NASA Kennedy Space Center photos
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The 1960s
All 14 NASA Kennedy Space Center photos from the 1960s
Astronut John H. Glenn
1962-02-20
Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury
1962-01-01
Walter C. Williams and Christopher Kraft
1962-01-01
January 1962 -- Project Mercury Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., prime pilot for the MA-6 mission
1962-01-01
January 1962 -- Project Mercury Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., prime pilot for the MA-6 mission, takes a…
1962-01-01
Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., enters the Friendship 7 spacecraft during the last part of the…
1962-02-20
KSC- -63-5674
1963-06-04
KSC- -63-1017
1963-02-13
The 1990s
All 38 NASA Kennedy Space Center photos from the 1990s
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The second International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) is off to an ontime start as the Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at 12:43:00 p.m. EDT. On board are a crew of seven and more than 80 investigations developed by more than 200 scientists from
1994-07-08
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The turbulent weather common to a Florida afternoon in the summer subsides into a serene canopy of cornflower blue, and a manmade "bird" takes flight. The Space Shuttle Discovery soars skyward from Launch Pad 39B on Mission STS-64 at 6:22:35 p.m. EDT, Sept. 9. On board a
1994-09-09
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Commander William F. Readdy arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the next
1996-08-25
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-79 Mission Specialist John E. Blaha arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility with five fellow astronauts, ready to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT is a dress rehearsal for launch for the flight crew and launch team. Over the
1996-08-25
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-79 astronauts arrive at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility in their T-38 aircraft from Johnson Space Center in Houston. From left are Mission Specialists John E. Blaha and Tom Akers; Commander William F. Readdy; PIlot Terrence W. Wilcutt; and Mission Specialists Jay
1996-08-25
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-79 around Sept. 12. The SPACEHAB Double Module located in the aft area of the payload bay
1996-08-22
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Payload Changeout Room (PCR) at Launch Pad 39A are preparing to close the payload doors for flight on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, targeted for liftoff on Mission STS-79 around Sept. 12. The payloads in Atlantis' cargo bay will play key roles during the upc
1996-08-22
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The orbiter Ku-band antenna looms large in this view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay. Visible just past the antenna system - stowed on the starboard side of the payload bay wall - is the Orbiter Docking System (ODS), and connected to the ODS via a tunnel is th
1996-08-22
The 2000s
All 365 NASA Kennedy Space Center photos from the 2000s
Astronaut Daniel W. Bursch
2000-03-06
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS -- (STS114-S-002) -- These four astronauts are in training for the STS-114 mission. Astronauts Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, and James M. Kelly, pilot, flank the two mission specialists -- astronauts Stephen K. Robinson (second from left) and Soichi Noguc
2002-12-02
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employees (from left) Daryl Burke, Jay Beason and Tom Summers check new tiles installed on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery. A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatu
2003-09-23
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The start of a lunar eclipse is viewed from Merritt Island, Fla. Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up. They are rare because the Moon usually passes above or below the imaginary line connecting Earth and the Sun. The Earth casts a shadow that the Moon can
2003-11-08
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - While Jay Beason (left), with United Space Alliance, looks on, Jeremy Schwarz (front) and Tom Summers (behind), also with USA, place new tiles on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery. A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to p
2003-09-23
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employees Jeremy Schwarz (left) and Chris Keeling install new tiles on the heat shield of main engine 1 for the orbiter Discovery. A heat shield is a protective layer on a spacecraft designed to protect it from the high temperatures, usually those t
2003-09-23
VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - The mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., rolls back from the Delta II rocket that will launch the Gravity Probe B experiment. The Gravity Probe B will launch a payload of four gyroscopes into low-Earth polar orbit to test two ext
2003-09-12
VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Viewed from inside, the second stage of the Delta II launch vehicle for the Gravity Probe B experiment is lifted up the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Behind it is the first stage of the Delta II. The Gravity Probe B will la
2003-09-18
The 2010s
All 984 NASA Kennedy Space Center photos from the 2010s
U.S. President Barack Obama, accompanied by Congressman C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (D-MD) and middle school…
2010-02-17
Launch of STS-134 Space Shuttle Endeavour.
2011-05-16
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana talks to a crowd of spectators gathered at the Banana Creek Viewing Site near the Saturn V Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch the launch of space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle lifted off on its STS-134 missi
2011-05-16
USA SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLOUT
2011-06-01
USA SHUTTLE ATLANTIS ROLLOUT
2011-05-31
NASA astronaut Rex Walheim checks out the Dragon spacecraft und
2012-01-30
NASA astronauts and industry experts check out the crew accommod
2012-01-30
Mercury astronaut John Glenn and his wife, Annie, pose during a luncheon Feb. 17, 2012, celebrating 50 years…
2012-02-17
The 2020s
All 1,290 NASA Kennedy Space Center photos from the 2020s
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in…
2020-07-02
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