Space Shuttle Engineering

Images of technicians working on space shuttle assembly and maintenance, showcasing intricate machinery in aerospace environments at NASA facilities.

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Henry Rey, CHIEF of Sales Management at the Defense Property Disposal Office, inspects a newly arrived wing assembly. Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Riverside, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012 A fleet of more than 70 Southern California Edison utility trucks is being prepared for transport to the East Coast to help restore power in areas devastated by Hurricane Sandy. The U.S. Air Force will use six C-5 and eight C-17 aircraft to transport the vehicles from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-12. Hurricane Katrina

AeroVironment crew chief Mark Shipley applies sealing tape to a wing joint on Pathfinder-Plus before it is hoisted into place at the NASM's Udvar-Hazy Center.

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Alvin Pittman Sr., lead electronics technician with Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and Janine Cuevas, a mechanical technician with PWR, perform final preparations on the space shuttle main engine tested Oct. 25, 2005, at NASA's Stennis Space Center. It was the first main engine test since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29.

Dr. von Braun briefs President Eisenhower at the front of the S1 Stage (first Stage) of the Saturn 1 vehicle at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on September 8, 1960. The President's visit was to dedicate Marshall Space Flight Center as a new NASA field center in honor of General George C. Marshall.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop at the Monaco Coach Corporation recreational vehicle plant in Coburg

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Orbiter Processing Facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center, United Space Alliance tile technician Jimmy Carter works on instrument wire spot bonding on Atlantis vertical tail_rudder speed brake. Atlantis is being processed for launch on the second Return to Flight mission, STS-121, which is scheduled to fly in July.

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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

FROM RIGHT, KATHRYN GUELDE AND ASHLEY HOLLADAY OF AERIE AEROSPACE LLC IN HUNTSVILLE, INSTALL THE STRUCTURAL TEST ARTICLE FOR THE FIRST SERIES OF COMPOSITE TESTS FOR THE SHELL BUCKLING KNOCKDOWN FACTOR PROJECT.

A contractor tightens up the cable attached to the tail section of a C-130H Hercules transport plane in its hangar prior to removal April 25, 2022 at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York. Other main parts such as the wings will be removed in order so the plane may be transported to its static display location on base.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers in the Orbiter Processing Facility prepare to close the nose wheel doors on Atlantis in preparation for the expected impact of Hurricane Frances on Saturday. Preparations at KSC include powering down the Space Shuttle orbiters, closing their payload bay doors and stowing their landing gear. They are also taking precautions against flooding by moving spacecraft hardware off the ground and sandbagging facilities. The Orbiter Processing Facility is constructed of concrete and steel and was designed to withstand winds of 105 mph. The Vehicle Assembly Building is constructed of concrete and steel and was designed to withstand winds of 125 mph. Other payload and flight hardware support facilities can endure winds of 110 mph. Launch pads and the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility can withstand 125-mph winds.

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Coast Guard Stations - 26-HK-333-3. Air Station Houston. Hurricane Katrina

Senior Airman Owen Schott, left, and Airman 1st Class Trevor Finley, right, 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit maintainers, apply lubricant to a main landing wheel on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 6, 2022. Lubricating the wheel avoids corrosion, ensuring Kadenas capability to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific .

A forklift is used to offload humanitarian supplies from a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy. The supplies include warm weather clothing, sleeping bags, food supplies, and other items. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SAPPHIRE Base: Ust Kamenogorsk Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ)

Antarctica, Ross Island, McMurdo Station, Helicopter maintainance building (Editorial Usage Only)

Two colleagues in factory checking underbody of a car

License construction of the General Dynamics F-16 at the Breeder Factories Schiphol.

HANGING AN ENGINE ON A BOEING 737-300 JET AIRPLANE

Aviation maintenance technicians work on a C-17 engine at the engine test cell building here June 18. The all-civilian engine shop installs, inspects and repairs five to six engines a month.

Airman Alex Harper welds a cover on a mounting area for a new weather radar system at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Oct. 18, 2012. Harper is a 31st Civil Engineer Squadron structural journeyman. The new radar requires less maintenance than the previous system, and has networking capability that allows it to communicate with systems in Germany.

