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SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- The Orion crew module is recovered after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles off the coast of San Diego, California. NASA, the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin coordinated efforts to recover Orion and secure the spacecraft inside the well deck of the USS Anchorage. After lifting off at 7:05 a.m. EST atop a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA's Orion spacecraft completed a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is leading the recovery efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: Courtesy of U.S. Navy
A Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway GP40-2, an FEC freight locomotive used in regular service, begins coupling operations with NASA's last two railroad locomotives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The FEC locomotive will transport the two locomotives, EMD SW 1500s, to new homes on short line railroads. Locomotive no. 1 will be used by the Natchitoches Parish Port in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Locomotive no. 3 will be used by the Madison Railroad in Madison, Indiana, for regular freight service and passenger excursion train service. Locomotive no. 2 has already been delivered to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum in Miami, Florida for restoration and eventual use. All three locomotives were originally acquired by NASA in 1983 from the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad. They were used primarily to carry the solid rocket booster segment cars and shuttle flight hardware on the NASA Railroad for the Space Shuttle Program. Photo credit: NASA/Amber Watson
One of two landing pads atop the VAB. They're pretty small. Challenge? Not accepted at this time. But hopefully someday we will be able to use them. First though we should work out a better way to/from the roof than ladders...
Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. Photo credit: NASA/George Roberts
Technicians and engineers remove the heat shield from the Orion spacecraft inside the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A special crane holds Orion as the heat shield is lowered onto a work stand. The spacecraft completed the first flight test in December, was retrieved from the Pacific Ocean, and transported 2,700 miles overland to Kennedy from Naval Base San Diego in California. Analysis of data obtained during its two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission Dec. 5 will provide engineers detailed information on how the spacecraft fared. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT-2, returns to the crawler park site after a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Upgrades to the crawler include 88 new roller bearings, 22 on each "truck" section, and a new jacking, equalizing and leveling system. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT-2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT-1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles as the center transforms to a multi-user spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT-2, slowly returns to the crawler park site after a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT-2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT-1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles as the center transforms to a multi-user spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Centaur stage is mounted atop a ULA Atlas V rocket at Launch Complex 41. The launch vehicle will boost the Orbital ATK Cygnus OA-4 spacecraft on a commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. The spacecraft deliver more than 7,000 pounds of supplies, equipment and scientific research materials that improve life on Earth and drive progress toward future space exploration.
Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Robert D. Cabana received the National Space Trophy from the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation on April 24 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ellen Ochoa, at right, director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston nominated Cabana for the award. The National Space Trophy is presented annually to an outstanding American who has made major contributions to the nation's space program. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 6:03 p.m. EST. DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and will maintain the nation's real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities. To learn more about DSCOVR, visit www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR.
Photo credit: NASA/Tony Gray
Blue sky and fluffy clouds are the backdrop for the Space Shuttle Atlantis building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Also in view are part of the full-size mock-up of the external tank and solid rocket boosters. The building features two sweeping architectural elements that represent the space shuttle's launch and return. The outer layer of the building, cloaked in iridescent hues of orange and gold, represents the fiery glow of re-entry. The taller, internal wing of the building is covered in shimmering gray tile pattern representing the tiled underside of the orbiter. The 65,000-square-foot facility is home to space shuttle Atlantis, a full-size mock-up of the Hubble Space Telescope and a wealth of information, activities and displays about the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An aerial view reveals the Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck that is proceeding along the NASA Causeway at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the background is the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building. Orion made the 2,700 mile overland trip from Naval Base San Diego in California. The spacecraft was recovered from the Pacific Ocean after completing a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission Dec. 5 to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program led the recovery, offload and transportation efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Palm trees frame this view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. Also in view are part of the full-size mock-up of the external tank and solid rocket boosters. The building features two sweeping architectural elements that represent the space shuttle's launch and return. The outer layer of the building, cloaked in iridescent hues of orange and gold, represents the fiery glow of re-entry. The taller, internal wing of the building is covered in shimmering gray tile pattern representing the tiled underside of the orbiter. The 65,000-square-foot facility is home to space shuttle Atlantis, a full-size mock-up of the Hubble Space Telescope and a wealth of information, activities and displays about the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:47 a.m. EST. The commercial resupply mission will deliver 3,700 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies, including critical materials to support 256 science and research investigations that will take place on the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossman
A truck sprays water on the crawlerway surface to reduce dust as NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT-2, continues to slowly move along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT-2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT-1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Amber Watson
The Orion heat shield ground test article, enclosed in a carrier, arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility atop a flatbed truck from the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The carrier will be loaded into NASA's Guppy aircraft for transportation to Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company near Denver, Colorado. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Encapsulated in its payload fairing, NASA's Parker Solar Probe is transported out of the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near the agency's Kennedy Space Center, on Monday, July 30, 2018. The spacecraft is beginning a trek to Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station where it will be mated atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket. The mission will perform the closest-ever observations of a star when it travels through the Sun's atmosphere, called the corona. The probe will rely on measurements and imaging to revolutionize our understanding of the corona and the Sun-Earth connection.
Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Technicians monitor the progress as NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT-2, continues to slowly move along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT-2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT-1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Amber Watson
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT2, slowly moves along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT1 and CT2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Amber Watson
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT2, begins its trek out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a test run to Launch Pad 39B. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT1 and CT2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT2, has exited the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a test run to Launch Pad 39B. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT1 and CT2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Astronaut John Glenn has been inserted into Friendship 7 spacecraft and is readying himself for launch.
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NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT2, is being prepared for its trek out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a test run to Launch Pad 39B. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT1 and CT2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- NASA's Orion spacecraft is on rubber bumpers in the flooded well deck of the USS Anchorage in the Pacific Ocean about 600 miles off the coast of San Diego, California. Orion splashed down after its first flight test in Earth orbit. NASA, the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin are coordinating efforts to recover Orion and secure the spacecraft in the well deck of the USS Anchorage. Orion completed a two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, to test systems critical to crew safety, including the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is leading the recovery efforts. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Kenny Allen
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B in Florida on July 2, 2019. It is the first of nine tests to verify the sound suppression system is ready for launch of NASA’s Space Launch System for the first Artemis mission. During launch, 400,000 gallons of water will rush onto the pad to help protect the rocket, NASA’s Orion Spacecraft, mobile launcher, and launch pad from the extreme acoustic and temperature environment. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
The four identical observatories comprising NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission (MMS) await encapsulation in an Atlas payload fairing in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida. MMS is an unprecedented NASA mission to study magnetic reconnection, a fundamental process that occurs throughout the universe. MMS is a NASA mission led by the Goddard Space Flight Center. The instrument payload science team consists of researchers from a number of institutions and is led by the Southwest Research Institute. Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is managed by Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Services Program. Liftoff is targeted for 10:44 p.m. EDT March 12. To learn more about MMS, visit www.nasa.gov/mms. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
We've shown what Kerbolar eclipses look like as Mun transits the sun, but this is another way of looking at the annular eclipse - watching Mun's antumbra trace its dark circle across the sky as it moves
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying NASA's Orion spacecraft on an unpiloted flight test to Earth orbit. Liftoff was at 7:05 a.m. EST. During the two-orbit, four-and-a-half hour mission, engineers will evaluate the systems critical to crew safety, the launch abort system, the heat shield and the parachute system. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossman
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This helicopter view of Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida shows the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket as it stands ready to boost NASA's Orion spacecraft on a 4.5-hour mission. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 4:47 a.m. EST. The commercial resupply mission will deliver 3,700 pounds of scientific experiments, technology demonstrations and supplies, including critical materials to support 256 science and research investigations that will take place on the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kevin O'Connel & Tony Gray
A new work platform, Platform J, arrives at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform was fabricated by Steel LLC of Scottdale, Georgia, and assembled by Sauer Co. in Oak Hill, Florida. A contract to modify High Bay 3 in the VAB was awarded to Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Orlando, Florida, in March 2014. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to the high bay to support processing of NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and other exploration vehicles. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platforms altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing in High Bay 3. Photo credit: NASA/Matthew Porter
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with a single-engine Centaur upper stage rolls out of the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41, ready to boost an enhanced Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft on a resupply mission to the International Space Station. Science payloads aboard the Cygnus include a new life science facility that will support studies on cell cultures, bacteria, and other microorganisms. Also aboard is a microsatellite deployer and the first NanoRacks microsatellite to be deployed from the space station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Construction was completed on a new Small Class Vehicle Launch Pad, designated 39C, in the southeast area of the perimeter of Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This computer-aided image shows the new concrete pad, universal propellant servicing system, and customer-provided launch mount. The launch pad is designed to attract smaller aerospace companies and enable them to develop and launch their vehicles from Kennedy. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program oversaw construction of the new pad and is working with Center Planning and Development to grow commercial space efforts at Kennedy. Image credit: NASA
An American bald eagle soars from its perch in a tree at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Several eagles call the center home. The center shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is home to more than 65 amphibian and reptile species, along with 330 native and migratory bird species, 25 mammal and 117 fish species. Photo credit: NASA/Bill White
The fairing for NASA's InSight mission arrives in the west high bay of the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight will launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, will study processes that formed and shaped Mars. Its findings will improve understanding about the evolution of our inner solar system's rocky planets, including Earth. The lander will be the first mission to permanently deploy instruments directly onto Martian ground using a robotic arm. The mission is scheduled to launch from Space Launch Complex 3E in March 2016 and land on Mars in September 2016. Photo credit: NASA/Joe Davila
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, also called CT-2, returns to the crawler park site after a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Upgrades to the crawler include 88 new roller bearings, 22 on each "truck" section, and a new jacking, equalizing and leveling system. Fondly referred to as the "workhorses" of the space program, both crawlers, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. In the background is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy has made steady progress on upgrades and modifications to CT-2 to be ready to support NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, and CT-1 to support a variety of other launch vehicles as the center transforms to a multi-user spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37. Orion is NASA's new spacecraft built to carry humans, designed to allow us to journey to destinations never before visited by humans, including an asteroid and Mars. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett