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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world take a moment from the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting being held at Kennedy Space Center for a group portrait, framed by the space shuttle launch pads in Launch Complex 39. From left are Canadian Space Agency Vice-President Space Science, Technology and Programs Virendra Jha; Russian Federal Space Agency Head Anatolii Perminov; European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Keiji Tachikawa. The purpose of the meeting is to review International Space Station cooperation and endorse a revision to the station configuration and assembly sequence. KSC-06pd0414

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the w...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world take a moment from the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting being held at Kennedy Space Center for a group portrait, fra... More

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

The IML-1 mission was the first in a series of Shuttle flights dedicated to fundamental materials and life sciences research with the international partners. The participating space agencies included: NASA, the... More

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Astronaut Ulf Merbold on the stationary seat of the mini-sled, stares into an umbrella-shaped rotating dome with colored dots. Astronaut Merbold, assisted by astronaut David Hilmer, are conducting the Visual Si... More

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

The IML-1 mission was the first in a series of Shuttle flights dedicated to fundamental materials and life sciences research with the international partners. The participating space agencies included: NASA, the... More

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Spacelab, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Astronaut David C. Hilmers conducts the Microgravity Vestibular Investigations (MVI) sitting in its rotator chair inside the IML-1 science module. When environmental conditions change so that the body receives ... More

Spacelab, NASA Mercury project, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

Spacelab, NASA Mercury project, Space Shuttle Program, NASA

International Microgravity Laboratory-1 (IML-1) was the first in a series of Shuttle flights dedicated to fundamental materials and life sciences research with the international partners. The participating spac... More

Space Shuttle Endeavor, Space Shuttle Projects

Space Shuttle Endeavor, Space Shuttle Projects

Designed by the mission crew members, the STS-61 crew insignia depicts the astronaut symbol superimposed against the sky with the Earth underneath. Also seen are two circles representing the optical configurati... More

Space Shuttle Endeavor, STS-61 Crew Insignia

Space Shuttle Endeavor, STS-61 Crew Insignia

STS061-S-001 (1 Oct. 1993) --- Designed by the crew members, the STS-61 crew insignia depicts the astronaut symbol superimposed against the sky with the Earth underneath. Also seen are two circles representing ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-86 Mission Specialists Vladimir Georgievich Titov, at left, and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien, the two members of the STS-86 crew representing foreign space agencies, prepare to leave from KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility after participating in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. They are returning to Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, for final prelaunch training. Titov is a cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency; Chretien is an astronaut with the French Space Agency, CNES. Titov will make his fifth spaceflight, and second on the Space Shuttle, on STS-86 aboard Atlantis. Chretien has flown twice before as a research-cosmonaut on Russian missions; this will be his first Shuttle mission. STS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Liftoff is targeted for Sept. 25 from Launch Pad 39A KSC-97PC1375

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-86 Mission Specialists Vladimir Geo...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-86 Mission Specialists Vladimir Georgievich Titov, at left, and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien, the two members of the STS-86 crew representing foreign space agencies, prepare to lea... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-86 Mission Specialists Vladimir Georgievich Titov, at left, and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien, the two members of the STS-86 crew representing foreign space agencies, talk to press representatives before departing from KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility. They and the five other crew members were at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). They will return to Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, for final prelaunch training. Titov is a cosmonaut with the Russian Space Agency; Chretien is an astronaut with the French Space Agency, CNES. Titov will make his fifth spaceflight, and second on the Space Shuttle, on STS-86 aboard Atlantis. Chretien has flown twice before as a research-cosmonaut on Russian missions; this will be his first Shuttle mission. STS-86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Liftoff is targeted for Sept. 25 from Launch Pad 39A KSC-97PC1376

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-86 Mission Specialists Vladimir Geo...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-86 Mission Specialists Vladimir Georgievich Titov, at left, and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien, the two members of the STS-86 crew representing foreign space agencies, talk to press ... More

The five STS-86 mission specialists wave to the crowd of press representatives, KSC employees and other well-wishers as they depart from the Operations and Checkout Building. The three U.S. mission specialists (and their nicknames for this flight) are, from left, "too tall" Scott E. Parazynski, "just right" David A. Wolf and "too short" Wendy B. Lawrence. The two mission specialists representing foreign space agencies are Vladimir Georgievich Titov of the Russian Space Agency, in foreground at right, and Jean-Loup J.M. Chretien of the French Space Agency, CNES, in background at right. Commander James D. Wetherbee and Pilot Michael J. Bloomfield are out of the frame. STS-86 is slated to be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Wolf is scheduled to transfer to the Mir 24 crew for an approximate four-month stay aboard the Russian space station. Parazynski and Lawrence were withdrawn from training for an extended stay aboard the Mir Parazynski because he was too tall to fit safely in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, and Lawrence because she was too short to fit into a Russian spacewalk suit. The crew is en route to Launch Pad 39A, where the Space Shuttle Atlantis awaits liftoff on the planned 10-day mission KSC-97PC1428

The five STS-86 mission specialists wave to the crowd of press represe...

