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Astronaut Training at Goddar …
Mission Commander Scott Altm …
2009
Description Mission Commander Scott Altman talks about working with the flight hardware.
Date 2009
Official Welcome Home
Mission Specialists Karen Ny …
6/17/08
Description Mission Specialists Karen Nyberg and Akihiko Hoshide, Pilot Ken Ham and Mission Specialist Ron Garan are greeted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Director of Program Management and Integration Yuichi Yamaura and Vice President Kaoru Mamiya, Center Director Bill Parsons and Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier. Following Garan is Chief of the Astronaut Corps Stephen Lindsay and astronaut Janet Kavandi. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett June 14, 2008
Date 6/17/08
Back on Terra Firma
Discovery's crew members exi …
6/17/08
Description Discovery's crew members exit the crew transport vehicle. Leading the way is Commander Mark Kelly, followed by (from left) Mission Specialists Mike Fossum, Karen Nyberg, Akihiko Hoshide and Ron Garan. Behind them is Stephen Lindsay, chief of the Astronaut Corps, and astronaut Janet Kavandi. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett June 14, 2008
Date 6/17/08
Making News
At NASA's Kennedy Space Cent …
8/3/09
Description 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
Date 8/3/09
STS-118 Launch
Endeavour heads toward the I …
Description Endeavour heads toward the International Space Station with teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan aboard.
Thermal Protection System
Visitors to the Future Missi …
7/6/08
Description 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.
Date 7/6/08
Astronaut Exercise
In the next 50 years, NASA p …
7/8/08
Description 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.
Date 7/8/08
Flight Day 15
Canadian Space Agency astron …
7/31/09
Description 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
Date 7/31/09
Been There Himself
NASA Administrator Charles B …
7/31/09
Description 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
Date 7/31/09
Canadian Welcome
Benoit Marcotte, Director Ge …
7/31/09
Description 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
Date 7/31/09
Alan Bean With Lunar Soil
Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bea …
5/6/09
Description Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean holds a special environmental sample container filled with lunar soil collected during his sojourn on the lunar surface. A Hasselblad camera is mounted on the chest of his spacesuit. Pete Conrad, who took this image, is reflected in Bean's helmet visor, Nov. 20, 1969. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/6/09
Eclipse View from the ISS
The International Space Stat …
6/9/08
Description The International Space Station (ISS) was in position to view the umbral (ground) shadow cast by the moon as it moved between Earth and the sun during a solar eclipse on March 29, 2006. This astronaut image captures the umbral shadow across southern Turkey, northern Cyprus and the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: NASA
Date 6/9/08
CMP306_Reflections.wmv
REFLECTIONS CMP 306 - (1969) …
1969
Description REFLECTIONS CMP 306 - (1969) - 16 Minutes This program reviews the Apollo 9 mission as narrated by Astronaut Rusty Schweickart.
Date 1969
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar …
8/1/08
Description Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera.
Date 8/1/08
JSC272_Lunar_Space_Suits.wmv
LUNAR SPACE SUITS JSC 272 - …
1966
Description LUNAR SPACE SUITS JSC 272 - (1966) - 16 Minutes Andy Astronaut, an animated character, introduces the hazards Apollo lunar astronauts will encounter. Identifies and describes each article of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). Poses problems of extrav
Date 1966
Flexing the Arm
Astronaut Joseph Acaba opera …
3/18/09
Description Astronaut Joseph Acaba operated Discovery's robotic arm after the shuttle reaches space. Phot credit: NASA March 16, 2009
Date 3/18/09
Skylab -- May 1973
Two members of the prime cre …
7/16/08
Description Two members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission assist each other in suiting up in Building 5 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston during a pre-launch training activity. They are scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (left), science pilot, and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. The third member of the crew was astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., commander.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- August 1966
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Al …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, prime crew pilot of the Gemini XII spaceflight, undergoes evaluation procedures with the Astronaut Maneuvering Unit in the 30-foot altitude chamber at McDonnell Aircraft. The Astronaut Maneuvering Unit subsequently was deleted from the mission so Aldrin could demonstrate basic spacwalk capabilities required for Apollo missions.
