Space shuttle STS-127 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph
Description: SEQUENTIAL STILL COVERAGE OF LIFTOFF. FRAME VEHICLE AND LAUNCHER PLUS ONE VEHICLE LENGTH. Item: DD083-39A Date Taken: 7/15/2009 Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS STS127 LAUNCH AND LANDING
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kenne...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The Solid Rocket Booster Retrieval Ship Freedo...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With space shuttle Discovery as backdrop on Run...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kenn...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Brilliant flames spread light across Launch Pad...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- During a simulated launch countdown on Launch ...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The early morning sun falls on Launch P...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center a...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Repair work to space shuttle Discovery's exter...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Shadows in the water next to the runway refle...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Swarms of people are at the Kennedy Space Cent...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the early morning hours at NASA Kennedy Spac...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Touchdown of space shuttle Discovery on Runway ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a l...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NAS...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - As the orbiter Discovery, sitting on an o...
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An STS-102 crew member reaches for the release lever for the slidewire...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Radar operator Scott Peabody tests the ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an employee guides a replica shuttle main engine (RSME) toward installation on space shuttle Discovery. ... More
A close-up view of Space Shuttle Discovery's tail section is featured ...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lowers a solid rocket...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the early morning hours at NASA Kennedy Spac...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the STS...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A replica shuttle main engine (RSME) is poised ...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - External tank No. 123 is being transpor...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space...
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STS-124 Space Shuttle Discovery Landing
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Crew members in a skiff from Freedom Star, one...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission crew ...
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star be...
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