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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. Workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility check the mating of the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) cruise stage to the lander below it. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-1 is scheduled to launch June 25 as MER- B aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Commercial ITA Biomedical Experiments payload retrieved from debris of Columbia is being dismantled at KSC. Inside are several experiments carried on mission STS-107 that will be removed and transferred to alternate containers. One experiment, the Growth of Bacterial Biofilm on Surfaces during Spaceflight (GOBBSS), was a Planetary Society- sponsored astrobiology experiment developed by the Israeli Aerospace Medical Institute and the Johnson Space Center Astrobiology Center, with joint participation of an Israeli and a Palestinian student. The recovery team includes Eran Schenker of the Israeli Aerospace Medical Institute; David Warmflash of JSC, John Cassanto of ITA, and Louis Friedman, executive director of the Planetary Society. The GOBBSS material will be sent to JSC where the science team will analyze the samples, studying the effects of spaceflight on bacterial growth. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
The payload section of a home made rocket. This rocket launched two eggs and returned them safely to the ground!
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility C-130 aircraft delivered the agency’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) payload to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on Oct. 28, 2023. The GUSTO mission will launch on a scientific balloon in December 2023.
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the Kuiper 2 mission payload atop the Atlas V rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility-G (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Atlas V will launch the Kuiper 2 mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
Technicians examine the first of two fully extended five-panel solar arrays built for NASA's Europa Clipper suspended on a support system called a gravity offload fixture during inspection and cleaning as part of assembly, test, and launch operations inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Another name for the gravity offload fixture is the Transportable Large Envelope Deployment Facility (T-LEDF). When both solar arrays are installed and deployed on Europa Clipper - the agency's largest spacecraft ever developed for a planetary mission - the spacecraft will span a total length of more than 100 feet and weigh 7,145 pounds without the inclusion of propellants. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the status of the cruise stage of Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) after being lowered onto blocks. The cruise stage will be integrated with the aeroshell, the entry vehicle. NASAs twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans cant yet go. The MER-1 is scheduled to launch June 25 from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., a senator from Ohio and one of the original seven Project Mercury astronauts, adjusts his helmet during suitup in the Operations and Checkout (O&C) Building prior to his trip to Launch Pad 39-B. Glenn and the rest of the STS-95 crew are at KSC to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) which includes mission familiarization activities, emergency egress training, and a simulated main engine cutoff. The other crew members are Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (M.D., Ph.D.), representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA), and Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown. The STS-95 mission, targeted for liftoff on Oct. 29, 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. Following the TCDT, the crew will be returning to Houston for final flight preparations. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists the Kuiper 2 mission payload atop the Atlas V rocket in the Vertical Integration Facility-G (VIF-G) adjacent to Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Atlas V will launch the Kuiper 2 mission for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation. Photo credit: United Launch Alliance
On 21 January 2025, engineers at ESA’s technical heart (ESTEC) connected the two main parts of the Smile spacecraft, putting it into its final flight configuration.
In this image we see the payload module, which hosts three of the spacecraft’s four science instruments. The payload module is the responsibility of ESA, and was built by Airbus on behalf of ESA.
An Airbus engineer looks on as his colleague attaches ropes to the payload module. The ropes are part of a hoisting system that carefully lift the module up into the air, move it across the room, and place it on top of the second main part of the spacecraft, the platform.
When the payload module is finally ready to lift, it rises very slowly, at about a centimetre per second. After all, this is delicate equipment that has taken years of work and is worth millions of euros!
Find out more about the testing and integration of Smile at ESTEC
Smile (the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) is a 50–50 collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
[Image description: A man in protective clothing in a cleanroom. He is looking at a spacecraft covered in bronze foil. Four hooks hang from the ceiling; a second engineer seems to be attaching these hooks to the spacecraft.]
Credits: ESA–A.Conigli; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. Technicians in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility prepare the cruise stage for Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1) for integration with the aeroshell, the entry vehicle. NASAs twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans cant yet go. The MER-1 is scheduled to launch June 25 from Launch Pad 17-A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Two-time payload specialist Roger K. Crouch at Discover Family Engineering Day, National Building Museum, Washington, DC, 27 Feb. 2016. Crouch's first flight, on STS-83, was cut short due to a malfunction on the Shuttle. NASA made the unprecedented decision to refly the entire crew on another shuttle mission, STS-94.
