Technicians prepare for removal of Viking Lander 1’s aeroshell cover in Kennedy’s Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2. The cover remained…
Space shuttle Columbia, the vehicle for the first space shuttle mission, moves out of the Vehicle Assembly Building for the…
The move of space shuttle Columbia from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A at Launch Complex 39 was monitored…
This new view of the Orion Nebula highlights fledgling stars hidden in the gas and clouds. It shows infrared observations…
America’s first reusable spaceship, space shuttle Columbia, approaches Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A.
The STS-1 vehicle – consisting of America’s first reusable spaceship, space shuttle Columbia, the external propellant tank and twin solid…
Astronauts for the first space shuttle mission, Commander John Young and Pilot Robert Crippen, take a break from their intensive…
