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NASA prepares Orion crew vehicle for testing

The Launch Abort System was mounted atop the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle last week at Lockheed Martin facilities near Denver. Fully stacked, the crew vehicle [...]

Space Shuttle Atlantis takes off on its final flight

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A at 11:29 a.m. on July 8, 2011. The Atlantis flight is the [...]

Space Shuttle Atlantis’ final journey to launch pad

Space Shuttle Atlantis completed its historic final journey to Launch Pad 39A from the Vehicle Assembly Building as dawn broke at Kennedy Space Center in [...]

Endeavour docked at International Space Station for last time

The Space Shuttle Endeavour can be seen docked at the International Space Station on May 28, 2011, with a backdrop of a night time view [...]

NASA astronaut works on International Space Station

NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff works on the International Space Station during a seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk on May 27, 2011. Fellow astronaut Michael Fincke can be [...]

Astronaut Greg Chamitoff spacewalk at International Space Station

NASA astronaut and mission specialist Greg Chamitoff takes part in a six-hour, 19-minute spacewalk at the International Space Station on May 20, 2011. The spacewalk [...]

Fjords along the northwest Greenland coast

Thin, rocky ridges adjacent to fjords on the coast of northwestern Greenland cast their shadows nearly sideways in low-angled sunlight on March 29, 2011. The [...]