2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After successfully completing a leak test inside a vacuum chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is lifted out of the chamber. A rotation and handling fixture holds the Lab. The 32,000-pound scientific research lab, named Destiny, is the first Space Station element to spend seven days in the renovated vacuum chamber. Destiny is scheduled to be launched on Shuttle mission STS-98, the 5A assembly mission, targeted for Jan. 18, 2001. During the mission, the crew will install the Lab in the Space Station during a series of three space walks. The STS-98 mission will provide the Station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities. The U.S. Lab module continues a long tradition of microgravity materials research, first conducted by Skylab and later Shuttle and Spacelab missions. Destiny is expected to be a major feature in future research, providing facilities for biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion, and life sciences research KSC-00pp0864

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Laboratory Destiny, a component of the International Space Station, glides above two Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules (MPLMs), Raffaello (far left) and Leonardo, in the Space Station Processing Facility. Destiny is being moved to a payload canister for transfer to the Operations and Checkout Building where it will be tested in the altitude chamber. Destiny is scheduled to fly on mission STS-98 in early 2001. During the mission, the crew will install the Lab in the Space Station during a series of three space walks. The STS-98 mission will provide the Station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities. The U.S. Lab module continues a long tradition of microgravity materials research, first conducted by Skylab and later Shuttle and Spacelab missions. Destiny is expected to be a major feature in future research, providing facilities for biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion, and life sciences research KSC00pp0806

S130E007711 - STS-130 - Node 3 Nadir Hatch

S115E07256 - STS-115 - Yeast GAP in the FWD MDDK of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during Expedition 13 / STS-115 Joint Operations

At Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers watch as the protective canister is lifted from the Stardust spacecraft. Preparations continue for liftoff of the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying Stardust on Feb. 6. Stardust is destined for a close encounter with the comet Wild 2 in January 2004. Using a silicon-based substance called aerogel, Stardust will capture comet particles flying off the nucleus of the comet. The spacecraft also will bring back samples of interstellar dust. These materials consist of ancient pre-solar interstellar grains and other remnants left over from the formation of the solar system. Scientists expect their analysis to provide important insights into the evolution of the sun and planets and possibly into the origin of life itself. The collected samples will return to Earth in a sample return capsule to be jettisoned as Stardust swings by Earth in January 2006 KSC-99pc0133

STS055-13-028 - STS-055 - Interior views of the tunnel connecting the spacelab to the middeck air lock.

STS074-327-014 - STS-074 - Interior views of the Kvant II module

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lockheed Martin's Jules Schneider, right, shows the upper portion of the Orion capsule to Charles Bolden, NASA administrator, center, as NASA's Scott Wilson looks on. The Orion capsule will make an uncrewed flight test in 2014. The spacecraft is in the high bay at the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shifflett KSC-2012-4246

STS054-46-006 - STS-054 - Two crewmember EVA in the payload bay - window reflections degrade imagery.

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Description: 13 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR ENVIRONMENTAL + ENGINEERING TEST FACILITIES AT GODDRAD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. ALSO: WORKERS LIFTING HELIUM SHROUD.

Photographer: BILL HRYBYK

Date: 9/23/2009

Job Number: 2009-03035-0

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