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 Koichi Wakata puts on his helmet as part of the final fitting of his launch a... More
Catching the glow of the late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircr...
Catching the glow of the late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility as it returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC. The ferry flight started in Cali... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office Rick Stur...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office Rick Sturckow flies weather reconnaissance in a Shuttle Training Aircraft over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to assess the weather before sp... More
Discovery’s STS-128 mission returns after a mission to the Internation...
The original database describes this as: Location: Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California Photographs, Textual Material and a Video Recording Relating to the Space Shuttle Mate-Demat... More
Ishmael, a killer whale, returns a grabber device to its trainer after...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP OPS Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital... More
Dryden Fllight Reseach Facility, Edwards, California STA (Shuttle Tr...
Dryden Fllight Reseach Facility, Edwards, California STA (Shuttle Training Aircraft, Gulf Stream II) flys chase as STS-41returns from it's mission to Deploy Ulysses Spacecraft... Discovery's main gear is abou... More
Dirigible returns to Moffett as people watch (1933) ARC-1993-A83-0499-...
Dirigible returns to Moffett as people watch (1933) Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The drag chute is deployed as the orbite...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The drag chute is deployed as the orbiter Atlantis swoops down on Runway 15 of KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility at 8:13:15 a.m. EDT, September 26, bringing to a successful conclusion... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis returns to KSC's Shuttle Landin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Atlantis returns to KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility from mission STS-79
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) finish the ...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) finish the removal of a protective cover from the Cassini spacecraft with its attached Huygens probe. Damage to thermal insulation was discovered insid... More
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) begin to re...
Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) begin to remove a protective cover from the Cassini spacecraft with its attached Huygens probe. Damage to thermal insulation was discovered inside Huyg... More
Workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Pa...
Workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to thermal insulation was discovered ... More
Workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Pa...
Workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to thermal insulation was discovered ... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers remove the Huygens probe from ...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to th... More
Workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Pa...
Workers remove the Huygens probe from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to thermal insulation was discovered ... More
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift the front heat shield of...
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift the front heat shield of the Huygens probe in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to therma... More
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift part of the Huygens prob...
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift part of the Huygens probe aft cover assembly in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to ther... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers examine the Huygens probe afte...
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers examine the Huygens probe after removal from the Cassini spacecraft in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF aft... More
Pieces of the Huygens probe internal insulating foam await inspection ...
Pieces of the Huygens probe internal insulating foam await inspection after removal from the probe in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage... More
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers place the back cover of the H...
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers place the back cover of the Huygens probe under its front heat shield in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF ... More
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift the heat shield of the H...
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift the heat shield of the Huygens probe in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to thermal insu... More
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers place the back cover of the H...
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers place the back cover of the Huygens probe under its front heat shield in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF ... More
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift the heat shield of the H...
Dornier Satelliten Systeme (DSS) workers lift the heat shield of the Huygens probe in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) at KSC. The spacecraft was returned to the PHSF after damage to thermal insu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-89 Commander Terrence Wilcutt, at le...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-89 Commander Terrence Wilcutt, at left, shakes hands with Pilot Joe Edwards Jr. under the orbiter Endeavour after it landed on Runway 15 at KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility Jan. ... More
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the K...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:35:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 19... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the K...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:35:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 19... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the K...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:35:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 19... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-89 crew members give a "thumbs up" o...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-89 crew members give a "thumbs up" on KSC’s Runway 15 following completion of their successful mission that lasted nearly nine days. From left are Pilot Joe Edwards Jr.; Comman... More
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the K...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:35:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 19... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the K...
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:35:09 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, 19... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour closes the day pea...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Endeavour closes the day peacefully on KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility Runway 15, completing the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5:35:09 p.m. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to complete the nearly nine-day STS-89 mission. Main gear touchdown was at 5... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-89 Mission Specialist Bonnie Dunbar,...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-89 Mission Specialist Bonnie Dunbar, Ph.D., at left, discusses the mission with Mission Specialist Salizhan Sharipov of the Russian Space Agency under the orbiter Endeavour aft... More
NASA astronaut and Mir 24 crew member David Wolf, M.D., enjoys a momen...
