Scientific Facility Tours and Visits

Images from tours at scientific facilities, including NASA and NIST. Showcases discussions and activities among officials in research settings.

PHOTO DATE: 04-02-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS AirlockSUBJECT: STS-132 crew during ISS EVA TOOL CONFIGURATION with instructor Lisa Shore.

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

On August 15, 2018 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited Marshall Space Flight Center. Upon his arrival he was greeted by MSFC Acting Director Jody Singer along with the senior management team. During his tour of the Marshall Center, Bridenstine visited the System Integration Lab and the Software Integration and Testing Facility where Marshall is supporting end-to-end integrated avionics and software integration, check-out, verification and validation for the systems that will control the Space Launch System rocket during its flight and ascent.

Visit of Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, Secretary Gale Norton, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, and Washington Congressman Brian Baird, left to right, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and Mount St. Helens briefing from volcanologist Dan Miller, far right

PHOTO DATE: 04-02-10LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS AirlockSUBJECT: STS-132 crew during ISS EVA TOOL CONFIGURATION with instructor Lisa Shore.

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Columbia Debris Hangar, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach (left) talks to members of the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG) about reconstruction efforts. Chairing the task group are Richard O. Covey (second from right), former Space Shuttle commander, and Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASAs implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

These photos show highlights from Artemis II NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen visit to NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Nov. 27. The crew met and spoke to employees and viewed facilities for SLS (Space Launch System) rocket. All four astronauts signed the Orion stage adapter (OSA), a small ring structure that connects SLS to NASAs Orion spacecraft, that will be used for Artemis II. Koch and Wiseman also visited the Systems Integration Lab, where SLS flight software testing is conducted. The four astronauts will launch atop SLS inside Orion to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden got a firsthand look at work being done on the four Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft during his visit to the agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on May 12. Standing 20 feet high inside a Goddard clean room, the spacecraft were in their "four-stack" formation, similar to how they will be arranged inside their launch vehicle. The MMS spacecraft recently completed vibration testing. With MMS as a backdrop, Bolden and Goddard Center Director Chris Scolese discussed the mission, ground testing and preparations for launch with project personnel. Read more a href= http //go.nasa.gov/1jSza7E rel= nofollow go.nasa.gov/1jSza7E /a

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Adm. Craig E. Steidle (center), NASAs associate administrator, Office of Exploration Systems, tours the Orbiter Processing Facility on a visit to KSC. At left is Conrad Nagel, chief of the Shuttle Project Office. They are standing under the left wing and wheel well of the orbiter Discovery. The Office of Exploration Systems was established to set priorities and direct the identification, development and validation of exploration systems and related technologies to support the future space vision for America. Steidles visit included a tour of KSC to review the facilities and capabilities to be used to support the vision.

NASA International Space Station Program Office Manager Michael Suffredini, left, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, second from left, Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, Manager, Space Shuttle Program Office John Shannon, third from left, and an unidentified colleague, talk under the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) shortly after Atlantis (STS-135) landed early Thursday morning, July 21, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Overall, Atlantis spent 307 days in space and traveled nearly 126 million miles during its 33 flights. Atlantis, the fourth orbiter built, launched on its first mission on Oct. 3, 1985.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Vehicle Manager Scott Thurston (hands extended) talks to the media in the Orbiter Processing Facility. The media was invited to see the orbiter Atlantis as it is being prepared for Return to Flight. Both local and national reporters representing print and TV networks were able to see work in progress on Atlantis, including the reinstallation of the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon panels on the orbiters wing leading edge; wiring inspections; and checks of the engines in the Orbital Maneuvering System.

Visit of Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, Secretary Gale Norton, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, and Washington Congressman Brian Baird, left to right, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and Mount St. Helens briefing from volcanologist Dan Miller, far right

During a ribbon cutting ceremony in the high bay of the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, center director Bob Cabana, far left, is joined by Bill Dowdell, Kennedy's International Space Station technical director, Josephine Burnett, director of Exploration Research and Technology, Andy Allen, Jacobs vice president and general manager and Test and Operations Support Contract program manager, and Jeff McAlear, Jacobs director of Processing Services. The event celebrated completion of facility modifications to improve processing and free up zones tailored to a variety of needs supporting a robust assortment of space-bound hardware including NASA programs and commercial space companies.