Date 7/16/08
Astronaut Suit Demo
Astronaut Suit Demo
5/29/08
Description Astronaut Suit Demo
Date 5/29/08
Camera Time
Astronaut and STS-119 Comman …
3/18/09
Description Astronaut and STS-119 Commander Lee Archambault uses a HD video camera at a window on the aft flight deck of Space Shuttle Discovery during flight day two activities. Photo credit: NASA March 16, 2009
Date 3/18/09
President Obama Calls ISS
President Barack Obama is jo …
3/25/09
Description President Barack Obama is joined by members of Congress, including former astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson, right, and school children as he talks Tuesday, March 24, 2009, with astronauts on the International Space Station from the Roosevelt Room at the White House. &rsaquo, Watch Video of the Call | &rsaquo, Audio Podcast Photo credit: White House/Pete Souza March 24, 2009
Date 3/25/09
President Obama Speaks with …
President Barack Obama is jo …
3/26/09
Description President Barack Obama is joined by members of Congress, including former astronaut Sen. Bill Nelson (D.-Fla), right, and school children as he talks with astronauts on the International Space Station from the Roosevelt Room at the White House. Photo credit: White House Photo/Pete Souza March 24, 2009
Date 3/26/09
Astronaut Family Call
Being far from home can feel …
8/28/09
Description Being far from home can feel lonely at times, but on Aug. 21, Astronaut Timothy Kopra had the opportunity to talk with his sister, Lauri Kopra and her husband, Aaron Mashoian. The video downlink was provided by NASA's Ames Research Center. Kopra is the Expedition 20 flight engineer on the International Space Station and is scheduled to return with STS-128 in early September.
Date 8/28/09
Astronaut Mary Cleave
Former NASA Astronaut Mary C …
5/13/08
Description Former NASA Astronaut Mary Cleave gives the keynote address at EarthFest, addressing the guests on the importance of studying our home planet. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 5/13/08
Space Station Photo Op
STS-119 and Expedition 18 cr …
3/26/09
Description STS-119 and Expedition 18 crew members pose for a group photo in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Discovery was docked with the station. From the left (bottom row) are NASA astronauts Tony Antonelli, Lee Archambault and Joseph Acaba. From the left (middle row) are NASA astronauts Sandra Magnus and Michael Fincke, cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, both Expedition 18 flight engineers. From the left (top row) are NASA astronauts Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold and John Phillips. Photo credit: NASA March 24, 2009
Date 3/26/09
Red rover Goes To Mars-Stude …
A brief compilation of b-rol …
1/8/04
Next Flight, Discovery
Astronaut Tony Antonelli, pi …
3/9/09
Description Astronaut Tony Antonelli, pilot for space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 mission, arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to prepare for launch. STS-119 is the 125th space shuttle flight and the 28th flight to the International Space Station. Discovery and its crew will deliver the final set of large power-generating solar array wings and integrated truss structure, S6, to the space station. The mission includes four spacewalks. Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett March 8,2009
Date 3/9/09
Apollo -- February 1971
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot stands by the deployed U.S. flag on the lunar surface during the early moments of the mission's first spacewalk. He was photographed by astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander. While astronauts Shepard and Mitchell descended in the Lunar Module "Antares" to explore the Fra Mauro region of the moon, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Module "Kitty Hawk" in lunar orbit.
Date 7/16/08
Skylab -- February 1974
Scientist-astronaut Edward G …
7/16/08
Description Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just exited the Skylab extravehicular activity hatchway. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took this picture during the final Skylab spacewalk that took place on Feb. 3, 1974. Carr was above on the Apollo Telescope Mount when he shot this frame of Gibson. Note Carr's umbilical/tether line extending from inside the space station up toward the camera. Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, remained inside the space station during the spacewalk by Carr and Gibson.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- July 1969
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Al …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- November 1969
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, luna …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, deploys components of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 12 spacewalk on the moon. The photo was taken by astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., commander.
Date 7/16/08
Space Station -- August 2006
Astronaut Jeffrey N. William …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, Expedition 13 NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, is photographed during a productive 5 hour, 54 minute excursion that he shared with European Space Agency astronaut Thomas A. Reiter. For part of the spacewalk, the pair worked closely in tandem, and then worked separately. The two got ahead of their timeline, thus enabling them to tack on extra tasks.
Date 7/18/08
Space Station -- September 2 …
Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr. …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Brent W. Jett, Jr., STS-115 commander, helps astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, mission specialist, with the helmet for his extravehicular mobility unit spacesuit. Inside the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station, Jett and Tanner are preparing for the STS-115 mission's third session of extravehicular activity while the space shuttle Atlantis was docked with the station during Expedition 13.
