Space Shuttle Engine Maintenance

Images depicting technicians and equipment involved in the removal, inspection, and installation of space shuttle engines, showcasing industrial settings with machinery and workspace activity.

T&R Atlantis Final Engine Removal
T&R Atlantis Final Engine Removal
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Inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building high bay at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a new overhead crane is being installed on March 10, 2021. The new hardware will be used to process Orion beginning with the agencys first crewed mission, Artemis II. Teams from American Crane and Equipment Corp. are replacing the Lypta 27.5-ton crane with the new Artemis-rated 30-ton crane. The new crane has enhanced controls and additional safety features that will allow for micro movements to within 1/100th of an inch. Operators will use the crane to lift Orion once the crew and service modules are mated.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility, KSC employee Gene Peavler works in the wheel area on the orbiter Discovery. The vehicle has undergone Orbiter Major Modifications in the past year. Discovery is scheduled to fly on mission STS-121 to the International Space Station.
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Ultra-Efficient Engine Technology (UEET) Proof of Concept Compressor, Stationary hardware in place prior to 2 stage rotor installation
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Underground cathedral: modern architecture for the billion-euro Stuttgart21 project. Two years in front of commissioning, the shell of the new main station has been completed. The roof of the platform hall is supported by 28 so-called chalice-shaped columns. Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
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The ESA service module primary structure, which will propel Orion on the Artemis III flight carrying astronauts to land on the surface of the Moon, is ready to ship from Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy to Airbus in Bremen, Germany. Giorgio (Gios) Borello, Thales Alenia Space AIT (Assembly, Integration & Testing) mechanical expert, guides the service module structure to the base of the transportation container on Sept. 30, 2020. Airbus will perform final assembly on the service module ahead of shipment to Kennedy Space Center where it will be integrated with the rest of the Orion spacecraft.
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Inpuncto Workshops of Lebenshilfe Dresden
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Glenn Extreme Environments Rig, GEER, Test Chamber, recreate Venus conditions on Earth, photos of insulation construction progress
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MTU Aero Engines GmbH: production of Eurofighter engines (EJ200), MUNICH, GERMANY.
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STS-133 ENDEAVOUR TIRES AND BRAKES REMOVAL
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Models, Norsk Oljemuseum, Norwegian Petroleum Museum, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway, Europe
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Icing Spray Bar Installation to the Propulsion System Laboratory, PSL, Cell 3
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The prototype rover Artemis Jr. for NASAs Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatile Extraction, or RESOLVE, project is unpacked in a test facility behind the Operations and Checkout Building at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida and in place on top of the prototype lander. RESOLVE consists of a rover and drill provided by the Canadian Space Agency to support a NASA payload that is designed to prospect for water, ice and other lunar resources. RESOLVE also will demonstrate how future explorers can take advantage of resources at potential landing sites by manufacturing oxygen from soil. NASA will conduct field tests in July outside of Hilo, Hawaii, with equipment and concept vehicles that demonstrate how explorers might prospect for resources and make their own oxygen for survival while on other planetary bodies.
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Worker in the production facility of the Audi AG in Brussels, production line of the Audi A3, Polo and Golf in Brussels, Belgium, Europe
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MAN AG: production of lorries, integration of the motor, BAVARIA, MUNICH, GERMANY.
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Switzerland, Geneva, ATLAS Cavern, CERN
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France, Normandy, Cherbourg, La Cité De La Mer, the engine department of the nuclear submarine 'Le Redoutable'
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MAF Orion MGMT Visit
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IS-2 Roll skin on Davi
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Vehicle Technical Test Centre
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010203-F-5009P-004. Base: Ahmedabad Country: India (IND)
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Joseph Findley, machinist, Rock Island Arsenal - Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., prepares metal to be machined for parts used in the 915B Armor Kit, an upgrade of add-on armor to better protect the warfighter.
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First weld of Orion Exploration Mission 1 crew module
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MobiFresh Cargo storage inside terminal at airport
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In the Space Shuttle Main Engine Processing Facility (SSMEPF), a new Block 2A engine sits on the transport cradle before being moved to the workstand. The engine is scheduled to fly on the Space Shuttle Endeavour during the STS-88 mission in December 1998. The SSMEPF officially opened on July 6, replacing the Shuttle Main Engine Shop
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Pressurized Mating Adapter-1 (PMA-1) for the International Space Station is moved for further processing in KSCs Space Station Processing Facility. A PMA is a cone-shaped connector that will be attached to Node 1, the space stations structural building block, during ground processing. Node 1 with two PMAs attached will be the first element of the station scheduled to be launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-88 in July 1998.
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The NASA Photo Social at NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, Louisiana, gathered social media-savvy photographers together on Aug. 16, 2018 to snap and share photos of the facility where NASA is building components for its deep space rocket, the Space Launch System, and crew vehicle, the Orion spacecraft. NASA Michoud is a world-class facility that is unique because it is one of the largest production buildings in the nation with a rich history of manufacturing excellence.
