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Saturn V instrument unit - Saturn Apollo Program

A technician checks the systems of the Saturn V instrument unit in a test facility in Huntsville. This instrument unit was flown aboard Apollo 4 on November 7, 1967, which was the first test flight of the Satur More

Technician Checks Soil Sampler on Viking Lander

Description: (May 20, 1971) A technician checks the soil sampler of the Viking lander. An arm will scoop up a sample of the Martian soil, empty it into a hopper on the lander which will route the sample to each More

A technician checks gauges at the Central Heat and Power Plant. Steam produced by the plant is used to generate electricity and provide steam heat for every building on base

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Daniel E. Saylor Release Status: Re More

A technician checks a KC-10 Extender aircraft model prior to testing in the anechoic chamber

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Long Beach State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mcconnell Douglas Corp. Release Status: Release More

A technician checks the gauges on a stabilizing column used to produce liquid oxygen at the base cryogenic liquids production plant

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bitburg Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bill Hogan Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

A technician checks a "patient's" X-ray in the tent city. The technician is assigned to the 657th Tactical Field Hospital Squadron, involved in exercise Team Spirit '81

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Base: Sachon Air Base Country: South Korea Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Dick Collins Release Status: Released More

A technician checks the diesel backup engine aboard the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BILLFISH (SSN 676)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Billfish (SSN 676) Scene Camera Operator: Fred Maroon Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A technician checks the landing gear of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during a pre-flight check on the flight line

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C R. Jongevos Release Status: Released More

A technician checks the controls of an NL-2 liquid oxygen cart during operations on the flight line

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C R. Jongevos Release Status: Released More

A technician checks the last pin, at a 45 degree point, for damage prior to proceeding in the operation of lowering the vertical stabilizer of a Boeing 707 aircraft. The Military Aircraft Disposition and Storage Center is reclaiming commercial Boeing 707 aircraft, using engines and spare parts in a re-engineering program

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT John A. Pickett Release Sta More

A technician checks the rotor on a helicopter that has jsut been off-loaded from the vehicle cargo ship SS AMERICAN EAGLE during the multinational joint service Exercise BRIGHT STAR '85

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aqaba Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Mike Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog More

A technician checks the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A technician checks the cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An Air Force medical technician checks on the throat of one of the Afghanistani refugees who were treated at the center. Afghanistani refugees were treated under the auspices of the McCullen amendment, which allows DoD to make available non-combative goods for humanitarian projects

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Weisbaden Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Pat Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A hospital medical technician checks on the status of one of the Afghanistani refugees who were treated at the center. Afghanistani refugees were treated under the auspices of the McCullen amendment, which allows DoD to make available non-combative goods for humanitarian projects

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Weisbaden Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Pat Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

An Air Force medical technician checks on injured leg of one of the Afghanistani refugees who were treated at the center. Afghanistani refugees were treated under the auspices of the McCullen amendment, which allows DoD to make available non-combative goods for humanitarian projects

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Weisbaden Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Pat Nugent Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita More

A technician checks the cockpit of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of the Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A technician checks over the radar transmitter and microwave assemblies in a Mark 16 Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS) on the floor of Building L. The ordnance station is the designated overhaul and repair facility for the Phalanx CIWS

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Ordnance Station, Louisville State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rudolph Spencer Release Sta More

A technician checks electrical circuits on a Patrol Squadron 49 (VP-49) P-3 Orion aircraft

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Mike Lent, USN Release St More

A technician checks the setting on an AN/SSQ-53 directional finding and ranging (DFIR) sonobuoy installed in the sonobuoy launcher of an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dutkiewicz, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A technician checks the setting on a sonobuoy pulled from a storage rack on the flight line

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A technician checks the setting on an AN/SSQ-53 directional finding and ranging (DFIR) sonobuoy installed in the sonobuoy launcher of an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Dutkiewicz, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A photographic technician checks a negative

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Lowry Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Jose Lopez, USAF Release Status: R More

An emergency medical technician checks on one of the participants in a mass casualty drill

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John D. Eichensehn Release More

An emergency medical technician checks on one of the participants in a mass casualty drill

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John D. Eichensehn Release More

A Navy dental technician checks the dental record of a Marine while screening patients outside a dental clinic at a camp in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU) Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Bailey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milit More

