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The Gemini Years
The Gemini Years

On Dec. 26, 1963, ownership of this facility officially was transferred from the U.S. Air Force to NASA. Now called…

Project Gemini Mission Control Center
Project Gemini Mission Control Center

For the Gemini program, a few changes were made to the Mission Control Flight Control Area layout. One change was…

LADEE Propulsion System
LADEE Propulsion System

James Bell examines the integrated propulsion system for LADEE, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer in a cleanroom at…

SpaceX Dress Rehearsal for Launch
SpaceX Dress Rehearsal for Launch

Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon capsule attached on top sits fully fueled at Cape Canaveral…

Schirra and Stafford Suit Up
Schirra and Stafford Suit Up

Gemini VI astronauts Walter Schirra (seated), command pilot, and Thomas Stafford, pilot, go through suiting up exercises in preparation for…

Apollo-Soyuz
Apollo-Soyuz

Fit checks are performed in an altitude chamber at Kennedy between the Apollo spacecraft and the docking module to be…

Titan-Centaur Launches Voyager
Titan-Centaur Launches Voyager

Titan-Centaur 7 lifts off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, sending an 1,800-pound Voyager spacecraft on…

Viking Prepared
Viking Prepared

Technicians prepare for removal of Viking Lander 1’s aeroshell cover in Kennedy’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2. The cover remained…

Shuttle Era Begins: Columbia Rolls to Launch Pad
Shuttle Era Begins: Columbia Rolls to Launch Pad

Space shuttle Columbia, the vehicle for the first space shuttle mission, moves out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the…