High-Energy Propellant Rocket Firing at the Rocket Lab
A rocket using high-energy propellant is fired from the Rocket Laboratory at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. The Rocket Lab was a collection of ten one... More
Rocket Propellant Talk at the 1957 NACA Lewis Inspection
A researcher works a demonstration board in the Rocket Engine Test Facility during the 1957 Inspection of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Morpheus lander, a vertical test bed veh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Morpheus lander, a vertical test bed vehicle, is being transported out from its checkout building for a short trip to a launch position at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star to...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star tows a spent solid rocket booster toward Port Canaveral. The booster is from Space Shuttle Discovery, which launched on July 4. The space shu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, a United Space Allian...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Launch Pad 39A, a United Space Alliance technician removes foam insulation revealing the fastener holes on the covers over the feed-through connector box on the external tank fo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center, members...
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 solid rocket booster retrieval ship ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The solid rocket booster retrieval ship Freedom Star is temporarily docked at Port Canaveral while the booster it was towing is moved alongside for the remainder of the trip uprive... More
Saturn Apollo Program - F-1 rocket engine
This chart provides the vital statistics for the F-1 rocket engine. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was utilized in a cluster of five engines to ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the left orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod has been installed onto space shuttle Atlantis. The OMS pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-122 Commander Steve Frick (right) a...
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 ...
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
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Spa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the rotating service structure is rolling on its axis to uncover space shuttle Endeavour. First motion was at 8:23 a.m. and roll... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flags wave near Launch Pad 39A where spa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Flags wave near Launch Pad 39A where space shuttle Endeavour waits for liftoff. The rotating service structure was rolled back starting at 8:23 a.m. and complete at 8:55 a.m. Abo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star be...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The SRB Retrieval Ship Liberty Star begins the rest of its journey to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a spent solid rocket booster alongside. The booster is from Space Shu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, wor...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, workers lift the liquid oxygen feedline for the 17-inch disconnect toward orbiter Discovery for installation. The 17-inch liquid oxygen and liq... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two space shuttle external fuel tank transporters are being prepared for transfer to the Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum at Keystone Heights Air... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Fa...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility, or RSPF, the solid rocket booster segment is ready for propellant grain inspection required as part of safety analysis. The booster ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a cr...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane is used to load the aft skirt for a space shuttle solid rocket booster on a truck. A twin set of space shuttle solid rocket boosters and... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance technicians monitor the progress as a large crane lifts the right orbital maneuverin... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a tw...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a twin set of space shuttle solid rocket boosters and an external fuel tank are being loaded on trucks for transport to separate museums. T... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Launch Alliance technicians provide assistance as a large crane is lowered toward the right orbital ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cente...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the orbiter access arm and White Room are extended toward space shuttle Discovery after rollback of the rotating service struc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Morpheus lander, a vertical test bed veh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Morpheus lander, a vertical test bed vehicle, is moved into a building at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Morpheus is designed to demo... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Neo Liquid Propellant Testbed inside a ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Neo Liquid Propellant Testbed inside a facility near Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida, engineers are working on the buildup of the Neo test fixture and a... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are underway to install the right orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod on space shuttle At... More
Kiwi-A Prime Atomic Reactor. NASA public domain image colelction.
Kiwi-A Prime is one of a series of atomic reactors for studying the feasibility of nuclear rocket propulsion, in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Developed by the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory for the U.S. Atomic Ene... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the left orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod has been installed onto space shuttle Atlantis. The OMS pr... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lights bathe space shuttle Discovery on Launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Lights bathe space shuttle Discovery on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after rollback of the rotating service structure. The orbiter access arm and White Room ar... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clyde Parrish, a NASA/KSC engineer, expl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clyde Parrish, a NASA/KSC engineer, explains how the fertilizer scrubber control panel (center) works to turn nitrogen tetroxide vapor into fertilizer, potassium hydroxide. Parrish... More
NASA Researcher Andy Stofan Studying Fluid Sloshing
Andy Stofan views a small-scale tank built to study the sloshing characteristics of liquid hydrogen at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. Stofan was tasked with the ... More
Saturn V F-1 Engine - Saturn Apollo Program
A close-up view of the F-1 Engine for the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage depicts the complexity of the engine. Developed by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was ut... More
Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program
This close-up view of the F-1 engine for the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage shows the engine's complexity, and also its large size as it dwarfs the technician. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the M... More
Small Liquid Hydrogen Tank for Drop Tower Tests
A researcher fills a small container used to represent a liquid hydrogen tank in preparation for a microgravity test in the 2.2-Second Drop Tower at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewi... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Solid Propellant Condition...