Catherine Koerner, in the center, NASA Orion Program manager, along with senior managers from Orion and Lockheed Martin, tours the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 6, 2020. Accompanying her, from left are Annette Hasbrook, Orion Program assistant manager; Scott Wilson, NASA Kennedy Orion Production Operations manager, Mike Hawes, Lockheed Martin vice president and Orion Program manager; and Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin Assembly, Test and Launch Operations director with Lockheed Martin. Koerner viewed the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I and II missions. They are shown with the crew module adapter for the Orion Artemis II mission. The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will test the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon. Under the Artemis program, NASA will land the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Vibration and laser testing is being conducted on Ares I-X segments at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Team members ( from left), Jim Gaspar, with NASA's Langley Research Center, Paul Bartollota, with NASA's Glenn Research Center, Ralph Buehrle, with Langley, and Ryan Tuttle, with Aerospace Corporation, evaluate test data.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo astronauts and their families receive a briefing in one of the remodeled firing rooms in the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The facility's firing rooms were used to conduct the Saturn V countdowns during the Apollo Program. The tour followed a ceremony renaming the refurbished Operations and Checkout Building for Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon. Second from left is Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin and former astronaut Jim Lovell, a member of the Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 crews, standing next to him, at center.The ceremony was part of NASA's 45th anniversary celebration of the Apollo 11 moon landing. As the world watched, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the moon's Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, aboard the lunar module Eagle. Meanwhile, crewmate Michael Collins orbited above in the command module Columbia. For more, visit http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/july/nasa-hon

Senator Ben Cardin along with members of the Maryland Space Business Roundtablevisited Goddard on Sept. 30, 2016. Center Director Chris Scolese welcomed themand they toured James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), WFirst, the Satellite Servicing facility and ICEsat-2 ATLAS facility.

Members of the media attend a Media Day event and visit the Orion mockup in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Building 9 of the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 1, 2011. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

JSC2010-E-014763 (28 Jan. 2010) --- NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Andrew Feustel and Michael Fincke, all STS-134 mission specialists, participate in an EVA tile repair training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Instructor John Ray (right) assisted the crew members.

Paul Marshall from the Orion program office speaks to NASA Tweetup participants in Building 9 at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 19, 2011. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Artemis Departure Media Event

SUZANNE SPAULDING AND STAFF ARE BRIEFED ABOUT DEEP SPACE HABITAT BY CHARLIE DISCHINGER

Visit of Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, Secretary Gale Norton, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, and Washington Congressman Brian Baird, left to right, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and Mount St. Helens briefing from volcanologist Dan Miller, far right

During a tour of the high bay in the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Aug. 7, 2018, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, hears about progress made on Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser spacecraft. Dream Chaser will take cargo to the International Space Station. Bridenstine also received updates on research and technology accomplishments during his visit to the SSPF.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Vice President Dan Quayle second from right is briefed on firing room activities during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. Explaining the launch team's role are Launch Director Robert Sieck (left of Quayle) and NASA Deputy Administrator J.R. Thompson (right). Quayle spoke with the STS-39 flight crew and met launch team members, toured Center facilities, gave a speech, and held a press conference.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the RLV Hangar, Shuttle Test Director Steve Altemus (right), a member of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team, explains the fixture which holds the leading edge panels recovered from the left wing of Space Shuttle Columbia to NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe (left). To date, more than 70,000 items have been delivered to KSC for use in the ongoing mishap investigation.

JSC2011-E-029133 (25 March 2011) --- STS-135 crew members participate in an Animal Enclosure Module (AEM) training session in the Jake Garn Simulation and Training Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Pictured from the right are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, commander; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- From part of the scaffolding in the Orbiter Processing Facility, members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board look down at Space Shuttle Endeavour. In the center is Retired Navy Adm. Harold Gehman Jr., who is chairman of the board. The board is visiting sites at KSC to become familiar with the Shuttle launch process and elements. The independent board is charged with determining what caused the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the loss of its seven-member crew on Feb. 1 during reentry.

On August 15, 2018 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited Marshall Space Flight Center. Upon his arrival he was greeted by MSFC Acting Director Jody Singer along with the senior management team. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addresses the media about the progress of the Space Launch System development and testing during a question-and-answer session in front of the SLS intertank test article at Marshall. SLS, which is managed by Marshall, will enable a new era of exploration beyond Earth's orbit by launching astronauts on missions to deep space destinations including the Moon and Mars.