Crouch has been appearing and signing at DFED since at least 2012. What's really nice is that he has pre-signed photos, "Follow your dream! /s/ Roger Crouch," which he will then personalize.
a chopper drops its payload in an attempt to slow the Gash Creek fire at this ridgeline. several choppers were working the ridge, but they were ultimately no match for the 20-25 mph wind gusts which, by nightfall, had pushed the fire to the ridge line where trees began to torch.
UPDATE Sunday 5:00pm. I hear that the spot from which I took these shots is now burning, pushed by nasty gusts of 30-40 mph.
shot for New West.
STS083-312-031 (4-8 April 1997) --- Payload specialist Gregory T. Linteris (left) is seen at the Mid Deck Glove Box (MGBX), while astronaut Donald A. Thomas, mission specialist, works at the Expedite the Processing of Experiments to Space Station (EXPRESS) rack. MGBX is a facility that allows scientists the capability of doing tests on hardware and materials that are not approved to be handled in the open Spacelab. It is equipped with photographic, video and data recording capability, allowing a complete record of experiment operations. Experiments performed on STS-83 were Bubble Drop Nonlinear Dynamics and Fiber Supported Droplet Combustion. EXPRESS is designed to provide accommodations for Sub-rack payloads on Space Station. For STS-83, it held two payloads. The Physics of Hard Colloidal Spheres (PHaSE) and ASTRO-Plant Generic Bioprocessing Apparatus (ASTRO-PGBA), a facility with light and atmospheric controls which supports plant growth for commercial research.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians inspect the solar panels for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) during an electromagnetic interference verification test. If no interference is found during the test, the Shallow Radar Antenna (SHARAD) will be installed on the spacecraft. The spacecraft is undergoing multiple mechanical assembly operations and electrical tests to verify its readiness for launch. The MRO was built by Lockheed Martin for NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
An employee in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) sews thermal insulation material on the front heat shield of the Huygens probe during prelaunch processing testing and integration in that facility, with the probe's back cover in the background. The Huygens probe and the Cassini orbiter being processed at KSC are the two primary components of the Cassini spacecraft, which will be launched on a Titan IVB/Centaur expendable launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Station. Cassini will explore Saturn, its rings and moons for four years. The Huygens probe, designed and developed for the European Space Agency (ESA), will be deployed from the orbiter to study the clouds, atmosphere and surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The orbiter was designed and assembled at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Following postflight inspections, integration of the 12 science instruments not already installed on the orbiter will be completed. Then, the parabolic high-gain antenna and the propulsion module will be mated to the orbiter, followed by the Huygens probe, which will complete spacecraft integration. The Cassini mission is targeted for an Oct. 6 launch to begin its 6.7-year journey to the Saturnian system. Arrival at the planet is expected to occur around July 1, 2004. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
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Hi, I'm Amber with the Dan O'Brien Auto Group and today we're going to go over the towing and payload capacity of a 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel.
When it comes to Towing and Payloads this Ram 1500 Rebel Crew Cab has what you need, and much more.
With its Class IV Tow Receiver Hitch, this Rebel has a towing capacity of up to 12,750 pounds, so you have the ability to tow what you need where you need it.. and with the included Trailer Sway Control and trailer braking, you can safely handle these kind of loads.
The vehicle come prewired with a 7 Pin Wiring Harness - ready for plug and play!
In addition this Rebel has a 1530 pound Maximum Payload, with convenient 4 way adjustable cargo tie downs and an ingenious Deployed Bed-Step for easy bed access in this tall beast!
The optional features on this 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel Crew Cab 4 by 4 include; hood and side Rebel graphics, Power folding mirrors, Dual zone air conditioning controls, an upgraded 8.4 inch touchscreen display with Apple Carplay and Android Auto. Heated Front Seats and steering wheel, all controlled directly on the touchscreen.
You can even adjust the brake and gas pedals to your size with the touch of a button.
Park-sense front and rear park assist with stop, will help warn you as you approach obstacles while parking and stop the vehicle to prevent impact.