Survey number: HAER CA-163-II Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Stat...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a worker examines one of the frustums from two spent solid rocket boosters from space shuttle Endeavour, which launched Nov.... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operations are under way to remove the fuel line that supplied liquid hydrogen propellant to space shuttle Atla... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod is lifted toward space shuttle Atlantis on which it will be installe... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid r...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships, tows a solid rocket booster alongside, heading for Hangar AF at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The booster... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Cent...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians in the control booth get ready to roll the rotating service structure, or RSS, above them away from space shuttle... More
Destruction of KIWI Nuclear Reactor
A modified Kiwi nuclear reactor was deliberately destroyed at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station in Jackass Flats, Nevada, as a safety experiment simulating an accident during a launch. Nuclear scientists i... More
A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE PROGRAM - INSULATED LIQUID HYDROGEN LH2 W...
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/14/1974 Photographer: LLOYD TRUNK Keywords: 1974_00247.jpg c1974_00200s Plum Brook Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan Geog... More
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE PROGRAM - INSULATED LIQUID HYDROGEN LH2 W...
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/14/1974 Photographer: LLOYD TRUNK Keywords: Plum Brook Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan Geographic Location: Sandusky, O... More
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE PROGRAM - INSULATED LIQUID HYDROGEN LH2 W...
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/14/1974 Photographer: LLOYD TRUNK Keywords: Plum Brook Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan Geographic Location: Sandusky, O... More
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE PROGRAM - INSULATED LIQUID HYDROGEN LH2 W...
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/14/1974 Photographer: LLOYD TRUNK Keywords: Plum Brook Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan Geographic Location: Sandusky, O... More
CRYOGENIC PROPELLANT STORAGE PROGRAM - INSULATED LIQUID HYDROGEN LH2 W...
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 1/14/1974 Photographer: LLOYD TRUNK Keywords: Plum Brook Plum Brook Station Plumbrook Plumbrook Station Larsen Scan Geographic Location: Sandusky, O... More
Space shuttle Boosters - Space Shuttle Projects
This image illustrates the solid rocket motor (SRM)/solid rocket booster (SRB) configuration. The Shuttle's two SRB's are the largest solids ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standi... More
PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00983.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More
PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00981.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More
PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00979.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More
PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00978.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
This illustration is a cutaway of the solid rocket booster (SRB) sections with callouts. The Shuttle's two SRB's are the largest solids ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standing ne... More
PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00982.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More
PROPELLANT TANK IN FUEL PIT AT THE SOUTH 40
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/16/1977 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1977_00900s 1977_00980.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 202 Photographs Relating to Agency Acti... More
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
The solid rocket booster (SRB) structural test article is being installed in the Solid Rocket Booster Test Facility for the structural and load verification test at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The ... More
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
The structural test article to be used in the solid rocket booster (SRB) structural and load verification tests is being assembled in a high bay building of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The Shuttle'... More
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
This is a photograph of the solid rocket booster's (SRB's) Qualification Motor-1 (QM-1) being prepared for a static firing in a test stand at the Morton Thiokol Test Site in Wasatch, Utah, showing the aft end o... More
Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, mated to a 15-story-tall external pr...
Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, mated to a 15-story-tall external propellant tank and twin inert solid rocket boosters on top of a Mobile Launcher Platform, is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building fro... More
A Thiokol solid propellant apogee kick motor of the joint Air Force-Na...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Arnold Air Force Station State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Phil Tarver Release Status: Releas... More
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
This photograph is a long shot view of a full scale solid rocket motor (SRM) for the solid rocket booster (SRB) being test fired at Morton Thiokol's Wasatch Operations in Utah. The twin boosters provide the maj... More
Space Shuttle Projects, Marshall Space Flight Center
This photograph shows a static firing test of the Solid Rocket Qualification Motor-8 (QM-8) at the Morton Thiokol Test Site in Wasatch, Utah. The twin solid rocket boosters provide the majority of thrust for th... More
Workers take off the protective covering on the propulsion module for ...
Workers take off the protective covering on the propulsion module for the Cassini spacecraft after uncrating the module at KSC's Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). The extended journey o... More
Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lower the upper ...
Technicians from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) lower the upper equipment module over a propellant tank in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC in July prior to installation on the Cassini orb... More
At Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mobile Service...
At Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air Station, the Mobile Service Tower has been retracted away from the Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini spacecraft and its attached Huygens probe. This is the second... More
A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 i...
A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is lifted in a hoisting slip in the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Hangar AF is a building originally used for Project Mercury... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket boost...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is the solid rocket booster recovery ship Liberty Star as it reenters the Hangar AF area at Cape ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The frustum of a forward skirt assembly ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The frustum of a forward skirt assembly of a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is transported into the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station... More
A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 i...
A spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is lifted in a hoisting slip in the Hangar AF area at Cape Canaveral Air Station. Hangar AF is a building originally used for Project Mercury... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket boost...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Seen carrying a spent solid rocket booster (SRB) from the STS-87 launch on Nov. 19 is the solid rocket booster recovery ship Liberty Star as it reenters the Hangar AF area at Cape ... More
NASA's Lunar Prospector is taken out of its crate at Astrotech, a comm...
NASA's Lunar Prospector is taken out of its crate at Astrotech, a commercial payload processing facility, in Titusville, Fla. The small robotic spacecraft, to be launched for NASA on an Athena 2 rocket by Lockh... More
NASA's Lunar Prospector is taken out of its crate at Astrotech, a comm...
NASA's Lunar Prospector is taken out of its crate at Astrotech, a commercial payload processing facility, in Titusville, Fla. The small robotic spacecraft, to be launched for NASA on an Athena 2 rocket by Lockh... More
Research and Technology. NASA public domain image colelction.
The Direct Gain Solar Thermal Engine was designed with no moving parts. The concept of Solar Thermal Propulsion Research uses focused solar energy from an inflatable concentrator (a giant magnifying glass) to h... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Will Reaves (top of stand), wit...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Will Reaves (top of stand), with Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, looks over components of the X-33 umbilical system undergoing testing. A team of Kennedy Space Cente... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, , Will Reaves and Mike Solomon ...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, , Will Reaves and Mike Solomon (kneeling), both with Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, observe parts of the X-33 umbilical system during testing. A team of Kennedy Spa... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Mike Ynclan, with Dynacs, and G...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Mike Ynclan, with Dynacs, and Greg Melton, a NASA engineer, look at measurements during testing of the X-33 umbilical system. A team of Kennedy Space Center experts develo... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Mike Solomon, with Lockheed Mar...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Mike Solomon, with Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, studies a part of the X-33 umbilical system during testing. Pointing to the part is Will Reaves, also with Lockhee... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, workers check results from test...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, workers check results from testing the X-33 umbilical system. From left are Greg Melton (left), a NASA engineer; Will Reaves, with Lockheed Martin Technical Operations; an... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Greg Melton (left), a NASA engi...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Greg Melton (left), a NASA engineer, and Will Reaves (right), with Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, look at components of the X-33 umbilical system that is undergoing... More
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Mike Solomon (left) and Will Re...
At the Launch Equipment Test Facility, Mike Solomon (left) and Will Reaves (right), both with Lockheed Martin Technical Operations, move in for a close look at part of the X-33 umbilical system. A team of Kenne... More
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch a...
