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Cape Canaveral, Fla. -- A Delta IV Heavy rocket soars after liftoff 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
A view from high above in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shows a 325-ton crane lifting the first half of the K-level work platforms up for installation in High Bay 3. The platform will be secured into position on tower E, about 86 feet above the floor. The K work platforms will provide access to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and solid rocket boosters during processing and stacking operations on the mobile launcher. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing. Photo credit: NASA/Glen Benson
Inside Building 836 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, a technician works on installing ejetable data recorders onto NASA's Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) on Aug. 19, 2022. Dedicated to the memory of Bernard Kutter, LOFTID is a technology demonstration mission aimed at validating inflatable heat shield technology for atmospheric re-entry. This technology could enable missions to other planetary bodies, as well as allow NASA to return heavier payloads from low-Earth orbit. LOFTID is a rideshare launching with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite. NASA and NOAA are targeting Nov. 1, 2022, for the launch of JPSS-2 on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg. Photo credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Julio Paz
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/ Sandy Joseph/Kevin O’connell
A 325-ton crane has lifted the first half of the K-level work platforms up and out of High Bay 4 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform is being moved across the transfer aisle that runs down the center of the VAB and will be lowered into High Bay 3. It will be secured into position on tower E, about 86 feet above the floor. The K work platforms will provide access to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and solid rocket boosters during processing and stacking operations on the mobile launcher. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
A solid rocket motor for the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket slated to boost NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, is lowered into position inside the mobile service tower at Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Four identical MMS spacecraft will study the mystery of how magnetic fields around Earth connect and disconnect, explosively releasing energy via a process known a magnetic reconnection. Launch is set for March 12. To learn more: www.nasa.gov/mms. Photo credit: NASA/ Kim Shiflett
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden delivers a “state of the agency” address at NASA's televised fiscal year 2016 budget rollout event. Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana looks on, at right. Representatives from the Kennedy workforce, news media and social media were in attendance. NASA's Orion, SpaceX Dragon and Boeing CST-100 spacecraft, all destined to play a role in NASA’s overall exploration objectives, were on display. For information on NASA's budget, visit www.nasa.gov/budget. Photo credit: NASA/Gianni Woods
In High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, preparations are underway to lift the first half of the K-level work platforms for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS). A 325-ton crane will lift the platform up so it can be installed about 86 feet above the floor. The K work platforms will provide access to the SLS core stage and solid rocket boosters during processing and stacking operations on the mobile launcher. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing. Photo credit: NASA/Glen Benson
A transporter containing the first half of the J level work platforms makes its way into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Inside the VAB, the platform will be lifted off of the transporter and placed onto support stands in the transfer aisle. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. 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/Ben Smegelsky
KSC-2009-2738 (04/17/2009) --- CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After space shuttle Endeavour's rollout to Launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida this morning, two different shuttles are poised on two different launch pads. Shuttle Atlantis (foreground) already was on Launch Pad 39A. With the space shuttle fleet set for retirement in 2010, this is expected to be the final time two shuttles will be on launch pads at the same time. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming mission to upgrade NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Atlantis is targeted to launch May 12. After Endeavour is cleared from its duty as a rescue spacecraft, it will be moved to Launch Pad 39A for its STS-127 mission to the International Space Station. That flight is targeted for launch June 13. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
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Engineers and technicians watch as the Orion Service Module Umbilical (OSMU) lines retract during a simulated launch test on Vehicle Motion Simulator 1 at the Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher tower will be equipped with a number of lines, called umbilicals that will connect to the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The OSMU will be located high on the mobile launcher tower and, prior to launch, will transfer liquid coolant for the electronics and air for the Environmental Control System to the Orion service module that houses these critical systems to support the spacecraft. Kennedy's Engineering Directorate is providing support to the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program for testing of the OSMU. EM-1 is scheduled to launch in 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
NASA and DynCorp maintenance crew members prepare to open NASA's Guppy aircraft on the tarmac at Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orion heat shield ground test article, secured in a shipping container, will be loaded into the 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
A 325-ton crane lifts the first half of the K-level work platforms high up in High Bay 4 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform will be lifted over the transfer aisle that runs down the center of the VAB and lower it into High Bay 3. It will be secured into position on tower E, about 86 feet above the floor. The K work platforms will provide access to NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and solid rocket boosters during processing and stacking operations on the mobile launcher. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program is overseeing upgrades and modifications to High Bay 3 to support processing of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. A total of 10 levels of new platforms, 20 platform halves altogether, will surround the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and provide access for testing and processing. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Engineers and technicians watch as the Orion Service Module Umbilical (OSMU) lines release and retract during a simulated launch test on Vehicle Motion Simulator 1 at the Launch Equipment Test Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher tower will be equipped with a number of lines, called umbilicals that will connect to the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). The OSMU will be located high on the mobile launcher tower and, prior to launch, will transfer liquid coolant for the electronics and air for the Environmental Control System to the Orion service module that houses these critical systems to support the spacecraft. Kennedy's Engineering Directorate is providing support to the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program for testing of the OSMU. EM-1 is scheduled to launch in 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
After a day of crummy weather things seem to be clearing up nicely for a launch tomorrow. Can you spot Urlum and Neidon?