Center Director Chris Scolese welcomed the Maryland House Enironment & Tranportation Committee to Goddard on November 15, 2016. The group visiited the James Webb Space Telescope JWST and saw the mirrors open, then they toured the Robotics Operations Facility.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the media receive an on activities in NASAs Ground Systems Development and Operations, or GSDO, Program, Space Launch System and Orion crew module for Exploration Test Flight 1. Speaking to the media is Larry Price, Lockheed Martin deputy program manager for Orion. In the background, from left are Scott Wilson, manager of Orion Production Operations at Kennedy Jeremy Parsons, chief of the GSDO Operations Integration Office at Kennedy Tom Erdman, from Marshall Space Flight Centers Kennedy resident office and Jules Schneider, Lockheed Martin manager of Orion Production Operations.Orion is the exploration spacecraft designed to carry crews to space beyond low Earth orbit. It will provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orions first unpiloted test flight is sch

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DATE: 3-15-11LOCATION: Building 9 - ISS MockupSUBJECT: Expedition 28/29 crew members during Docking Timeline Training.

On August 15, 2018 NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited Marshall Space Flight Center. Upon his arrival he was greeted by MSFC Acting Director Jody Singer along with the senior management team. Lead test engineer for the Space Launch System core stage intertank, Matt Cash briefs NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on testing progress of the SLS test article in the Structural Strength Lab at Marshall. The test article is structurally identical to the flight version of the intertank that will connect the core stage's two colossal fuel tanks, serve as the upper-connection point for the two solid rocket boosters and house critical avionics and electronics.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Craig Technologies Program Manager Rich Kube describes operations at the 161,000-square-foot facility during a community open house. In June of last year, NASA signed a partnership agreement with Craig Technologies to maintain an inventory of unique processing and manufacturing equipment for future mission support at the agency's Kennedy Space Center. The Cape Canaveral, Fla., facility, formerly known as the NASA Shuttle Logistics Depot NSLD, is now the Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Center ADMC.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, tours the high bay inside the Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Aug. 7, 2018. To his left is Josie Burnett, director of Exploration Research and Technology. To his right is Ronnie Lawson, deputy director of Exploration Research and Technology. Behind them is the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, which will connect between the Orion spacecraft and the upper part of NASA's Space Launch System. It is being stored in the SSPF. Bridenstine also received updates on research and technology accomplishments during his visit to the SSPF.

JSC2011-E-005854 (19 Jan. 2011) --- NASA astronauts Doug Hurley (left), STS-135 pilot; Rex Walheim (center), STS-135 mission specialist; and Ron Garan, Expedition 27/28 flight engineer, are pictured during a joint emergency scenarios training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Greg 'Ray J' Johnson (left), KSC manager of Launch Integration, and Denny Kross, KSC deputy director of the Space Shuttle Program, support an External Tank (ET) tanking test at Launch Pad 39B from the Launch Control Center. The tanking test is designed to evaluate how the tank, orbiter, solid rocket boosters and ground systems perform under 'cryo-load,' when the tank is filled with the two ultra-low-temperature propellants. The tank filling and draining portion of the test takes about 11 hours. The test also includes a simulated countdown through the hold at T-31 seconds. The test is being conducted to troubleshoot two issues identified by a tanking test held on April 14. Data is being collected to analyze the liquid hydrogen sensors that gave intermittent readings and the liquid hydrogen pressurization relief valve that cycled more times than standard. The tanking tests are part of preparations for Space Shuttle Discovery's Return to Flight mission, STS-11

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG) visits the Columbia Debris Hangar . Chairing the task group are Richard O. Covey (third from right), former Space Shuttle commander, and Thomas P. Stafford (fourth from right), Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASAs implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, and Washington Congressman Brian Baird, far left to right, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and briefing on the status of Mount St. Helens, focal point of concern after steam-and-ash emission

The Orion leadership visited Ames Research Center in California on March 2, 2015 to recognize the great work performed at the center in support of Orion's first flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, second from left, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, third left, Secretary Gale Norton, fourth left, Washington Congressman Brian Baird, fifth left, visiting the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received a tour and briefing on Mount St. Helens status

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Congressional Delegation Visit to Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - In the RLV Hangar, members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at a piece of debris. Second from left is Mike Leinbach, who is Shuttle launch director. To date, 35,319 pieces of debris have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 have been identified and placed on a grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team is attempting to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107.

