ISS042E135486 (01/10/2015) --- Just another sunny day in the Caribbean...
ISS042E135486 (01/10/2015) --- Just another sunny day in the Caribbean sea as viewed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. This image was tweeted out by NASA astronaut Terry Virts as he captured... More
Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott prepare to board Gemini VIII
Description (March 16, 1966) Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII. Gemini VIII successfully launched at 11:41 a.m. EST, March 16, 1966. The mission co... More
Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-51 G Launch
(June 17, 1985) On June 17, 1985, Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-51 G mission launched on a Comsat deployment mission. It deployed three communication satellites. The mission lasted a little over seven days. ..I... More
The Mercury 7, NASA Mercury project
On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7. Front row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan... More
Astronaut Edward White Ready For Gemini IV Liftoff
(June 3, 1965) Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for NASA's Gemini IV mission is shown in the crew's ready room at Launch Complex 16, suited and ready to ride the van to Launch Complex 19 for insertion in the... More
ASTRONAUT JAMES A. LOVELL, JR.. NASA public domain image colelction.
Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gemini-7 spaceflight, walks to the elevator at Pad 19 one hour and 40 minutes before launch of the spacecraft. Moments ... More
Photographs of President Richard Nixon Greeting the Apollo 11 Astronau...
Original caption: NASA/APOLLO. ABOARD THE USS HORNET - President Richard M. Nixon appears to be holding the Presidential Seal which is attached to the door of the Mobile Quarantine Facility during his greeting... More
Cernan Jump Salutes Flag, NASA Moon program
Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background b... More
2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
The original finding aid described this as: Description: 13 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR ENVIRONMENTAL + ENGINEERING TEST FACILITIES AT GODDRAD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. ALSO: WORKERS LIFTING HELIUM SHROUD. Photograp... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane moves the Ares I-X crew module simulator toward a stand at right. Other Ares I-X segment... More
Disability Mentoring Day. NASA public domain image colelction.
Students from the Maryland School for the Blind learn about astronauts during NASA's Disability Mentoring Day, Thursday, April 7, 2011, at NASA Headquarters in Washignton. Photo Credit: (NASA/Paul E. Alers)
2009 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR OF GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
The original finding aid described this as: Description: 13 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES TOUR ENVIRONMENTAL + ENGINEERING TEST FACILITIES AT GODDRAD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER. ALSO: WORKERS LIFTING HELIUM SHROUD. Photograp... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Space S...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In NASA Kennedy Space Center's Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF), the multi-purpose logistics module Donatello is being prepared for a move to a payload canister. Donate... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane is attached to the Mult...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An overhead crane is attached to the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello in order to move it to another work stand in the Space Station Processing Facility. Raffaello is the s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Space Station Processing F...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility secure the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello onto a new work stand. Raffaello is the second MPLM built by the Italian Space ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffae...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello is lifted from its stand in the Space Station Processing Facility to move to another work stand. Raffaello is the second MPLM built by ... More
S132E007207 - STS-132 - Earth Observations taken by STS-132 Crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations taken by the STS-132 Crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-132, Earth Observations (From Space) Date Taken: 5... More
S132E007160 - STS-132 - Earth Observations taken by STS-127 Crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations taken by STS-132 Crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. City at night. Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) from Space Shuttle... More
S112E05757 - STS-112 - Earth Observations taken by the STS-112 crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-112 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station (ISS). A portion of the... More
S129E007620 - STS-129 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-129 Crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-129 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-129, Earth Observations (From Space) Date Taken: 11... More
STS101-712-027 - STS-101 - Earth observations taken during the STS-101...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-101 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-101 Date Take... More
S129E005554 - STS-129 - Survey view of Atlantis taken during the STS-1...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the starboard (STBD) Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod taken during a survey of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, on the ... More
S125E012712 - STS-125 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-125 Crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-125 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-125, Earth Observations (From Space) Date Taken: 5/... More
STS101-722-028 - STS-101 - Earth observations taken during the STS-101...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-101 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-101 Categories... More
S122E011313 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More
S125E008693 - STS-125 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-125 Crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-125 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: STS-125, Earth Observations (From Space) Date Taken: 5/... More