The five STS-86 mission specialists wave to the crowd of press representatives, KSC employees and other well-wishers as they depart from the Operations and Checkout Building. The three U.S. mission specialists ... More

STS-90. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

STS-90. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

Launched: April 17, 1998, 2:19:00 p.m. EDT.Landing: May 3, 1998, 12:08:59 p.m. EDT, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.Space Shuttle: Columbia.Crew: Commander Richard A. Searfoss, Pilot Scott D. Altman, Mission Spec... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of the four Getaway Specials (GAS) await payload bay door closure in the orbiter Columbia today in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. The GAS container on the left contains the COLLisions Into Dust Experiment, or COLLIDE, which will study low velocity collisions between space-borne particles in an attempt to better understand planetary ring dynamics. The STS-90 mission is a joint venture of six space agencies and seven U.S. research agencies. Agencies participating in this mission include six institutes of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research, as well as the space agencies of Canada, France, Germany, and Japan, and the European Space Agency (ESA) KSC-98pc345

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of the four Getaway Specials (GAS) await payload bay door closure in the orbiter Columbia today in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. Investigat... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of the four Getaway Specials (GAS) await payload bay door closure in the orbiter Columbia today in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. Investigations during the Neurolab mission will focus on the effects of microgravity on the nervous system. The mission is a joint venture of six space agencies and seven U.S. research agencies. Investigator teams from nine countries will conduct 31 studies in the microgravity environment of space. Other agencies participating in this mission include six institutes of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research, as well as the space agencies of Canada, France, Germany, and Japan, and the European Space Agency (ESA) KSC-98pc344

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The STS-90 Neurolab payload and two of the four Getaway Specials (GAS) await payload bay door closure in the orbiter Columbia today in Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3. Investigat... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) and Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (right) exchange mementos during Mr. Yamamoto’s visit to KSC. Mr. Bridges also holds the logo of the new Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a merger of three Japanese aeronautical and space agencies effective Oct.1, 2003. Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of the newest Space Station module, the Japanese Experiment Module/pressurized module. His visit includes a tour of the Columbia Debris Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamot...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) and Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (right) exchange mementos during Mr. Yamamoto’s visit to KSC. Mr. Bridges also holds the logo ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) is welcomed to KSC by Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (right). On the table between them is the logo of the new Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a merger of three Japanese aeronautical and space agencies effective Oct.1, 2003. Mr. Yamamoto is at KSC for a welcome ceremony involving the arrival of the newest Space Station module, the Japanese Experiment Module/pressurized module. His visit includes a tour of the Columbia Debris Hangar.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamot...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Executive Director of NASDA Koji Yamamoto (left) is welcomed to KSC by Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. (right). On the table between them is the logo of the new Japan Aerospace Ex... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world participate in a news briefing following the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting held at Kennedy Space Center. From left are NASA Press Secretary Dean Acosta; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; Canadian Space Agency Vice-President Space Science, Technology and Programs Virendra Jha; European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain; Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Keiji Tachikawa; Japanese interpreter Masako Kaharia; Russian Federal Space Agency Head Anatolii Perminov; and Russian interpreter Elena Maroko. The purpose of the meeting was to review International Space Station cooperation and endorse a revision to the station configuration and assembly sequence. At the meeting, the partners reaffirmed their agencies' commitment to meet their mutual obligations, to implement six person crew operations in 2009 and an adequate number of shuttle flights to complete the assembly of the space station by the end of the decade. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-06pd0416

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the w...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world participate in a news briefing following the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting held at Kennedy Space Center. From le... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world take a moment from the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting being held at Kennedy Space Center for a group portrait in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building. From left are Canadian Space Agency Vice-President Space Science, Technology and Programs Virendra Jha; Russian Federal Space Agency Head Anatolii Perminov; European Space Agency Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain; NASA Administrator Michael Griffin; and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency President Keiji Tachikawa. The purpose of the meeting is to review International Space Station cooperation and endorse a revision to the station configuration and assembly sequence. KSC-06pd0415