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch abort engine for The Boeing Co., which is developing its CST-100 spacecraft for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Under its fixed-price contrac... More
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch a...
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch abort engine for The Boeing Co., which is developing its CST-100 spacecraft for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Under its fixed-price contrac... More
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch a...
CANOGA PARK, Calif. -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne hot-fires a launch abort engine for The Boeing Co., which is developing its CST-100 spacecraft for NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Under its fixed-price contrac... More
A recently installed fertilizer-producing system sits near Launch Pad ...
A recently installed fertilizer-producing system sits near Launch Pad 39A. Using a "scrubber," the system captures nitrogen tetroxide vapor that develops as a by-product when it is transferred from ground stora... More
A recently installed fertilizer-producing system sits near Launch Pad ...
A recently installed fertilizer-producing system sits near Launch Pad 39A. Using a "scrubber," the system captures nitrogen tetroxide vapor that develops as a by-product when it is transferred from ground stora... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clyde Parrish, a NASA/KSC engineer, expl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Clyde Parrish, a NASA/KSC engineer, explains how the fertilizer scrubber control panel (center) works to turn nitrogen tetroxide vapor into fertilizer, potassium hydroxide. Parrish... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A recently installed fertilizer-produci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A recently installed fertilizer-producing system sits near Launch Pad 39A (upper left background). Using a "scrubber," the system captures nitrogen tetroxide vapor that develops a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A recently installed fertilizer-produci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A recently installed fertilizer-producing system sits near Launch Pad 39A (upper left background). Using a "scrubber," the system captures nitrogen tetroxide vapor that develops a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 place an antenna on the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP). Several other milestones must be completed while MAP is a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) is ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) is worked on in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2. Several milestones must be completed while MAP is at SAEF-2, including an... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2 stand by while the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) is lifted to place it on a workstand. Several milestones must b... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsul...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility 2, the Microwave Anisotropy Probe (MAP) undergoes testing and checkout. Several milestones must be completed while MAP is at ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- These photos show a crack found on a met...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- These photos show a crack found on a metal liner used to direct flow in Space Shuttle Discovery's main propulsion system propellant lines. The top photo is magnified 30 times and... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The aeroshell for the Mars Exploration R...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The aeroshell for the Mars Exploration Rover-1 mission is offloaded at KSC's Multi-Payload Processing Facility. While at KSC, the rovers, aeroshells and landers will undergo a ful... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Another component of the Mars Exploratio...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Another component of the Mars Exploration Rover-1 mission is moved into KSC's Multi-Payload Processing Facility. While at KSC, the rovers, aeroshells and landers will undergo a fu... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The cruise stage, aeroshell and lander f...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The cruise stage, aeroshell and lander for the Mars Exploration Rover-1 mission and the MER-2 rover arrive at KSC. The same flight hardware for the MER-2 rover arrived Jan. 27; how... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The cruise stage, aeroshell and lander f...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The cruise stage, aeroshell and lander for the Mars Exploration Rover-1 mission and the MER-2 rover arrive at KSC's Multi-Payload Processing Facility. The same flight hardware for ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The aeroshell for the Mars Exploration R...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The aeroshell for the Mars Exploration Rover-1 mission is moved into KSC's Multi-Payload Processing Facility. While at KSC, the rovers, aeroshells and landers will undergo a full ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Another component of the Mars Explorati...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Another component of the Mars Exploration Rover-1 mission is offloaded at KSC's Multi-Payload Processing Facility. While at KSC, the rovers, aeroshells and landers will undergo a... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker in the Payload Hazardous Servic...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility examines the Mars Exploration Rover-2.The rover , aeroshell and lander will undergo a full mission simulation while at KSC. Al... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicin...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility look over the aeroshell and cruise stage of Mars Exploration Rover-1. The upper portion is the heat shield on the aeroshell. Each... More