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NASA Connect - ISS - Orbital …
NASA Connect segment involvi …
4/1/01
Description NASA Connect segment involving students in a web activity that explores the technology of the International Space Station by using computer simulation.
Date 4/1/01
NASA Connect - ISS - Virtual …
NASA Connect segment explori …
4/1/01
Description NASA Connect segment exploring a virtual tour of the International Space Station through a three-dimensional tour of the ISS online.
Date 4/1/01
NASA Connect - PSA - Persona …
NASA Connect Segment explain …
1/22/04
Description NASA Connect Segment explaining mechanical systems. It also compares and contrasts a mechanical system to the system of the International Space Station and Personal Satellite Assistants.
Date 1/22/04
NASA SCI Files - History of …
NASA Sci Files segment expla …
12/5/01
Description NASA Sci Files segment explaining the history of flight beginning with the Wright Brothers and continuing to today's inventions such as the International Space Station.
Date 12/5/01
STS-119 Comes Home
With the aid of a drogue chu …
3/30/09
Description With the aid of a drogue chute, space shuttle Discovery slows to a stop on Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to complete the 13-day, 5.3-million mile journey to the International Space Station. Discovery delivered the final pair of power-generating solar arrays and the S6 truss segment. Image Credit: NASA/Kevin O'Connell
Date 3/30/09
The Journey Home
NASA's modified Boeing 747 c …
9/21/09
Description NASA's modified Boeing 747 carrying the space shuttle Discovery taxis toward the runway at Edwards Air Force Base shortly before dawn on Sept. 20, 2009, prior to taking off on their two-day ferry flight to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery landed at Edwards on Sept. 11, after a 14-day mission STS-128 to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
Date 9/21/09
Ready to Roll
In the Kennedy Space Center' …
10/19/09
Description In the Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility-1 in Florida, workers prepared space shuttle Atlantis to move from its hangar to the transfer aisle inside the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building. Subsequently, the shuttle was rolled to the launch pad in anticipation of its Nov. 12, 2009, launch on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller
Date 10/19/09
Awaiting the Mission
Space shuttle Atlantis is se …
11/16/09
Description Space shuttle Atlantis is seen on Launch Pad 39a of the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, Cape Canaveral, FL. Atlantis is scheduled to launch at 2:28p.m. EST on the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 11/16/09
Parting View
Suspended in space and backd …
3/26/09
Description Suspended in space and backdropped by the blackness of space and the jewel-like blue of Earth sits the International Space Station. This image of the...
Date 3/26/09
STS-128 Comes Home
Streams of smoke trail from …
9/11/09
Description Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear as space shuttle Discovery touches down on Runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude the 14-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. Image Credit: Jim Ross
Date 9/11/09
A Different View
On flight day four of the ST …
11/24/09
Description On flight day four of the STS-129 mission, a member of the crew photographed the aft section of space shuttle Atlantis through a window from aboard the International Space Station. Reflections on the window are visible in this image. The 11-day shuttle mission continued maintenance and upgrades to the orbital outpost. Image Credit: NASA
Date 11/24/09
NASA Connect - ISS - ISS Mod …
NASA Connect segment involvi …
4/1/01
Description NASA Connect segment involving students in an activity that explores the International Space Station. The activity designs an alternative space station and students create a model of that design.
Date 4/1/01
Expedition 20 Lifts Off
Flight Engineers Roman Roman …
5/27/09
Description Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-15 from the...
