"space shuttle operations"

#12604158

1 August 2025

NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Commander of Crew-10, arrives with Crew-10 at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on March 7, 2025.

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#12604164

1 August 2025

NASA Astronaut Anne McClain, Commander of Crew-10, arrives with Crew-10 at the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, on March 7, 2025.

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#12134758

8 March 2025

The American Flag, known as ''Old Glory,'' hangs in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

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#12134710

8 March 2025

Mission Commander Anne McClain speaks to the media upon arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Crew 10 launches to the ISS on March 12, 2025. This is McClain's second space flight. McClain is also selected for the Artemis Program.

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#12134712

8 March 2025

Mission Commander Anne McClain speaks to the media upon arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Crew 10 launches to the ISS on March 12, 2025. This is McClain's second space flight. McClain is also selected for the Artemis Program.

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#12134714

8 March 2025

Mission Commander Anne McClain speaks to the media upon arrival at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. Crew 10 launches to the ISS on March 12, 2025. This is McClain's second space flight. McClain is also selected for the Artemis Program.

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#11701687

24 October 2024

Daniel M. "Danny" Olivas, a NASA astronaut, is at the Pugliese Academy of Sciences in Bari, Italy, on October 4, 2024, for a conference on extravehicular activities in space (EVA). Danny Olivas flies on two Shuttle missions and completes five extravehicular activities, totaling about 34 hours.

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#11046752

4 March 2024

NASA Astronaut and Crew 8 mission commander Matthew Dominik is waving to friends, colleagues, and family before heading to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.

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#11046753

4 March 2024

NASA Astronaut and Crew 8 mission commander Matthew Dominik is waving to friends, colleagues, and family before heading to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.

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#9330300

18 December 2022

Up close image of a sunburst above the flame diverter in launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida USA. Each panel in the flame diverter weighs more than 2,000 lbs. This pad was originally built for the huge Apollo/Saturn V rockets that launched American astronauts on their historic journeys to the moon and back. Following the joint U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission of July 1975, the pads were modified to support space shuttle operations. additional design was added to support the concept of mobile launch operations, in which space vehicles are checked out and assembled in the protected environment of the Orbiter Processing Facility and the Vehicle Assembly Building, then transported by large, tracked crawlers to the launch pad for final processing and launch. The pad most recently hosted the launch of Artemis 1 for the historic return to the moon.

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#9330302

18 December 2022

Up close image of the flame diverter in launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida USA. Each panel in the flame diverter weighs more than 2,000 lbs. This pad was originally built for the huge Apollo/Saturn V rockets that launched American astronauts on their historic journeys to the moon and back. Following the joint U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission of July 1975, the pads were modified to support space shuttle operations. additional design was added to support the concept of mobile launch operations, in which space vehicles are checked out and assembled in the protected environment of the Orbiter Processing Facility and the Vehicle Assembly Building, then transported by large, tracked crawlers to the launch pad for final processing and launch. The pad most recently hosted the launch of Artemis 1 for the historic return to the moon.

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#9330304

18 December 2022

Up close image of the saltwater diverter into the flame trench in launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida USA. the saltwater diverter helps lessen the sound vibration during launch. This pad was originally built for the huge Apollo/Saturn V rockets that launched American astronauts on their historic journeys to the moon and back. Following the joint U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission of July 1975, the pads were modified to support space shuttle operations. additional design was added to support the concept of mobile launch operations, in which space vehicles are checked out and assembled in the protected environment of the Orbiter Processing Facility and the Vehicle Assembly Building, then transported by large, tracked crawlers to the launch pad for final processing and launch. The pad most recently hosted the launch of Artemis 1 for the historic return to the moon.

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#9330306

18 December 2022

Up close image of the saltwater diverter into the flame trench in launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida USA. the saltwater diverter helps lessen the sound vibration during launch. This pad was originally built for the huge Apollo/Saturn V rockets that launched American astronauts on their historic journeys to the moon and back. Following the joint U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission of July 1975, the pads were modified to support space shuttle operations. additional design was added to support the concept of mobile launch operations, in which space vehicles are checked out and assembled in the protected environment of the Orbiter Processing Facility and the Vehicle Assembly Building, then transported by large, tracked crawlers to the launch pad for final processing and launch. The pad most recently hosted the launch of Artemis 1 for the historic return to the moon.

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#9330308

18 December 2022

Up close image of the saltwater diverter into the flame trench in launch complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida USA. the saltwater diverter helps lessen the sound vibration during launch. This pad was originally built for the huge Apollo/Saturn V rockets that launched American astronauts on their historic journeys to the moon and back. Following the joint U.S.-Soviet Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission of July 1975, the pads were modified to support space shuttle operations. additional design was added to support the concept of mobile launch operations, in which space vehicles are checked out and assembled in the protected environment of the Orbiter Processing Facility and the Vehicle Assembly Building, then transported by large, tracked crawlers to the launch pad for final processing and launch. The pad most recently hosted the launch of Artemis 1 for the historic return to the moon.

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