Date 7/18/08
Apollo -- July 1971
Astronaut James B. Irwin, lu …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The shadow of the Lunar Module "Falcon" is in the foreground. This view is looking northeast, with Mount Hadley in the background. The photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, commander.
Date 7/16/08
Skylab -- August 1973
Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Sk …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the Aug. 6, 1973 spacewalk. He and astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, deployed the twin-pole solar shield to help shade the Orbital Workshop. Note the striking reflection of Earth in Lousma's helmet visor.
Date 7/16/08
Mercury -- 1962
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter is wearing a Mercury pressure suit during astronaut training at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- December 1965
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, pilot, is seen in the Gemini VI spacecraft in the White Room atop Pad 19 before the closing of the hatches during the prelaunch countdown. In the background, partially out of view, is astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., command pilot.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- January 1966
Test subject Fred Spross, Cr …
7/16/08
Description Test subject Fred Spross, Crew Systems Division, wears the spacesuit and extravehicular equipment planned for use by Gemini VIII astronaut David R. Scott. The helmet is equipped with a gold-plated visor to shield the astronaut's face from unfiltered sun rays. The system is composed of a life-support pack worn on the chest and a support pack worn on the back.
Date 7/16/08
Space Shuttle -- April 1983
Astronaut Bruce McCandless I …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Bruce McCandless II, mission specialist, participates in an extravehicular activity a few meters away from the cabin of the shuttle Challenger during the STS-41B mission. He is using a nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled Manned Maneuvering Unit. This was the first time an astronaut performed a spacewalk without being tethered to the shuttle.
Date 7/18/08
Space Shuttle -- April 1991
Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, mis …
7/29/08
Description Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist, peers into space shuttle Atlantis' cabin during the STS-37 mission. Ross was in the space shuttle's cargo bay to join astronaut Jerome "Jay" Apt III in accomplishing a repair task on the Gamma Ray Observatory, seen in the background. The two had been called upon to manually extend the high-gain antenna on the observatory.
Date 7/29/08
Astronaut Connection
Astronaut Michael Foreman, a …
7/11/08
Description Astronaut Michael Foreman, a native of Wadsworth, Ohio, signed autographs and talked with visitors about his recent STS-123 mission. He also hosted a televised viewing of the STS-124 launch during the open house. </br/></br/> Image credit: NASA/Marvin Smith (WYLE) C-2008-1222
Date 7/11/08
Apollo -- December 1972
Scientist-astronaut Harrison …
7/16/08
Description Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the mission's first spacewalk at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander. The lunar rake, an Apollo lunar geology hand tool, is used to collect discrete samples of rocks and rock chips ranging in size from one-half inch (1.3 centimeters) to 1 inch (2.5 centimeters).
Date 7/16/08
Skylab -- August 1973
Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skyl …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, flies the M509 Astronaut Maneuvering Equipment in the forward dome area of the Orbital Workshop on the space station cluster in Earth orbit. Bean is strapped into the back-mounted, hand-controlled Automatically Stabilized Maneuvering Unit, or ASMU. He is wearing a pressure suit for this run of the M509 experiment, but other ASMU tests are done in shirt sleeves. The dome area where the experiment is conducted is about 22 feet in diameter and 19 feet from top to bottom.
Date 7/16/08
Space Station -- October 200 …
Astronaut Daniel Tani, Exped …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, participates in the second of five scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity as construction continues on the International Space Station. During the 6 hour, 33 minute spacewalk, Tani and astronaut Scott Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, worked in tandem to disconnect cables from the P6 truss, allowing it to be removed from the Z1 truss. Tani also visually inspected the station's starboard Solar Alpha Rotary Joint and gathered samples of "shavings" he found under the joint's multilayer insulation covers. The spacewalkers also outfitted the Harmony module, mated the power and data grapple fixture, and reconfigured connectors on the S1 truss that will allow the radiator on S1 to be deployed from the ground later.
Date 7/18/08
Space Shuttle -- March 1979
Taking advantage of a brief …
8/5/08
Description Taking advantage of a brief period of microgravity afforded aboard a KC-135 flying a parabolic curve, the flight crew of the first space shuttle orbital flight test (STS-1) goes through a spacesuit-donning exercise. Astronaut John W. Young has just entered the hard-material torso of the shuttle spacesuit by approaching it from below. He is assisted by astronaut Robert L. Crippen. The torso is held in place by a special stand here, simulating the function provided by the airlock wall aboard the actual shuttle craft. The life support system is mated to the torso on Earth and remains attached to the torso during the flight.