Date 5/27/09
The Way Home
Seen over the Mediterranean …
11/26/09
Description Seen over the Mediterranean Sea, near the Algerian coast, the space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by the Expedition 21 crew on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 4:53 a.m. EST on Nov. 25, 2009. Image Credit: NASA
Date 11/26/09
Packing for the Voyage Home
In the grasp of the Internat …
9/9/09
Description In the grasp of the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm, the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is placed back in Discovery's payload bay. STS-128 pilot Kevin Ford and astronaut Jose Hernandez were at the controls of the robotic arm in the Destiny laboratory. They grappled Leonardo and removed it from the Harmony node and placed it inside the shuttle's payload bay for the return home. Image Credit: NASA
Date 9/9/09
Mike Foreman
Astronaut Mike Foreman perfo …
11/23/09
Description Astronaut Mike Foreman performed tasks on the exterior of the International Space Station during the second spacewalk of the STS-129 mission to the orbital outpost. Astronauts Foreman and Randy Bresnik were in the midst of the second of three scheduled spacewalks for this shuttle crew, working in cooperation with the five current crewmembers for the orbital outpost and with their five Atlantis crewmates. Image Credit: NASA
Date 11/23/09
STS-115 crew visits SSC
Commander Brent Jett (center …
10/25/06
Description Commander Brent Jett (center) talks with employees and visitors at NASA Stennis Space Center. The astronauts of NASA's STS-115 space shuttle mission visited SSC in south Mississippi to share highlights of their 12-day mission and to thank SSC employees for the reliability of the space shuttle's main engines, which helped propel Space Shuttle Atlantis into orbit. STS-115's other crewmembers are (from left) Mission Specialists Joe Tanner, Dan Burbank, Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Steve MacLean of the Canadian Space Agency. The mission launched Sept. 9, 2006, resuming construction of the International Space Station.
Date 10/25/06
Astronauts of Mission STS-12 …
Astronaut Pam Melroy present …
12/13/07
Description Astronaut Pam Melroy presents a commemorative collage of photos and items flown aboard space shuttle Discovery to Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi. Melroy commanded NASA's space shuttle mission STS-120. She and fellow crewmembers (from left) Doug Wheelock, Stephanie Wilson, George Zamka, Scott Parazynski and Paolo Nespoli visited Stennis Dec. 13, 2007, to thank employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which on Oct. 23 launched them aboard Discovery on their mission to the International Space Station.
Date 12/13/07
A Day of Remembrance
Visible from space, a smoke …
9/11/09
Description Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from Manhattan after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, from aboard the International Space Station. "Our prayers and thoughts go out to all the people there, and everywhere else," said Station Commander Frank Culbertson of Expedition 3, after the attacks. Image Credit: NASA
Date 9/11/09
STS-116 crew visits SSC
The astronauts of NASA's STS …
1/30/07
Description The astronauts of NASA's STS-116 space shuttle mission visited NASA Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi to share highlights of their 13-day mission and to thank SSC employees for the reliability of the space shuttle's main engines, which helped propel Space Shuttle Discovery into orbit during its Dec. 9, 2006, launch. Pictured (from left) are STS-116 crewmembers Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein, Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam, SSC Center Director, Richard Gilbrech, Mission Specialists Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick and Christer Fuglesang. During the mission, which began with the first evening launch since 2002, the astronauts installed the P5 spacer truss segment and rewired the International Space Station's power system.
Date 1/30/07
Shuttle Discovery on the Run …
The sun rises on the Space S …
10/9/08
Description The sun rises on the Space Shuttle Discovery as it rests on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, after a safe landing August 9, 2005 to complete the STS-114 mission. Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 5:11:22 a.m. PDT this morning, following the very successful 14-day STS-114 return to flight mission. During their two weeks in space, Commander Eileen Collins and her six crewmates tested out new safety procedures and delivered supplies and equipment the International Space Station. Discovery spent two weeks in space, where the crew demonstrated new methods to inspect and repair the Shuttle in orbit. The crew also delivered supplies, outfitted and performed maintenance on the International Space Station. A number of these tasks were conducted during three spacewalks. August 9, 2005 NASA / Photo Carla Thomasa ED05-0166-07
Date 10/9/08
Shuttle Discovery, with reco …
Space Shuttle Discovery, acc …
10/9/08
Description Space Shuttle Discovery, accompanied by a convoy of recovery vehicles, is towed up the taxiway at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, following its landing on August 9, 2005. Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California at 5:11:22 a.m. PDT this morning, following the very successful 14-day STS-114 return to flight mission. During their two weeks in space, Commander Eileen Collins and her six crewmates tested out new safety procedures and delivered supplies and equipment the International Space Station. Discovery spent two weeks in space, where the crew demonstrated new methods to inspect and repair the Shuttle in orbit. The crew also delivered supplies, outfitted and performed maintenance on the International Space Station. A number of these tasks were conducted during three spacewalks. August 9,2005 NASA /Photo Tom Tschida ED05-0166-11
Date 10/9/08
Lighting Up the Night Sky
Lightning over the Kennedy S …
8/28/09
Description Lightning over the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A competes with the xenon lights on the pad illuminating space shuttle Discovery waiting for a scheduled liftoff on the STS-128 mission. Launch was scrubbed due to the weather and another launch attempt is scheduled for Aug. 28. Discovery's 13-day mission will deliver more than 7 tons of supplies, science racks and equipment, as well as additional environmental hardware to sustain six crew members on the International Space Station. The equipment includes a freezer to store research samples, a new sleeping compartment and the COLBERT treadmill. The mission is the 128th in the Space Shuttle Program, the 37th flight of Discovery and the 30th station assembly flight. Image Credit: Courtesy of Justin Deniere/EPA
Date 8/28/09
Touch Down!
