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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon capsule secured atop is reflected in the rainwater standing on the surface of the pad of Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida following its lift into a vertical position. Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, built both the rocket and capsule for NASA's first Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS-1, mission to the International Space Station. The vertical lift was complete at 1 p.m. EDT. SpaceX CRS-1 is an important step toward making America’s microgravity research program self-sufficient by providing a way to deliver and return significant amounts of cargo, including science experiments, to and from the orbiting laboratory. Launch is scheduled for 8:35 p.m. EDT on Oct. 7. NASA has contracted for 12 commercial resupply flights from SpaceX and eight from the Orbital Sciences Corp. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/launch/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2012-5708
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MOBILE LAUNCHER TO EAST PARK SITE 2010-4966
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler-transporter moves NASA's new mobile launcher (ML) support structure from a construction site, north of the Vehicle Assembly Building (background), to the Mobile Launcher east park site. The base of the launcher is lighter than space shuttle mobile launcher platforms so the crawler-transporter can pick up the heavier load of the tower and a taller rocket. Once there, the ML can be outfitted with ground support equipment, such as umbilicals and access arms, for future rocket launches. It took about two years to construct the 355-foot-tall structure, which will support NASA's future human spaceflight program. Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray KSC-2010-4966
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Launch Pad 39B, which is being restructured for future use. Its new design will feature a "clean pad" for rockets to come with their own launcher, making it more versatile for a number of vehicles. Other stops along the tour included Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2) and the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). OPF-2 is where shuttle Discovery is being prepared for future public display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The SLF's runway could be used for private companies and government agencies to host a diversity of launch systems, including orbital and suborbital flights. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-3150
The ML is put onto Crawler Transporter in Preparation for Move to Pad 39B 2011-7777
An AGM-114A Hellfire tactical air-to-surface missile hits target number one at range C-72 during Hellfire Project 921CAY42
SDO ATLAS V ROLLOUT FROM VIF TO PAD 41 2010-1701
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft arrives at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The 20-minute journey from the Vertical Integration Facility began on schedule with first motion at 9:57 a.m. EST. Launch is scheduled for Nov. 18 during a window that extends from 1:28 to 3:28 p.m. Once positioned in orbit above the Red Planet, MAVEN will study its upper atmosphere in unprecedented detail. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/maven/main/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2013-3967
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Die Sonne wirft diamantenhelles Licht über das Space Shuttle Atlantis unter dem Mate / Demate-Gerät auf der Edwards Air Force Base in Kalifornien. Atlantis wird mit einem Hebegurt ausgestattet, um ihn anzuheben und an das Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, oder SCA, eine modifizierte Boeing 747, anzubringen. Atlantis landete am 24. Mai in Edwards, wo die Mission STS-125 beendet wurde, nachdem zwei Landegelegenheiten in Kennedy aufgrund von Wetterbedenken abgesagt worden waren. Atlantis wird mit einer Fähre auf der SCA nach Florida zurückgebracht. Atlantis "nächster Auftrag ist die STS-129-Mission, die im November 2009 starten soll. Bildnachweis: NASA / Ben Smegelsky KSC-2009-3446
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Die Sonne wirft diamantenhelles Licht über das Space Shuttle Atlantis unter dem Mate / Demate-Gerät auf der Edwards Air Force Base in Kalifornien. Atlantis wird mit einem Hebegurt ausgestattet, um ihn anzuheben und an das Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, oder SCA, eine modifizierte Boeing 747, anzubringen. Atlantis landete am 24. Mai in Edwards, wo die Mission STS-125 beendet wurde, nachdem zwei Landegelegenheiten in Kennedy aufgrund von Wetterbedenken abgesagt worden waren. Atlantis wird mit einer Fähre auf der SCA nach Florida zurückgebracht. Atlantis "nächster Auftrag ist die STS-129-Mission, die im November 2009 starten soll. Bildnachweis: NASA / Ben Smegelsky
Das Space-Shuttle-Programm war von 1981 bis 2011 das bemannte Trägerprogramm der US-Regierung, das von der NASA verwaltet wurde und 1972 offiziell begann. Das Space-Shuttle-System - bestehend aus einem Orbiter, der mit zwei wiederverwendbaren Feststoffraketen-Boostern und einem externen Treibstofftank gestartet wurde - brachte bis zu acht Astronauten und bis zu 23.000 kg Nutzlast in eine niedrige Erdumlaufbahn (LEO). Nach Abschluss seiner Mission würde der Orbiter wieder in die Erdatmosphäre eintreten und als Gleitschirm landen. Obwohl das Konzept seit den späten 1960er Jahren erforscht wurde, begann das Programm offiziell 1972 und stand nach den letzten Apollo- und Skylab-Flügen Mitte der 1970er Jahre im Mittelpunkt des bemannten NASA-Betriebs. Es begann mit dem Start des ersten Shuttles Columbia am 12. April 1981 auf STS-1. und beendete seine letzte Mission, STS-135, die von Atlantis geflogen wurde, im Juli 2011.
Space Shuttle Atlantis was a space shuttle that was operated by NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program. It was the fourth operational shuttle built, and the last one to be built before the program was retired in 2011. Atlantis was named after the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and it made its first flight in October 1985. Over the course of its career, Atlantis completed 33 missions and spent a total of 307 days in space. Its last mission was STS-135, which was the final mission of the Space Shuttle program. Atlantis is now on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Space Shuttle Atlantis (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104) was one of the four first operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States. (The other two are Discovery and Endeavour.) Atlantis was the fourth operational shuttle built. Atlantis is named after a two-masted sailing ship that operated from 1930 to 1966 for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Atlantis performed well in 25 years of service, flying 33 missions.
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