Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) prepare the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them for electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral A...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Complex 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Lockheed Martin Atlas Centaur IIA (AC-144) rocket is lifted up the launch tower. The rocket will be used in the launch o... More
The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predomi...
The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predominantly displayed on the fairing that will encapsulate the satellite for launch. The fairing is in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulatio... More
Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking an...
Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) shoots into the blue sky aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at right sits while one-half of the fairing (left) is moved closer to it. After encapsulation in the fairing... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the first p...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers make adjustments on the first part of the fairing around the TDRS-J satellite before encapsulation continues. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed M... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and E...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) make final adjustments on the nose fairing surrounding the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I). Th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Atlas/Centaur booster arrives at Cap...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An Atlas/Centaur booster arrives at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for the launch of TDRS-J. The third in a series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-J will help reple... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide ...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide the ascent of a Centaur rocket up the launch tower where it will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lo... More
The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside...
The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) after its arrival at KSC. The TDRS will undergo testing in the SAEF-2. One of t... More
After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canavera...
After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits bathed in spotlights before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur ro... More
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) conduct electrical testing on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS ... More
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Sa...
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is placed onto a transporter for its move to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for testing. The T... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The TDRS-J satellite sits between the t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The TDRS-J satellite sits between the two halves of the fairing before encapsulation for launch. The satellite is scheduled to be launched aboard a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA-Centa... More
STS 26 - Space Shuttle Projects
This artist's concept drawing depicts the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-C (TDRS-C), which was the primary payload of the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-26 mission, launched on September 29, 1988. The TD... More
Artist concept of the STS-43 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS...
Artist concept shows the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite E (TDRS-E) augmenting a sophisticated TDRS system (TDRSS) communications network after deployment during STS-43 from Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104... More
Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center
The primary payload of the STS-43 mission, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) attached to an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) was photographed at the moment of its release from the cargo bay of the Space Sh... More
Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center
The free-flying Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E), still attached to an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), was photographed by one of the crewmembers during the STS-43 mission. The TDRS-E was boosted by the... More
Space Shuttle Discovery, Space Shuttle Projects
The STS-70 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery orbiting Earth in the vast blackness of space. The primary mission of deploying a NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) is depicted by three gol... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket ...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket arrives for mating with the Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Centaur upper stage is 10.0 m (33-ft) long and 3.05 m (10 ft) in diam... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket ...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket arrives for mating with the Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Centaur upper stage is 10.0 m (33-ft) long and 3.05 m (10 ft) in diam... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide ...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, lines help guide the ascent of a Centaur rocket up the launch tower where it will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lo... More
In this long view of the launch tower at Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air F...
In this long view of the launch tower at Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the upper stage Centaur rocket can be seen as it rises up the tower to be mated to the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already th... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers check out...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers check out a Centaur rocket for its lift up the launch tower to be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lockheed-buil... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers check out...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers check out a Centaur rocket for its lift up the launch tower to be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lockheed-buil... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers guide the...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers guide the ascent of a Centaur rocket up the launch tower where it will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lockh... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers guide the...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers guide the ascent of a Centaur rocket up the launch tower where it will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already in the tower. The Lockh... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket ...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket is raised to a vertical position before lifting it up the launch tower. It will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket, already in t... More
In this long view of the launch tower at Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air F...
In this long view of the launch tower at Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the upper stage Centaur rocket can be seen as it rises up the tower to be mated to the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket already th... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket ...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a Centaur rocket is raised to a vertical position before lifting it up the launch tower. It will be mated with the lower stage Atlas IIA rocket, already in t... More
At the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2), a cran...
At the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2), a crane lowers the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) onto the ground. It was transported to SAEF-2 on the truckbed at right. The T... More
After its arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking...
After its arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is transported past the Vehicle Assembly Building (in the background) to the Spacecraft Assembly and Enca... More
The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside...
The crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is pulled inside the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) after its arrival at KSC. The TDRS will undergo testing in the SAEF-2. One of t... More
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Sa...
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is offloaded from an air cargo plane. It will be taken to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for t... More
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Sa...
At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is offloaded from an air cargo plane. It will be taken to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for t... More
After its arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking...
After its arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is transported past the Vehicle Assembly Building (in the background) to the Spacecraft Assembly and Enca... More
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits on a workstand in ...
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits on a workstand in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) in order to undergo electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched f... More
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) prepare the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them for electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS... More
The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predomi...
The logo for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is predominantly displayed on the fairing that will encapsulate the satellite for launch. The fairing is in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulatio... More
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits on a workstand in ...
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits on a workstand in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) in order to undergo electrical testing. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched f... More
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-...
Workers in KSC’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) conduct electrical testing on the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) above them. The TDRS is scheduled to be launched from CCAFS ... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, overhead cranes...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, overhead cranes lower the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) onto a payload adapter. Next step is the encapsulation of the satellite in the fairing... More
Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility help gui...
Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility help guide the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H), suspended by overhead cranes, to a payload adapter for encapsulation. At right is part of... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, a worker (left ...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, a worker (left center) checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) after its move to the payload adapter (below). Next step is the encapsulat... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at left is ready for encapsulation. Workers in an extended platform are moved closer to the fairing at right... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at right sits while one-half of the fairing (left) is moved closer to it. After encapsulation in the fairing... More
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits fully encapsulated...
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits fully encapsulated inside the fairing. Next, it will be transported to Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for launch scheduled June 29 aboard an... More
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits fully encapsulated...