A dental technician checks a soldier's teeth during Marne Focus. Both personnel are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MARNE FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft, More

A medical technician checks a soldier's pulse in the hospital area

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MARNE FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don Teft, More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a technician checks out the Mars Polar Lander on its workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science instruments and basic spacecraft subsystems. The solar-powered spacecraft, targeted for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Station aboard a Delta II rocket on Jan. 3, 1999, is designed to touch down on the Martian surface near the northern-most boundary of the south pole in order to study the water cycle there. The lander also will help scientists learn more about climate change and current resources on Mars, studying such things as frost, dust, water vapor and condensates in the Martian atmosphere KSC-98pc1372

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2), a technician checks out the Mars Polar Lander on its workstand. The spacecraft is undergoing testing of science in More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- A technician checks the mirrors on the Starshine-2 experiment inside a canister in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The deployable experiment is being carried on mission STS-108. Starshine-2's 800 aluminum mirrors were polished by more than 25,000 students from 26 countries. Top priorities for the STS-108 (UF-1) mission of Endeavour are rotation of the International Space Station Expedition Three and Expedition Four crews, bringing water, equipment and supplies to the station in the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, and completion of robotics tasks and a spacewalk to install thermal blankets over two pieces of equipment at the bases of the Space Station's solar wings. Liftoff of Endeavour on mission STS-108 is scheduled for 7:41 p.m. EST KSC01pd1715

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- A technician checks the mirrors on the Starshine-2 experiment inside a canister in the payload bay of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The deployable experiment is being carried on missi More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the launch tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician checks the attachment of the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft (above) to the Boeing Delta II rocket (below). CONTOUR will provide the first detailed look into the heart of a comet -- the nucleus. Flying as close as 60 miles (100 kilometers) to at least two comets, the spacecraft will take the sharpest pictures yet of a nucleus while analyzing the gas and dust that surround these rocky, icy building blocks of the solar system. Launch of CONTOUR is scheduled for July 1, 2002 KSC-02pd1043

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On the launch tower at Launch Complex 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, a technician checks the attachment of the Comet Nucleus Tour (CONTOUR) spacecraft (above) to the Boein More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician checks the final step in mating of the first and second stages of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. The rocket is the launch vehicle for NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft. AIM is the seventh Small Explorers mission under NASA's Explorer Program. The program provides frequent flight opportunities for world-class scientific investigations from space within heliophysics and astrophysics. The AIM spacecraft will fly three instruments designed to study polar mesospheric clouds located at the edge of space, 50 miles above the Earth's surface in the coldest part of the planet's atmosphere. The mission's primary goal is to explain why these clouds form and what has caused them to become brighter and more numerous and appear at lower latitudes in recent years. AIM's results will provide the basis for the study of long-term variability in the mesospheric climate and its relationship to global climate change. AIM is scheduled to be mated to the Pegasus XL during the second week of April, after which final inspections will be conducted. Launch is scheduled for April 25. KSC-07pd0655

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. -- At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician checks the final step in mating of the first and second stages of the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. The rocke More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, a technician checks the connections for loading the Dawn spacecraft with xenon gas for the ion propulsion system. Dawn's mission is to explore two of the asteroid belt's most intriguing and dissimilar occupants: asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. The Dawn spacecraft uses ion propulsion to get the additional velocity needed to reach Vesta once it leaves the Delta rocket. It also uses ion propulsion to spiral to lower altitudes on Vesta, to leave Vesta and cruise to Ceres and to spiral to a low-altitude orbit at Ceres. Ion propulsion makes efficient use of the onboard fuel by accelerating it to a velocity 10 times that of chemical rockets. Dawn is scheduled to launch July 7aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Complex 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-07pd1390

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Astrotech's Hazardous Processing Facility, a technician checks the connections for loading the Dawn spacecraft with xenon gas for the ion propulsion system. Dawn's mission is t More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks the blue monitor that will be used to validate the circuit on test wiring during the tanking test on space shuttle Atlantis' external tank. The test wiring has been spliced into an electrical harness in the aft main engine compartment connected with the engine cut-off, or ECO, sensor system. The attached wiring leads to the interior of the mobile launcher platform where the time domain reflectometry, or TDR, test equipment is located. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd3646

