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STS-135 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

STS112-S-008. NASA public domain image colelction.

STS-134 Payload Canister Returns back to the CRF from Pad 39A 2011-2435

Saturn V Apollo 4 - Saturn Apollo Program

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, preparations are under way to lift the core stage of a Delta IV rocket into the launcher. The rocket's core stage is the first stage mated to the second stage. This United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket is slated to launch GOES-P, the latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Launch is targeted for no earlier than March 1. For information on GOES-P, visit http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/spacecraft/n_p_spacecraft.html. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2010-1215

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle that will boost the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, or TDRS-L, spacecraft into orbit is being transported to the hangar at the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station for checkout in preparation for launch. TDRS-L is the second of three next-generation satellites designed to ensure vital operational continuity for the NASA Space Network. It is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 41 atop an Atlas V rocket in January 2014. The current Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system consists of eight in-orbit satellites distributed to provide near continuous information relay service to missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope and International Space Station. For more information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/content/tracking-and-data-relay-satellite-tdrs/ Photo credit: NASA/ Jim Grossman KSC-2013-3785

An Air Force and Lockheed Martin ATLAS IIA sits poised on Space Launch Complex 36A. This ATLAS IIA Space Launch Vehicle, designated AC-129 is carrying an INMARSAT-3 F3 satellite

STS-120 - LAUNCH - Public domain NASA photogrpaph

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 36-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, this Lockheed Martin Atlas/Centaur rocket waits for launch to carry the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-I (TDRS-I) into orbit. The second in a new series of telemetry satellites, TDRS-I replenishes the existing on-orbit fleet of six spacecraft. The TDRS 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. This new advanced series of satellites will extend the availability of TDRS communications services until about 2017. Launch of TDRS-I atop the Atlas rocket is scheduled between 5:39 - 6:19 p.m. EST KSC-02pd0254

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A night view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia on Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia, with access arms in place, at Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobile launcher platform as it arrives at Launch Pad 39 at dusk. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

A night view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia on Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is being prepared for its first flight

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobile launcher platform as it arrives at Launch Pad 39 after leaving the vehicle assembly building (VAB). The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia is being moved on the mobile launcher platform from the vehicle assembly building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39 before its first flight

AN aerial view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobile launcher platform (MLP) as it leaves the vehicle assembly building (VAB) and heads toward Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

AN aerial view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobile launcher platform (MLP) as it leaves the vehicle assembly building (VAB) and heads toward Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

Space Shuttle Columbia OV (101) launching from pad 39A begining STS-2

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia on Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

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Base: Kennedy Space Center

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label_outline Explore Maiden Flight, Shuttle Columbia, Maiden

V.C. Morris Store, 140 Maiden Lane, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

S03-19-045 - STS-003 - Commander Lousma works with EEVT experiment on aft middeck

S126E006653 - STS-126 - STS-126 Launch Preparations

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - After being raised to a vertical position, the first stage of an Atlas V rocket is being moved into the Vertical Integration Facility to begin preparations for launch on Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Lockheed Martin Atlas V is the launch vehicle for the New Horizons spacecraft, which is designed to make the first reconnaissance of Pluto and Charon - a "double planet" and the last planet in our solar system to be visited by spacecraft. The mission will then visit one or more objects in the Kuiper Belt region beyond Neptune. New Horizons is scheduled to launch in January 2006, swing past Jupiter for a gravity boost and scientific studies in February or March 2007, and reach Pluto and its moon, Charon, in July 2015. KSC-05pd2268

STS073-144-018 - STS-073 - Payload Specialist Al Sacco and Payload Commander Kathy Thornton in Spacelab

Space Transportation System, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, Harris County, TX

STS082-348-020 - STS-082 - EVA preparations in the middeck and flight deck

STS075-313-027 - STS-075 - Views of a waste water dump from flight deck

STS075-313-024 - STS-075 - Views of a waste water dump from flight deck

S09-10-641 - STS-009 - Earth limb at sunrise

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger lifts off from Complex 39 during the first night launch of the Space Transportation System (STS). Aboard for the mission (STS-8) are: Richard Truly, commander; Daniel Brardenstein, pilot; and mission specialists Dale G

An Air Force C-17A airlifter, a heavy-lift air-refuelable cargo transport, on a ramp at the Long Beach Airport on the day of its maiden flight

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