Streams of smoke trail from …
11/27/09
Description Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear tires as space shuttle Atlantis touches down on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after 11 days in space, completing the 4.5-million-mile STS-129 mission on orbit 171. On STS-129, the crew delivered 14 tons of cargo to the International Space Station, including two ExPRESS Logistics Carriers containing spare parts to sustain station operations after the shuttles are retired next year. Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Date 11/27/09
Astronauts' Visit
Astronauts Rick Sturckow (ri …
8/2/07
Description Astronauts Rick Sturckow (right) and Pat Forrester make a presentation Aug. 2 at NASA Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., about their recent space shuttle mission, STS-117. Sturckow and Forrester thanked employees for the reliability and safe performance of the space shuttle's main engines, which are all tested and proved flight-worthy at SSC. The astronauts delivered a video of their mission's highlights, held a question-and-answer session, met one-on-one with employees and presented two Silver Snoopy awards during their visit. The STS-117 mission, which launched June 8, delivered a truss segment and a set of U.S. solar arrays, batteries and associated equipment to the International Space Station. Sturckow commanded the mission, Forrester was a mission specialist who performed two of STS-117's four spacewalks.
Date 8/2/07
Astro Camp Goes to Florida
Katie Craig, daughter of for …
8/8/07
Description Katie Craig, daughter of former Stennis Space Center Deputy Director Mark Craig, launches a 'balloon rocket' with the help of Rebecca Compretta, Astro Camp coordinator at SSC. SSC took Astro Camp on the road to Florida this week to engage children and their parents during activities surrounding the Aug. 8 launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on NASA's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Astro Camp is SSC's popular space camp program designed to inspire and educate students using science and math principles.
Date 8/8/07
Buzz Lightyear Returns From …
ED09-0266-34 Disney's space …
9/16/09
Description ED09-0266-34 Disney's space ranger Buzz Lightyear returned from space on Sept. 11 aboard space shuttle Discovery's STS-128 mission after 15 months aboard the International Space Station. While on the station, Buzz supported NASA's education outreach program «Éœ STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) by creating a series of fun educational online outreach programs. Following his return, Disney is partnering with NASA to create a new online educational game and an online mission patch competition for school kids across America. NASA will fly the winning patch in space. In addition, On Oct. 2 NASA plans to announce details of a new exciting educational competition that will give students the opportunity to design an experiment for astronauts on the space station. September 11, 2009 NASA Photo / Tony Landis
Date 9/16/09
Expedition 20 Lands
The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft …
10/13/09
Description The Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Padalka and Barratt returned from six months onboard the International Space Station, along with Laliberte who arrived at the station on Oct. 2 with Expedition 21 Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Maxim Suraev aboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 10/13/09
STS-128
ED09-0253-01 Streams of smok …
9/11/09
Description ED09-0253-01 Streams of smoke trail from the main landing gear tires as Space Shuttle Discovery touches down on Runway 22L at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude the almost 14-day STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. September 11, 2009 NASA photo / Jim Ross
Date 9/11/09
STS-128
ED09-0253-02 Space Shuttle D …
9/11/09
Description ED09-0253-02 Space Shuttle Discovery rolls out on Runway 22L after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California's high desert to conclude mission STS-128 to the International Space Station. September 11, 2009 NASA photo / Tom Tschida
Date 9/11/09
STS-128
ED09-0253-04 Trailing its dr …
9/11/09