S112E05936 - STS-112 - Earth Observations taken by the STS-112 crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-112 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Subject Terms: ... More
STS110-330-015 - STS-110 - Views of Atlantis' payload bay and Earth ob...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, and Earth observation views taken during the STS-110 mission. Subject Terms: Atlantis (... More
STS101-701-030 - STS-101 - Earth observations taken during STS-101 mis...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-101 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-101 Date Taken... More
STS112-704-049 - STS-112 - Earth Observations taken by the STS-112 cre...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth Observations taken by the STS-112 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: Atlantis (Orbiter), Earth Observations (From Space), STS... More
S125E006044 - STS-125 - Space Shuttle Atlantis OMS Pod Survey
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods and vertical stabilizer on the space shuttle Atlantis taken during an OMS pod survey by the STS-125 crew. ... More
S112E05770 - STS-112 - Sunset views taken by the STS-112 crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Views of the sunset taken by the STS-112 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Subject Terms:... More
S117E05130 - STS-117 - OMS pod taken during survey on STS-117 mission
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod taken during survey of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during the STS-117 mission. Subject Terms: ... More
STS104-711-014 - STS-104 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-104 crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation taken by the STS-104 crew from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: Earth Observations (From Space), STS-104 Date Taken: 7/23/... More
S122E011900 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More
S117E05015 - STS-117 - OMS pods during survey on STS-117 mission
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods during survey of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during the STS-117 mission. Subject Terms: STS-1... More
S129E007532 - STS-129 - Earth Observation taken by the STS-129 Crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-129 crew aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. View of sunrise. Subject Terms: STS-129, Earth Observations (From Spac... More
STS101-717-014 - STS-101 - Earth observations taken during STS-101 mis...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-101 mission from the space shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-101 Date Taken... More
S122E006336 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember...
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More
S125E006046 - STS-125 - Space Shuttle Atlantis OMS Pod Survey
The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the port side Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pod on the space shuttle Atlantis taken during an OMS pod survey by the STS-125 crew. Subject Te... More
S122E011915 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth horizon observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 D... More
S122E011893 - STS-122 - Earth Observations taken by STS-122 Crewmember
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by an STS-122 crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE), STS-122 Date Take... More
S112E06060 - STS-112 - Earth Observations taken by the STS-112 crew
The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken by the STS-112 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis while docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Subject Terms: ... More
Instrumentation in B-29, NASA history collection
Description (May 1, 1944) Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as ... More
Instrumentation in A-29, NASA history collection
(March 11, 1944) Recording high altitude flight data in a flying laboratory at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as the John ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A contrast in speed and design, the F/A-18 S...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A contrast in speed and design, the F/A-18 Super Hornet jet (behind) flies alongside a World War II Vought F4U Corsair during the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Space and Air Sho... More
Astronaut Francis D. (Drew) Gaffney
Born on June 9, 1946, Dr. Gaffney worked as a visiting senior scientist with the Life Sciences Division at NASA Headquarters from June 1986 to June 1989. He worked with the Operational Medicine group and was a... More
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp
(1948) Radio and early television personality Arthur Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper, (center) and Smith DeFrance, (right) former director of the Ames Aeronautical Labora... More
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp
(1948) Radio and early television personality Arthur Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper, (center) and Smith DeFrance, (right) former director of the Ames Aeronautical Labora... More
8 Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.
Description: (June 13, 1950) Because the slots he was designing opened directly into the 8 foot High Speed Tunnel's hazardous igloo-shaped test chamber, where high levels of pressure, temperature, and noise wou... More
Sarychev Volcano NASA Image of The Day
A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev volcano (Russia's Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. S... More
Photograph of the Delta Launch Vehicle on Launch Complex 17B with the ...
Original caption: Cape Kennedy, Florida - On Launch Complex 17B stands the Delta launch vehicle with the Relay II communications satellite mated to its third stage. If a successful launch is achieved, it will ... More
Photograph of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Original caption: Astronaut Malcolm S. Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury Atlas 7 flights. Father of 4 children, who live with he and his wife, Rene, at Langley Field, Va. Scott Carpenter’s back-up pilot fo... More
Photographs of Alan Shepard Being Suited up in His Space Gear for a Te...