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The demolished engine of an Arrow Air DC-8 commercial aircraft is stored in a Gander Airport hangar for analysis by members of the Canadian Air Safety Board. The aircraft crashed at the airport with no survivors on December 12, 1985, while carrying 248 members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert. Base: Gander State: Newfoundland (NF) Country: Canada (CAN)

United Launch Alliance (ULA) workers assist as the third of four solid rocket boosters (SRB) for the ULA Atlas V 541 rocket is lowered by crane into position inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on June 8, 2020. The SRB will be mated to the Atlas V booster. NASAs Mars 2020 mission with the Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch on July 20, 2020, atop the Atlas V rocket from Pad 41. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rovers seven instruments will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for launch management.

ORION Project-(SPLASH) Structural Passive Landing Attenuation for Survivability of Human Crew (BTA) Boiler Plate Test Article Water Impact Test-Pot Phase"0" Test Tested at the Hydro Impact Basin at the Landing and Impact Research Facility (Gantry)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - United Space Alliance employee Terry White inspects plastic-covered flight hardware in the Orbiter Processing Facility following Hurricane Frances. The storm's path over Florida took it through Cape Canaveral and KSC property during Labor Day weekend. There was no damage to the Space Shuttle orbiters or to any other flight hardware.

Technical Capabilities Assessment Team, TCAT, In-Space Propulsion Non-Chemical Deep Dive Glenn Research Center Site Visit

Two workers install a section of canopy on an F-111 aircraft cockpit used for conducting tests at the Bird Impact Range. A cannon at the range can fire a four-pound chicken at speeds of up to 750 mph to simulate the effects of bird strikes on aircraft canopies and leading edges. Base: Arnold Air Force Base State: Tennessee (TN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Lindsey, a 354th Civil Engineer Squadron Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning craftsman, teaches Airman Tyce Ferguson, a 354th CES HVAC apprentice, how to install an extension pipe at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 5, 2022. The Airmen assigned to the 354th CES HVAC section ensure the buildings around base are kept at an appropriate temperature year-round.

A forklift loads cargo into a C-2A Greyhound aircraft for carrier on-board delivery during PACEX '89. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Danny Dottin, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron generator maintenance shop, connects power cables to a generator at the Misawa Inn Mar. 14, 2011, Misawa Air Base, Japan. Members of the 18 CES came to assist with recovery operations.

Vice President Hubert Humphrey Dr. von Braun during the Vice President's visit to the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on May 22, 1967.

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North American Aviation factory workers mounting an engine on a B-25 bomber 1942

Ares 1-X IS-1 Segment's door being heat treated for welding

185th Air Refueling Wing vehicle mechanics Technical Sgt. Jason Lammers and Master Sgt. Ryan Lieber work to remove a huge 8 cylinder Detroit Diesel engine from a 1996 Teledyne P23 Crash Truck at the 185th Air Refueling Wing vehicle maintenance shop in Sioux City, Iowa on June 8, 2022. The mechanics are overhauling the engine because it had developed an internal coolant leak.U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

NASAs C-130 aircraft cargo hold is open for offloading of the Adaptive Caching Assembly (ACA) for NASAs Mars Perseverance rover at Kennedy Space Centers Launch and Landing Facility in Florida on May 11, 2020. The ACA consists of seven motors and more than 3,000 parts, all working in unison to collect samples from the surface of Mars. A chief component of the assembly is the Sample Handling Arm, which will move sample tubes to the main robotic arm's coring drill and then transfer the filled sample tubes into a space to be sealed and stored. The Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to launch in mid-July atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket from Pad 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rover is part of NASAs Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet. The rover will search for habitable conditions in the ancient past and signs of past microbial life on Mars. The Launch Services Program at Kennedy is responsible for l

THE ORION HEAT SHIELD, WHICH WAS AT NASAS MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER FROM MARCH-MAY 2015 FOR ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS, IS READIED FOR DEPARTURE AT THE END OF ITS STAY. THE HEAT SHIELDS ABLATED SURFACE MATERIAL WAS REMOVED AT MARSHALL FOR ANALYSIS, USING THE CENTERS STATE-OF-THE-ART SEVEN-AXIS MILLING MACHINE. IT NEXT WILL GO TO NASAS LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER FOR WATER-IMPACT TESTING. NASAS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER LEADS THE ORION PROGRAM FOR NASA.