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the w...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Leaders from space agencies around the world take a moment from the International Space Station Heads of Agency meeting being held at Kennedy Space Center for a group portrait in f... More

Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun’s magnetic field to better understand the origin of solar disturbances which interfere with satellite communications, electrical power transmission grids, and the safety of astronauts traveling beyond the Earth’s magnetic field. Hinode is circling Earth in a polar orbit that places the instruments in continuous sunlight for nine months each year and allows data dumps to a high latitude European Space Agency (ESA) ground station every orbit. NASA and other science teams will support instrument operations and data collection from the spacecraft’s operation center at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science facility located in Tokyo. The Hinode spacecraft is a collaboration among space agencies of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) managed development of three instruments comprising the spacecraft; the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT); the X-Ray Telescope (XRT); and the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). Provided by the Multimedia support group at MSFC, this rendering illustrates the Solar-B Spacecraft in earth orbit with its solar panels completely extended. n/a

Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was...

Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun’s magnetic field to bett... More

Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun’s magnetic field to better understand the origin of solar disturbances which interfere with satellite communications, electrical power transmission grids, and the safety of astronauts traveling beyond the Earth’s magnetic field. Hinode is circling Earth in a polar orbit that places the instruments in continuous sunlight for nine months each year and allows data dumps to a high latitude European Space Agency (ESA) ground station every orbit. NASA and other science teams will support instrument operations and data collection from the spacecraft’s operation center at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science facility located in Tokyo. The Hinode spacecraft is a collaboration among space agencies of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) managed development of three instruments comprising the spacecraft; the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT); the X-Ray Telescope (XRT); and the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). Provided by the Multimedia support group at MSFC, this rendering illustrates the Solar-B Spacecraft in earth orbit with its solar panels partially extended. n/a

Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was...

Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun’s magnetic field to bett... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertise and diverse perspectives. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-011

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. Thibault DeLeu, ISU SSP09 student, takes his team's robot from the stage before placing it on the Robotic Competition's obstacle course. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-035

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. Angie Bukley, ISU SSP09 program director, and Satoko Abiko, an ISU SSP systems engineering guest lecturer, acted as judges. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-058

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. Konstantin Anonakopoulos, ISU SSP09 student makes last minute adjustments to a robot with his team members before the competition begins, ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-040

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. A student-built robot rolls across the obstacle course. A student-built robot rolls across the obstacle course. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-071

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. Left to Right: Luisa Fernanda Zambrano Marin, ISU SSP09 external relaations coordinator awards the winning Robotic Competition team members and ISU SSP09 students Felipe Sauced, Kenneth Ashford, Rogan Shimmin and Guy De Carufel. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-095

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. A student-built robot rolls across the obstacle course. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-050

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. Line Drube, ISU SSP09 student watches from the sidelines. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-084

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencies with different areas of expertice and diverse perspectives. A student-built robot rolls across the obstacle course. ARC-2009-ACD09-0143-053

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a...

International Space University (ISU - 2009) students participated in a Robotic Competition at NASA'A Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. This panel featured astronauts from four different space agencie... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden talks to the International Space Station's Expedition 25 crew from the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The call to the station is part of a global celebration of 10 years of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory. More than 196 people have visited the station, which has completed more than 57,000 orbits of Earth and traveled about 1.5 billion miles. The station is a venture of international cooperation among NASA, the Russian Federal Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and 11 members of the European Space Agency (ESA): Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. More than 100,000 people in space agencies and contractor facilities in 37 U.S. states and throughout the world are involved in this endeavor. For more information about the work and experiments taking place aboard the station today, visit www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-5401

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden talks to the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden talks to the International Space Station's Expedition 25 crew from the Operations Support Building II at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The cal... More

JSC2013-E-026154 (April 2013) --- Two astronauts and a cosmonaut representing three different space agencies comprise the Expedition 36/37 crew. From left are NASA's Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center jsc2013e026154

JSC2013-E-026154 (April 2013) --- Two astronauts and a cosmonaut repre...

JSC2013-E-026154 (April 2013) --- Two astronauts and a cosmonaut representing three different space agencies comprise the Expedition 36/37 crew. From left are NASA's Karen Nyberg, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurch... More

JSC2013-E-026357 (April 2013) --- Three different space agencies and three national flags are represented by the backup crew members for Expedition 36. From the left are Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Mikhail Tyurin of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Rick Mastracchio of NASA. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center jsc2013e026357

JSC2013-E-026357 (April 2013) --- Three different space agencies and t...

JSC2013-E-026357 (April 2013) --- Three different space agencies and three national flags are represented by the backup crew members for Expedition 36. From the left are Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exp... More