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks the blue monitor that will be used to validate the circuit on test wiring during the tanking test on space s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks the pick-off mirror on the Wide Field Camera 3, or WFC3, that will be installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. WFC3 is part of the payload on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission for the fifth and final Hubble servicing flight to Hubble. As Hubble enters the last stage of its life, WFC3 will be Hubble's next evolutionary step, allowing Hubble to peer ever further into the mysteries of the cosmos. WFC3 will study a diverse range of objects and phenomena, from young and extremely distant galaxies, to much more nearby stellar systems, to objects within our very own solar system. WFC3 will take the place of Wide Field Planetary Camera 2, which astronauts will bring back to Earth aboard the shuttle. Launch of Atlantis is targeted at 1:34 a.m. EDT Oct. 8. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Diller KSC-08pd2457

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks the pick-off mirror on the Wide Field Camera 3, or WFC3, that will be installed on NASA's More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., ., a technician checks the GOES-O satellite as it rotates on the stand. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Once in orbit, GOES-O will be designated GOES-14, and NASA will provide on-orbit checkout and then transfer operational responsibility to NOAA. The GOES-O satellite is targeted to launch April 28 onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV expendable launch vehicle. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-2285

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., ., a technician checks the GOES-O satellite as it rotates on the stand. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmenta More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the GOES-O satellite as it begins rotating on the stand. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Once in orbit, GOES-O will be designated GOES-14, and NASA will provide on-orbit checkout and then transfer operational responsibility to NOAA. The GOES-O satellite is targeted to launch April 28 onboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV expendable launch vehicle. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-2283

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the GOES-O satellite as it begins rotating on the stand. The latest Geostationary Operational Environ More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks out the Materials Science Research Rack-1, or MSRR-1, which will undergo final flight preparations. The size of a large refrigerator, MSRR-1 is 6 feet high, 3.5 feet wide and 40 inches deep and weighs about 1 ton. MSRR-1 is the payload for the STS-128 mission targeted to launch in August. The rack will be installed in the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module for transport to the International Space Station . After arriving at the station, the rack will be housed in the U.S. Destiny laboratory. MSRR-1 will allow for study of a variety of materials including metals, ceramics, semiconductor crystals and glasses onboard the orbiting laboratory. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-2179

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks out the Materials Science Research Rack-1, or MSRR-1, which will undergo final flight preparations. The size of a large re More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the installation of a solar array panel on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The orbiter will carry seven instruments to provide scientists with detailed maps of the lunar surface and enhance our understanding of the moon's topography, lighting conditions, mineralogical composition and natural resources. Information gleaned from LRO will be used to select safe landing sites, determine locations for future lunar outposts and help mitigate radiation dangers to astronauts. The polar regions of the moon are the main focus of the mission because continuous access to sunlight may be possible and water ice may exist in permanently shadowed areas of the poles. Launch of LRO is targeted for June 2. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-2813

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –– At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the installation of a solar array panel on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. The orbiter will carry seven i More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the thermal blanket around the LROC narrow angle camera during closeout on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, before its mating with NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, spacecraft. Above the LROC is the LOLA, which will provide a precise global lunar topographic model and geodetic grid; and top right, the DIVINER, which will measure lunar surface temperatures at scales that provide essential information for future surface operations and exploration. The satellite's primary mission is to search for water ice on the moon in a permanently shadowed crater near one of the lunar poles. LCROSS is a low-cost, accelerated-development, companion mission to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO. LCROSS and LRO are the first missions in NASA's plan to return humans to the moon and begin establishing a lunar outpost by 2020. Launch is targeted for no earlier than June 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-2986

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the thermal blanket around the LROC narrow angle camera during closeout on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks the mating from the inside of the Ares I-X simulator crew module-launch abort system, or CM-LAS, with the simulator service module-service adapter stack. Ares I-X is the flight test for the Ares I. The I-X flight will provide NASA an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with Ares I. The launch of the 327-foot-tall, full-scale Ares I-X is targeted for August 2009. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2009-3124

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks the mating from the inside of the Ares I-X simulator crew module-launch abort More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks a solar array on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, after the protective cover was removed. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-4042

