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NASA's Spacecraft Chamber of
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2008 Videographer of the Yea
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2008 Videographer of the Year, 2nd place, production category. By Michael McClare, GSFC. |
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Mode Training Exercises
2008 Videographer of the Yea
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2008 Videographer of the Year, 1st place, production category. By Cory Huston, KSC. |
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Shuttle Processing Montage
2008 Videographer of the Yea
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2008 Videographer of the Year, 1st place, documentation category. By Glenn Benson, KSC. |
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Segment for NASA 360, INDY C
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2008 Videographer of the Yea
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2008 Videographer of the Year, 3rd place, production category. By Michael Bibbo, LaRC. |
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Nite and Day of a Shuttle
2008 Videographer of the Yea
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2008 Videographer of the Year, 2nd place, documentation category. By Ben Smegelsky, KSC. |
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STS-125 HST SM4 Crew Trainin
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2008 Videographer of the Yea
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2008 Videographer of the Year, 3rd place, documentation category. By Steve Blair, JSC, Bill Brassard, JSC, Mark Hubbard, GSFC, Chapman Mannschreck, JSC, Michael McClare, GSFC, Jon Stubblefield, JSC. |
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Lee R. Scherer
Lee R. Scherer was appointed
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11/13/08
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Lee R. Scherer was appointed Director of the NASA Flight Research Center on October 11, 1971, a position he held until January 28, 1975. Mr. Scherer first worked with NASA in 1962 while still on active duty with the U.S. Navy as a Captain. Prior to his arriving at the Flight Research Center he was at NASA Headquarters' Office of Space Science and Applications, as Director of the Apollo Program for the scientific aspects of lunar explorations, Assistant Director of Lunar Programs, and Manager of the Lunar Orbiter Program from its inception in 1963 through its successful completion in 1967. Scherer graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1942. Most of Lee's 25-year Naval career was spent in aviation, including a tour flying carrier- based fighters and flight test experience with helicopters. Prior to entering the Naval Academy, he attended the University of Kentucky for one year. He received a second Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering in 1949 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and his Master's degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1950. Lee also attended the Summer of Industrial Management Studies program at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1949. Awards he has received include the NASA?s Exceptional Service Medal in 1967 and NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal in 1969. |
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11/13/08 |
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Comparison of Images
Comparison of high resolutio
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11/13/08
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Comparison of high resolution image showing the Earth at LPI website and LOIRP image. Photo Credit: LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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Lunar Orbiter 1
The world's first view of Ea
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11/13/08
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The world's first view of Earth as released to the public taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking station at Robledo De Chavela near Madrid, Spain. This crescent of the Earth was photographed August 23, 1966 at 16:35 GMT when the spacecraft was on its 16th orbit and just about to pass behind the Moon. Photo Credit: NASA / LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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Lunar Orbiter Spacecraft
Lunar Orbiter spacecraft on
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11/13/08
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Lunar Orbiter spacecraft on display in the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. Image credit: SpaceRef Interactive |
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11/13/08 |
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Image Comparison
Comparison of newly retrieve
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11/13/08
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Comparison of newly retrieved Lunar Orbiter imagery by LOIRP and high resolution scan of historic Lunar Orbiter photographs showing resolution enhancement. Photo credit: LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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Comparison
This image illustrates the d
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11/13/08
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This image illustrates the difference between the original image and the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) data. The original image is on the bottom and LOIRP's image is on the top. Image credit: LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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NASA Chart
NASA chart from 1966. Image
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11/13/08
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NASA chart from 1966. Image Credit: NASA |
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11/13/08 |
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LOIRP Moon
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NAS
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11/13/08
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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966. Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon. Read press release Image Credit: NASA / LOIRP |
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11/13/08 |
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Thermal Protection System
Visitors to the Future Missi
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7/6/08
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Visitors to the Future Missions tent learn about the Thermal Protection System (TPS) for the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle that will take astronaut crews to the International Space Station and will later return humans to the Moon. |
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7/6/08 |
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EVA Suit
This NASA exhibiter describe
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7/6/08
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This NASA exhibiter describes features of the space suit that astronauts wear when they go on spacewalks. |
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7/6/08 |
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Infrared Images
Young visitors to the Space
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7/6/08
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Young visitors to the Space Shuttle tent learn how NASA uses infra-red cameras on-orbit to investigate the Orbiter to determine if repairs are needed prior to coming home. |
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7/6/08 |
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ELVIS
This NASA exhibiter explains
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7/6/08
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This NASA exhibiter explains how the Enhanced Launch Vehicle Imaging System (ELVIS) greatly increases the number and fidelity of views taken of each Shuttle launch as an added safety precaution established with Return to Flight in 2005. |
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7/6/08 |
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Astronaut Exercise
In the next 50 years, NASA p
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7/8/08