Original caption: Alan Shepard, one of the three Prime Astronauts selected to take the first space ride in a Mercury Capsule, is being suited up in his space gear for a test simulation flight. The first attemp... More
Photograph of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Original caption: Malcolm S. Carpenter, a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, was born May 1, 1925 in Boulder, Colorado. He is 5 feet 10.5 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, and has green eyes and brown hair. H... More
Photograph of John Glenn in Space during Mercury-Atlas 6
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - Astronaut John Glenn photographed in space by an automatic sequence motion picture camera. Glenn is in a state of weightlessness traveling at 17,500 MPH as these pictur... More
Joe Walker in pressure suit with X-1E
Description: Joe Walker in a pressure suit beside the X-1E at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California. The dice and "Little Joe" are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. (Little Joe is ... More
Photograph of John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil L. Grissom and Alan B. Shepar...
Original caption: The three Project Mercury astronauts training for the nation's first manned space flight are (from left) John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom and Alan B. Shepard, Jr. The forthcoming sub-orb... More
Photograph of John Glenn in Space during Mercury-Atlas 6
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - Astronaut John Glenn photographed in space by an automatic sequence motion picture camera. Glenn is in a state of weightlessness traveling at 17,500 MPH as these pictur... More
Photograph of John Glenn in Space during Mercury-Atlas 6
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - Astronaut John Glenn photographed in space by an automatic sequence motion picture camera. Glenn is in a state of weightlessness traveling at 17,500 MPH as these pictur... More
Jerrie Cobb Poses beside Mercury Capsule
Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spaceship capsule. Although she never flew in space, Cobb, along with twenty-four other women, underwent physical tests similar to those taken by the Mercury astronauts with ... More
MA-6 HAND HELD - JOHN GLENN. NASA orbital flight public domain image.
S62-06012 (20 Feb. 1962) --- Orbital sunset photographed by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. aboard the "Friendship 7" during his Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
Models of Men Used to Make Couches
Date July 7, 1959.Description: Molded astronaut couches line the NASA Langley Research Centers model shop wall. The names of the test subjects--Langley employees--are written on the back. The couches are simila... More
Original Astronauts In Space Suits
The original seven Mercury astronauts during training at NASA Langley Research Center. From left to right, back row they are Alan Shepard, Virgil "Gus" Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper; front row, Walter Schirra, D... More
MA-6 HAND HELD - JOHN GLENN. NASA public domain image colelction.
S62-06026 (20 Feb. 1962) --- View of Earth taken by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during his Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
Looking Up. NASA public domain image colelction.
Outside Mercury Mission Control, (from left) astronauts John Glenn and Alan Shepard seem to check the weather as they gather with Flight Operations Director Walt Williams and a program meteorologist. With the a... More
LRO Expert Panel, NASA Apollo program
Goddard scientist Dr. Paul Lowman speaks to a crowd at Goddard's Visitor Center as Mark Beckman, the flight dynamics lead for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, looks on. Lowman began working for NASA in 1959 as... More
MA-6 HAND HELD - JOHN GLENN. NASA public domain image colelction.
S62-06011 (20 Feb. 1962) --- Orbital sunset photographed by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. aboard the "Friendship 7" during his Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra, NASA Mercury project
Full Description: Astronaut Walter M. Wally Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-8 (Mercury-Atlas) mission with Sigma 7 spacecraft was the... More
Walter Schirra NASA Image of The Day
Pictured is astronaut Walter M. Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. Schirra's Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, during which he piloted his Sigma 7 space... More
Astronaut Groups 1 and 2. NASA public domain image colelction.
Astronaut Groups 1 and 2. The original seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959, are seated (left to right): L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Water M. Schirra Jr., Joh... More
MA-6 HAND HELD - JOHN GLENN. NASA public domain image colelction.
S62-06019 (20 Feb. 1962) --- View of Earth taken by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during his Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
NASA Wernher von Braun, Army ballistic missile agency
Five of the seven original astronauts are seen with Dr. von Braun inspecting the Mercury-Redstone hardware in the Fabrication Laboratory of Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in 1959. Left to right: Astronaut... More
Project Mercury, 1959-1963, NASA Mercury project
Image Credit: NASA..Description Less than a year after its birth, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency announced its first astronaut class, the Mercury Seven, on April 9, 1959. Project Mercury proved that ... More
Astronaut Virgil Grissom - Training Prep - Centrifuge - Johnsonville, ...
B59-00586 (1959) --- Astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom is seen preparing for training in the centrifuge at Johnsville. A Navy corpsman attaches sensors to Grissom to monitor his body's reaction to the centrifuge. ... More
Original Seven Astronauts. NASA public domain image colelction.
The group portrait of the original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project. NASA selected its first seven astronauts on April 27, 1959. Left to right at front: Walter M. Wally Schirra, Donald K. Deke Slayton, ... More
MA-6 HAND HELD - JOHN GLENN. NASA public domain image colelction.