Date 8/5/08
The Road to Apollo
A full-scale model of the Me …
3/16/09
Description A full-scale model of the Mercury capsule was tested in the Langley 30- by 60-Foot Full-Scale Wind Tunnel. Managed at Langley Research Center, the objectives of the Mercury program were quite specific -- to orbit a crewed spacecraft around the Earth, to investigate the ability of humans to function in space and to recover both human and spacecraft safely. Project Mercury accomplished the first orbital flight made by an American, astronaut John Glenn. Credit: NASA
Date 3/16/09
Yuri's Night Hampton Roads
Vincent Whitfield, public ou …
3/30/09
Description Vincent Whitfield, public outreach specialist at NASA Langley, visited Christopher Newport University on Tuesday dressed as an astronaut to excite students about Yuri's Night Hampton Roads, a celebration of space exploration that will take place Saturday, April 4, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Virginia Air & Space Center. Pictured from left to right: Shaun Johnson, Vincent Whitfield, Mike W., and Patrick Burke. Credit: NASA/Sean Smith
Date 3/30/09
NE@Hometown Heroes
NASA EDGE joins Astronaut Mi …
Oct 23, 2009
Description NASA EDGE joins Astronaut Mike Massimino and Twitter Phenomenon (Astro_Mike) as he returns home to the Big Apple to talk about STS-125.
Date Oct 23, 2009
Space Food
In this NASA video segment y …
2008
Description In this NASA video segment you will learn the importance of food choice, preparation, and packaging for crewed space exploration. During space travel, astronauts need safe, palatable, nutritious food that can also be packaged compactly. Food plays an important role in helping counteract an astronaut's bone loss, fluid shift, and motion sickness while in space. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program.
Date 2008
Apollo -- December 1968
Astronaut William A. Anders, …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut William A. Anders, lunar module pilot, is shown wearing a constant-wear garment inside the spacecraft during the Apollo 8 lunar-orbit mission.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- February 1969
Astronaut Russell L. Schweic …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Apollo 9 prime crew lunar module pilot, participates in a Countdown Demonstration Test. He is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or EMU. In addition to the spacesuit and bubble helmet, the EMU also includes a Remote Control Unit on his chest, a Portable Life-Support System backpack and an Oxygen Purge System. This equipment was completely independent of the spacecraft during Schweickart's spacewalk. He was secured only by a tether line.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- May 1969
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot, is suited up at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a Countdown Demonstration Test during preparations for his scheduled lunar orbit mission. The other two crew members are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander, and John W. Young, command module pilot.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo -- January 1970
Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., Apollo 13 lunar module pilot, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. It is known today as NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Haise is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator.
Date 7/16/08
Space Station -- February 20 …
Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-A …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (right), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, perform a Russian Orlan spacesuit fit check in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.
Date 7/18/08
Space Station -- July 2007
Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikh …
7/18/08
Description Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, and astronaut Clayton C. Anderson, flight engineer, work with an Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.
Date 7/18/08
Skylab -- August 1973
On a spacewalk, astronaut Ow …
7/16/08
Description On a spacewalk, astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit.
Date 7/16/08
Apollo-Soyuz -- January 1974
Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" S …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton was the docking module pilot for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission.
Date 7/16/08
Mercury -- July 1961
Donning a spacesuit for the …
9/24/08
Description Donning a spacesuit for the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission, astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom chats with spaceflight equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt in the personal equipment room of Hangar S at Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Date 9/24/08
Mercury -- February 1962
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit and is carrying the portable ventilation unit.
Date 7/16/08
Mercury -- September 1962
Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 8 Earth-orbital spaceflight, goes through a suiting-up exercise at Cape Canaveral several weeks prior to his scheduled Oct. 3, 1962 flight.
Date 7/16/08
Mercury -- May 1963
Mercury astronaut L. Gordon …
7/16/08
Description Mercury astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is wearing a spacesuit during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- June 1965
Astronaut Edward H. White, p …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Edward H. White, pilot for the Gemini IV spaceflight, floats in space during the first spacewalk by an American. The extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, was performed during the third Earth orbit of the Gemini IV mission. White is attached to the spacecraft by a 25-foot umbilical line and a 23-foot tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit. The visor of his helmet is gold-plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- August 1965
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper J …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. is hoisted up to a U.S. Navy helicopter during recovery operations in the Atlantic Ocean after the record-setting eight-day Gemini V mission.
