Beyond a fertile field of satellite communication antennas at Kennedy Space Center, an Atlas V rocket launches a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS; sounds
Space shuttle Endeavour is seen atop NASA’s Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified 747 Jumbo jetliner, at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space
The Launch Operations Center in Florida became operational on July 1, 1962. The name was later changed to John F. Kennedy Space Center in honor
Technicians in the aft portion of space shuttle Atlantis connect three replica shuttle main engines (RSME), in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
The flight deck of Space Shuttle Endeavour, the youngest shuttle and the second to last ever launched. The numerous panels and displays allowed the computer-controlled
Fifty years ago, on February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. He also was one of the first humans
With space shuttle Atlantis’ 25-year spaceflight career now in the history books, its next mission — to inform and inspire generations of visitors to the
It is very complicated to fly into space. Those pictures of the shuttle Atlantis cockpit reveal just how astronauts confronted by a huge array of
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians inspect under NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission aeroshell, where the
All six Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne space shuttle main engines from Endeavour's STS-134 and Atlantis' STS-135 missions sit in test cells inside the Engine Shop at