S62-06020 (20 Feb. 1962) --- View of Earth taken by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during his Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
Wernher von Braun, America Space Program
Dr. von Braun on the telephone prior to the launch of the Pioneer IV, March 1, 1959.
Mercury Project, NASA Mercury project
Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MR-4 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Redstone vehicle, made the second marned ... More
John H. Glenn - Mercury Project
Astronaut John H. Glenn, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-6 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, was the first manned orbital launch ... More
Mercury Project - L. Gordon Cooper, Jr
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-9 mission, boosted by the Mercury-Atlas launch vehicle, was the last flight o... More
Mercury Project, NASA Mercury project
Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, one of the original seven astronauts for Mercury Project selected by NASA on April 27, 1959. The MA-8 (Mercury-Atlas) mission with Sigma 7 spacecraft was the third marned or... More
Mercury Project - original seven astronauts
The group portrait of the original seven astronauts for the Mercury Project. NASA selected its first seven astronauts on April 27, 1959. Left to right at front: Walter M. Wally Schirra, Donald K. Deke Slayton, ... More
View form Lunar Module of surface of the moon near where LM touched do...
AS11-37-5458 (20 July 1969) --- This excellent view from the right-hand window of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) shows the surface of the moon in the vicinity of where the LM touched down. Numerous small rocks... More
FLIGHT RESEARCH BRANCH PERSONNEL-1959. FRONT ROW: George Rathert, Stu...
FLIGHT RESEARCH BRANCH PERSONNEL-1959. FRONT ROW: George Rathert, Stu Brown, Norm McFadden, Howard Turner, Gus Brunner, Venia McCloud, Violet Shaw, Kay Rizzi, Yvonne Settle, Genevieve Ziegler, Anita Palmer, Gr... More
Astronaut Scott Carpenter during centrifuge training
B59-00570 (August 1959) --- Astronaut Scott Carpenter trains at the centrifuge procedures trainer at Wright Field, Johnsville, Pennsylvania, for project Mercury. Photo credit: NASA
Photograph of Earth from an Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic...
Original caption: SUBJECT: MOTHER EARTH FROM 700MILES UP -- This series of photographs taken during the flight of an Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile August 24, 1959, shows the earth from an a... More
Personnel - Astronaut Scott Carpenter - Centrifuge
B59-00723 (1959) --- Close-up of astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, prime pilot for the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) mission, during centrifuge training. (M-199) Photo credit: NASA
B59-00587 (1959) --- Astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom is pictured leavin...
B59-00587 (1959) --- Astronaut Virgil (Gus) Grissom is pictured leaving a U.S. Navy installation and removing his helmet. Photo credit: NASA
Artistic View of Mercury Astronaut Training
This composite image includes a photograph of pilot Joe Algranti testing the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) inside Altitude Wind Tunnel at NASA’s Lewis Research Center with other images designe... More
Apollo 12 - Saturn Apollo Program
The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the... More
JSC2011-E-040267 (23 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, S...
JSC2011-E-040267 (23 March 2011) --- NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Sandy Magnus, mission specialist; and Doug Hurley, pilot, are interviewed by a crowd of media in the Systems Engineering S... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Michael Good puts on...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-125 Mission Specialist Michael Good puts on his launch-and-entry suit before heading for Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch will be Good's first sp... More
Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Mike Fincke of Space Shuttle...
Pilot Greg Johnson and Mission Specialist Mike Fincke of Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission STS-134 come to Ames Research Center to share their experiences, answer questions and sign autographs during a af... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, hardware that will be used in the launch of the Ares I-X rocket is being offloaded from the C-5 aircraft. The ha... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguch...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-114 Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi is helped by the Closeout Crew with his launch and entry suit before entering Space Shuttle Discovery. This is Noguchi’s first Shuttle fl... More
The STS-92 crew exits the Operations and Checkout Building on their wa...
The STS-92 crew exits the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to the Astrovan and Launch Pad 39A for a simulated countdown. Walking left to right are (foreground) Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-110 Mission Specialist Steven Smith ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-110 Mission Specialist Steven Smith relaxes during suit fit, which is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities. The TCDT is held at KSC prior to each Space Shut... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the high bay of the Payload Hazardous Servic...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the high bay of the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center cuts away the protective wrapping from the Orb... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-107 Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, participates in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, a standard part of Shuttle launch preparation... More