PIX4648278: Space Shuttle Endeavour landing 06/2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour landing - 06/2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour landing on June 19, 2002 at Edwards Base, California. Mission STS-111. Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Three days of unfavorable weather conditions at KSC prompted the decision to land at Edwards, which enjoyed pristine, dry conditions. Main gear touchdown occurred on June 19, 2002 at 12:57:41 p.m CDT, nose gear touchdown at 12:57:53 p.m. CDT and wheel stop at 12:58:45 p.m. CDT / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649733: Shuttle Atlantis - Last Shuttle Flight - July 2011 - Liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis - Final mission of Space Shuttle Program. July 2011 - Launch of the Atlantis space shuttle on July 8, 2011. Mission STS-135, last flight of American space shuttles. The engines ignite beneath space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A on the Atlantic coastline at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis began its final flight, the STS - 135 mission to the International Space Station, at 11:29 a.m. EDT July 8. STS-135 will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the orbiting laboratory. Atlantis also is flying the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, a failed ammonia pump module will be returned to Earth aboard Atlantis to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS - 135 is the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648719: Astronaut in training - Astronaut training - Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson of the STS-118 mission uses a virtual reality system to repeat the different movements he will have to accomplish in the International Space Station (ISS). Johnson Space Center, Houston, January 2007. Astronaut Clayton C. Anderson (foreground), Expedition 15 flight engineer, and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, use virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of their duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear a helmet and special gloves while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working. Anderson will join Expedition 15 as flight engineer after launching to the station aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118. January 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648700: Atlantis Shuttle after landing 06/2007 - Space Shuttle Atlantis postflight - 06/2007 - Space Shuttle Atlantis is accompanied by a convoy of vehicles after landing on June 22, 2007 at Edwards Base in California. Mission STS-117. Accompanied by a convoy of recovery vehicles, the Space Shuttle Atlantis is towed up the taxiway at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center following a successful landing at 12:49 p.m. (PDT) on June 22, 2007 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. STS - 117 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648841: Discovery Shuttle Discovery 23 - 10 - 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery lift off Oct 23 2007 - Discovery Space Shuttle Decolation October 23, 2007. Mission STS - 120 The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member STS - 120 crew head towards Earth - orbit and a scheduled link - up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 11:38:19 a.m. (EDT). Onboard are astronauts Pam Melroy, commander; George Zamka, pilot; Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists. Discovery will link up with the station on Thursday, Oct. 25, to begin a joint mission to continue construction by delivering the Italian - built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. During the 14 - day mission, the crew will install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646049: Euclid Satellite - Illustration - Euclid Satellite. Artwork: Artist's view of the European satellite Euclid. This satellite, which is planned to launch around 2020, will study dark energy. - Artist's impression of the Euclid spacecraft, a dark energy and dark matter mission planned for launch in 2020 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646822: Discovery Shuttle Discovery 04/1990 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 31. Apr 24 1990 - Decolation of the shuttle Discovery (STS-31 mission) with Loren Shriver, Charles Bolden, Steven Hawley, Bruce McCandless and Kathryn Sullivan on board as well as the Hubble space telescope. 24/04/1990. The Space Shuttle Discovery soars into the morning skies above Florida, carying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS - 31from Pad 39B occurred at 8:33:51 a.m. EDT, April 24. Crew members are Commander Loren J. Shriver; Pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr.; and Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan, Steven A. Hawley, and Bruce McCandless II / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647229: Decolving the shuttle Columbia STS - 73 - 10/1995 - Launch of STS - 73 Shuttle Columbia - 10/1995 - Decolving the shuttle Columbia STS - 73 with Kenneth Bowersox, Kent Rominger, Catherine Thornton, Michael Lopez - Alegria, Fred Leslie and Albert Sacco. 