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Official portraits of NASA astronauts in various flight suits, featuring the American flag and space-themed backgrounds.

S89-48930 (1989) --- Astronaut James D. Wetherbee.

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JSC2008-E-039696 (7 April 2008) --- NASA astronaut Stephen G. Bowen, mission specialist.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility, STS-114 Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence talks to reporters before she and other crew members depart Kennedy Space Center. The crew was at KSC to observe the newly redesigned External Tank and new 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS). Among redesign changes on the ET is the forward bipod fitting to reduce the risk to the Shuttle from falling debris during ascent. A camera has also been added to capture separation of the ET from the Shuttle after launch. The OBSS attaches to the end of the Shuttles robotic arm and equips the orbiter with cameras and laser systems to inspect the Shuttles Thermal Protection System while in space. The launch window for Return to Flight mission STS-114 is May 12 to June 3, 2005. (Photo Michael R. Brown)

Offical portrait of Astronaut Rhea Seddon, M.D..

S90-34899 (16 April 1990) --- Astronaut Tamara E. Jernigan, mission specialist

Official portrait of 1990 astronaut candidate Bernard A. Harris, Jr..

STS-96 Commander Kent V. Rominger smiles on his arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) aboard a T-38 jet aircraft. He joins other crew members Pilot Rick D. Husband and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, Tamara E. Jernigan, Daniel T. Barry, Julie Payette and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev for launch preparations prior to liftoff. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency and Tokarev represents the Russian Space Agency. STS-96 is a 10-day logistics and resupply mission for the International Space Station, carrying 5000 pounds of supplies to be stored aboard the station for use by future crews, including laptop computers, cameras, tools, spare parts, and clothing. The mission also includes such payloads as a Russian crane, the Strela; a U.S.-built crane; the Spacehab Oceaneering Space System Box (SHOSS), a logistics items carrier; and STARSHINE, a student-involved experiment. The mission will include a space walk to attach the cranes to the outside of the ISS for use

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-104 Commander Steven W. Lindsey arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility to make final preparations for launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis July 12. The mission is the 10th assembly flight to the International Space Station and carries the Joint Airlock Module, which will become the primary path for spacewalk entry and departure using both U.S. spacesuits and the Russian Orlan spacesuit for EVA activity

jsc2017e118421 (Oct. 25, 2017) --- 2017 NASA Astronaut Candidate Kayla Baron.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission crew members greet the media after arriving at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. Seen here is Mission Specialist Julie Payette, who represents the Canadian Space Agency. The astronauts will be taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities that include equipment familiarization and emergency egress training, and culminates in a simulated launch countdown aboard Endeavour. The STS-127 mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex. Launch is targeted for June 13.

S91-46260 (1991) --- Astronaut Eugene H. Trinh, STS-50 USML payload specialist.

S71-51308 (21 Sept. 1971) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-111 Pilot Paul Lockhart poses for the camera before taking his turn at driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier during emergency egress training at the pad. The training is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at KSC. The TCDT also includes a simulated launch countdown. Known as Utilization Flight -2, the mission includes attaching a Canadian-built mobile base system to the International Space Station that will enable the Canadarm2 robotic arm to move along a railway on the Station's truss to build and maintain the outpost. The crew will also replace a faulty wrist/roll joint on the Canadarm2 as well as unload almost three tons of experiments and supplies from the Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Leonardo. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-111 is scheduled for May 30, 2002

STS-91 Pilot Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (Cdr., USN) arrives at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet. He is here to participate in the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT), a dress rehearsal for launch. The STS-91 launch is targeted for June 2 with a launch window opening around 6:10 p.m. EDT. The mission will conclude Phase I of the joint U.S.-Russian International Space Station Program. Although it will be the ninth Shuttle docking with the Russian Space Station Mir, it will be the first Mir docking for the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery. Gorie is making his first space flight. The STS-91 mission will also be the first flight for the new Space Shuttle super lightweight external tank. The STS-91 flight crew also includes Mission Commander Charles Precourt and Mission Specialists Wendy B. Lawrence; Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ph.D.; Janet Kavandi, Ph.D; and Valery Ryumin, with the Russian Space Agency. Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., will be returning to Earth with th

1971 - Portrait - Astronaut Harrison H. Schmidt

(1981) --- Astronaut William E. Thornton, MD

STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), gives a thumbs up after her arrival aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC. Mukai and the rest of the crew are at KSC to participate in a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). The TCDT includes mission familiarization activities, training in emergency exit from the orbiter and launch pad, and a simulated main engine cut-off exercise. The other members on the mission are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown, Pilot Steven W. Lindsey; Mission Specialists Scott E. Parazynski, Stephen K. Robinson, and Pedro Duque of Spain, representing the European Space Agency (ESA); and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio. The STS-95 mission, scheduled for liftoff on Oct. 29, includes research payloads such as the Spartan solar-observing deployable spacecraft, the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test Platform, the International Extreme Ultr

JSC2003-00590 (24 Sept. 2003) --- Astronaut Joan E. Higginbotham

jsc2017e116312 (Oct. 24, 2017) --- 2017 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Candidate Josh Kutryk.

