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STS-56 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery) GPN-2000-000748

STS-56 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery)

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STS-56 Launch (Space Shuttle Discovery)

Space Shuttle Stock Photos – The second try works like a charm as the Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39B on Mission STS-56 at 1:29:00 a.m., EDT, April 8. First attempt to launch Discovery on its 16th space voyage was halted at T-11 seconds on April 6. Aboard for the second Space Shuttle mission of 1993 are a crew of five and the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science 2 (ATLAS 2), the second in a series of missions to study the sun’s energy output and Earth’s middle atmosphere chemical makeup, and how these factors affect levels of ozone.

Keywords: STS-56, Discovery, Kennedy Space Center, NASA Photos

STS-32 Return to KSC GPN-2000-000736

STS-32 Return to KSC

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STS-32 Return to KSC

Space Shuttle Photos – The Space Shuttle Columbia, returning to KSC after the successful STS-32 mission, is poised atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as the duo fly by the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at KSC January 26. Columbia, carrying the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) in its payload bay, was compleitng a two-day ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base, California. Landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility occurred a few moments later at 3:30 p.m.

keywords: NASA Photos, Space Shuttle Photography, Boeing 747, Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, SCA, STS-32 Columbia

STS-1-Pre-Launch-Columbias-First-Flight

Sts 1 Pre Launch (columbia\’s First Flight)

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Sts 1 Pre Launch (columbia\'s First Flight)

Space Shuttle Photos – A timed exposure of the Space Shuttle, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night- time fantasy of light. Structures to the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and the rotating service structure.

keywords: NASA, STS-1, night time shuttle picture , John Young

Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-Takes-Flight

Space Shuttle Atlantis Takes Flight

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Takes Flight

Space Shuttle Photos – Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on its STS-27 mission on December 2, 1988, 9:30 a.m. EST, utilizing 375,000 pounds thrust produced by its three main engines. The STS-27 was the third classified mission dedicated to the Department of Defense (DoD). After completion of mission, Orbiter Atlantis landed December 6, 1988, 3:36 p.m. PST at Edwards Air Force Base, California.

keywords: NASA, STS-27, Space Shuttle Atlantis

Magellan-Spacecraft-Preparation

Magellan Spacecraft Preparation

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Magellan Spacecraft Preparation

Space Shuttle Photos – The Magellan spacecraft with its attached Inertial Upper Stage booster is in the orbiter Atlantis payload bay prior to closure of the doors at T-3 days to launch from pad 39B. Launch of Magellan and Space Shuttle Mission STS-30 is targeted for Friday, April 28, 1989. The 23 minute launch window opens at 2:24 p.m.

keywords: NASA, STS-30, Kennedy, Magellan spacecraft, Atlantis

Flock-of-Birds-Near-the-Space-Shuttle

Flock of Birds Near the Space Shuttle

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Flock of Birds Near the Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle Photos – A flock of birds take flight shortly after the Space Shuttle Atlantis arrives at Pad 39B after being rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building approximately six hours before. Atlantis is scheduled to be launched in late November 1988 on Space Shuttle mission STS-27, a Department of Defense dedicated mission. This will be Atlantis’ third mission in space.

keywords: NASA, STS, Atlantis, Birds

First-Launch-of-a-Space-Shuttle-Columbia

First Launch of a Space Shuttle (columbia)

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First Launch of a Space Shuttle (columbia)

Space Shuttle Photos – The Space Shuttle rises majestically above Launch Complex 39′s Pad A on the first leg of its maiden journey into space. On board for the historic flight are astronauts John Young and Bob Crippen, scheduled to spend nearly 54 hours in space on this first shakedown test of Americas’s new reusable Space Transportation System (STS). The Sunday morning liftoff came a few seconds after 7:00 a.m.

keywords: NASA, STS-1, Space Shuttle Maiden Voyage, Pride in America, technology, first launch

Galileo Preparations 1989 GPN-2000-000672

Galileo Preparations 1989

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Galileo Preparations 1989

NASA Stock Photos – In the Vertical Processing Facility (VPF), the spacecraft Galileo is prepared for mating with the Inertial Upper Stage booster. Galileo will be launched aboard the Orbiter Atlantis on Space Shuttle mission STS-34, October 12, 1989 and sent to the planet Jupiter, a journey which will take more than six years to complete