Astrotech Space Operations Facility

Workers supervise the off-loading of segments of a Lockheed Martin Atlas II rocket at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.; The rocket will be used to launch the Geostationary Operational Environ More

Workers supervise the off-loading of segments of a Lockheed Martin Atlas II rocket at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.; The rocket will be used to launch the Geostationary Operational Environ More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The MESSENGER spacecraft leaves the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., aboard a transporter, bound for Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Astrotech Space Operations facility, a computer chip awaits installation on the Dawn spacecraft. The silicon chip holds the names of more than 360,000 space enthusiasts worl More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Astrotech Space Operations facility, Orbital Science technicians install a computer chip on the Dawn spacecraft. The silicon chip holds the names of more than 360,000 space More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Astrotech Space Operations facility, Orbital Science technicians verify that a computer chip is securely bonded to a side brace on the Dawn spacecraft. The silicon chip hol More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Astrotech Space Operations facility, a computer chip is bonded to a side brace on the Dawn spacecraft. The silicon chip holds the names of more than 360,000 space enthusiast More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Dawn spacecraft is moved out of the Astrotech Space Operations facility, on its way to Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At the pad, Dawn will be lifted int More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – During a media event at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a Ball Aerospace technician looks over NASA's Kepler spacecraft. At right is the high-gain antenna More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Kepler spacecraft, that will be launched in March aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, is ready for the media opportunity Jan. 30. Visible are the solar arrays on top More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Kepler spacecraft, that will be launched in March aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, is ready for the media opportunity Jan. 30. Visible are the solar arrays on to More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – During a media event at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a Ball Aerospace technician looks over NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Visible on top are the solar array More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Kepler spacecraft, that will be launched in March aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, is photographed by journalists dressed in clean-room suits. Visible are the s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, are be More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians observe NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, with and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians closely watch as the fairing halves come together around NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and and NASA' More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, are be More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, are be More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS,wait fo More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., the fairing halves are moved apart for another attempt at installation around NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS,are bei More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, are be More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., the fairing halves have been joined to enclose NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observation More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., garbed media representatives attend a showing of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA's Lunar Crater Observati More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians closely watch as the fairing halves move together to enclose NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA' More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., the fairing halves are moved together for another attempt at installation around NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, a More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians closely watch as the fairing halves move together to enclose NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and NASA' More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians move the first half of the fairing toward NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, with NASA's Lunar Crater Obs More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians closely watch the joining of the fairing halves around NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, and and NASA's More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations Facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians closely watch as the first half of the fairing is moved into place for installation around NASA's Lunar Reconnaissa More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is undergoing performance testing. Seen here is the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved, or gimbaled, during performance testing. All of the spacecraft science i More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., an engineer monitors the movement, or gimbaling, of the high-gain antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. All o More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is undergoing performance testing. The high-gain antenna seen at center left will More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., an engineer monitors the movement, or gimbaling, of the high-gain antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO. All o More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a crane prepares to lift the vertically positioned Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, onto a test stand during preparation More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved toward a test stand during preparations for propulsion system testing and More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers position the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, onto a work stand during preparations for propulsion system testin More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers release the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, for its move onto a test stand during preparations for propulsion s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved toward a test stand during preparations for propulsion system testing and More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers monitor the progress of the transfer of the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, onto a test stand during preparatio More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers prepare a work stand for the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations for propulsion system testing More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., both solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, have been manually extended during preparations to test the re More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually extend a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to test More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., one of the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has been deployed manually during preparations to test t More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians have manually deployed the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparatio More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, awaits testing of the release mechanism sequence for its solar arrays, now extended More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manipulate a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to test the More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians make final preparations to test the release mechanism sequence for the solar arrays on the Solar Dyn More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually deploy a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparations to test More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians manually deploy one of the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during preparatio More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is manually extended by spacecraft technicians during preparations More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, with its solar arrays deployed, is ready to receive signal commands to test the rel More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, begin to deploy, part of the testing required to verify the spa More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, are deployed to their fullest extent during the testing require More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is deployed to its fullest extent, part of the testin More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is fully deployed during the testing required to verify the spacec More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, are fully deployed during the testing required to verify the sp More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians stand by to assist with the deployment of the communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observato More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, begins to deploy, part of the testing required to ver More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a solar array on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is prepared for deployment, part of the testing required to verify More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the solar arrays on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, deploy during the testing required to verify the spacecraft's r More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is prepared for deployment, part of the testing requi More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, deploys, part of the testing required to verify the s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians discuss the range of motion of the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observator More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians observe the range of motion of the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observator More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians examine the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, during the r More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians check the range of motion of the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the range-of-motion tests are complete on the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, p More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians watch the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, as they check More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians examine the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, part of the More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., a spacecraft technician studies the range of motion of the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observato More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians maneuver the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, to check it More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians monitor one of the solar panels on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, as it is lowered toward t More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is moved into a stowed position following t More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians secure one of the solar panels on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, to the side of the spacecr More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians move one of the solar panels on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, toward the spacecraft follow More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians lower one of the solar panels on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, toward the spacecraft follo More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the solar panels on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, have been stowed for launch. SDO is the first space weather More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the solar panels on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, have been lowered against the side of the spacecraft following More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is stowed for launch. SDO is the first s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians prepare the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, for stowage More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians prepare to stow the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, foll More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians start the process of stowing the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., spacecraft technicians secure the high-gain communications antenna on the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, against the s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is lowered to floor of the clean room after being removed from a Ransome tab More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center lower the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, onto a dolly for f More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center secure the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, onto a dolly for More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center technician Carl Clause, second from left, installs an aft omni coupler on the bagged Solar More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center prepare to lift the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, onto a d More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center rotate the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, secured to a Rans More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center technician Carl Clause installs an aft omni coupler on the bagged Solar Dynamics Observato More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is lifted from a Ransome table. SDO is the first space weather research n More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, secured to a Ransome table, has been bagged and is being rotated from a horizontal More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., technicians from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center attach a lifting device to the bagged Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SD More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., the Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, secured to a Ransome table, has been bagged and is rotated into a vertical position More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., workers monitor NASA's newly arrived GOES-P meteorological satellite as it is lifted into a vertical position for removal f More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's GOES-P meteorological satellite begins its move to the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., for final processing befo More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's newly arrived GOES-P meteorological satellite is lifted from its transportation case. GOES-P, the latest Geostati More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Fla., NASA's newly arrived GOES-P meteorological satellite is lifted into a vertical position for removal from its transportation More