Date 7/16/08
Gemini -- August 1965
Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" …
7/16/08
Description Astronaut Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr. suits up during water egress training aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. This training prepared the astronauts for exiting the capsule after landing in the ocean.
Date 7/16/08
Space Shuttle -- November 19 …
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, g …
7/29/08
Description Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, getting his turn in the Manned Maneuvering Unit, prepares to dock with the spinning WESTAR VI satellite during the STS-51A mission. Gardner used a large tool called the Apogee Kick Motor Capture Device to enter the nozzle of a spent WESTAR VI engine and stabilize the communications spacecraft sufficiently to capture it for return to Earth in the cargo bay of the space shuttle Discovery.
Date 7/29/08
Space Shuttle -- May 1992
Astronaut Thomas D. Akers, S …
9/24/08
Description Astronaut Thomas D. Akers, STS-49 mission specialist, grabs a strut device as a fourth period of extravehicular activity gets underway in the space shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay. Akers is positioned near the Multi-purpose Support Structure.
Date 9/24/08
Space Shuttle -- September 1 …
Astronaut Catherine G. Colem …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist for STS-73, dons a high-fidelity training version of an Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit at NASA's Johnson Space Center's Weightless Environment Training Facility.
Date 7/18/08
Space Shuttle -- December 19 …
Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornto …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment associated with servicing the Hubble Space Telescope during the fourth extravehicular activity on the eleven-day STS-61 mission.
Date 7/18/08
Space Shuttle -- September 1 …
With a backdrop of clouds 13 …
7/18/08
Description With a backdrop of clouds 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee floats freely without tethers as he tests the new Simplified Aid for Extravehicular Activity Rescue, or SAFER, system during STS-64.
Date 7/18/08
Space Station -- February 20 …
Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., STS-98 mission specialist, was photographed during the second of three spacewalks by a member of the Expedition 1 crew in the newly installed Destiny laboratory.
Date 7/18/08
Space Station -- April 2001
Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency, gives fellow astronauts the thumbs-up during the first spacewalk of the STS-100 shuttle mission during Expedition 2 on the station.
Date 7/18/08
Space Station -- August 2004
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Exped …
7/18/08
Description Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA space station science officer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit. He is about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to begin a spacewalk rehearsal. Letti Castillo with United Space Alliance assisted Chiao.
Date 7/18/08
Food Aboard the Internationa …
In this NASA video segment g …
2008
Description In this NASA video segment get an inside scoop from astronaut Michael Foal about what it is like to eat in space. Foal describes changes he's experienced while in space and how food and water help counteract some of these changes. Learn about available food choices on the International Space Station and the importance of social time during eating for astronauts. This video is a NASA eClips (TM) program.
Date 2008
SM4 Astronaut John Grunsfeld …
SM4 astronaut John Grunsfeld …
9/26/08
Description SM4 astronaut John Grunsfeld works with sheets of sticky materials to be used in placing a new Outer Blanket Layer for HST. Copyright ¬„_¬„© 2008. No commercial use permitted. All Rights Reserved.Credit: NASA/Michael Soluri
Date 9/26/08
Space Station -- July 2007
Astronaut Clay Anderson, Exp …
10/2/08
Description Astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15 flight engineer, waves to the camera while participating in a session of extravehicular activity as construction continues on the International Space Station. During the 7 hour, 41 minute spacewalk, Anderson and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, installed a television camera stanchion, reconfigured a power supply for an antenna assembly and performed several get-ahead tasks. While riding on the end of the Canadarm2, Anderson also jettisoned the Early Ammonia Servicer by shoving it opposite to the station's direction of travel.
Date 10/2/08
Mercury 7 50th Anniversary
The Mercury 7 astronauts exa …
4/10/09
Description The Mercury 7 astronauts examining their "couches." Each astronaut had his own couch specifically molded to fit his body to help withstand the G-loads of the launch. Plaster casts of the astronauts were created in order to properly mold the couches. Left to right: Alan Sheppard, John Glenn, Walter Schirra, Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Deke Slayton, Gus Grissom and Bob Gilruth. Gilruth was Director of the Space Task Group, which planned and managed the Mercury Project.