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Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

JSC2010-E-170899 (1 Oct. 2010) --- United Space Alliance crew trainer Robert (Rob) Tomaro (right) briefs STS-135 crew members during a training session in the Space Vehicle Mock-up Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Seated from the left are NASA astronauts Rex Walheim, mission specialist; Doug Hurley, pilot; Chris Ferguson, commander; and Sandy Magnus, mission specialist. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

JOHN CARR, CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR NASA'S LIGHTWEIGHT INTEGRATED SOLAR ARRAY AND TRANSCEIVER PROJECT, KNEELS TO SHOW HOW ONE OF THE THIN-FILM SIDES OR "PETALS" IN WHICH PHOTO-VOLTAIC CELLS ARE EMBEDDED, IS FOLDED AND STOWED BEFORE LAUNCH. LOOKING ON DURING A DEMONSTRATION AFTER TESTING AT NEXOLVE, ARE LES JOHNSON, LEFT, ALSO CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, AND DARREN BOYD, RIGHT, THE RADIO FREQUENCY LEAD FOR THE PROJECT.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Congressional Delegation Visit to Lewis Field and Plum Brook Station

Congressman Dave Weldon (second from right) looks over the pieces of Columbia debris stored in the RLV Hangar. At right is Steve Altemus, Space Shuttle test director . Accompanying Weldon are (left toright) Greg Katnick, Grant Case, J.B. Kump and Center Director Roy Bridges. Workers will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the ongoing investigation of the accident that destroyed the Columbia and claimed the lives of seven astronauts as they returned to Earth after a 16-day research mission, STS-107.

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

Leanne Presley, Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) program manager at Ball Aerospace, left, speaks with acting NASA Deputy Administrator Lesa Roe, center, and acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot in front of a thermal vacuum chamber used to test satellite optics, Thursday, April 6, 2017 during a visit to Ball Aerospace in Boulder, Colo. The Operation Land Imager-2 (OLI-2) is being build for Landsat 9, a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data record of monitoring the Earth's landscapes from space.

Visit of Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, left, Secretary Gale Norton, center, and other officials to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and briefing on the status of Mount St. Helens, focal point of concern after steam-and-ash emission and declaration of volcano advisory

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Adm. Craig E. Steidle (center), NASAs associate administrator, Office of Exploration Systems, listens to Conrad Nagel, chief of the Shuttle Project Office (right), during a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility on a visit to KSC. They are standing under the orbiter Discovery. The Office of Exploration Systems was established to set priorities and direct the identification, development and validation of exploration systems and related technologies to support the future space vision for America. Steidles visit included a tour of KSC to review the facilities and capabilities to be used to support the vision.

STS-132 LAUNCH L-0 RUSSIAN DELEGATION TOUR

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Columbia Debris Hangar, Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach answers questions from the Stafford-Covey Return to Flight Task Group (SCTG). Chairing the task group are Richard O. Covey (fifth from left), former Space Shuttle commander, and Thomas P. Stafford, Apollo commander. Chartered by NASA Administrator Sean OKeefe, the task group will perform an independent assessment of NASAs implementation of the final recommendations by the Columbia Accident Investigation Board.

Visit of Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, Secretary Gale Norton, Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, Washington Congressman Brian Baird, rear left to right, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received a tour and briefing on the status of Mount St. Helens

STS-95 crew members (from left) Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai (with camera) representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), and Pilot Steven Lindsey listen to Hideo Ishikawa of NASDA, who explains some of the flight equipment at SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility, Cape Canaveral, Fla. The STS-95 crew is at KSC to look at the SPACEHAB module and the equipment that will fly with them on the Space Shuttle Discovery, scheduled to launch Oct. 29, 1998. The mission 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