S99-16048 (28 December 1999) --- Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld speaks at crew return ceremony at Ellington Field.

. jsc2022e095887_alt (March 24, 2023) --- Official portrait of NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston -- JSC2008-E-137661 (3 Oct. 2008) --- Astronaut Christopher J. Cassidy, mission specialist

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - At the Florida Commission on the Status of Women held June 7 at the Debus Conference Facility, astronaut Pamela Melroy speaks to attendees. Melroy has served as pilot on two Shuttle flights (STS-92 in 2000 and STS-112 in 2002), and has logged more than 562 hours in space. The commission, through coordinating, researching, communicating, and encouraging legislation, is dedicated to empowering women from all walks of life in achieving their fullest potential, to eliminating barriers to that achievement, and to recognizing womens accomplishments.

JSC2007-E-34563 (18 April 2007) --- Astronaut Paolo A. Nespoli, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA)

JSC2011-E-016239 (9 Feb. 2011) --- NASA astronaut Rex Walheim, STS-135 mission specialist, attired in a training version of his shuttle launch and entry suit, is pictured during a water survival training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near NASA's Johnson Space Center. STS-135 is planned to be the final mission of the space shuttle program.

S78-35294 (20 September 1978) --- Astronaut candidate Jeffrey A. Hoffman in blue flight suit.

(15 Dec. 1980) --- Astronaut Roy D. Bridges Jr., pilot

Expedition Two crew Commander Yury Usachev gives a thumbs up from the crew quarters in the Operations and Checkout Building following his return to Earth with the STS-105 crew aboard the orbiter Discovery. The Expedition Two crew have spent the past five months living and working on the International Space Station. Mission STS-105 came to a close upon landing at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility runway 15 after a 4.3-million-mile mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 2 22 58 p.m.EDT; wheel stop, at 2 24 06 p.m. EDT. The 11-day, 21-hour, 12-minute STS-105 mission accomplished the goals set for the 11th flight to the International Space Station swapout of the resident Station crew; delivery of equipment, supplies and scientific experiments; and installation of the Early Ammonia Servicer and heater cables for the S0 truss on the Station. Discovery completed its 30th flight into space, the 106th mission of the Space Shuttle program. Out of five missions in 200

S78-35290 (31 Jan. 1978) --- Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, mission specialist.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - STS-109 Mission Specialist Nancy Currie arrives at KSC aboard a T-38 jet aircraft to begin launch preparations. This is Currie's fourth Shuttle flight. The goal of the 11-day mission is repair and maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope. Five spacewalks are planned to replace Solar Array 2 with Solar Array 3, replace the Power Control Unit, remove the Faint Object Camera and install the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), install the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) Cooling System, and install New Outer Blanket Layer insulation. Launch is scheduled for Feb. 28 at 6:48 a.m. EST

STS-95 Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr. arrives aboard a T-38 jet aircraft at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC. 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

S97-06278 (2 April 1997) --- Bjarni V. Tryggvason, payload specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

( July 1981) --- Astronaut Claude Nicollier, mission specialist

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - JSC2003-E-31747 (31 Jan 2003) - Astronaut Christer Fuglesang, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA).

STS-98 Pilot Mark Polansky grins on his arrival at the Shuttle Landing Facility in a T-38 jet aircraft. He and other crew members Commander Ken Cockrell and Mission Specialists Robert Curbeam, Thomas Jones and Marsha Ivins have returned to KSC to prepare for their launch to the International Space Station. The seventh construction flight to the Space Station, STS-98 will carry the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, a key module for space experiments. The 11-day mission includes three spacewalks to complete outside assembly and connection of electrical and plumbing lines between the laboratory, Station and a relocated Shuttle docking port. STS-98 is Polanskys first space flight. Launch is targeted for Feb. 7 at 6:11 p.m. EST

Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi talks with Expedition 19 Commander Gennady I. Padalka as he waits to have his Russian Sokol suit pressure checked on Thursday, March 26, 2009 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. (

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, TEXAS -- S97-10246 -- Astronaut Stephanie D. Wilson, mission specialist

S81-29029 (March 1981) --- Astronaut Robert A. R. Parker, scientist.

jsc2017e118337 (Oct. 25, 2017) --- 2017 Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Candidate Jenny Sidey.