Date 4/10/09
Glenn 2008 Open House Image …
The ever-popular Picture You …
6/13/08
Description The ever-popular Picture Yourself in Space Exhibit enabled visitors to put themselves in the place of an astronaut. Over 3,000 visitors stopped by the exhibit to receive a permanent image of them in space. Image Credit: NASA/Imaging Technology Center &rsaquo, Return to Image Feature
Date 6/13/08
Warm Welcome
Picnic Lead Jim Simek, Facil …
7/30/08
Description Picnic Lead Jim Simek, Facilities Division, kicked off the picnic on Friday afternoon by introducing Dr. Whitlow who officially welcomed employees and retirees. Special guest astronaut Lee Morin followed with his own personal greeting. Photo by Michelle Murphy, WYLE
Date 7/30/08
Young Scientist Challenge
The Young Scientist Challeng …
11/13/08
Description The Young Scientist Challenge "blue team" tries to determine the correct counter weight to lift an astronaut mannequin, simulating 1/6th Earth's gravity. The contestants worked on this scenario in Goddard's High-Capacity Centrifuge Facility. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Young Scientist Challenge
The blue team receives instr …
11/13/08
Description The blue team receives instructions on how to use the computer program that measures acceleration and force of the astronaut mannequin in the lunar gravity chair. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Young Scientist Challenge
Orange team members James Kr …
11/13/08
Description Orange team members James Kruse (right) and Shyamal Buch examine the astronaut mannequin in Goddard's High-Capacity Centrifuge Facility. Like the blue team, the orange team had to calculate the size of a counterweight that would simulate the moon's gravity. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Young Scientist Challenge
The orange team plots graphs …
11/13/08
Description The orange team plots graphs showing the astronaut mannequin's force and acceleration in the lunar gravity chair. From left to right are Avni Bavishi, Shyamal Buch, Peter Ku and James Kruse. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Young Scientist Challenge
Astronaut Paul Richards (lef …
11/13/08
Description Astronaut Paul Richards (left) and research scientist Russ Werneth deliver the blue team's mission to repair a tear in Hubble's thermal blanketing. From left to right, the blue team members are Michael Koehler, Mathew McGuthry, Margaret Botros, Megan Gleason and Jack Uesugi. Text Credit: Marci Delaney, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Photo Credit: Discovery/Bill Fitzpatrick
Date 11/13/08
Young Scientist Challenge
Goddard filmmakers Erica Dre …
1/15/09
Description Goddard filmmakers Erica Drezek (left) and Ryan Fitzgibbons interview astronaut Paul Richards and research scientist Russ Werneth. Richards and Werneth hosted a challenge about the Hubble Space Telescope. In the challenge, students simulated how to repair Hubble's thermal blanketing. Photo credit: NASA/Wade Sisler
Date 1/15/09
Glenn 2008 Open House Image …
Cleveland native and astrona …
6/13/08
Description Cleveland native and astronaut Carl Walz performed double-duty to attract and inform visitors of the NASA Vision for Exploration and Glenn's role during the 50th Anniversary celebration weekend. Pictured is Walz, joined by Gionvanna Mignosa, Educational Programs Office, in one of the NASA Discovery tents. Walz spoke with many families during the Lewis Field Open House on Saturday. On Friday, he served as the luncheon keynote speaker for the Business Opportunity Forum, where he rallied participants to take part in NASA's vision. Walz is currently serving as director of Advanced Capabilities in the NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. Image Credit: NASA/Imaging Technology Center &rsaquo, Return to Image Feature
Date 6/13/08
Astronaut Mike Fincke visits …
NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke t …
1/25/05
Description NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke talks with students about his six-month stay aboard the International Space Station during a visit to StenniSphere, the visitor center at NASA's Stennis Space Center.