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In the next 50 years, NASA plans to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars. These astronauts must follow a strenuous exercise program in-flight to prevent the health effects of space flight. These effects include decrease in bone and muscle mass, strength, sensory-motor function (i.e. balance), and the ability to perform aerobic exercise. |
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7/8/08 |
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Microgravity Drop Tower
Modern research-scale drop t
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7/8/08
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Modern research-scale drop towers provide scientists with brief periods of low-gravity free-fall conditions in which a wide variety of scientific experiments can be conducted. This NASA exhibiter is demonstrating a portable microgravity drop tower that can be used to assist in science education in the classroom. |
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7/8/08 |
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ISS Battery
When the solar arrays of the
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7/8/08
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When the solar arrays of the International Space Station are in the sun, nickel hydrogen batteries such as the one being demonstrated collect solar energy that is later used to power the Station when it is no longer within the Sun's "line-of-sight." |
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7/8/08 |
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Ranger Satellite Servicing M
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Ranger is a spaceflight qual
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7/8/08
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Ranger is a spaceflight qualified dexterous robotic servicing system that was primarily designed per the requirements for robotic servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The fifth and final Space Shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled for October 2008. |
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7/8/08 |
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Postcards From The Field
The NASA Team on the last da
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7/30/08
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The NASA Team on the last day of the Festival. |
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7/30/08 |
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Big Blue Marble
NASA's mission has always be
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4/22/08
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NASA's mission has always been to explore, to discover and to understand the world in which we live from the unique vantage point of space, and to share our newly gained perspectives with the public. That spirit of sharing remains true today as NASA operates 18 of the most advanced Earth-observing satellites ever built, helping scientists make some of the most detailed observations ever made of our world. Image Credit: NASA |
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4/22/08 |
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Neither Perpendicular nor Pa
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Most ISS images are nadir, i
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11/3/08
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Most ISS images are nadir, in which the center point of the image is directly beneath the lens of the camera, but this one is not. This highly oblique image of northwestern African captures the curvature of the Earth and shows its atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere is composed of 78 percent nitrogen, 21 percent oxygen and 1 percent other constituents, and it shields us from nearly all harmful radiation coming from the sun and other stars. It also protects us from meteors, most of which burn up before they can strike the planet. Affected by changes in solar activity, the upper atmosphere contributes to weather and climate on Earth. Image Credit: NASA/JPL/UCSD/JSC |
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11/3/08 |
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Earthrise
Apollo 8, the first manned m
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12/24/08
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Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts--Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders--held a live broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Said Lovell, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis. Visit the Apollo 8 page for audio and video of the historic mission. Image Credit: NASA |
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12/24/08 |
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TIROS' First Look
The first photo of Earth fro
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4/2/09
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The first photo of Earth from a weather satellite, taken by the TIROS-1 satellite on April 1, 1960. Early photographs provided new information on cloud systems, including spiral formations associated with large storms, immediately proving their value to meteorologists. |
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4/2/09 |
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Whole Earth
This image from Apollo 17, a
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4/2/09
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This image from Apollo 17, and others like it, captured whole hemispheres of water, land and weather. This photo was the first view of the south polar ice cap. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is visible, along with the Arabian Peninsula. |
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4/2/09 |
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Earth and Moon
This picture of the Earth an
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4/2/09
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This picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame was taken by the Galileo spacecraft from about 3.9 million miles away. Antarctica is visible through clouds (bottom). The Moon's far side is seen, the shadowy indentation in the dawn terminator is the south pole Aitken Basin, one of the largest and oldest lunar impact features. |
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4/2/09 |
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Earth at Night
This composite image, which
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4/2/09
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This composite image, which has become a popular poster, shows a global view of Earth at night, compiled from over 400 satellite images. NASA researchers have used these images of nighttime lights to study weather around urban areas. |
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4/2/09 |
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Robot Over the Horizon
The Space Shuttle Endeavour'
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4/2/09
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The Space Shuttle Endeavour's robotic arm hovers over Earth's horizon, backdropped by a starburst from the Sun. This photo was taken during the STS-77 shuttle mission in 1996. |
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4/2/09 |
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Ozone Hole
The Antarctic ozone hole rea
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4/2/09
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The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual maximum on Sept. 12, 2008, stretching over 27 million square kilometers, or 10.5 million square miles. The area is calculated using data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument on NASA's Aura satellite. This is considered a "moderately large" ozone hole, according to NASA atmospheric scientist, Paul Newman. And while this year's ozone hole is the fifth largest on record, the amount of ozone depleting substances have decreased about 3.8% from peak levels in 2000. The largest ozone hole ever recorded occurred in 2006, at a size of 10.6 million square miles. NASA has been monitoring the status of the ozone layer through satellite observations since the 1970s. |
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4/2/09 |
