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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Tugboats maneuver NASA's Pegasus barge next to the Turn Basin dock at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The barge contains the external fuel tank, designated ET-133, that will be used for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission. The tank will be offloaded and moved into a high bay in the Vehicle Assembly Building, at left, for checkout. The tank was shipped aboard the Pegasus from NASA's Michould Assembly Facility near New Orleans. Pegasus was towed to Port Canaveral by the Freedom Star Retrieval Ship. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-2009-4394

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The TDRS-J spacecraft, enclosed in a container, is transported past the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) for processing. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System is the primary source of space-to-ground voice, data and telemetry for the Space Shuttle. It also provides communications with the International Space Station and scientific spacecraft in low-earth orbit such as the Hubble Space Telescope, and launch support for some expendable vehicles. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until approximately 2017. KSC-02pd1578

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Reflected in the water of the turn basin near the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket begins its slow trek to Launch Pad 39B. The move, known as "rollout," began at 1:39 a.m. EDT. The transfer of the pad from the Space Shuttle Program to the Constellation Program took place May 31. Modifications made to the pad include the removal of shuttle unique subsystems, such as the orbiter access arm and a section of the gaseous oxygen vent arm, along with the installation of three 600-foot lightning towers, access platforms, environmental control systems and a vehicle stabilization system. Part of the Constellation Program, the Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I. The Ares I-X flight test is targeted for Oct. 27. For information on the Ares I-X vehicle and flight test, visit http://www.nasa.gov/aresIX. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-5530

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - KSC videographer Glenn Benson adjusts a high definition camera being used to photograph the south wall of the Vehicle Assembly Building that sustained damage from Hurricane Frances as it passed over Central Florida during the Labor Day weekend. The maximum wind at the surface from Hurricane Frances was 94 mph from the northeast at 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, September 5. It was recorded at a weather tower located on the east shore of the Mosquito Lagoon near the Cape Canaveral National Seashore. The highest sustained wind at KSC was 68 mph. The VAB lost 820, 4- x 16-foot panels or more than 52,000 square feet of its surface. There was damage to the roof as well. KSC-04pd1806

ML - First motion and beginning of roll of the ML to Pad 39B 2011-7791

STS-335 LAUNCH ON NEED ET-122 ARRIVAL THRU PORT CANAVERAL, CCAFS TO KSC 2010-4842

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Vehicle Assembly Building and Mobile Launcher (ML) are reflected in the water as the crawler-transporter begins to move the ML from next to Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, a distance of 4.2 miles. Data on the ML will be collected from structural and functional engineering tests and used for the next phases of construction. The 355-foot-tall ML structure, which took about two years to construct, is being modified to support NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift rocket that will launch astronauts farther into space than ever before. SLS will also create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide the cornerstone for America's future human space exploration efforts. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-7791

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Pegasus Barge, carrying the Space Shuttle Program's last external fuel tank, ET-122, arrives at the Turn Basin. The tank traveled 900 miles by sea from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Next, the tank will be offloaded and moved to Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building where it eventually will be attached to space shuttle Endeavour for the STS-134 mission to the International Space Station. STS-134, targeted to launch in Feb. 2011, currently is scheduled to be the last mission in the Space Shuttle Program. The tank, which is the largest element of the space shuttle stack, was damaged during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and restored to flight configuration by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company employees. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin KSC-2010-4842

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crawler-transporter moves a mobile launcher platform with two solid rocket boosters perched on top from the Vehicle Assembly Building's (VAB) High Bay 1 to High Bay 3. Inside the VAB, the boosters will be joined to an external fuel tank next month in preparation for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 mission to the International Space Station targeted to launch in February, 2011. For more information visit: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts134/index.html Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2010-5333

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A long transporter moves past the Vehicle Assembly toward the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle will be used to offload a girder for a new mobile launcher from the barge docked at the turn basin. The new mobile launcher will be the base for the Ares rockets to launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle and the cargo vehicle. The base is being made lighter than space shuttle mobile launcher platforms so the crawler-transporter can pick up the added load of the 345-foot tower and taller rocket. When the structural portion of the new mobile launcher is complete, umbilicals, access arms, communications equipment and command/control equipment will be installed. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-1580

