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OA-7 Cargo Module mate to Service Module

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the hazardous processing facility at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians begin attaching an overhead crane to Observatory A of the STEREO spacecraft. The observatory will be lifted onto a scale for weight measurements and later will be fueled. STEREO stands for Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory. The STEREO mission is the first to take measurements of the sun and solar wind in 3-dimension. This new view will improve our understanding of space weather and its impact on the Earth. STEREO is expected to lift off aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket no earlier than Aug. 1. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-06pd1537

STS-29 tracking and data relay satellite D (TDRS-D) mating at KSC VPF

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., technicians check the STEREO spacecraft "B" as it moves away from a tilt table (at right). The spacecraft will be placed on another stand nearby. STEREO stands for Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory. The STEREO mission is the first to take measurements of the sun and solar wind in 3-dimension. This new view will improve our understanding of space weather and its impact on the Earth. STEREO is expected to lift off aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket on July 22. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-06pd1151

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) ROTATION & LIFT

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – In processing facility 1555 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, spacecraft technicians move NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) toward the Pegasus fairing separation ring in place on its workstand. A Pegasus XL rocket is being prepared to launch NuSTAR into space in March. Once processing of the rocket and spacecraft are completed at Vandenberg, they will be flown on the Orbital Sciences’ L-1011 carrier aircraft to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at the Pacific Ocean’s Kwajalein Atoll for launch. NuSTAR, a high-energy x-ray telescope, will conduct a census for black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin, VAFB KSC-2012-1261

ATLAST 8m Telescope Exterior. NASA public domain image colelction.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - One of NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft is exposed to the clean room environment at Astrotech, a payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, as workers continue to remove its protective covering. The spacecraft arrived on May 3 and will now undergo final preparations and testing for launch. Liftoff will occur aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from Launch Complex 17 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the summer. STEREO consists of two spacecraft whose mission is the first to take measurements of the sun and solar wind in 3-D. This new view will improve our understanding of space weather and its impact on the Earth. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-06pd0778

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an overhead crane lifts Kibo Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section, or ELM-ES, from its work stand. The crane will transfer the ES to the payload canister that will transport it to Launch Pad 39A. The ELM-ES is one of the final components of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory for the International Space Station. It can provide payload storage space and can carry up to three payloads at launch. The canister will deliver the ELM-ES and other elements to Launch Pad 39A for installation in space shuttle Endeavour's payload bay. The STS-127 mission is targeted for launch June 13. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-3130

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Capture Date: 11/22/1974

Photographer: MARTIN BROWN

Keywords: Larsen Scan

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label_outline Explore Communications Technology Satellite Cts Program, Factory, Martin Brown

The Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster is lowered toward a workstand in Kennedy Space Center's Vertical Processing Facility. The IUS will be mated with the Chandra X-ray Observatory and then undergo testing to validate the IUS/Chandra connections and check the orbiter avionics interfaces. Following that, an end-to-end test (ETE) will be conducted to verify the communications path to Chandra, commanding it as if it were in space. With the world's most powerful X-ray telescope, Chandra will allow scientists from around the world to see previously invisible black holes and high-temperature gas clouds, giving the observatory the potential to rewrite the books on the structure and evolution of our universe. Chandra is scheduled for launch July 22 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, on mission STS-93 KSC-99pp0619

URBAN BUESCHER AND ANGEL TORRES WITH SUPERMATIC - COLORADO - VERSAMAT FILM PROCESSING EQUIPMENT FOR THE ICE PROGRAM

SPIN RIG FOR MODEL TESTING INSTALLATION

INSTRUMENTED MULTI ELEMENT COMBUSTOR, NASA Technology Images

Mobile satellite communications equipment is set up to support Operation SAND EAGLE '88

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SATELLITE CTS ANTENNA FARM

VERTICAL LIFT FACILITY, NASA Technology Images

VERTICAL LIFT FACILITY VLF, NASA Technology Images

PRESTON CONSOLE AND ENVIRONMENT CHAMBER

STORAGE BUILDING ANNEX - RECEIVING AND SHIPPING BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - ROCKET COMBUSTION LABORATORY RCL

PROPULSION SYSTEMS LABORATORY PSL ENGINE INSTALLATIONS

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communications technology satellite cts program nasa rocket technology rocket development national aeronautics and space administration interior factory high resolution ultra high resolution communications technology satellite cts program photographer martin brown nasa photographs 1970 s space program us national archives