20/10/1995. Launch of STS-73 Shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39B. Fields of Study include fluid physics, materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and commercial space processing technologies. Oct 10 1995 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647223: Decolving the shuttle Columbia STS - 73 - 10/1995 - Launch of STS - 73 Shuttle Columbia - 10/1995 - Decolving the shuttle Columbia STS - 73 with Kenneth Bowersox, Kent Rominger, Catherine Thornton, Michael Lopez - Alegria, Fred Leslie and Albert Sacco. 20/10/1995. Launch of STS-73 Shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39B. Fields of Study include fluid physics, materials science, biotechnology, combustion science and commercial space processing technologies. Oct 10 1995 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647795: Decolving the shuttle Endeavour STS - 100 04/2001 - Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour. April 2001 - Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour. The 11 - day mission is to deliver and integrate the Spacelab Logistics Pallet/Launch Development Facility, which includes the Space Station Remote Manipulator System and the UHF antenna. Apr 19 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649419: Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis - 05/2010 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lift - off - 05/2010 - Decolving the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the STS - 132 mission on board, 14 May 2010. Last flight of shuttle Atlantis. Space shuttle Atlantis and its six - member STS - 132 crew head towards Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010, from launch pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center. Onboard are NASA astronauts Ken Ham, commander; Tony Antonelli, pilot; Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen and Piers Sellers, all mission specialists. The crew will deliver the Russian - built Mini - Research Module 1 (MRM - 1) to the International Space Station. Named Rassvet, Russian for “” dawn,”” the module is the second in a series of new pressurized components for Russia and will be permanently attached to the Earth - facing port of the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB). Rassvet will be used for cargo storage and will provide an additional docking port to the station. Also aboard Atlantis is an Integrated Cargo Carrier, or ICC, an unpressurized flat bed pallet and keel yoke assembly used to support the transfer of exterior cargo from the shuttle to the station. STS - 132 is the 34th mission to the station and the last scheduled flight for Atlantis / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645970: GAIA - Artist's view - GAIA - Artist's view - View of the European satellite GAIA to be launched in 2011. The goal of the Gaia mission is to make the largest possible census of the stars of our Galaxy and to create a 3D map of them with great precision. The satellite will determine the position, color and proper movement of a billion stars / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649404: Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis - 05/2010 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lift - off - 05/2010 - Decolving the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the STS - 132 mission on board, 14 May 2010. Last flight of shuttle Atlantis. Space shuttle Atlantis and its six - member STS - 132 crew head towards Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 2:20 p.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2010, from launch pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center. Onboard are NASA astronauts Ken Ham, commander; Tony Antonelli, pilot; Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen and Piers Sellers, all mission specialists. The crew will deliver the Russian - built Mini - Research Module 1 (MRM - 1) to the International Space Station. Named Rassvet, Russian for “” dawn,”” the module is the second in a series of new pressurized components for Russia and will be permanently attached to the Earth - facing port of the Zarya Functional Cargo Block (FGB). Rassvet will be used for cargo storage and will provide an additional docking port to the station. Also aboard Atlantis is an Integrated Cargo Carrier, or ICC, an unpressurized flat bed pallet and keel yoke assembly used to support the transfer of exterior cargo from the shuttle to the station. STS - 132 is the 34th mission to the station and the last scheduled flight for Atlantis / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646418: STS crew - 1 04/1979 - STS - 1 crew training - The STS mission crew - 1 in training. From g. to d.: John Young (Commanding Officer) and Robert Crippen (Pilot). April 1979. John Young, commander and Robert Crippen, pilot, are the prime crew members for NASA's first Space Shuttle flight, STS-1. Here, they are logging time in the Shuttle orbiter Columbia in the orbiter processing facility at the Kennedy Space Center. Apr 1979 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646868: Shuttle Columbia and the Great Lakes - 06/1991 - Great Lakes seen from Columbia space shuttle - Shuttle Columbia STS-40 orbiting over Lake Michigan (in the center