NASA astronaut and Mir 24 crew member David Wolf, M.D., enjoys a moment with the media at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Station on Feb. 1 moments before his departure for Johnson Space Center. Other STS-... More
NASA astronaut and Mir 24 crew member David Wolf, M.D., enjoys a momen...
NASA astronaut and Mir 24 crew member David Wolf, M.D., enjoys a moment with the media at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Station on Feb. 1 moments before his departure for Johnson Space Center. The STS-89... More
TOPEX/El Niño Watch - El Niño Warm Water Pool Returns to Near Normal S...
This image of the Pacific Ocean was produced using sea surface height measurements taken by NASA U.S.-French TOPEX/Poseidon satellite. NASA/JPL
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft rolls to a ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft rolls to a stop with its piggyback cargo orbiter Atlantis at the Shuttle Landing Facility. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building. Atlantis... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft gently land...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft gently lands its piggyback cargo orbiter Atlantis at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis returns home after a 10-month stay in the Palmdale, CA, orb... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Stairs are rolled to the forward opening...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Stairs are rolled to the forward opening of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with its piggyback cargo, the orbiter Atlantis after it rolls to a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility. At... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbite...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Atlantis on top arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis returns home after a 10-month stay in the Palmdale, CA, orbiter processi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbite...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Atlantis on top touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Atlantis returns home after a 10-month stay in the Palmdale, CA, orbiter pro... More
Orbiter Discovery prepares to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing...
Orbiter Discovery prepares to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to Earth with its crew of seven after successf... More
Orbiter Discovery startles a great white egret (below) next to runway ...
Orbiter Discovery startles a great white egret (below) next to runway 33 as it touches down at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to... More
Orbiter Discovery prepares to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing...
Orbiter Discovery prepares to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to Earth with its crew of seven after successf... More
Orbiter Discovery touches down in a cloud of smoke on runway 33 at the...
Orbiter Discovery touches down in a cloud of smoke on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to Earth with its crew of seve... More
After nine days and 3.6 million miles in space, orbiter Discovery prep...
After nine days and 3.6 million miles in space, orbiter Discovery prepares to land on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Discovery returns to Earth with its crew of seven after successfully completing m... More
Orbiter Discovery smokes its tires as it touches down on runway 33 at ...
Orbiter Discovery smokes its tires as it touches down on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to Earth with its crew of s... More
Orbiter Discovery lowers its nose wheel after touching down on runway ...
Orbiter Discovery lowers its nose wheel after touching down on runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Main gear touchdown was at 12:04 p.m. EST, landing on orbit 135. Discovery returns to Earth with its cre... More
Despite the launch scrub of Space Shuttle Mission STS-88, Commander Ro...
Despite the launch scrub of Space Shuttle Mission STS-88, Commander Robert D. Cabana has a big smile as he returns to the crew quarters in the Operations and Checkout Building. Behind him in the astronaut van i... More
S45-38-016 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-005 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-018 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-009 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-006 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-004 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-007 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-012 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
S45-38-010 - STS-045 - STS-45 crew portrait
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing STS-45 crew posing for a portrait on the forward flight deck of the orbiter Atlantis. 001 is a crew portrait without ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the STS-93 stack of solid rocket boos...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- As the STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), it passes underneath one of the lightning shield wires strung from ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank sits at the Mobile Launcher Platform park site waiting for lightning shield wires to be installed on the Vehicle Assembl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) after lightning shield wires were strung from the roof of the VAB for p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket booster...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-93 stack of solid rocket boosters and external tank nears the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) where it will sit underneath the lightning shield wires strung from the roof o... More
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after...
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after the launch was scrubbed due to cross winds at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility gusting above 20 knots. Flight rules require cross winds at ... More
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after...