A crane operator concentrates on lifting a load with the crane

EJE DE ROTOR DE HELICOPTERO - FOTO AÑOS 80. Location: BASE HELICOPTEROS. Almagro. CIUDAD REAL. SPAIN.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers at Kennedy Space Center load an airplane with supplies heading to Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for NASA workers there. Both Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans and Stennis were effected by Hurricane Katrina. KSC is sending a helicopter with medical supplies and an Emergency Medical Technician to Stennis. A NASA plane is carrying medical supplies, food and chain saws, as well as a physician and two high voltage technicians to Michoud to ensure the facility can safely receive power when the main electricity grid comes online. KSC has sent a truck with 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel and three large generators a 1-megawatt generator, and 125- and 225-kilowatt generators. A 14-person security team is also going to Michoud to relieve the security professionals at that location.

Toby Brown, a civilian employee, applies a coat of paint to the barrel of an M-198 155mm howitzer in the paint booth in Building 208. Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Engineers prepare to test the parachute system for NASAs Orion spacecraft at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Yuma, Arizona on Aug. 24, 2015. During the test, planned for Wednesday, Aug. 26, a C-17 aircraft will carry a representative Orion capsule to 35,000 feet in altitude and then drop it from its cargo bay. Engineers will test a scenario in which one of Orions two drogue parachutes, used to stabilize it in the air, does not deploy, and one of its three main parachutes, used to slow the capsule during the final stage of descent, also does not deploy. The risky test will provide data engineers will use as they gear up to qualify Orions parachutes for missions with astronauts. On Aug. 24, a C-17 was loaded with the test version of Orion, which has a similar mass and interfaces with the parachutes as the Orion being developed for deep space missions but is shorter on top to fit inside the aircraft. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.

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Female locomotive engineers, steam locomotive, before train departure at Fort Steele Heritage Town, British Columbia, Canada

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the Remote Manipulator System Lab, or RMS Lab, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Rafael Rodriguez, lead RMS advanced systems technician with United Space Alliance, installs the mid-transition thermal blanket onto the inspection boom assembly, or IBA, on space shuttle Atlantis' orbiter boom sensor system, or OBSS. The IBA is removed from the shuttle every other processing flow for a detailed inspection. After five consecutive flights, all IBA internal components are submitted to a thorough electrical checkout in the lab.The 50-foot-long OBSS attaches to the end of the shuttles robotic arm and supports the cameras and laser systems used to inspect the shuttles thermal protection system while in space. Atlantis is next slated to deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier and Russian-built Mini Research Module to the International Space Station on the STS-132 mission. The second in a series of new pressurized components

970422-F-8806R-001. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Roswell Industrial Air Center State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Kevin Herr, Powerplant Shift Operator, takes a call on water flows at the Walter F. George Powerhouse in Fort Gaines, Georgia, on July 7, 2022. Herr, who is deployed to Walter F. George temporarily, has been an operator for the Mobile District the past 25 years.

NASA ground and maintenance crews prepare the F/A-18 research aircraft for a supersonic research flight off the coast of Galveston, Texas in support of the QSF18 flight campaign. These crews are vital to making sure the aircraft is ready to operate safely and efficiently for NASAs research.

Low Pressure Plasma Thin Film Rig for Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings

Gas Turbine Systems Technician 3rd Class Michael Gibson works on one of the LM2500 gas turbine engines on board USS CARNEY (DDG 64). Carney is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS Carney (DDG 64)

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Hispanic man working in airplane hangar

NASA Dryden technicians (Dave Dennis, Freddy Green and Jeff Doughty) position a support cylinder under the right wing of the Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 test aircraft prior to ground vibration tests.

Maintenance personnel service the engine of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during exercise Global Shield. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

engineer fixing an airplane wing

Rescue drill in a helicopter simulator of the mountain rescue service center for safety and training in Bad Toelz, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.