Description ED09-0253-04 Trailing its drag chute, Space Shuttle Discovery slows to a stop after landing at Edwards Air Force Base to conclude its almost 14-day, 5.7-million-mile journey to the International Space Station on mission STS-128. September 11, 2009 NASA photo / Tony Landis
Date 9/11/09
STS-128
ED09-0253-13 Mission special …
9/12/09
Description ED09-0253-13 Mission specialist Jose Hernandez waves as Space Shuttle Discovery's crew board a Gulfstream II Shuttle Training Aircraft for the trip back to Houston from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. Discovery had landed at Edwards the preceding evening to conclude mission STS-128 to the International Space Station. September 12, 2009 NASA photo / Jim Ross
Date 9/12/09
Space Shuttle Atlantis
This view of the aft portion …
11/20/09
Description This view of the aft portion of the space shuttle Atlantis, including the three main engines, was provided by the Expedition 21 crew during a survey of the approaching vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and every mission's activities, Atlantis performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver. The image was photographed with a digital still camera, using a 400mm lens at a distance of about 600 feet (180 meters). Image Credit: NASA
Date 11/20/09
Homecoming
In the 16th night landing at …
3/26/08
Description In the 16th night landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Endeavour touches down on Runway 15 to end the STS-123 mission's nearly 16-day flight to the International Space Station. The landing was the second opportunity after the first was waved off due to cloud cover over the Shuttle Landing Facility. The STS-123 mission delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Date 3/26/08
The View From Above
This overhead view of Discov …
3/20/09
Description This overhead view of Discovery's crew cabin, as well as part of its payload bay and docking system, was taken during the Expedition 18 crew's examination of the shuttle prior to docking with the International Space Station. Before docking, STS-119 commander Lee Archambault flew the shuttle through a Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver or backflip to allow the station crew to photograph Discovery's heat shield. Using digital still cameras equipped with 400 and 800 millimeter lenses, the ISS crew photographed the shuttle's thermal protection system for analysis by teams on the ground. A 800 millimeter lens was used for this image. Image Credit: NASA
Date 3/20/09
Kaleidoscope of Color
Space shuttle Endeavour's dr …
3/28/08
Description Space shuttle Endeavour's drag chute unfurls in a kaleidoscope of color as the orbiter landed in darkness on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, bringing to end the STS-123 mission, a 16-day flight to the International Space Station. This was the 16th night landing at Kennedy. The mission, which completed nearly 6.6 million miles, delivered the first segment of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory and the Canadian Space Agency's two-armed robotic system, known as Dextre. Photo Courtesy of Gary Rothstein
Date 3/28/08
Partnership
The Expedition 18 crew photo …
3/13/09
Description The Expedition 18 crew photographed the Russian segment of the International Space Station during a spacewalk on Tuesday, March 10, 2009. During the spacewalk, Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Lonchakov installed the Exposing Specimens of Organic and Biological Materials to Open Space (Expose-R) experiment mounted on the Zvezda Service Module's the universal science platform. Image Credit: NASA
Date 3/13/09
Preparing for the Voyage Hom …
Members of the STS-128 missi …
9/14/09
Description Members of the STS-128 mission crew line up behind Space Shuttle Discovery and the Mate DeMate Device at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center prior to their departure. From left are Jose Hernandez, Kevin Ford, Christer Fuglesang, Rick Sturckow, Danny Olivas and Patrick Forrester. Discovery landed Sept. 11, 2009, at Edwards Air Force Base after an almost 14-day mission to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Jim Ross
Date 9/14/09
Expedition 20 Lifts Off
Flight Engineers Roman Roman …
5/27/09
Description Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-15 from the...