Additional convenient optional features include; USB Media Hub, Universal garage door opener, Remote proximity keyless entry and remote start system.
In addition you’ll find a large storage compartment under the rear seat.
If you're looking to get the best price that you can on the Ram 1500 Rebel come on down and ask for me April you can come right here to Dan O'Brien Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram of Methuen. We're located at 175 Pelham Street in Methuen, Mass.
Richard Toner, president, Toner Associates, leads "Simplifying the Complex: Performing Accurate Weight Distribution and Payload Calculations for Work Trucks." Learn more about the Work Truck Show at www.ntea.com/worktruckshow .
Payload 80000 kg
Side tipping box:
- heaped, J 131348 m³
- struck, J 131337 m³
Weights
Operating weight 58000 kg
Total loaded weight 138000 kg
Dimensions
Total lengthapprox. 11600 mm
Max. width 3900 mm
Height 3600 mm (unloaded)
(3900 mm with camera)
Ground clearance 265 mm
Major components
Diesel engine Detroit S60
Engine output 317 kW (425 HP)
2100 rpm
Transmission Allison 4000 ORS
Axles Kessler
Tires 14.00R25
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers move a crane into place to remove the solar panel from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. A major deployment test will check out the spacecrafts large solar arrays. The spacecraft will also undergo multiple mechanical assembly operations and electrical tests to verify its readiness for launch. The MRO was built by Lockheed Martin for NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
Nombre: Payload
Afiliación: Decepticon
LÃnea: Movie
Tamaño: Deluxe
Año: 2007
Número de adquisición: 90
Otra de las figuras del juego tipo Drone. Me gusta bastante, tiene una transformación un poco compleja. Lo único que no me gusta es la barra que queda atravesada en forma de robot que sirve como garra.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle had a mass of 463 lbs and was designed to hold a payload of an additional 1,080 lbs on the lunar surface. The frame was 10 feet long with a wheelbase of 7.5 feet. The maximum height was 3.75 feet. The frame was made of aluminum alloy 2219 tubing welded assemblies and consisted of a 3 part chassis which was hinged in the center so it could be folded up and hung in the Lunar Module quad 1 bay. It had two side-by-side foldable seats made of tubular aluminum with nylon webbing and aluminum floor panels. An armrest was mounted between the seats, and each seat had adjustable footrests and a velcro seatbelt. A large mesh dish antenna was mounted on a mast on the front center of the rover. The suspension consisted of a double horizontal wishbone with upper and lower torsion bars and a damper unit between the chassis and upper wishbone. Fully loaded the LRV had a ground clearance of 14 inches.
Power was provided by two 36-volt silver-zinc potassium hydroxide non-rechargeable batteries with a capacity of 121 A·h. These were used to power the drive and steering motors and also a 36 volt utility outlet mounted on front of the LRV to power the communications relay unit or the TV camera.
A T-shaped hand controller situated between the two seats controlled the four drive motors, two steering motors and brakes. Moving the stick forward powered the LRV forward, left and right turned the vehicle left or right, pulling backwards activated the brakes. Activating a switch on the handle before pulling back would put the LRV into reverse. Pulling the handle all the way back activated a parking brake. The control and display modules were situated in front of the handle and gave information on the speed, heading, pitch, and power and temperature levels.
Navigation was based on continuously recording direction and distance through use of a directional gyro and odometer and inputting this data to a computer which would keep track of the overall direction and distance back to the LM. There was also a Sun-shadow device which could give a manual heading based on the direction of the Sun, using the fact that the Sun moved very slowly in the sky.