Date 1/25/05
Cabana inducted into Hall of …
Former astronaut Al Worden ( …
5/3/08
Description Former astronaut Al Worden (left) presents Stennis Space Center Director Bob Cabana with a gold medallion signifying his induction into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Date 5/3/08
SM4 EVA Astronauts Examine a …
SM4 EVA Astronaut Crew Micha …
9/26/08
Description SM4 EVA Astronaut Crew Michael Good, Andrew Feustel, Mike Massimino and John Grunsfeld examine a flight tool container with GSFC engineer Minal Kashkari and HST service mission managers. Copyright ¬„_¬„© 2008. No commercial use permitted. All Rights Reserved.Credit: NASA/Michael Soluri
Date 9/26/08
SM4 EVA astronauts examine a …
SM4 EVA Astronaut Crew Andre …
9/26/08
Description SM4 EVA Astronaut Crew Andrew Feustel, Michael Massimino EVA Flight Trainer Christi Hansen examine a flight tool container with GSFC engineer Minal Kashkari and HST service mission managers. Copyright ¬„_¬„© 2008. No commercial use permitted. All Rights Reserved.Credit: NASA/Michael Soluri
Date 9/26/08
NASA Honors Fallen Colleague …
NASA's Kennedy Space Center …
12/9/09
Description NASA's Kennedy Space Center managers paid tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's Day of Remembrance observance on Jan. 29. Kennedy Center Director and former astronaut Bob Cabana, Kennedy Deputy Center Director Janet Petro and United Space Alliance Vice President of Launch and Recovery Systems and Florida Site Executive Mark Nappi took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's Space Mirror Memorial. NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery.
Date 12/9/09
Shepard Completes His Missio …
On May 5, 1961, NASA astrona …
5/5/09
Description On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America's first astronaut....
Date 5/5/09
NASA Day at the Capitol
Astronaut Rex Walheim (cente …
2/19/09
Description Astronaut Rex Walheim (center) speaks to members of the Mississippi House of Representatives in chambers during NASA Day at the Capitol in Jackson on Feb. 19. Walheim was joined at the podium by members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Gulf Coast delegation, as well as Stennis Space Center Director Gene Goldman (astronaut's immediate right) and NASA's Shared Services Center Director Rick Arbuthnot and Partners for Stennis Executive Director Tish Williams (astronaut's immediate left).
Date 2/19/09
Lillie Burney Elementary Sch …
Mississippi Rep. Percy Watso …
9/8/06
Description Mississippi Rep. Percy Watson (left) talks with first-graders Savannah Jones and Levi Meyers, and Astronaut Lee Morin on Sept. 8 during the NASA Explorer School kickoff event at the Lillie Burney Elementary School in Hattiesburg, Miss. NASA Explorer Schools help promote student achievement in mathematics and science through activities using the excitement of NASA research, discoveries and missions.
Date 9/8/06
NASA Space Day in Mississipp …
Astronaut Michael Foale (cen …
1/30/08
Description Astronaut Michael Foale (center) and Stennis Space Center officials met with Mississippi Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant (at rear podium) and Gulf Coast delegation members in Mississippi Senate chambers during NASA Space Day in Mississippi activities at the Capitol on January 30.
Date 1/30/08
NASA Space Day in Mississipp …
Astronaut Michael Foale (cen …
1/30/08
Description Astronaut Michael Foale (center) and Stennis Space Center officials met with Mississippi House of Representatives Gulf Coast delegation, including Speaker William "Billy" McCoy (far right), during NASA Space Day in Mississippi on January 30.
Date 1/30/08
Cabana inducted into Hall of …
Bob Cabana speaks to guests …
5/7/08
Description Bob Cabana speaks to guests at a recent Stennis Space Center reception in honor of his induction into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Date 5/7/08
Making Preparations
STS-128 astronaut Nicole Sto …
8/24/09
Description STS-128 astronaut Nicole Stott participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Fellow astronaut Jose Hernandez assisted Stott. Stott will join Expedition 20 as a flight engineer after launching to the station with the STS-128 crew. Image Credit: NASA
Date 8/24/09
Reflection
European Space Agency astron …
9/8/09
Description European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang is visible in the reflection of NASA astronaut Danny Olivas's helmet visor during this, the STS-128 mission's third and final spacewalk. Olivas and Fuglesang deployed the Payload Attachment System, replaced the Rate Gyro Assembly #2, installed two GPS antennae and worked to prepare for the installation of Node 3 next year. Image Credit: NASA
Date 9/8/09
Shepard Completes His Missio …
On May 5, 1961, NASA astrona …
5/5/09
Description On May 5, 1961, NASA astronaut Alan Shepard piloted his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule in a 15-minute suborbital flight, becoming America's first astronaut. In this image, he is shown being hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown. The flight carried him to an altitude of 116 statute miles. Image Credit: NASA
Date 5/5/09
NASA SCI Files - Astronaut F …
NASA Sci Files segment descr …
3/19/03
Description NASA Sci Files segment describing astronaut strength and conditioning programs to combat physiological losses in space.
Date 3/19/03
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