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Endeavour is Home
Space shuttle Endeavour kick
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7/31/09
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Space shuttle Endeavour kicks up dust as it touches down on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the 16-day, 6.5-million mile journey on the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour delivered the Japanese Experiment Module's Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module-Exposed Section to the International Space Station. The mission was the 29th flight to the station, the 23rd flight of Endeavour and the 127th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 71st landing at Kennedy. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 31, 2009 |
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7/31/09 |
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Flight Day 15
Canadian Space Agency astron
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7/31/09
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Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and Pilot Doug Hurley work controls on the aft flight deck of the space shuttle Endeavour. Image credit: NASA July 29, 2009 |
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7/31/09 |
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STS-127 - Mission Accomplish
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The drogue chute unfurls beh
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7/31/09
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The drogue chute unfurls behind space shuttle Endeavour on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the 16-day, 6.5-million mile journey on the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour landed on orbit 248. The mission was the 29th flight to the station, the 23rd flight of Endeavour and the 127th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 71st landing at Kennedy. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 31, 2009 |
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7/31/09 |
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Welcome Home
NASA Kennedy Space Center Di
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7/31/09
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NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden walk to welcome home the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour shortly after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Endeavour completed a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles as the crew delivered the final segment to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and a new crew member to the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls July 31, 2009 |
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7/31/09 |
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Been There Himself
NASA Administrator Charles B
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7/31/09
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a former astronaut, walks around the space shuttle Endeavour shortly after its landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls July 31, 2009 |
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7/31/09 |
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Canadian Welcome
Benoit Marcotte, Director Ge
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7/31/09
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Benoit Marcotte, Director General of Operations, Canadian Space Agency, left, welcomes home Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette shortly after the space shuttle Endeavour and its crew landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls July 31, 2009 |
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7/31/09 |
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Making News
At NASA's Kennedy Space Cent
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8/3/09
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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-127 crew members take part in a news conference following their return to Earth on space shuttle Endeavour after the 16-day mission to the International Space Station. From left are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Doug Hurley, Mission Specialists Christopher Cassidy, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette, Tom Marshburn and Dave Wolf, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata, who spent four months on the space station and returned on Endeavour. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 31, 2009 |
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8/3/09 |
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STS-127 Crew Back on Earth
The STS-127 crew pause on th
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8/3/09
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The STS-127 crew pause on the runway next to space shuttle Endeavour after their landing that completed the 16-day, 6.5-million mile journey on the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. This was the 71st landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Commander Mark Polansky spoke to spectators and media gathered on the runway, thanking all the workers for their joint efforts that made the mission a success. Behind Polansky are Mission Specialists Christopher Cassidy and Tom Marshburn, Pilot Doug Hurley and Mission Specialists Julie Payette and Dave Wolf. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 31, 2009 |
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8/3/09 |
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Convoy Meets Endeavour
A large team of specialists
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8/3/09
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A large team of specialists works methodically through procedures to "safe" Endeavour as it sits on the runway after landing. Trucks are positioned at the shuttle's nose and tail to drain away hazardous chemicals that may still be inside systems such as the thrusters. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett July 31, 2009 |
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8/3/09 |
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Nose First
The unfurled drogue chute sl
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8/3/09
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The unfurled drogue chute slows space shuttle Endeavour as it lands on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the 16-day, 6.5-million mile journey on the STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. Endeavour landed on orbit 248, marking the 71st landing at Kennedy. Image credit: NASA/Tony Gray, Tom Farrar July 31, 2009 |
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8/3/09 |
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Crew Module, Launch Abort Sy
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Ares I-X simulated crew modu
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01/30/09
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Ares I-X simulated crew module and launch abort system flight hardware arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This hardware will complete the nose of the rocket. Nearly 150 sensors on the hardware will measure aerodynamic pressure and temperature at the nose of the rocket and contribute to measurements of vehicle acceleration and angle of attack. The data will help NASA understand whether the design is safe and stable in flight, a question that must be answered before astronauts begin traveling into orbit and beyond. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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Ares I-X Coming Together
The Ares I-X launch abort sy
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01/30/09
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The Ares I-X launch abort system (LAS) simulator joins rocket elements from NASA Glenn in the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. The 53-foot (16.15-meter) LAS, along with the crew module (CM) simulator will make up the nose of Ares I-X. The LAS and CM simulators were designed and built at NASA Langley Research Center. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith |
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01/30/09 |
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