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The media tour Hangar AF where Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) segments are refurbished (an aft skirt is in the background). The stop was part of a day-long event that featured the movement of the first SRB segments to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking for Return to Flight mission STS-114. Two SRBs support the liftoff of the Space Shuttle on a launch. The twin 149-foot tall, 12-foot diameter SRBs provide the main propulsion system during launch to place the orbiters in the proper orbit around the Earth. They operate parallel with the Space Shuttle main engines for the first two minutes of flight and jettison away from the orbiter, with help from the Booster Separation Motors, about 26.3 nautical miles above the Earths surface.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Paul Vona, operations engineer, NDT Services, with PaR Systems Inc., talks with members of the media about the automated X-ray system in the robotic inspection cell at Hangar N at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. PaR Systems held an Open House to celebrate the one-year anniversary of a lease agreement with Kennedy. Under a 15-year lease, PaR Systems is utilizing Hangar N and its unique nondestructive testing equipment. The partnership agreement was established by Kennedy's Center Planning and Development Directorate. The agreement is just one example of the types of partnerships that Kennedy is seeking to create a multi-user spaceport.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At right, Kent Beringer, manager of facilities with Boeing, briefs Center Director Jim Kennedy (second from left at front) and other officials about use of the area dedicated for the crew exploration vehicle in the Operations and Checkout Building. The briefing followed an official ribbon-cutting that reactivated the entry into the area. During the rest of the decade, KSC will transition from launching space shuttles to launching new vehicles in NASAs Vision For Space Exploration.

AARON STANFIELD EXPLAINS CONSTRUCTION OF SCALE MODEL OF SLS MOBILE LAUNCH PLATFORM AND CRAWLER TO PATRICK SCHEUERMANN AND TODD CANNON

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Congressman Dave Weldon (second from right) looks over the pieces of Columbia debris stored in the RLV Hangar. At right is Steve Altemus, Space Shuttle test director. Accompanying Weldon are (from left) Center Director Roy Bridges and External Relations and Business Development Director JoAnn Morgan. Workers will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the ongoing investigation of the accident that destroyed the Columbia and claimed the lives of seven astronauts as they returned to Earth after a 16-day research mission, STS-107.

The Orion team visits Coast Aerospace Manufacturing in Placentia, CA on Jan. 28, 2014. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

NASAs 2017 astronaut candidates (L to R) Raja Chari, Bob Hines, Joshua Kutryk, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, and Jessica Watkins toured aircraft hangar at Armstrong Flight Research Center, in Southern California. On the right, NASAs, X-59 pilot, briefs them on use of F-15 for studying sonic booms for the development of the low-boom X-59 aircraft that is planned to fly supersonically over land not allowed at this time because of the loud noise when flying beyond the speed of sound.

PHOTO DATE: 09-28-09LOCATION: Bldg 9NW, ISS MockupsSUBJECT: STS-129 crew during trans hands-on review in the space station mockups.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Members of the STS-107 crew take part in In-Flight Maintenance training for their mission. Looking over an OSTEO experiment and paperwork are (left to right) Commander Rick D. Husband; Mission Specialists Laurel Clark, David M. Brown and Ilan Ramon of Israel; and Pilot William C. Willie” McCool. As a research mission, STS-107will carry the SPACEHAB Double Module in its first research flight into space and a broad collection of experiments ranging from material science to life science. It is scheduled to launch July 19, 2001

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, Washington Congressman Brian Baird, third from left, and Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, fourth left, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and briefing from volcanologist John Pallister, far left, on the status of Mount St. Helens

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidates pose with spaceport leaders who briefed them on operations to prepare the Orion spacecraft for Exploration Flight Test EFT-1. Plans call for the Lockheed Martin-built Orion to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. From the left are associate center director Kelvin Manning, Tyler Nick Hague, Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir, Christina Hammock, Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Josh Cassada, Victor Glover and center director Bob Cabana. The astronaut class of 2013 was selected by NASA after an extensive year-and-a-half search. The new group will help the agency push the boundaries of exploration and travel to new destinations in the solar system.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, rear left, Washington Congressman Brian Baird, rear right, and Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, foreground left, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and briefing from volcanologist John Pallister, foreground right, on Mount St. Helens status

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson visited with Goddard's Space Flight Center Director Chris Scolese and the James Webb Space Telescope team at Goddard in Greenbelt, Md. on June 3, 2014.Tyson spoke to the team and was able to see the giant vacuum test chamber that now holds the heart of the telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module.Learn more about JWST: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the Orbiter Processing Facility, Center Director Jim Kennedy (center) and Deputy Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. (far left) look at the external tank door corrosion work being done on Endeavour. Next to Whitlow is Bruce Buckingham, assistant to the deputy director. Providing information, at right, are Kathy Laufenberg, Orbiter Airframe Engineering ground area manager, and Tom Roberts, Airframe Engineering System specialist, both with United Space Alliance; and Joy Huff, with Space Shuttle Processing. Endeavour is in its Orbiter Major Modification period, which began in December 2003.

