KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members of the STS-122 crew arrive for launch. From left are Mission Specialists Leopold Eyharts, Stanley Love, Hans Schlegel, Rex Walheim and Lel More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is lifted off the floor of the Operations and Checkout Building in order to be placed inside the vacuum chamber in the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is lowered into a three-story vacuum chamber. The 32,000-pound scientific res More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab is lowered toward the floor after being lifted out of the vacuum chamber where it was tested for leaks. The test was very succ More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is centered over the three-story vacuum chamber in which the Lab will be placed. The 32,000-pound scientific research More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Commander Steve Frick (right) and Pilot Alan Poindexter arrive at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in a shuttle training aircraft jet for launch aboard space shuttle Atlantis o More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, STS-122 Commander Steve Frick is greeted by Doug Lyons, launch director for STS-122 mission. The crew's arrival signals the imminent More
STS-98 Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (left) and Mission Specialist Thomas D. Jones (Ph.D.) check out equipment in the U.S. Lab Destiny during a Multi-Equipment Interface Test. During the mission, Jones will hel More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The first group of passengers to fly on the ZERO-G aircraft line up. The Boeing 727-200 aircraft is used for weightless flights by Zero Gravity Corporation, known as ZERO-G, of Fo More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Two GetAway Special (GAS) experiments SEM-06 (left) and MARS (right), part of the payload on mission STS-101, are seen here in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Atlantis prior to do More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the U.S. Lab, named Destiny, is lowered into the rotation and handling fixture in preparation for testing in the altitude chamber. Destiny More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Student investigators Cameron Zandstra, Jack Barth and JP Peerbolte are interviewed by the media in the NASA Newsroom at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during prelaunch activities for th More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Student investigator Ryan Puri is interviewed by the media in the NASA Newsroom at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during prelaunch activities for the SpaceX demonstration test flight. Pu More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers watch as the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, a component of the International Space Station, is lowered into a payload canister for transfer to the Operations and Checkout Buildin More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA -- In the Operations and Checkout Building (O&C), the U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, sits on a rotation and handling fixture before being raised to vertical. More
Looking over equipment inside the U.S. Lab Destiny as part of a Multi-Equipment Interface Test are STS-98 Pilot Mark Polansky (left) and Commander Kenneth D. Cockrell (center). They are joined by astronaut Jame More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) Allen conducts Student Experiment (SE) - Liquid Surface Tension Convection in Microgravity - on middeck. Experiment, secured on More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) Allen conducts Student Experiment (SE) - Liquid Surface Tension Convection in Microgravity - on middeck. Experiment, secured on More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) Allen conducts Student Experiment (SE) - Liquid Surface Tension Convection in Microgravity - on middeck. Experiment, secured on More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) Allen conducts Student Experiment (SE) - Liquid Surface Tension Convection in Microgravity - on middeck. Experiment, secured on More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission Specialist (MS) Allen conducts Student Experiment (SE) - Liquid Surface Tension Convection in Microgravity - on middeck. Experiment, secured on More
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the payload bay and the U.S. Microgravity Payload I (USMP-I) experiment. Subject Terms: STS-52, COLUMBIA (ORBITER), PAYLOAD BAY, GRAVITY, SPACE More