of the picture). June 1991. STS - 40 Columbia above portions of all five Great Lakes, Lake Michigan can be seen in the center of the photograph. Jun 199 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648500: Astronaut H.M. Stefanyshyn - Piper in training - Astronaut H.M. Stefanyshyn - Piper during STS - 115 Training - Astronaut H.M. Stefanyshyn - Piper in training at the NBL (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) in Houston is preparing for the STS-115 mission. Attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit, STS - 115 astronaut and mission specialist, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn - Piper, is about to begin a training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center in preparation for the STS - 115 mission. Launched on September 9, 2006, the STS - 115 mission continued assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) with the installation of the trus / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647469: Takao Doi in the Columbia shuttle before extravehicular exit - Astronaut Takao Doi prepares for an EVA. 1997 - Takao Doi (NASDA) is preparing for an outing in space.Nov/Dec 1997. Takao Doi prepares for one of two Extravehicular Activities (EVA) in the Airlock Module of the Earth - orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Takao Doi, an international astronaut stationed at Johnson Space Center (JSC), represents Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). Nov/Dec 1997 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646255: Satellite AURA D - 2B - Artist view - Satellite AURA D - 2B. Artwork - Artist's view of the satellite AURA D-2B in orbit around the Earth. Launched on September 27, 1975 by a Diamond BP4 launcher, he studied the sources of gamma radiation from the sky. AURA D-2B satellite seen above the Earth. This english satellite was launched on September 27 1975 by a rocket Diamant BP4 and studied gamma rays / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648265: Astronauts in Endeavour STS - 111 06/2002 - Astronauts in space shuttle Endeavour. 06/2002 - Astronauts Peggy A. Whitson, Philippe Perrin, and Sergei Y. Treschev, aboard the shuttle Endeavour. (5 - 19 June 2002) - - - Astronauts Peggy A. Whitson (foreground), Expedition Five flight engineer; Philippe Perrin, STS - 111 mission specialist; and cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, Expedition Five flight engineer, are photographed on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Perrin represents CNES, the French Space Agency, and Treschev represent Rosaviakosmos / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647715: Shuttle Atlantis in orbit 02/2001 - Space shuttle Atlantis 02/2001 - Shuttle Atlantis joins Earth, photographed by astronauts in the international space station. 16 February 2001. STS-98 Atlantis photographed from the International Space Station (ISS) shortly after the shuttle and the outpost unlinked following several days of joint operations of the two crews. Feb 16 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649117: Decolation of the space shuttle Atlantis. 05/2009 - STS - 125 lift - off - Decolation of the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the mission STS-125. This 11-day mission aims to maintain the Hubble space telescope. May 11, 2009. Space Shuttle Atlantis and its seven - member STS - 125 crew head towards Earth orbit and rendezvous with Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. (EDT) on May 11, 2009 from launch pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center. Onboard are astronauts Scott Altman, commander; Gregory C. Johnson, pilot: Michael Good, Megan McArthur, John Grunsfeld, Mike Massimino and Andrew Feustel, all mission specialists. Atlantis' 11 - day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state - of - the - art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649234: Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis - 11/2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lift - off - 11/2009 - Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the STS - 129 mission on board, 16 November 2009. Space shuttle Atlantis emerges from the exhaust cloud building on Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff on its STS - 129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16 2009. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. On STS - 129, the crew will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station, the largest of the shuttle's cargo carriers, containing 15 spare pieces of equipment including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. Atlantis will return to Earth a station crew member, Nicole Stott, who has spent more than two months aboard the orbiting laboratory. STS - 129 is slated to be the final space shuttle Expedition crew rotation flight / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646720: Lighting on Challenger STS - 8 08/1983 - Lightning strikes Space Shuttle Challenger - Lightning on the firing pitch before launching the Challenger STS shuttle - 8. 08/1983. Lightning strikes Space Shuttle Launch Complex 39A in the hours preceding the launch of Challenger on mission STS-8. Aug 1983 / Bridgeman Images