Swedish Delegation Visits GSFC - May 3, 2017 - Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences listen to Catherine Peddie, Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Deputy Project Manager use a full-scale model of WFIRST to describe the features of the observatory.

PHOTO DATE: 01-14-11LOCATION: Bldg 5, Shuttle Fixed Based Trainer & SSTF SUBJECT: STS-133 crew during IS2 Fixed Base Orbit Integrated Sim EVA1 with instructor Joaquin Andujo.

Congressman Mo Brooks visits MSFC to view Orion Stage Adapter flight hardware in bldg. 4708 and Robotic Tape Laying and Additive Manufacturing Facility in bldg. 4707.

Dr William 'Bill' Borucki, NASA Ames Scientist on the Kepler Mission and John W. 'Jack' Boyd, NASA Ames Historian at the Ames Arc Jet Complex, Aerodynamic Heating Facility talking with a Mercury News photographer about the Kepler Mission and the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On a tour of the KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site, Testbed Manager Louis MacDowell (right) explains to Center Director Jim Kennedy about the test blocks being used to test a newly developed coating to protect steel inside concrete. Between MacDowell and Kennedy are Dr. Paul Hintze and Lead Scientist Dr. Luz Marina Calle. The KSC Beach Corrosion Test Site was established in the 1960s and has provided more than 30 years of historical information on the long-term performance of many materials in use at KSC and other locations around the world. Located 100 feet from the Atlantic Ocean approximately 1 mile south of the Space Shuttle launch sites, the test facility includes an atmospheric exposure site, a flowing seawater exposure site, and an on-site electrochemistry laboratory and monitoring station. The beach laboratory is used to conduct real-time corrosion experiments and provides for the remote monitoring of surrounding weather conditions. The newly added

Artemis Departure Media Event

Secretary Gale Norton, left foreground, with Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, to Norton's right, during visit to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where officials received tour and briefing on the status of Mount St. Helens, focal point of concern after declaration of official volcano advisory

Tour of the Umbilical Test Rig and the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) Test Area

Representatives of RSC Energia in Russia and other onlookers in the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility examine an oxygen generator which the Space Shuttle Atlantis will carry to the Russian Mir Space Station on Mission STS-84. Sergei Romanov, second from right in the white shirt, is the spokesperson for generator manufacturer RSC Energia. The nearly 300-pound generator will be strapped down on the inside surface of a SPACEHAB Double Module for the trip to Mir. It will replace one of two Mir units that have been malfunctioning recently. The generator functions by electrolysis, which separates water into its oxygen and hydrogen components. The hydrogen is vented and the oxygen is used for breathing by the Mir crew. The generator is 4.2 feet in length and 1.4 feet in diameter. STS-84, which is planned to include a Mir crew exchange of astronaut C. Michael Foale for Jerry M. Linenger, is targeted for a May 15 liftoff. It will be the sixth Shuttle-Mir docking

View of STS 41-D mission crew training in Shuttle Mission simulator. From left to right are Henry Hartsfield, Jr., commander; mission specialists Judith Resnik, Richard Mullane, and Steven Hawley; and Michael Coats, pilot. They appear to be standing in the middeck mockup, preparing for training.

Office of the Secretary - NIST Site Visit

Dr William 'Bill' Borucki, NASA Ames Scientist on the Kepler Mission and John W. 'Jack' Boyd, NASA Ames Historian at the Ames Arc Jet Complex, Aerodynamic Heating Facility talking with a Mercury News photographer about the Kepler Mission and the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission.