STS-100 Mission Specialist John L. Phillips arrives at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet aircraft to get ready for launch. The 11-day mission to the International Space Station will deliver and integrate the Spacelab Logistics Pallet_Launch Deployment Assembly, which includes the Space Station Remote Manipulator system and the UHF Antenna, and the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module Raffaello. Liftoff on mission STS-100 is scheduled at 2 41 p.m. EDT April 19

(31 Jan 1978) --- Astronaut Anna L. Fisher

S94-47256 (13 Oct 1994) --- Astronaut Bonnie J. Dunbar, STS-71 mission specialist, smiles as she watches a crew mate (out of frame) make a simulated parachute landing in nearby water. The action came as part of an emergency bailout training session in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility's (WET-F) 25-feet-deep pool.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston, Texas -- JSC2001-02581-- Astronaut Daniel M. Tani, mission specialist

JSC2006-E-50531 (21 Sept. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- STS-85 Commander Curtis L. Brown, Jr., addresses the news media at a briefing at Launch Pad 39A during a break in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities for that mission. The primary payload aboard the Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery is the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere-2 (CRISTA-SPAS-2). Other payloads on the 11-day mission include the Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD), and Technology Applications and Science-1 (TAS-1) and International Extreme Ultraviolet Hitchhiker-2 (IEH-2) experiments

JSC2002-01743 (17 September 2002) --- Astronaut Paul S. Lockhart, STS-113 pilot, awaits the start of a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Lockhart is wearing a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit.

Dr. Mae Jemison was the first African-American woman in space. As a medical doctor, she studied the physiological effects of zero gravity on the Space Shuttle Endeavour in September 1992.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTR, FLA. -- STS-101 Mission Specialist Susan Helms arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard a T-38 jet aircraft. The last to arrive, she and the rest of the crew will be preparing for the launch on May 18. The mission will take the crew of seven to the International Space Station, delivering logistics and supplies, plus preparing the Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module, expected to be launched by Russia in July 2000. Also, the crew will conduct one space walk to perform maintenance on the Space Station. This will be the third assembly flight for the Space Station. STS-101 is targeted for liftoff at 6:38 a.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A

STS-84 Commander Charles J. Precourt talks to news media representatives and other onlookers during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities at Launch Pad 39A. Two-time space flyer Precourt will lead the other six STS-84 crew members on the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. One of the crew members, C. Michael Foale, will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff

Photographic documentation showing STS-103 crew return at bldg. 990, Ellington Field. Views include: Mission Specialist (MS) John M. Grunsfeld at podium (16048); MS Jean-Francois Clervoy at podium (16049); Grunsfeld signs autographs (16050); woman and child (16051); MS Claude Nicollier meets his Swiss-American fan club (16052); Clervoy holds child (16053); mission commander Curtis L. Brown signs autographs (16054, 16057); MS E. Michael Foale signs autographs (16055); MS and Payload Commander (PLC) Steven L. Smith kneels and holds child (16056); overall view of stage showing Brown at podium with crew seated behind him; from left to right: Nicollier, pilot Scott J. Kelly, Clervoy, Grunsfeld, Mr. George Abbey (JSC director), Foale and Smith (16058); Nicollier at podium (16059); Mr. George Abbey at the podium (16060): Foale ath the podium (16061); Kelly signs autographs (16062).

STS-95 Payload Specialist Chiaki Mukai, with the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA), smiles at well-wishers while at Launch Pad 39B. The crew were making final preparations for launch, targeted for liftoff at 2 p.m. on Oct. 29. Other crew members not shown are Mission Commander Curtis L. Brown Jr., Pilot Steven W. Lindsey, Mission Specialist Pedro Duque of Spain, with the European Space Agency (ESA), Mission Specialist Scott E. Parazynski, Mission Specialist Stephen K. Robinson, and Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., senator from Ohio. The STS-95 mission is expected to last 8 days, 21 hours and 49 minutes, returning to KSC at 11:49 a.m. EST on Nov. 7

Official astronaut portrait of STS-133 crew member Alvin Drew in an EMU. Photo Date: July 1, 2010. Location: Building 8 - Room 272 - Photo Studio.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The day before the expected launch of STS-99, Mission Specialist Gerhard Thiele enjoys a reunion with his wife near Launch Pad 39A where family and friends have gathered to greet the crew. STS-99, known as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), is scheduled to lift off 12:47 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39A. The SRTM will chart a new course to produce unrivaled 3-D images of the Earth's surface, using two antennae and a 200-foot-long section of space station-derived mast protruding from the payload bay. The result of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission could be close to 1 trillion measurements of the Earth's topography. Besides contributing to the production of better maps, these measurements could lead to improved water drainage modeling, more realistic flight simulators, better locations for cell phone towers, and enhanced navigation safety. The mission is expected to last about 11days, with Endeavour landing at KSC Friday, Feb. 11, at 4:55 p.m

JSC2001-01896 (10 July 2001) --- Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition Five flight engineer, attired in a training version of the shuttle launch and entry suit, is about to begin a mission training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

JSC2002-E-43796 (11 Sept. 2002) --- Astronaut Steven G. MacLean, mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- STS-124 Mission Specialist Karen Nyberg waits to begin training on the M113 armored personnel carrier on Launch Pad 39B. She and other crew members are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a dress launch rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test. TCDT provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and emergency training. On the STS-124 mission, the crew will deliver and install the Japanese Experiment Module - Pressurized Module and Japanese Remote Manipulator System. Discovery's launch is targeted for May 31.

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Houston - JSC2010-E-008472 - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, mission specialist

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