Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun’s magnetic field to bett More
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun’s magnetic field to bett More
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - Spectrometer on shake table
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland, Ames EEL lab) and Kimberly Ennico, LCROSS payload scientist
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Anthony Colaprete, Ames code SST
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Lynn Hofland, Ames EEL lab) and Kimberly Ennico, LCROSS payload scientist
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Frank Pichay, EEL lab
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Lynn Hofland, Frank Pichay and Discovery Channel video crew
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico and Anthony Colaprete
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Anthony Colaprete and Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Anthony Colaprete and Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico, Anthony Colaprete and Lynn Hofland
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - Spectrometer on shake table
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - with Kimberly Ennico and Anthony Colaprete
LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation Sensing Satellite) Near InfraRed Spectrometer shake test in Ames N-244 high bay EEL Lab - Spectrometer on shake table
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Dana Lynch
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside of N-240A (EEL) with (l to r)) Kim Ennico, Dana Ly More
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside of N-240A (EEL) with (l to r)) Kim Ennico, Dana Ly More
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Dana Lynch
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Diane Wooden
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with Diane Wooden
Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and P.I. at NASA Ames Research Center - Calibration of Polychromix Near Infra Red Spectrometer outside n-240 (EEL) with (l) Dan Lynch and (r) Diane Wooden
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, the Dawn spacecraft is on display for a media showing. On each side are the folded solar array panels. The "box" in the upper center is the visual and infrared map More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech, photographers dressed in clean-room suits are able to shoot the Dawn spacecraft in its entirety before it is prepared for launch. Seen on each side are the folded so More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers check the fitting on the lower transportation canister segments in place around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers move the platform with the Dawn spacecraft. They are preparing to install the transportation canister around Dawn for tr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers ensure the upper transportation canister is securely attached to the lower segments. The canister will protect the space More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers guide the upper transportation canister toward the Dawn spacecraft in the background. The canister will be lowered onto More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers place the lower segments of the transportation canister around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn spacecraft. The More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers watch as the upper transportation canister is lowered over the Dawn spacecraft. The canister will be attached to the bot More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers guide the upper transportation canister as it is lowered onto the Dawn spacecraft. The canister will be attached to the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers ensure the upper transportation canister is securely attached to the lower segments. The transportation canister will pr More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., workers place another segment of the transportation canister around the upper stage booster beneath the Dawn spacecraft. The cani More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft arrives at the upper level of the mobile service tower. It will be moved inside and prepared for mati More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the transportation canister from around the Dawn spacecraft. After removal of More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted off its transporter. Dawn will be lifted into the mobile service tower and prepared for mati More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers in the mobile service tower keep watch as the Dawn spacecraft is lowered toward the awaiting Delta II rocket. Dawn More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, workers remove the lower segments of the transportation canister away from the Dawn spacecraf More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lowered toward the awaiting Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower. Dawn will be mated with th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted alongside the mobile service tower. At the top, Dawn will be prepared for mating with the aw 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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the upper transportation canister is lifted away from the Dawn spacecraft. After removal of t More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is moved toward the opening above the Delta II rocket in the mobile service tower. Dawn will be mated More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is lifted alongside the mobile service tower. At the top, Dawn will be prepared for mating with the a More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the mobile service tower on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Dawn spacecraft is ready for mating with the waiting Delta II rocket. Dawn is scheduled for More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Dawn spacecraft arrives on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. At the pad, Dawn will be lifted into the mobile service tower and prepared for mating with the More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the mobile service tower, or gantry (at right), is retracted on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost from th More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket stands ready for launch following rollback of the mobile service tower, or gantry, on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker monitors the progress of the retraction of the mobile service tower, or gantry, from the Delta II rocket on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting w More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket is revealed as the mobile service tower, or gantry (at left), is retracted on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost from thi More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Rollback of the mobile service tower, or gantry, from the Delta II rocket is complete on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost from this higher More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Delta II rocket stands ready for launch following rollback of the mobile service tower, or gantry, on Launch Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Starting with a boost More
NASA Ames Astrophysics Branch (code-SSA), Pulsed discharge nozzle - Cavity Ring down - Reflection Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (N-245 rm B-31) (PDN-CRDS-RETOFMS) shown here with Farid Salama
NASA Ames Astrophysics Branch (code-SSA), Pulsed discharge nozzle - Cavity Ring down - Reflection Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (N-245 rm B-31) (PDN-CRDS-RETOFMS)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers supervise the uncrating of the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3. ELC-3 and the Alpha Ma More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the newly arrived ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is lifted high above the clean room floor. More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is offloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-5 aircraft. ELC-3 and the Alp More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers secure the newly arrived ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, on its work stand in the clean More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers unwrap the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, still nestled in its transportation case. More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers attach a crane to the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, in preparations to lift it from it More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S. Air Force C-5 aircraft lands at the Shuttle Landing Facility, delivering the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3. ELC-3 and the Alpha More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to uncrate the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3. ELC-3 and the Alpha More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the newly arrived ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is lowered onto a work stand in the clean room More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is removed from the cargo compartment of a U.S. Air Force C-5 aircraf More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are under way to offload the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, from a U.S. Air Force C-5 aircr More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, arrives at the Space Station Processing Facility. ELC-3 and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer are th More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane lifts the cover from the transportation case protecting the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ExPRESS Logistics Carrier 3, or ELC-3, is secured on the bed of the truck which will transport it to the Spa More
STS134-S-001 (March 2010) --- The design of the STS-134 crew patch highlights research on the International Space Station (ISS) focusing on the fundamental physics of the universe. On this mission, the crew of More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- As the lift of the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, payload begins in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers inspect the bottom su More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, is installed onto the Express Logistics Carrier-3, or ELC-3 More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the lift ground support equipment is lowered into place around the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP- More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Signs in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, reflect the pride and dedication workers have for space shuttle Endeavour and the Space Shuttle Program. More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a thermal protection system technician points to an area on space shuttle Endeavour's underside that may requi More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician finalizes quality assurance paperwork before the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, p More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, payload is lowered onto the Express Logistics Carrier-3, or More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, thermal protection system technicians work on replacing some of space shuttle Endeavour's heat shield tiles. More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, payload is being transported for installation onto the Expr More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, payload is being prepared for installation onto the Express More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A panoramic view of Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, showing the nose section of space shuttle Endeavour peaking through the scaffolding. As More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the lift ground support equipment transports the Space Test Program-Houston-3, or STP-H3, payload toward More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians check the alignment of the rubber rings after installation to the left forward center solid rocket More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician double-checks the channel around the circumference of the left forward center solid rocket booste More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians stand around the left forward center solid rocket booster segment to properly position the rubber More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an inspection is being performed on the bare metal parts of the "tang" end of the segment. The tang mates wit More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers hold up the rubber rings while another thoroughly inspects each section with an ultraviolet light befo More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a worker thoroughly inspects a rubber ring section with an ultraviolet light before installation on the left f More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians install the rubber rings around the circumference of the left forward center solid rocket booster More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians check the channel around the circumference of the left forward center solid rocket booster segment More