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ADVANCED SUBSONIC COMBUSTION RIG
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The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage is seen in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 9, 2021. Teams with the agencys Exploration Ground Systems and contractor Jacobs are preparing to lift the 188,000-pound core stage, which is the largest part of the rocket, and place it on the mobile launcher in between the two solid rocket boosters in High Bay 3 of the VAB. The core stage alone, with its four RS-25 engines, will provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust during launch and ascent, and coupled with the boosters, will provide more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send the Artemis I mission to space. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I will test SLS and the Orion spacecraft as an integrated system ahead of crewed flights to the Moon.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Space Station Processing Facility, workers attach an overhead crane to the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, which is being moved to the payload transportation canister for transfer to Launch Pad 39B, where it will be installed in Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay. Part of the payload for mission STS-121, Leonardo carries tons of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station and its crew. Discovery is scheduled to be launched in a window that extends from July 1 to July 19.
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England, Yorkshire, York, The National Railway Museum, Workshop
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Solar Array Concentrator in Vacuum Tank 6
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Single-Spool Turbine Facility
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VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - Technicians install the second half of the payload fairing over the NuSTAR spacecraft as they continue to process the spacecraft and its Pegasus rocket for launch. NuSTAR stands for Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.
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In one of the initial assembly steps for the Saturn IB launch vehicle's S-IB (first) stage, workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) near New Orleans, Louisiana, complete the thrust structure. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and built by the Chrysler Corporation at Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), the S-IB utilized eight H-1 engines and each produced 200,000 pounds of thrust, a combined thrust of 1,600,000 pounds.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During a media tour of the Columbia Debris Hangar, a photographer examines some of the debris collected from search and recovery efforts in East Texas. About 83,000 pieces of debris from Columbia were shipped to KSC, which represents about 38 percent of the dry weight of Columbia, equaling almost 85,000 pounds. The debris is being packaged for storage in an area of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine gives remarks on the agencys Artemis program, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in front of the core stage for NASAs Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Through Artemis NASA will land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.
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Technicians Lift, Prepare Artemis III SLS Intertank for Next Phase of Production at NASA Michoud. Technicians at NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans lift the intertank of the SLS (Space Launch System)s core stage for NASAs Artemis III mission to move it to another location in the 43-acre factory for further inspection and production. The intertank is the backbone of the rockets core stage and is located between the mega rockets liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank. In addition to joining the rockets two massive propellant tanks, the intertank houses avionics and electronics and serves as an attachment point for the rockets two solid rocket boosters positioned on either side of the core stage. The liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank hold 733,000 gallons of super-cold propellant to power the stages four RS-25 engines needed for liftoff. Together, the rockets four RS-25 engines and two solid rocket boosters provide more than 8.8 million pounds to launch NASAs an
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Japan, Honshu, Aichi, Nagoya, Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology, Automobile Pavilion, Exhibit depicting The Production Line of Toyota Model A1 Car
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Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) Environmental Division Director Andrew Krelie, right, points out an H-53 rotor head to Secretary Elizabeth Biser of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, second from left, during Bisers recent visit to FRCE.
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This image shows the forward skirt that will be used on the core stage of NASAs Space Launch System rocket for Artemis II, the first crewed mission of NASAs Artemis program, at NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility. The SLS core stage is made up of five unique elements: the forward skirt, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, liquid hydrogen tank, and the engine section. The forward skirt houses flight computers, cameras, and avionics systems. The hardware is located at the top of the 212-foot-tall core stage and connects the upper part of the rocket to the core stage. Soon, technicians will ready the forward skirt for the first of three core stage assembly mates called the forward join. The forward join consists of three main parts -- the forward skirt, liquid oxygen tank, and intertank - to create the top, or forward part, of the core stage.Together with its four RS-25 engines, the rockets massive 212-foot-tall core stage — the largest stage NASA has ever built — and its twin solid rocket b
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Visitors, Larzac engine, Bundeswehr tent, 22. 06. 2005. ILA International Aerospace Exhibition Berlin, Schoenefeld, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
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FTIS Sensors and From Above. Lockheed Martin Photography By Garry Tice1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, Ca. 93599Event: FTIS Sensors and From AboveDate: 7/18/2022Additional Info:
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The European Service Module Structural Test Article (in the background) photographed at the Space Power Facility at NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio on Nov. 30, 2015. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a banner in Orbiter Processing Facility-1 (OPF-1) proclaims the pride of the center's employees as preparations are made to move space shuttle Endeavour to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Endeavour is switching places with shuttle Discovery which temporarily has been stored in the VAB. Both shuttles will stop briefly outside OPF-3 for a "nose-to-nose" photo opportunity. Discovery then will be rolled into OPF-1 and Endeavour into the VAB.In OPF-1, Discovery will undergo further preparations for public display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia. Endeavour will be stored in the VAB until October when it will be moved into OPF-2 for further work to get it ready for public display at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.