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks a solar array on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, after the protective cover was removed. SDO is the first More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the antenna on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, after the protective cover was removed. SDO is the first space weather research network mission in NASA's Living With a Star Program. The spacecraft's long-term measurements will give solar scientists in-depth information about changes in the sun's magnetic field and insight into how they affect Earth. In preparation for its anticipated November launch, engineers will perform a battery of comprehensive tests to ensure SDO can withstand the stresses and vibrations of the launch itself, as well as what it will encounter in the space environment after launch. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-4038

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Fla., a technician checks the antenna on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, after the protective cover was removed. SDO is the first s More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A, a technician checks the closing of the payload bay door around the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo and the lightweight multi-purpose experiment support structure carrier inside space shuttle Discovery's payload bay. Discovery will deliver 33,000 pounds of equipment to the station, including science and storage racks, a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. Launch is targeted for late August. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-4568

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A, a technician checks the closing of the payload bay door around the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo and the lightweight multi-purpose experiment support structur More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks the bottom of a battery charge-discharge unit being lifted by crane from a work stand. The unit will be installed on an EXPRESS Logistics Carrier for flight. The carrier is part of the STS-129 payload on space shuttle Atlantis, which will deliver to the International Space Station two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. STS-129 is targeted to launch Nov. 12. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2009-4676

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks the bottom of a battery charge-discharge unit being lifted by crane from a work sta More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks the connection of an elbow camera installed onto the robotic arm inside shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Atlantis is being prepared for the STS-135 mission, which will deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module packed with supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. STS-135 is targeted to launch June 28, and will be the last spaceflight for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2011-2536

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a technician checks the connection of an elbow camera installed onto the robotic arm inside shuttle Atlantis' p More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician checks on the status of the Orbital Science’s Pegasus XL inside Orbital’s hanger. The rocket is mated to NASA’s encapsulated Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, spacecraft. A transporter will be used to move them to the runway ramp where they will be attached to the underside of Orbital’s L-1011 carrier aircraft. The aircraft will fly the pair from Vandenberg to the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on the Pacific Ocean’s Kwajalein Atoll for launch. A revised launch date is expected to be set at the Flight Readiness Review. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/nustar. Photo credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin KSC-2012-1799

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a technician checks on the status of the Orbital Science’s Pegasus XL inside Orbital’s hanger. The rocket is mated to NASA’s encap More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - While wearing a safety harness, a technician checks his communications equipment during weight and center-of-gravity checks on space shuttle Atlantis in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The work is part of the Space Shuttle Program’s transition and retirement processing of the shuttle fleet. A groundbreaking was held Jan. 18, 2012, for Atlantis' future home, a 65,000-square-foot exhibit hall in Shuttle Plaza at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Atlantis is scheduled to roll over to the visitor complex during November in preparation for the exhibit's grand opening in July 2013. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3554

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - While wearing a safety harness, a technician checks his communications equipment during weight and center-of-gravity checks on space shuttle Atlantis in Orbiter Processing Facility Bay 1 More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks out the two Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft as they are being encapsulated in the payload faring. The fairing will house and protect the RBSP during liftoff and flight through the atmosphere aboard an Atlas V rocket. NASA’s RBSP mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 23, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-4300

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks out the two Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft as they More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks out the two Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft as they are being encapsulated in the payload faring. The fairing will house and protect the RBSP during liftoff and flight through the atmosphere aboard an Atlas V rocket. NASA’s RBSP mission will help us understand the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earth’s radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Liftoff is targeted for Aug. 23, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/rbsp. Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-4299

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a technician checks out the two Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft as they More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. Launch of the TDRS-K on the Atlas V rocket is planned for January 29, 2013. The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdrs/index.html Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-1054

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. Launch of More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a t Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. Launch of the TDRS-K on the Atlas V rocket is planned for January 29, 2013. The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdrs/index.html Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-1055

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a t Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. Launch More

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. Launch of the TDRS-K on the Atlas V rocket is planned for January 29, 2013. The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services. For more information, visit http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdrs/index.html Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann KSC-2013-1056

TITUSVILLE, Fla. - In the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, a Boeing technician checks out the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-K. Launch of More