Rural warehouse building site France

Members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board examine pieces of Columbia debris in the RLV Hangar. The debris was shipped from the collection point at Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. As part of the ongoing investigation into the tragic accident that claimed Columbia and her crew of seven, workers will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter inside the RLV.

Engineers working on an aircraft in an aviation maintenance facility.

Maintenance supervisor with a spinal cord injury in utility garage and loading new truck with supplies one man carrying hole shielding

An Aerospace Propulsion specialist assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, Duluth, Minn., conducts intermediate maintenance on General Electric F110-129 jet engines on October 9, 2022. Responsible for ensuring our F-16 Fighting Falcons are in first-rate operational condition, Aerospace Propulsion specialists, also known as jet engine mechanics, test, maintain and repair all parts of the engine. These specialists are a critical to keeping our jets in the air.

An Aerospace Propulsion specialist assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard, Duluth, Minn., conducts intermediate maintenance on General Electric F110-129 jet engines on October 9, 2022. Responsible for ensuring our F-16 Fighting Falcons are in first-rate operational condition, Aerospace Propulsion specialists, also known as jet engine mechanics, test, maintain and repair all parts of the engine. These specialists are a critical to keeping our jets in the air.

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-114 (left) Pilot James Kelly and Mission Specialist Andrew Thomas (right) are given a tour of the Crawler-Transporter storage area by NASA Systems Engineer Robert Rokobauer. Behind them is one of the 5.5-million-pound crawlers. The 10-foot-high track, one of two, contains 278 shoes,” weighing 2,200 pounds each. The crawlers are guided by four trucks, one on each corner. The crawlers had recent modifications to the cab and muffler system. The STS-114 mission is Logistics Flight 1, which is scheduled to deliver supplies and equipment plus the external stowage platform to the International Space Station.

Aircrafts - HH-65 Dolphin - 26-HK-54-42. Close-up of New Orleans HH-65 tail in hangar2. Hurricane Katrina

Mechanic in hangar repairing light aircraft

Northwest Machining and Manufacturing tour the 124th Fighter Wings aircraft maintenance hanger, Gowen Field, ID, April 6, 2023. This Meridian, Idaho-based machining company has been manufacturing a critical landing gear component for the A-10 Thunderbolt IIs at Gowen Field for decades.

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World War II 1939-1945: Woman working on a Vengeance dive bomber, using a hand drill; Vultee-Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1943. Labour Female War Effort

Ground crewmen assemble a Cochran elevator loader to be used for loading equipment aboard a 747 cargo aircraft during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground crew installs ground power, power supply for the aircraft after stopping at the parking position, at the terminal, gate, at the Cologne/Bonn airport passenger bridge, CGN, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Alaska Native Technican Checking For Blade Damage Atop A Wind Turbine, St. Paul Island, Southwestern Alaska, USA, Summer

Helicopter active flow control tests in the 14X22 subsonic wind tunnel. Photos include preparation of the model before testing and the control room where testing is monitored and data collected

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Lindsey, a 354th Civil Engineer Squadron Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning craftsman, inspects his tools inside a mechanical room prior to repairing a pipe at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, July 5, 2022. Lindsey was preparing to bridge a gap in the pipes by installing an extension pipe.

Maintenance supervisor with spinal cord injury preparing to load shielding onto utility truck

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Workers are placing the mission patch for STS-107 on the outside of the RLV Hangar at KSC. The hangar is the site of the Columbia Reconstruction Project, where pieces of debris from Columbia are being collected and identified as part of the mishap investigation.

110325-F-XC395-121Blair Smith, a field service manger with Resource Equipment LTD, teaches Japanese workers and U.S. Airmen how to assemble pipe flange fittings at Yokota Air Base, Japan for a water pumping station that will be employed at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant March 25, 2011 during Operation Tomodachi. The Tokyo Electrical Power Company is adding an additional water pumping station to pump fresh water instead of seawater to cool the reactors at the damaged nuclear power facility with the help of the U.S. government and various other agencies. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. military has humanitarian assistance capabilities positioned in the affected region that are supporting emergency relief efforts at the request of the Japanese government.

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