Similar
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- In the tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the canister is lifted from around the Genesis spacecraft. Genesis will be on a robotic NASA space mission to catch a wisp of the raw material of the Sun and return it to Earth with a spectacular mid-air helicopter capture. The sample return capsule is 4.9 feet (1.5 meters) in diameter and 52 inches (1.31 meters) tall. The mission’s goal is to collect and return to Earth just 10 to 20 micrograms -- or the weight of a few grains of salt -- of solar wind, invisible charged particles that flow outward from the Sun. This treasured smidgen of the Sun will be preserved in a special laboratory for study by scientists over the next century in search of answers to fundamental questions about the exact composition of our star and the birth of our solar system. The Genesis launch is scheduled for 12:36 p.m. EDT on July 30 from CCAFS KSC-01pp1342
History of Chandra X-Ray Observatory
Ukraine - WMD - Dismantlement Project, October 1998 - Inspection team visit to unidentified former Soviet Union (FSU) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) site
Operation to stack Ares 1-X Segment US5 onto US4
S115E07253 - STS-115 - Yeast GAP in the FWD MDDK of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during Expedition 13 / STS-115 Joint Operations
S115E07223 - STS-115 - Yeast GAP in the FWD MDDK of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during Expedition 13 / STS-115 Joint Operations
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -In the RTG Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Jim Wojciechowski and Dan Brunson lower a metal canister over the radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). The canister will protect the RTG when it is moved. The RTG is the baseline power supply for the NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, scheduled to launch in January 2006 on a journey to Pluto and its moon, Charon. As it approaches Pluto, the spacecraft will look for ultraviolet emission from Pluto's atmosphere and make the best global maps of Pluto and Charon in green, blue, red and a special wavelength that is sensitive to methane frost on the surface. It will also take spectral maps in the near infrared, telling the science team about Pluto's and Charon's surface compositions and locations and temperatures of these materials. When the spacecraft is closest to Pluto or its moon, it will take close-up pictures in both visible and near-infrared wavelengths. It is expected to reach Pluto in July 2015. KSC-05pd2440
An Air Force officer visits the Inertial Upper Stage module, under development
STS081-338-027 - STS-081 - OPM hardware stowed in rack in the Spacehab
Related
TEST CHAMBER AND CLEAN ROOM AT THE K FACILITY AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
TEST CHAMBER AND CLEAN ROOM AT THE K FACILITY AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
TEST CHAMBER AND CLEAN ROOM AT THE K FACILITY AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
TEST CHAMBER AND CLEAN ROOM AT THE K FACILITY AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
HYPERSONIC TEST FACILITY GARRETT ENGINE STRUT AND INSTRUMENT DAMAGE AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
HYPERSONIC TEST FACILITY GARRETT ENGINE STRUT AND INSTRUMENT DAMAGE AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
HYPERSONIC TEST FACILITY LINER DAMAGE AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
HYPERSONIC TEST FACILITY GARRETT ENGINE STRUT AND INSTRUMENT DAMAGE AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
NASA GLORY SPACECRAFT AT ORBITAL SCIENCES CLEANROOM
TEST CHAMBER AND CLEAN ROOM AT THE K FACILITY AT NASA PLUM BROOK STATION
Summary
The original finding aid described this as:
Capture Date: 6/11/1974
Photographer: LLOYD TRUNK
Keywords: Plum Brook Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan
Geographic Location: Sandusky, Ohio
Location Building No: 2811
Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Tags
chamber
test chamber
clean
room
clean room
k facility
nasa
plum
brook
station
nasa plum brook station
hypersonic research engine
test facility
ohio
national aeronautics and space administration
high resolution
ultra high resolution
plum brook plum brook station plumbrook plumbrook station larsen scan
photographer
geographic location
facilities
lloyd trunk
nasa photographs
space program
1970 s
us national archives
Date
1974
Source
The U.S. National Archives
Link
Copyright info
No known copyright restrictions