N925AU Tanker 25 flies by our home on the way to a lightning-caused a fire burning southwest of Phoenix Arizona. This is a Lockheed P-3A Orion (also L-188 Electra) – Aero Union fire bomber. It worked along side at least one other plane today releasing its fire retardant payload near the fire. Flying out of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.(formerly Williams Gateway Airport & Williams AFB before that)
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, engineers begin installing the gimbal on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) solar panel. A gimbal is an appliance that allows an object to remain horizontal even as its support tips. In the PHSF, the spacecraft will undergo multiple mechanical assembly operations and electrical tests to verify its readiness for launch. A major deployment test will check out the spacecrafts large solar arrays. The MRO was built by Lockheed Martin for NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the dark before dawn, the payloads that will launch aboard Space Shuttle Discovery's Return to Flight mission STS-114 roll past the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center. Enclosed in a payload canister, the payloads are heading for Launch Pad 39B. The canister will be lifted up alongside the Rotating Service Structure to the Payload Changeout Room where the STS-114 payloads will be removed. Discoverys payloads include the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello, the Lightweight Multi-Purpose Experiment Support Structure Carrier (LMC), and the External Stowage Platform-2 (ESP-2). Raffaello will deliver supplies to the International Space Station including food, clothing and research equipment. The LMC will carry a replacement Control Moment Gyroscope and a tile repair sample box. The ESP-2 is outfitted with replacement parts. Discoverys launch window extends from July 13 through July 31. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
On the left, the black object is the power source, a 5V lithium pack. On top is the audio recorder, and in the front, a pair of antennas for the radar.
After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Sunday, April 8. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to 1-mile in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.
Aerocene test III: Staging of the detachable
payload. GPS tracking is placed directly on-board
of the balloon, while camera and flight computer will
drop with buoyant recovery vehicle.
A collaboration between Tomás Saraceno, Visiting Artist at MIT’s Center for Art, Science & Technology and Lodovica Illari of MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Aerocene invites us to think of new ways to sense the circulation of energy and resources, towards a new thermodynamic imaginary, actively reframing the material ethics and politics of our contemporary modes of moving, dwelling, and being-together, here on Earth. It pursues the vision of Cloud Cities, previous undertaking of Saraceno. For COP21 Paris, the artist will present Aerocene in an outstanding sculptural installation at Grand Palais. At Palais de Tokyo, a symposium will be organized, and a series of actions and collective performances, based on open-source collaborative principles, will take place in various locations.
Expedition participants included Tomás Saraceno, Francesca von Habsburg, Markus Reymann (TBA21), Juan Enriquez (noted author), Bill Mckenna (MIT), and Nicholas Shapiro (Pacific Lab), alongside the community from Kukudo (sp) in the Solomon Islands. Just after sunrise, Saraceno launched the first test of Aerocene off the Dardenella and then followed the floating structure in a wood canoe as it floated up powered only by the heat of the Sun.
Learn more at arts.mit.edu
Photo by ©Tomás Saraceno
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In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, part of the servicing equipment for the third Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (SM-3A), STS-103, is given a black light inspection. The hardware is undergoing final testing and integration of payload elements. Mission STS-103 is a "call-up" due to the need to replace portions of the Hubble's pointing system, the gyros, which have begun to fail. Although Hubble is operating normally and conducting its scientific observations, only three of its six gyroscopes are working properly. The gyroscopes allow the telescope to point at stars, galaxies and planets. The STS-103 crew will not only replace gyroscopes, it will also replace a Fine Guidance Sensor and an older computer with a new enhanced model, an older data tape recorder with a solid state digital recorder, a failed spare transmitter with a new one, and degraded insulation on the telescope with new thermal insulation. The crew will also install a Battery Voltage/Temperature Improvement Kit to protect the spacecraft batteries from overcharging and overheating when the telescope goes into a safe mode. The scheduled launch date in October is under review. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
This is an inkjet-printed photo, as at the time I had no other way of getting a picture of Robert J. Cenker, STS-61-C's prime payload specialist, and Gerard E. "Jerry" Magilton, Cenker's alternate, for a signing by Magilton, which my friend somehow arranged.
Cenker was selected by RCA as a Payload Specialist; and approved by NASA to fly on the space shuttle Columbia on Space Shuttle Mission 61-C. During the six day mission, (January 12 to 18, 1986) he performed a variety of physiological tests, observed the deployment of the RCA Satcom Ku-1 satellite, and operated primary experiment, an infrared imaging camera. In completing this flight, Cenker traveled over 2.1 million miles in 96 Earth orbits and logged over 146 hours in space.
Cenker was the last commercial payload specialist, with the Challenger accident later that month.
