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KSC-08PD-1862 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the aft skirt for the Ares 1-X rocket has been lowered onto another stand. The segment is being moved onto a machine shop work stand for drilling modifications. The modifications will prepare it for the installation of the auxiliary power unit controller, the reduced-rate gyro unit, the booster decelerator motors and the booster tumble motors. Ares I is an in-line, two-stage rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle to low-Earth orbit. Read more...
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KSC-08PD-1861 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, workers help guide the aft skirt for the Ares 1-X rocket as it is moved. The segment is being lifted into a machine shop work stand for drilling modifications. The modifications will prepare it for the installation of the auxiliary power unit controller, the reduced-rate gyro unit, the booster decelerator motors and the booster tumble motors. Ares I is an in-line, two-stage rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle to low-Earth orbit. Read more...
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KSC-08PD-1860 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker attaches an overhead crane to the aft skirt for the Ares 1-X rocket. The segment is being lifted into a machine shop work stand for drilling modifications. The modifications will prepare it for the installation of the auxiliary power unit controller, the reduced-rate gyro unit, the booster decelerator motors and the booster tumble motors. Ares I is an in-line, two-stage rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle to low-Earth orbit. Read more...
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KSC-08PD-1859 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a crane is lowered over the aft skirt for the Ares 1-X rocket. The segment is being lifted into a machine shop work stand for drilling modifications. The modifications will prepare it for the installation of the auxiliary power unit controller, the reduced-rate gyro unit, the booster decelerator motors and the booster tumble motors. Ares I is an in-line, two-stage rocket that will transport the Orion crew exploration vehicle to low-Earth orbit. Read more...
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KSC-08PD-1858 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, workers ensure space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm is placed correctly for installation in the payload bay. Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. A launch date has not yet been determined. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1857 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm is moved into place for installation in the payload bay. Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. A launch date has not yet been determined. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1856 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm is lowered into the payload bay for installation. Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. A launch date has not yet been determined. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1855 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm (top of photo) is being moved for installation in the shuttle's payload bay. Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. A launch date has not yet been determined. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1854 (07/01/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 3, space shuttle Discovery's robotic arm (top of photo) is being moved for installation in the shuttle's payload bay. Scheduled to launch on the STS-119 mission, Discovery will carry the S6 truss segment to complete the 361-foot-long backbone of the International Space Station. The truss includes the fourth pair of solar array wings and electronics that convert sunlight to power for the orbiting laboratory. A launch date has not yet been determined. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1853 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With the backdrop of a blue sky and the blue Atlantic Ocean, workers are constructing the lightning towers on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In the background, at left, is the liquid hydrogen tank that helps fuel a space shuttle for launch. Each of the three new lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire centenary system. This improved lightning protection system also allows for the taller height of the Ares I compared to the space shuttle. Pad B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including Ares I-X which is scheduled for April 2009, as part of the Constellation Program. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1852 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With the backdrop of a blue sky and the blue Atlantic Ocean, workers are constructing the lightning towers on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. In the background, at left, is the liquid hydrogen tank that helps fuel a space shuttle for launch. Each of the three new lightning towers will be 500 feet tall with an additional 100-foot fiberglass mast atop supporting a wire centenary system. This improved lightning protection system also allows for the taller height of the Ares I compared to the space shuttle. Pad B will be the site of the first Ares vehicle launch, including Ares I-X which is scheduled for April 2009, as part of the Constellation Program. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1851 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This photo shows the leading edge of the wing on space shuttle Endeavour with an reinforced carbon-carbon panel and one insulator assembly removed. The silver assembly is the insulator. The panel is being replaced. Endeavour is the scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission and will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope. For that purpose, it is designated STS-400. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1850 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission, Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope. For that purpose, it is designated STS-400. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1849 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians work the engine installer to maneuver main engine 1 into place on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission, Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope. For that purpose, it is designated STS-400. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1848 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians on the Hyster forklift maneuver main engine 1 for installation on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission, Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope. For that purpose, it is designated STS-400. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08PD-1847 (06/30/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Orbiter Processing Facility bay 2, technicians on the Hyster forklift maneuver main engine 1 for installation on space shuttle Endeavour. The scheduled launch vehicle for the STS-126 mission, Endeavour will deliver a multi-purpose logistics module to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for Nov. 10. Endeavour is also the backup shuttle, if needed for rescue, for the STS-125 mission in October that will make repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope. For that purpose, it is designated STS-400. Photo credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann
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KSC-08-S-00054 (06/27/2008) ---
I'm Greg Gaddis, NASA test director, and this is the Space Shuttle Minute, your NASA space shuttle update.
Technicians at NASA's Kennedy Space Center are operating in high gear processing two space shuttles, Atlantis and Endeavour, for upcoming missions.
Atlantis is undergoing preparations at the Orbiter Processing Facility or OPF for its STS-125 mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
Technicians have installed Atlantis' main engines, using a pitch-and-yaw system to maneuver them into place. Read more...
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KSC-08-S-00053 (06/27/2008) ---
In Their Own Words: NASA Astronaut Michael Foale. A veteran of six space flights talks about being an astronaut and living aboard both the International Space Station and Mir.
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KSC-08PD-1846 (06/26/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Platform C is moved away from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to allow refurbishment of the facility for the Constellation Program's Ares 1-X vehicle in high bay 3. The platform will be demolished. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Diller
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KSC-08PD-1845 (06/26/2008) ---
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Platform C is moved out of Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to allow refurbishment of the facility for the Constellation Program's Ares 1-X vehicle in high bay 3. The platform will be demolished. Photo credit: NASA/Amanda Diller
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