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S116E05546 - STS-116 - STS-116 Pilot Oefelein in the MDDK on Space Shuttle Discovery

S122E007585 - STS-122 - Melvin on FD during Expedition 16/STS-122 Joint Operations

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 crew get a close look at the pad's slidewire baskets, part of the emergency exit system at the pad. The system includes seven baskets suspended from seven slidewires that extend from the fixed service structure to a landing zone 1,200 feet west of the pad. The crew members of space shuttle Endeavour's upcoming mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The primary payload on STS-130 is the International Space Station's Node 3, Tranquility, a pressurized module that will provide room for many of the station's life support systems. Attached to one end of Tranquility is a cupola, a unique work area with six windows on its sides and one on top. Endeavour's launch is targeted for Feb. 7. For information on the STS-130 mission and crew, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/index.html. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2010-1338

STS-115 MS Burbank on Atlantis Aft Flight Deck

STS092-370-012 - STS-092 - McArthur, Wisoff, Lopez-Alegria, Chiao, Wakata on middeck; Wakata and Melroy

Flight deck activity during rendezvous ops with ISS

STS-134 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS113-342-024 - STS-113 - STS-113 Crewmembers In-flight Crew Portrait taken in the U.S. Laboratory during STS-113 (11A)

STS110-314-016 - STS-110 - MS Smith works on the starboard side of the S0 Truss during the first EVA of STS-110

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers welcome space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew members home to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the foreground, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach congratulates STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey on a successful mission. Discovery and its six-member crew landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, bringing an end to the 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2127

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers welcome space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew members home to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the foreground, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach congratulates STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey on a successful mission. Discovery and its six-member crew landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, bringing an end to the 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2126

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, greets the STS-133 crew members as they exit the crew transport vehicle after landing aboard space shuttle Discovery. Leading the crew is Commander Steve Lindsey, followed by Pilot Eric Boe, and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew, Steve Bowen, Michael Barratt and Nicole Stott. Touchdown on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 was at 11:57 a.m. EST, bringing an end to the 13-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2124

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden introduces the STS-133 crew to media representatives waiting on the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to hear statements about space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight mission. Crew members, from left, are Mission Specialists Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, Commander Steve Lindsey, Pilot Eric Boe and Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen. The crew returned to Earth at 11:57 a.m. on Runway 15, completing a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2142

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, invited guests, managers and employees gather near the Air Traffic Control Tower at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to watch shuttle Discovery return from space for the last time. Discovery touched down on Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, completing the 13-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2071

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden begins to greet the STS-133 crew members as they exit the crew transport vehicle after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard space shuttle Discovery. Leading the crew is Commander Steve Lindsey, followed by Pilot Eric Boe. Touchdown on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 was at 11:57 a.m. EST, bringing an end to the 13-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2122

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, invited guests, managers and employees gather near the Air Traffic Control Tower at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to watch shuttle Discovery return from space for the last time. Discovery touched down on Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, completing the 13-day STS-133 mission to the International Space Station. Discovery and its six-member crew delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2073

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey talks to media representatives about space shuttle Discovery's final spaceflight mission. Behind Lindsey, from left, are Mission Specialists Nicole Stott and Michael Barratt, Pilot Eric Boe, Mission Specialists Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen, and NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. The STS-133 crew returned to Earth at 11:57 a.m. on Runway 15, completing a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2143

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Employees gather underneath space shuttle Discovery on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the foreground, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden congratulates STS-133 Commander Steve Lindsey on a successful mission. Lindsey and his crew returned from a 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station at 11:57 a.m. EST. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2133

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers welcome space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew members home to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the foreground, Discovery Flow Director Stephanie Stilson hugs STS-133 Pilot Eric Boe. Beside them, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach congratulates Mission Specialist Alvin Drew on a successful mission. Discovery and its six-member crew landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, bringing an end to the 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2011-2128

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA managers welcome space shuttle Discovery's STS-133 crew members home to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the foreground, Discovery Flow Director Stephanie Stilson hugs STS-133 Pilot Eric Boe. Beside them, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach congratulates Mission Specialist Alvin Drew on a successful mission. Discovery and its six-member crew landed on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 11:57 a.m. EST, bringing an end to the 13-day, 5.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 delivered the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the orbiting outpost. STS-133 was Discovery's 39th and final mission. This was the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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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Special Forces Soldiers from Chile and the U.S. prepare

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1ST Battalion, 503rd Regiment, 2nd Division, fill sandbags clean a room outside the former Agriculture College that is being converted to a new Combat Outpost by the U.S. Army near the town of Ar Ramadi, Iraq during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on Dec. 3, 2004.(U.S. Marine Corps official photo by Lance CPL. Andrew D. Young) (Released)

Lt. Alex Anderson, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron 140, hugs his wife after returning home from deployment at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine

s133E012090 - STS-133 - Boe exercises with aRED

S126E015131 - STS-126 - Ferguson and Boe on FD

A Sailor assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Duluth (LPD 6) hugs his son after returning from a six-month deployment.

Buffalo, New York. These huge machines cut and slice imperfections from steel castings, in this case, gun barrels. They are manned by a man and a woman helper in the processing department of Republic Steel

Lt. Cmdr. Richard Winstead, assigned to the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, hugs his daughter during a homecoming celebration.

Mrs. Watkins, FSA (Farm Security Administration) borrower, and her helper, milking cows. She sells from eight to ten pounds of butter each week. Coffee County, Alabama

Marines listen to 1st Sgt. Adam Sheinkin, the company

s133E013565 - STS-133 - Boe on forward flight deck

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