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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers monitor the progress of external fuel tank, ET-138, for space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission, as it is lowered into high bay-1 between the twin solid rocket boosters on the mobile launcher platform. Shuttle Atlantis' move, or "rollover," from Orbiter Processing Facility-1 to the VAB is targeted for May 10. Once there it will be mated with the external tank and boosters. Atlantis and its crew of four will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the International Space Station. STS-135 is targeted to launch June 28, and will be the last spaceflight for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2011-3046

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from an upper level in the Vehicle Assembly Building, space shuttle Endeavour is slowly lifted to the top of high bay 1. Crossing the I-beam, the shuttle will then be lowered onto the mobile launcher platform for mating with the external tank and solid rocket boosters in preparation for launch on the STS-123 mission, targeted for March 11. The mission will deliver the first section of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, Dextre. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis KSC-08pd0280

Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-41-B Launch

Lowering Endeavour. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS072-392-018 - STS-072 - Payload bay activity during second EVA of STS-72 mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Vehicle Assembly Building detach part of the crane used to raise Discovery from its transporter. Still attached to the sling, Discovery will be lifted up into high bay 3 and lowered onto the mobile launcher platform where the external tank and solid rocket boosters are already stacked. Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll out to Launch Pad 39B no earlier than Nov. 7 for mission STS-116. The mission is No. 20 to the International Space Station and construction flight 12A.1. The mission payload is the SPACEHAB module, the P5 integrated truss structure and other key components. The launch window for mission STS-116 opens Dec. 7. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-06pd2426

STS-134 - EOM - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Project

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Moments after liftoff on mission STS-120, space shuttle Discovery's solid rocket boosters spew columns of fire, creating clouds of smoke and steam below on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. At right is the 300,000-gallon water tower that provides water for the sound suppression system during liftoff, which occurred on time at 11:38:19 a.m. EDT. Discovery carries the Italian-built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. During the 14-day STS-120 mission, the crew will install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them. Discovery is expected to complete its mission and return home at 4:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 6. Photo courtesy of Nikon/Scott Andrews KSC-07pd2971

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LAUNCH - STS-11/41B - KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.

LAUNCH - STS-11/41B - KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.

KSC- Apollo General. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS114-306-010 - STS-114 - Flyaround view of the ISS

STS114-306-003 - STS-114 - Flyaround view of the ISS

photo-as16-120-19187. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS114-306-016 - STS-114 - Flyaround view of the ISS

STS114-305-003 - STS-114 - Flyaround view of ISS

STS114-306-005 - STS-114 - Flyaround view of the ISS

LAUNCH - STS-11/41B - KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.

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S84-26294 (3 Feb 1984) --- This scenic panorama of billowy clouds over the Atlantic and Florida and the contrasting addition of mankind's technology into the picture was provided by astronaut John W. Young and a handheld camera in the cockpit of NASA's Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA) moments after the 226 tons of spacecraft hardware were lifted off Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch Pad 39A. Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS 41-B), attached here to its two Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) and External Fuel Tank (ET), were astronauts Vance D. Brand, Robert L. Gibson, Ronald E. McNair, Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart.

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label_outline Explore Two Solid Rocket Boosters, Astronauts Vance, Bruce Mccandless Ii

TRAINING - ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN - AEROMEDICAL LAB - CAPE

S06-38-900 - STS-006 - Deployment of the TDRS by the STS-6 Challenger

External fuel tanks are stored and certified within

STS082-316-024 - STS-082 - External fuel tank falling to Earth.

A left rear view of the space shuttle Challenger landing after a mission in space

SPACECRAFT (INSPECTION) - ASTRONAUT JOHN W. YOUNG - MISC. - CAPE

S114E5096 - STS-114 - View of STS-114 External Fuel Tank during separation

S07-28-1512 - STS-007 - Earth observations taken during STS-7 mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery touches down in darkness on Runway 15 of the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility, bringing to a close the 10-day STS-82 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Main gear touchdown was at 3:32:26 a.m. EST on February 21, 1997. It was the ninth nighttime landing in the history of the Shuttle program and the 35th landing at KSC. The first landing opportunity at KSC was waved off because of low clouds in the area. The seven-member crew performed a record-tying five back-to-back extravehicular activities (EVAs) or spacewalks to service the telescope, which has been in orbit for nearly seven years. Two new scientific instruments were installed, replacing two outdated instruments. Five spacewalks also were performed on the first servicing mission, STS-61, in December 1993. Only four spacewalks were scheduled for STS-82, but a fifth one was added during the flight to install several thermal blankets over some aging insulation covering three HST compartments containing key data processing, electronics and scientific instrument telemetry packages. Crew members are Mission Commander Kenneth D. Bowersox, Pilot Scott J. "Doc" Horowitz, Payload Commander Mark C. Lee, and Mission Specialists Steven L. Smith, Gregory J. Harbaugh, Joseph R. "Joe" Tanner and Steven A. Hawley. STS-82 was the 82nd Space Shuttle flight and the second mission of 1997 KSC-97pc352

Mission Specialist (MS) Fabian in middeck sleep restraint

STS031-01-026 - STS-031 - STS-31 crew activities

S117E06631 - STS-117 - Olivas poses with EMUs on the MDDK of STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis

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challenger orbiter sts 41 b johnson space center sts high resolution ksc space shuttle challenger robert two solid rocket boosters astronaut john astronauts vance external fuel tank bruce mccandless ii billowy clouds spacecraft hardware launch pad space shuttle nasa