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after the launch was scrubbed due to cross winds at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility gusting above 20 knots. Flight rules require cross winds at ... More
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after...
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after the launch was scrubbed due to cross winds at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility gusting above 20 knots. Flight rules require cross winds at ... More
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after...
The STS-101 crew returns to the Operations and Checkout Building after the launch was scrubbed due to cross winds at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility gusting above 20 knots. Flight rules require cross winds at ... More
MGS MOC Returns to Service Following Solar Conjunction Hiatus
MGS MOC Returns to Service Following Solar Conjunction Hiatus NASA/JPL/MSSS
MGS MOC Returns to Service Following Solar Conjunction Hiatus
MGS MOC Returns to Service Following Solar Conjunction Hiatus NASA/JPL/MSSS
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At S.R. 3 a NASA helicopter returns to P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At S.R. 3 a NASA helicopter returns to Patrick Air Force Base. The helicopter is one of four UH-1H helicopters that have had its blades painted, changing the previous black color t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At S.R. 3 a NASA helicopter returns to P...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At S.R. 3 a NASA helicopter returns to Patrick Air Force Base. The helicopter is one of four UH-1H helicopters that have had its blades painted, changing the previous black color t... More
In the glow of a late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA...
In the glow of a late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC after the orbiter’s California landing at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of mission STS-92. Discov... More
In late afternoon, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the r...
In late afternoon, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility as it returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC. The ferry flight started in California where the orbiter l... More
In late afternoon, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the r...
In late afternoon, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility as it returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC. The ferry flight started in California where the orbiter l... More
Catching the glow of the late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircr...
Catching the glow of the late afternoon sun, the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) rolls down the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility as it returns the orbiter Discovery to KSC. The ferry flight started in Cali... More
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top is viewed fr...
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top is viewed from underneath as it soars through the sky over the Space Coast of Florida as it returns to KSC from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The fe... More
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top soars throug...
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with orbiter Columbia on top soars through the sky over the Space Coast of Florida as it returns to KSC from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The ferry flight began in California M... More
STS-100 Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby returns to KSC to complete Terminal Cou...
STS-100 Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby returns to KSC to complete Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that were postponed earlier. The TCDT includes emergency escape training, payload bay walkdown, and a ... More
STS-100 Commander Kent V. Rominger returns to KSC to complete Terminal...
STS-100 Commander Kent V. Rominger returns to KSC to complete Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that were postponed earlier. The TCDT includes emergency escape training, payload bay walkdown, an... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Orbiter Endeavour returns to KSC’s Shutt...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Orbiter Endeavour returns to KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility mounted atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The duo completed a two-day transcontinental ferry flight from Edwards Air... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis drops toward runway 33 as it ret...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Atlantis drops toward runway 33 as it returns to KSC after a 10-day, 19-hour, 4.5-million mile mission to the International Space Station. . The orbiter carries the returning crew C... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jack Wilcox, right, returns to the shi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Jack Wilcox, right, returns to the ship that helped rescue him at sea Sept. 11. With him is his wife, Patty. Wilcox reunited with the men aboard KSC's Freedom Star SRB retrieva... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the conclusion of Terminal Countdown...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the conclusion of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, the STS-107 crew returns to Houston. In the cockpit of the T-38 jet trainer is Pilot William "Willie" McCoo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A male osprey returns to its nest with ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A male osprey returns to its nest with a piece of fish in its talons for its mate. The nest was recently constructed on a speaker in the lower parking lot of the Press Site. Egg... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE pre...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE prepare to begin further processing of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) observatory is lowered to the ground and taken back to NASA Spacecraft Hangar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE che...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE check the placement of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar from the launch pad for further pro... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE rem...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE remove sections of the transportation canister from around the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), which has been returned to the hangar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) observatory is moved toward the outside of the launch tower. It will be lowe... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Ai...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Complex 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) observatory is on a transporter to be taken back to NASA Spacecraft Hangar AE... More