The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits fully encapsulated inside the fairing. Next, it will be transported to Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for launch scheduled June 29 aboard an... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at left is ready for encapsulation. Workers in an extendable platform wait for the fairing (right) to move i... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at left is ready for encapsulation. Workers in an extended platform are moved closer to the fairing at right... More
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking an...
In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) at left is ready for encapsulation. Workers in an extendable platform wait for the fairing (right) to move i... More
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-...
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is close to the top of the launch tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It is being lifted to mate with the Atlas II... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a view taken near the top of the laun...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a view taken near the top of the launch tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the nose fairing with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) inside is... More
An overhead crane is positioned on the nose fairing covering the Track...
An overhead crane is positioned on the nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) in order to lift it up the tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated... More
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-...
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) nears the top of the launch tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated with the Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket... More
An overhead crane is positioned on the nose fairing covering the Track...
An overhead crane is positioned on the nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) in order to lift it up the tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated... More
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-...
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is close to the top of the launch tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It is being lifted to mate with the Atlas II... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a view taken near the top of the laun...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In a view taken near the top of the launch tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the nose fairing with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) inside is... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers (at left)...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers (at left) oversee the lifting of the nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H). Once at the top, the fairing will be mated... More
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-...
The nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) nears the top of the launch tower at Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will be mated with the Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket... More
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers (at left)...
At Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers (at left) oversee the lifting of the nose fairing covering the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H). Once at the top, the fairing will be mated... More
After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canavera...
After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits bathed in spotlights before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur ro... More
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue ...
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue sky from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satel... More
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits poised on Launc...
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits poised on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, before its scheduled launch aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labele... More
In the early morning hours, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (...
In the early morning hours, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits poised on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, before its scheduled launch aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One... More
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits poised on Launc...
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits poised on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, before its scheduled launch aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satellites (labele... More
At dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an Atlas ...
At dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket is fueled for launch of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H). One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) b... More
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue ...
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue sky from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satel... More
In the early morning hours, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (...
In the early morning hours, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits poised on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, before its scheduled launch aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One... More
Looking like a Roman candle, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ...
Looking like a Roman candle, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) shoots into the blue sky aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:5... More
Looking like a Roman candle, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite ...
Looking like a Roman candle, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) shoots into the blue sky aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:5... More
At dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an Atlas ...
At dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket is fueled for launch of NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H). One of three satellites (labeled H, I and J) b... More
In the early morning hours on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force...
In the early morning hours on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the tower rolls back from NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One o... More
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue ...
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue sky from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satel... More
In the early morning hours on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force...
In the early morning hours on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the tower rolls back from NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One o... More
Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking an...
Leaving billowing clouds of steam and smoke behind, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) shoots into the blue sky aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. ... More
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue ...
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) rises into the blue sky from Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Liftoff occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT aboard an Atlas IIA/Centaur rocket. One of three satel... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the Atlas Centaur booster segment of an Atlas II rocket is offloaded. It will be mated to the first segment on Launch Pad 36-A, CCAFS, in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla....
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the Atlas Centaur booster segment of an Atlas II rocket is offloaded. It will be mated to the first segment on Launch Pad 36-A, CCAFS, in... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The first (booster) stage of an Atlas I...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The first (booster) stage of an Atlas II rocket is moved into the launch tower at Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It will later be mated with the Tracking and Data Re... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The first (booster) stage of an Atlas I...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The first (booster) stage of an Atlas II rocket arrives at Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The segment will be lifted and raised into the launch tower where it will b... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The first (booster) segment of a Lockh...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The first (booster) segment of a Lockheed Martin Atlas II rocket sits in the launch tower at Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in preparation for mating with the other ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Lockheed Martin Atlas/Centaur segme...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Lockheed Martin Atlas/Centaur segment of the Atlas II rocket is lifted up the launch tower at Launch Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket is scheduled to la... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Lockheed Martin Atlas/Centaur segm...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Lockheed Martin Atlas/Centaur segment of the Atlas II rocket is lifted up the launch tower at Launch Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket is scheduled to l... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, t...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) is transported from the Shuttle Landing Facility to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulatio... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) arrives at the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) where it will undergo processing to prepare it for launch... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility, the Air Force C-17 air cargo plane offloads the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I). The second in a new series of telemetry satellite... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) rests on a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) where it will undergo processing to prepare i... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) is lifted for mating with the adapter of its nose fairing in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The seco... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) is lifted from a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) as preparations are made to mate it with... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The nose fairing for the Tracking and Dat...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - The nose fairing for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) rests on a workstand in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) where the satellite is be... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) (left) waits for encapsulation in the first half of the nose fai... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsula...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), the nose fairing (right) for the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) is moved into position to enclose th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) push the second half of the nose fairing (left) toward the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) al... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket sta...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket stands complete in the launch tower after mating of the nose fairing. The fairing encapsulates the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose fairing encapsulating the Track...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose fairing encapsulating the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) is lifted up the launch tower at Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The fairing will b... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force St...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the nose fairing encapsulating the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) is mated to the Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocke... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose fairing arrives at Pad 36-A, C...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose fairing arrives at Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) inside. The fairing will be attached to the Lo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose fairing arrives at Pad 36-A, C...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose fairing arrives at Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) inside. The fairing will be attached to the Lo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Spewing fire and smoke behind it, the Loc...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Spewing fire and smoke behind it, the Lockheed Martin Atlas IIA rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, with the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I... More