Date 5/27/09
Deriba Caldera
Deriba Caldera, a cauldron-l …
3/6/09
Description Deriba Caldera, a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, is a geologically young volcanic structure located at the top of the Marra Mountains of western Sudan. This image was taken by Expedition 18 from aboard the International Space Station. The Marra Mountains are part of a large geologic feature known as the Darfur Dome. The Deriba Caldera was formed by explosive eruption of the Jebel Marra volcano approximately 3,500 years ago. Image Credit: NASA
Date 3/6/09
Crescent Moon in Kazakhstan
The crescent moon rises in t …
3/24/09
Description The crescent moon rises in the early morning hours shortly before the Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz is scheduled to launch on March 26, 2009, carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barrett to the International Space Station, along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 3/24/09
Expedition 19 Lifts Off
The Soyuz TMA-14 launches fr …
3/27/09
Description The Soyuz TMA-14 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, March 26, 2009, carrying Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka, Flight Engineer Michael R. Barratt and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 3/27/09
Expedition 21 Lifts Off
The Soyuz TMA-16 launches fr …
9/30/09
Description The Soyuz TMA-16 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, carrying Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev and Spaceflight Participant Guy LalibertÎÿ_ to the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 9/30/09
Soyuz Lifts Off
Carrying Expedition 21 fligh …
10/1/09
Description Carrying Expedition 21 flight engineers Jeffrey Williams and Maxim Suraev, as well as a spaceflight participant, this Soyuz TMA-16 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, on its way to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Date 10/1/09
Crystalline
Looking for all the world li …
01/11/10
Description Looking for all the world like a snowflake, this is actually a close up view of sodium chloride crystals. The crystals are in a water bubble within a 50-millimeter metal loop that was part of an experiment in the Destiny laboratory aboard the International Space Station and was photographed by the Expedition 6 crew. Image Credit: NASA
Date 01/11/10
NASA KSNN - Floating In Spac …
NASA Kids Science News segme …
6/1/03
Description NASA Kids Science News segment explaining why astronauts float in space.
Date 6/1/03
Artist's Conception of Space …
Title Artist's Conception of Space Station Freedom
Full Description Alan Chinchar's 1991 rendition of the Space Station Freedom in orbit. The painting depicts the completed space station. Earth is used as the image's backdrop with the Moon and Mars off in the distance. Freedom was to be a permanently crewed orbiting base to be completed in the mid 1990's. It was to have a crew of 4. Freedom was an attempt at international cooperation that attempted to incorporate the technological and economic assistance, of the United States, Canada, Japan, and nine European nations. The image shows four pressurized modules (three laboratories and a habitat module) and six large solar arrays which were expected to generate 56,000 watts of electricity for both scientific experiments and the daily operation of the station. Space Station Freedom never came to fruition. Instead, in 1993, the original partners, as well as Russia, pooled their resources to create the International Space Station.
Date 1991
NASA Center Headquarters
All for One
The International Space Stat …
10/30/09
Description The International Space Station's Expedition 1 crew took a break from training in the systems integration facility at the Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew photo in this picture from May 2000. From the left are cosmonaut and flight engineer Sergei Krikalev, mission commander William Shepherd and cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander. Behind them is the full fuselage trainer, one of the full-scale mockups used to prepare the crew for certain phases and contingencies of their shuttle return flight. Expedition 1 lifted off to become the first crew to live aboard the station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Oct. 31, 2000. Image Credit: NASA
Date 10/30/09
NASA KSNN - Atomic Clocks
NASA Kids Science News segme …
6/1/03
Description NASA Kids Science News segment explaining how you tell time in space.
Date 6/1/03
X-38
One of NASA's three X-38 Cre …
11/4/09
Description One of NASA's three X-38 Crew Return Vehicle technology demonstrators that flew at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., a decade ago has found a new home in America's heartland. In this image from test flights in 1999, the X-38 research vehicle drops away from NASA's B-52 mothership immediately after being released from the B-52's wing pylon. More than 30 years earlier, this same B-52 launched the original lifting-body vehicles flight tested by NASA and the Air Force at what is now called the Dryden Flight Research Center and the Air Force Flight Test Center. The wingless lifting body craft was transferred this past weekend from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to the Strategic Air and Space Museum, located just off Interstate 80 at Ashland, Neb., about 20 miles southeast of Omaha. The X-38 adds to the museum's growing collection of aerospace vehicles and other historical artifacts. The move of the second X-38 built to the museum has a fitting connection, as the X-38 vehicles were air-launched from NASA's famous B-52B 008 mothership. The B-52 bomber served as the backbone of the Air Force's Strategic Air Command during the command's history. Prior to cancellation, the X-38 program was developing the technology for proposed vehicles that could return up to seven International Space Station crewmembers to Earth in case of an emergency. These vehicles would have been carried to the space station in the cargo bay of a space shuttle and attached to station docking ports. If an emergency arose that forced the ISS crew to leave the space station, a Crew Return Vehicle would have undocked and returned them to Earth much like the space shuttle, although the vehicle would have deployed a parafoil for the final descent and landing. Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas
Date 11/4/09
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