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Apollo -- February 1969
Astronaut Russell L. Schweic
7/16/08
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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Apollo -- May 1969
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan,
7/16/08
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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Skylab -- August 1973
On a spacewalk, astronaut Ow
7/16/08
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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Apollo-Soyuz -- January 1974
Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" S
7/16/08
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Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton was the docking module pilot for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. |
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7/16/08 |
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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. |
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9/24/08 |
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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Gemini -- June 1965
Astronaut Edward H. White, p
7/16/08
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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Gemini -- August 1965
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper J
7/16/08
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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Gemini -- August 1965
Astronaut Walter M. "Wally"
7/16/08
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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. |
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7/16/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- November 19
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, g
7/29/08
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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. |
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7/29/08 |
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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. |
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9/24/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- September 1
Astronaut Catherine G. Colem
7/18/08
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- December 19
Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornto
7/18/08
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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Space Station -- February 20
Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam,
7/18/08
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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Space Station -- April 2001
Astronaut Chris A. Hadfield,
7/18/08
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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Space Station -- August 2004
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Exped
7/18/08
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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. |
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7/18/08 |
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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. |
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2008 |
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SM4 Astronaut John Grunsfeld
SM4 astronaut John Grunsfeld
9/26/08
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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 |
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9/26/08 |
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Space Station -- July 2007
Astronaut Clay Anderson, Exp
10/2/08
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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. |
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10/2/08 |
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Mercury 7 50th Anniversary
The Mercury 7 astronauts exa
4/10/09
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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. |
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4/10/09 |
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Glenn 2008 Open House Image
The ever-popular Picture You
6/13/08
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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 |
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6/13/08 |
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Warm Welcome
Picnic Lead Jim Simek, Facil
7/30/08
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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 |
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7/30/08 |
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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 |
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11/13/08 |
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Young Scientist Challenge
The blue team receives instr
11/13/08
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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 |
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11/13/08 |
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Young Scientist Challenge
Orange team members James Kr
11/13/08
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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 |
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11/13/08 |
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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 |
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11/13/08 |
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Young Scientist Challenge
Astronaut Paul Richards (lef
11/13/08
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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 |
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11/13/08 |
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Young Scientist Challenge
Goddard filmmakers Erica Dre
1/15/09
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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 |
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1/15/09 |
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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 |
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6/13/08 |
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Astronaut Mike Fincke visits
NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke t
1/25/05
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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. |
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1/25/05 |
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Cabana inducted into Hall of
Former astronaut Al Worden (
5/3/08
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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. |
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5/3/08 |
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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 |
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9/26/08 |
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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 |
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9/26/08 |
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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. |
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12/9/09 |
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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.... |
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5/5/09 |
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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). |
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2/19/09 |
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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. |
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9/8/06 |
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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. |
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1/30/08 |
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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. |
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1/30/08 |
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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. |
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5/7/08 |
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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 |
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8/24/09 |
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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 |
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9/8/09 |
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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 |
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5/5/09 |
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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. |
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3/19/03 |
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