In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, standing underneath the orbiter Endeavour are United Space Alliance technician Mike Parrish, NASA Test Director Kelvin Manning, Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Britain, and JoAnn H. Morgan, director, External Relations and Business Development at KSC. Thatcher is on a tour of KSC. Parrish will be her guide inside the orbiter Endeavour, which is next flying on mission STS-100, the ninth construction flight to the International Space Station

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, Washington Congressman Brian Baird, third from left, and Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, fourth left, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and briefing from volcanologist John Pallister, far left, on the status of Mount St. Helens

Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, learns about some of the modules in the Space Station Processing Facility. Lady Thatcher is on a tour of KSC

Secretary Gale Norton, second from right, touring the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. During the visit, Secretary Norton discussed forest management issues relevant to the area, affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

. President Park Geun-hye of South Korea Visits NASA Goddard

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where she joined other officials for tour and briefing from Geological Survey scientists, including seismologist Seth Moran, right, on the status of Mount St. Helens, focal point of concern after steam-and-ash emission

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, center, tours the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on Aug. 7, 2018. At right, Bryan Onate, Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) project manager, explains a component of the APH cooling system. At left is Josie Burnett, director of Exploration Research and Technology. Bridenstine also received updates on research and technology accomplishments.

100504-N-7676W-014 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 4, 2010) Dr. Peter Matic, head of the multifunctional materials branch at the Naval Research Laboratory, explains his work to Rear Adm. Nevin Carr, Chief of Naval Research, during a visit to the Office of Naval Research exhibit at the Navy League Sea Air Space 2010 Exposition in National Harbor, Md. MaticÕs work includes using realistic instrumented surrogate body models for blast and ballistic testing.

Visit of Washington Congressman Brian Baird, far left, Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, and Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, fourth from left, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received tour and briefing from volcanologist John Pallister, second from left, on the status of Mount St. Helens

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Steve Homann, senior advisor for the Department of Energy, speaks to media during a tour of the Radiological Control Center (RADCC) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The tour focused on safety equipment and procedures for the upcoming launch of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission.The MSL spacecraft includes a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) that will generate the power needed for the mission from the natural decay of plutonium-238, a non-weapons-grade form of the radioisotope. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source. Launch of MSL aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is targeted for Nov. 26 from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson visited with Goddard's Space Flight Center Director Chris Scolese and the James Webb Space Telescope team at Goddard in Greenbelt, Md. on June 3, 2014.Tyson spoke to the team and was able to see the giant vacuum test chamber that now holds the heart of the telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module.Learn more about JWST: http://www.jwst.nasa.gov

Ohio Senator John Glenn, at left, enjoys a tour of the SPACEHAB Payload Processing Facility in Cape Canaveral. Joining Senator Glenn are, left to right, Dale Steffey, SPACEHAB vice president, operations; Dr. Shelley Harrison, SPACEHAB chairman and chief executive officer; and Dr. Bernard Harris, SPACEHAB vice president, microgravity and life sciences. Senator Glenn arrived at KSC on Jan. 20 to tour KSC operational areas and to view the launch of STS-89 later this week. Glenn, who made history in 1962 as the first American to orbit the Earth, completing three orbits in a five-hour flight aboard Friendship 7, will fly his second space mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery this October. Glenn is retiring from the Senate at the end of this year and will be a payload specialist aboard STS-95

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the NASA News Center TV Studio at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on view is a 1/12 model of the vehicle stabilization system that will be installed on Launch Pad 39B to hold the Ares I-X rocket for its flight test. Looking at the model are (from left) Roger Lenard, consultant with Lee & Associates, LCC; Jon Cowart, NASA's Ares I-X deputy mission manager; and Eric Mellberg, Ares I-X Vehicle Stabilization Design lead with United Space Alliance Ares I-X is the test vehicle for the Ares I, which is part of the Constellation Program to return men to the moon and beyond. Ares I-X is targeted for launch in August 2009.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- John Glenn and his wife, Annie, left, enter Orbiter Processing Facility-1 OPF-1 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida where space shuttle Discovery is being prepared for public display. Glenn is at the space center to mark the 50th anniversary of being the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth inside the NASA Mercury Project's Friendship 7 capsule on Feb. 20, 1962. Glenn later returned to space in October 1998 as a payload specialist aboard Discovery's STS-95 mission. Glenn's launch aboard an Atlas rocket took with it the hopes of an entire nation and ushered in a new era of space travel that eventually led to Americans walking on the moon by the end of the 1960s. Glenn soon was followed into orbit by Scott Carpenter, Walter Schirra and Gordon Cooper. Their fellow Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil "Gus" Grissom flew earlier suborbital flights. Deke Slayton, a member of NASA's original Mercury 7 astronauts, was grounded by a medical condition u

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