invited guests. NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe is at the podium. The Columbia and he... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - . The STS-107 crew, waving to onlookers,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - . The STS-107 crew, waving to onlookers, exits the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Pad 39A for liftoff. Leading the way are Pilot William "Willie" McCool (... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Ander...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Commander Michael Anderson gets help with his launch and entry suit from the Closeout Crew in the White Room. The environmentally controlled chamber is mated to Sp... More
Research scientist Vadim Rygalov describes a new low-pressure water-re...
Research scientist Vadim Rygalov describes a new low-pressure water-recycling experiment being designed to help simulate plant growth conditions on Mars. The research he is performing is one of many studies at... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the crawler-transporter delivers space shuttle Discovery atop the mobile launcher platform onto Launch Pad 39A. Traveling from the Vehicle Assem... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles off Launch Pad 3...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Atlantis rumbles off Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS-132 mission to the International Space Station at 2:20 p.m. EDT on May 14. The ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With the aid of a drag chute billowing b...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- With the aid of a drag chute billowing behind it, space shuttle Atlantis slows to a stop on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. At left is on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Stanley Love awaits the final adjustments on his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. The STS-122 crew is prepari... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 Launch Director Pete Nickolenko welcome...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-128 Launch Director Pete Nickolenko welcomes members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 crew to Kennedy Space Center. The crew arrived in a NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft, the modif... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Joint Airlock Module, the gateway fr...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Joint Airlock Module, the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station will enter and exit the 470-ton orbiting research facility, rests in the payloa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers on the floor of the Space Stati...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers on the floor of the Space Station Processing Facility maneuver ground support equipment that will be used to lift the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) remote manipulator s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students show off one of the experiments...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Students show off one of the experiments that will fly in SPACEHAB on Space Shuttle Columbia on mission STS-107. SPACEHAB's complement of commercial experiments includes six educa... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialist Hans Schlegel puts on his helmet, part of his launch and entry suit, in astronaut crew quarters. Schlegel is with the European S... More