Rising from fire and smoke, NASA's Juno planetary probe, enclosed in its payload fairing, launches atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, workers from Lockheed Martin help guide the high-gain antenna toward the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) for installation. After solar array installation, the MRO will be transported to the Vertical Installation Facility in late July. It will join the Atlas V for the final phase of launch preparations. The spacecraft is then scheduled to undergo a functional test, and a final week of integrated testing and closeouts. The MRO was built by Lockheed Martin for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. It is the next major step in Mars exploration and scheduled for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in a window opening Aug. 10. The MRO is an important next step in fulfilling NASAs vision of space exploration and ultimately sending human explorers to Mars and beyond. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
The Saturn barge "Compromise", carrying the 1st Saturn flight booster, inert 2nd stage and payload, passes through the lock at Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River. Because of a disabled lock at Wilson Dam, two barges were used to transport the hardware to Cape Canaveral. The origina barge, "Palaemon", carried the units to a point just above Wheeler Dam, where they were unloaded and trucked around the dam to the second barge below the dam.
NASA-Marshall Photo M61-1692-121
Release date: 15 October 1961.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers check the attachment between the backshell (above) and heat shield (below) surrounding the Mars Exploration Rover 1 (MER-1). The aeroshell will protect the rover on its journey to Mars. NASA's twin Mars Exploration Rovers are designed to study the history of water on Mars. These robotic geologists are equipped with a robotic arm, a drilling tool, three spectrometers, and four pairs of cameras that allow them to have a human-like, 3D view of the terrain. Each rover could travel as far as 100 meters in one day to act as Mars scientists' eyes and hands, exploring an environment where humans can't yet go. MER-1 is scheduled to launch June 25 as MER-B aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
An international crew and an international payload begin their journey into space as the Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on Mission STS-78 from Launch Pad 39B. What could become the longest Shuttle flight to date began with an on-time launch at 10:49:00 a.m. EDT, June 20, 1996. On board for Columbia's 20th spaceflight are Mission Commander Terence "Tom" Henricks; Pilot Kevin R. Kregel; Payload Commander Susan J. Helms; Mission Specialists Richard M. Linnehan and Charles E. Brady Jr.; and two Payload Specialists, Jean-Jacques Favier of the French Space Agency (CNES) and Robert Brent Thirsk of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Flying in Columbia's payload bay is the Life and Microgravity Spacelab (LMS), carrying a complement of U.S. and international experiments. Mission duration is currently planned for 15 days, 22 hours, and 20 minutes, but mission managers hope to extend on-orbit activities one day. If the extension day happens, mission duration would become 16 days, 22 hours, and two minutes, which would make STS-78 the longest Shuttle flight to date.
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This photograph shows a newly repainted crane mounted inside NASA’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, preparations for the arrival of the agency’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Workers repainted the facility’s 15-ton bridge crane to prevent any paint chips from becoming foreign object debris. The Roman space telescope will provide deep, panoramic views of the cosmos, generating never-before-seen pictures that will revolutionize our understanding of the universe. Roman will undergo several prelaunch operations, including thermal protection closeout, cleaning, solar array work, and loading hydrazine propellant. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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An employee in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) sews thermal insulation material on the back cover and heat shield of the Huygens probe during prelaunch processing, testing and integration in that facility. The Huygens probe and the Cassini orbiter being processed at KSC are the two primary components of the Cassini spacecraft, which will be launched on a Titan IVB/Centaur expendable launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Station. Cassini will explore Saturn, its rings and moons for four years. The Huygens probe, designed and developed for the European Space Agency (ESA), will be deployed from the orbiter to study the clouds, atmosphere and surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The orbiter was designed and assembled at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. Following postflight inspections, integration of the 12 science instruments not already installed on the orbiter will be completed. Then, the parabolic high-gain antenna and the propulsion module will be mated to the orbiter, followed by the Huygens probe, which will complete spacecraft integration. The Cassini mission is targeted for an Oct. 6 launch to begin its 6.7-year journey to the Saturnian system. Arrival at the planet is expected to occur around July 1, 2004. Image from NASA, originally appeared on this site: science.ksc.nasa.gov/gallery/photos/ Reposted by San Diego Air and Space Museum
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After eight months of designing, building and testing, the middle school, high school and college and university teams launched their rockets as part of NASA Student Launch on Sunday, April 8. The rockets and their payloads are designed to fly to 1-mile in altitude before deploying recovery systems that brings them safely to the ground.