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A long transporter moves past the Vehicle Assembly toward the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicle will be used to offload a girder for a new mobile launcher from the barge docked at the turn basin. The new mobile launcher will be the base for the Ares rockets to launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle and the cargo vehicle. The base is being made lighter than space shuttle mobile launcher platforms so the crawler-transporter can pick up the added load of the 345-foot tower and taller rocket. When the structural portion of the new mobile launcher is complete, umbilicals, access arms, communications equipment and command/control equipment will be installed. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller

The Space Shuttle program was the United States government's manned launch vehicle program from 1981 to 2011, administered by NASA and officially beginning in 1972. The Space Shuttle system—composed of an orbiter launched with two reusable solid rocket boosters and a disposable external fuel tank— carried up to eight astronauts and up to 50,000 lb (23,000 kg) of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO). When its mission was complete, the orbiter would re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and lands as a glider. Although the concept had been explored since the late 1960s, the program formally commenced in 1972 and was the focus of NASA's manned operations after the final Apollo and Skylab flights in the mid-1970s. It started with the launch of the first shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981, on STS-1. and finished with its last mission, STS-135 flown by Atlantis, in July 2011.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Ares I-X upper stage simulator service module/service adapter segment (foreground) is being prepared for its move to a stand. Other segments are placed and stacked on the floor around it. Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is part of the Constellation Program to return men to the moon and beyond. The Ares I-X is targeted for launch in July 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-2462

STS110-720-027 - STS-110 - Walheim works on the U.S. Laboratory during the first EVA of STS-110

Beach Master Unit in Kuwait, operation Enduring Freedom

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage ignited on NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. The rocket produces 2.96 million pounds of thrust at liftoff and reaches a speed of 100 mph in eight seconds. This was the first launch from Kennedy's pads of a vehicle other than the space shuttle since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired. The parts used to make the Ares I-X booster flew on 30 different shuttle missions ranging from STS-29 in 1989 to STS-106 in 2000. The data returned from more than 700 sensors throughout the rocket will be used to refine the design of future launch vehicles and bring NASA one step closer to reaching its exploration goals. For information on the Ares I-X vehicle and flight test, visit http://www.nasa.gov/aresIX. Photo credit: NASA/Sandra Joseph and Kevin O'Connell KSC-2009-5987

STS110-318-010 - STS-110 - MS Morin works on umbilicals for the S0 Truss during the second EVA of STS-110

A U.S. Marine lighter amphibious resupply cargo vehicle (LARC-V) moves through the water during landing operations. U.S. Marines have been assigned to Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force following a confrontation between Lebanoni forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

A team from Bridge Company begins to prepare a Medium Girder Bridge that was airlifted into place by a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at OP-5 , Camp Lejeune, NC. This team was rehearsing for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

In port at Navy Base San Diego, California (CA), Contractor, David Minasian assembles a frame steel girder for a temporary helicopter hangar aboard the flight deck of US Navy (USN) Military Sealift Command (MSC) Hospital Ship, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19), to prepare for the construction of the new temporary helicopter hangar. The hangar will help support MERCY for its upcoming deployment to aid with humanitarian assistance for Countries in the Pacific Region

A MK48/14 LVS (Logistics Vehicle System) heads across a Medium Girder Bridge at OP-5, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This truck was part of a convoy of vehicles simulating a mobile CSSD (Combat Service Support Detachment) rehearsing for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

S100E5032 - STS-100 - MS Hadfield checks rendezvous and communications gear on the aft flight deck of Endeavour

A U.S. Navy five-ton lighter amphibious resupply cargo vehicle (LARC-V), left, and an M-60A1 tank land during Valiant Blitz, the amphibious assault landing phase of exercise Team Spirit '82

A MK48/14 LVS (Logistics Vehicle System) carrying a 463L pallet, armed with a M-2 .50 Calibar Medium Machine Gun, heads across a Medium Girder Bridge at OP-5, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. This truck was part of a convoy of vehicles simulating a mobile CSSD (Combat Service Support Detachment) rehearsing for a demonstration that would be given the following day as part of the REVISED CAPABILITIES Exercise

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