A flatbed truck, carrying the second half of a new set of work platforms for the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), leaves Sauer Co. in Oak Hill, Florida. The platform is the other half of the "K" platforms. They are being fabricated by Steel LLC of Scottdale, Georgia, and assembled by Sauer. 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 (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. 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/Frankie Martin
A flatbed truck, carrying the second half of a new set of work platforms for the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), proceeds through the city of Titusville on its way to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform, the other half of the "K" platforms, 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 (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. 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/Frankie Martin
A flatbed truck, carrying the second half of a new set of work platforms for the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), proceeds east on the Max Brewer Bridge in Titusville on its way to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform, the other half of the "K" platforms, 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 (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. 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/Frankie Martin
A flatbed truck carrying the second half of a new set of work platforms for the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), proceeds south on State Road 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform is the other half of the "K" platforms. They platforms are being 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 (SLS) and Orion spacecraft. 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/Frankie Martin
NASA Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson stands next to her console in Firing Room 1 at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Control Center during a terminal countdown demonstration for Exploration Mission 1, or EM-1. The launch will be the first integrated test of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft that will eventually take astronauts beyond low-Earth orbit to destinations such as the Moon and Mars. Taking place on Dec. 14, 2018, the countdown demonstration was intended to validate the launch team's capability to perform an EM-1 countdown and respond to challenges put into the system for practice.
Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida broke ground on a next-generation attraction, Heroes and Legends, featuring the U.S. Astronaut of Fame, scheduled to open in 2016. In attendance were many former NASA astronauts and Astronaut Hall of Fame members. Also attending the ceremony were the 2015 Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees, including Kurt Rominger, third from left, and Steve Lindsey, far right. Heroes and Legends will bring to life the stories of America's pioneering astronauts and invite guests to vicariously experience the thrills and dangers of America's earliest missions through high-tech elements and special effects. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Metal trays route radio frequency and signal cables into the antenna field for NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Doppler radar wind profiler. Located near the spaceport’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway, the profiler has been upgraded to a new, state-of-the-art version that will help forecasters and launch teams characterize upper-level winds in the area. This profiler will help in the detection of wind-shear conditions during launch. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
NASA Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, front row center, displays an American flag that was flown aboard Orion on Exploration Flight Test 1, during an Orion All Hands Meeting with NASA and contractor employees in the center's Training Auditorium. Mark Geyer, Orion Program Manager at Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Larry Price, Lockheed Martin Space Systems deputy program manager for Orion presented updates on Orion postflight data. Geyer also recognized NASA and contractor teams, individuals and managers with the Orion Program Manager's Commendation awards for contributions to the success of the flight test. NASA's next step in the journey to Mars will be Exploration Mission 1, a test flight on the agency's Space Launch System rocket in 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Frankie Martin
Preparations are underway to lift NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale observatories (MMS), enclosed in an Atlas payload fairing, atop the Atlas V rocket in place in the Vertical Integration Facility on Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. MMS, led by a team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, consists of four identical spacecraft that will work together to provide the first three-dimensional view of magnetic reconnection, a fundamental process which occurs throughout the universe. Launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is set for March 12. To learn more about MMS, visit www.nasa.gov/mms. 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/Tony Gray & Kevin O'Connel
A crane lifts the Cygnus spacecraft, fitted inside a payload fairing, to the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 so the spacecraft can bolted to the top of the waiting United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Built by Orbital ATK, the Cygnus is a cargo-only spacecraft that will take about 7,300 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. The version launching on OA-4, the fourth operational cargo resupply flight for Orbital ATK, is an enhanced Cygnus that is capable of carrying 25 percent more mass than its predecessor. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
A flatbed truck, carrying the first half of a new set of work platforms for the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), enters through the north gate at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform, one-half of the "K" platforms, 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/Frankie Martin
A flatbed truck, carrying the first half of a new set of work platforms, arrives at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The platform, one-half of the "K" platforms, 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/Jim Grossmann
A Kamag transporter moves the Cygnus spacecraft inside a payload fairing to the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 so the spacecraft can be lifted into place atop the waiting United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Built by Orbital ATK, the Cygnus is a cargo-only spacecraft that will take about 7,300 pounds of experiments, equipment and supplies to the International Space Station. The version launching on OA-4, the fourth operational cargo resupply flight for Orbital ATK, is an enhanced Cygnus that is capable of carrying 25 percent more mass than its predecessor. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
