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Aerial of the Orion EFT-1 Arrival at KSC

An exterior view of the Navy Communications Area MASTER Station

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An aerial view reveals the Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck is passing the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its way to the Multi-Operation Support Building. Orion made the 2,700 mile overland trip from Naval Base San Diego in California. The spacecraft was recovered from the Pacific Ocean after completing a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission Dec. 5 to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program led the recovery, offload and transportation efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2014-4848

A view, looking south, of Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6), under construction

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CARD 1 OF 2. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the waning light, space shuttle Discovery is towed along a two-mile tow-way to the Orbital Processing Facility, or OPF, where processing Discovery for another flight begins. Towing normally begins within four hours after landing and is completed within six hours unless removal of time-sensitive experiments is required on the runway. In the OPF, turnaround processing procedures on Discovery will include various post-flight deservicing and maintenance functions, which are carried out in parallel with payload removal and the installation of equipment needed for the next mission. Before post-flight deservicing can continue beyond initial safing operations, certain vehicle systems must be mechanically secured and access platforms installed. Discovery completed mission STS-120 with an on-time landing at 1:01 p.m. EST. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-07pd3215

Dusk and dawn shots of the shuttle and 747 in Mate-Demate Device (MDD)

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Description: TRACKING COVERAGE OF LANDING FROM ORB LANDING GEAR ACTIVATION THROUGH TOUCHDOWN AND WHEEL-STOP. CAMERA SHOULD BE STARTED NO LATER THAN APPROX. L-5 SECONDS. COMMITTED ONLY FOR RUNWAY 33 (SOUTH TO NORTH) LANDING

White Balance - set to full daylight

camera set to continuos low (CL)

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Date Taken: 4/20/2010

Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS

STS131 LAUNCH AND LANDING

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25/07/2005 - 21/07/2011
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