A demonstration of the RAZOR EX microbial monitor is taking place inside the Molecular Biology Lab in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left, are Cheri Oubre, a microbiologist with Wyle, a contractor at Johnson Space Center in Houston; Dr. Christina Khodadad, a microbiologist with Sierra Lobo on the Engineering Services Contract at Kennedy; Monsi Roman, NASA RAZOR project manager from Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama; and Victoria Castro, a microbiologist also with Wyle. RAZOR is a microbial monitor that amplifies, measures and detects the presence of targeted microorganisms. If the demo is successful, the system has the potential to replace current microbial monitoring hardware on the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
A large sign marks the entrance to the registration area for NASA's Robotic Mining Competition at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. More than 40 student teams from around the U.S. will use their custom-made remote-controlled mining robots to dig in a supersized sandbox filled with regolith simulant and participate in other competition requirements. The competition is a NASA Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate project designed to engage and retain students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields by expanding opportunities for student research and design. Photo credit: Kim Shiflett
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 and Tim Powers
A new work platform, Platform J, awaits installation in High Bay 3 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
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Workers take photographs of NASA's Orion spacecraft during a viewing at the Launch Abort System Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion's back shell panels have been removed. 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. Orion will be transported to the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility for deservicing. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Oct. 26, 1998 -- STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio, gives a thumbs up on his arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet. He and other crewmembers will be making final preparations for launch, targeted for liftoff at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. The STS-95 mission includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker, as well as the SPACEHAB single module with experiments on space flight and the aging process. The mission is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, and return to KSC on Nov. 7. The other STS-95 crew members are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque, with the European Space Agency (ESA), and Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).
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NASA’s two crawler-transporters, CT-1 and CT-2, have served the agency's space programs for 50 years. CT-2 made the trek from the Vehicle Assembly along the crawlerway on a test run to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A plaque with worker signatures was found when the deck of the vehicle was removed during upgrades and modifications. 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 Kennedy transforms to a multi-user spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Mary Hanna
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Engineers and technicians prepare NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander for free flight test number 15 on a launch pad at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Morpheus is being lowered by crane onto the launch pad. The lander will take off from the ground over a flame trench and use its autonomous landing and hazard avoidance technology, or ALHAT sensors, to survey the hazard field to determine safe landing sites. Project Morpheus tests NASA’s ALHAT and an engine that runs on liquid oxygen and methane, which are green propellants. These new capabilities could be used in future efforts to deliver cargo to planetary surfaces. Project Morpheus is being managed under the Advanced Exploration Systems, or AES, Division in NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. For more information on Project Morpheus, visit morpheuslander.jsc.nasa.gov/. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
Cables feed into a secondary enclosure, which houses phase shifter units and divides the radio frequency feed utility box installed amid the field of new antennas comprising NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Doppler radar wind profiler. Located near the spaceport’s Shuttle Landing Facility runway, the profiler has been upgraded to a new, state-of-the-art version that will help forecasters and launch teams characterize upper-level winds in the area. This profiler will help in the detection of wind-shear conditions during launch. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Retract and release testing begins on the aft skirt electrical umbilical (ASEU), the small, gray cone-shaped structure on the ground, at the Launch Equipment Test Facility (LETF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Power lines have been connected from the ASEU to the LETF simulated flight vehicle interface to test its design and functionality. The ASEU will connect to the mobile launcher and provide electrical power and data connections to the Space Launch System boosters. The Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy is overseeing the tests. Photo credit: NASA/Dimitri Gerondidakis
NASA's Super Guppy aircraft has arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orion service module stacking assembly interface ring and stack holding stand will be transported to the landing facility for loading into the Guppy. The Guppy will fly from Kennedy to NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Orion is the spacecraft that will launch atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket on Exploration Mission-1 in 2018. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
A Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway GP40-2, an FEC freight locomotive used in regular service, prepares to be coupled with Locomotive no. 1, one of the last two NASA Railroad locomotives at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The two locomotives, EMD SW 1500s, will be delivered 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/Kim Shiflett
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck passes by the Space Shuttle Atlantis building at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on its way to the entrance gate to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion made the overland trip from Naval Base San Diego in California. Orion 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/Dimitri Gerondidakis
While serving as a practice and launch complex fit-check verification tool - representing the flight vehicles - Enterprise/Orbiter Vehicle 101 (OV-101) is seen on Pad 39A, 11 May 1979, during a test of the high-intensity lighting systems, with a full moon overhead.
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs toward space carrying NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida 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.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Orion crew module, enclosed in its crew module transportation fixture and secured on a flatbed truck passes by the Space Shuttle Atlantis building at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on its way to the entrance gate to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orion made the overland trip from Naval Base San Diego in California. Orion 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/Dimitri Gerondidakis