Spacecraft and Launch Preparations

Scenes of workers unloading spacecraft and rocket components at processing facilities, highlighting space exploration and engineering activities.

Another shipment of Columbia debris arrives at the KSC RLV Hangar. Inside, the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107.
Another shipment of Columbia debris arrives at the KSC RLV Hangar. Inside, the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107.
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Sheep farming, sheep flock being loaded onto wagon at market, Welshpool auction mart, Welshpool, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
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Creator: Swanson, Scott. Subjects: Fire; education and Education outreach; expertise; safety; cooter. . 1998 - 2011.
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Worker refuelling biofuel tankers in biofuel plant depot
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Kazakhstans, Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S. Air Force personnel begin the transfer of radioactive materials. Air Force personnel use a 4000-lb. rough terrain forklift to move the radioactive canisters. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SAPPHIRE Base: Ust Kamenogorsk Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the turn basin in the Launch Complex 39 Area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a long transporter moves closer to the barge for offloading of the girder for a new mobile launcher. The new mobile launcher will be the base for the Ares rockets to launch the Orion crew exploration vehicle and the cargo vehicle. The base is being made lighter than space shuttle mobile launcher platforms so the crawler-transporter can pick up the added load of the 345-foot tower and taller rocket. When the structural portion of the new mobile launcher is complete, umbilicals, access arms, communications equipment and command/control equipment will be installed.
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The second stage, or upper stage, of a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket arrives at the Horizontal Processing Facility at Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.The Delta II rocket will be used to deliver NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive mission, or SMAP, into orbit. SMAP will provide global measurements of soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state. These measurements will be used to enhance understanding of processes that link the water, energy and carbon cycles, and to extend the capabilities of weather and climate prediction models. SMAP data also will be used to quantify net carbon flux in boreal landscapes and to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Launch is scheduled for November 2014.
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Southern Bell Wireless set up a COW (Cellular on wheels Unit), this unit will enhance the cellular service lost in the tornado that destroyed a good portion of the out skirts of Oklahoma City. Base: Oklahoma City State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station Pascagoula - 26-HK-193-2. Hurricane Katrina
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Harvested Rooibos tea in trailers South Africa
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia debris continues to arrive at the RLV Hangar at KSC. Workers are attempting to reconstruct the orbiter inside the hangar as part of the ongoing investigation into the tragic accident that claimed Columbia and her crew of seven returning from mission STS-107. .
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SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) primary mirror being moved into N-211, readied and move into the Ames Vacuum Chamber for the coating process.
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Ares 1-X SM segment being moved from Building 50 to Building 333
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New Housing Site in Prattsville NY.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding - Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant, Arden Hills, MN, March 18, 2011 Emergency Power Supply Generators Staged at the Incident Support Base for possible use during Spring Flooding in the midwest... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station Gulfport - 26-HK-191-96. Hurricane Katrina
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CALIF. - At NASA Space Launch Complex 2 on Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers prepare the interstage for the Boeing Delta II rocket to be lifted up the mobile service tower, or gantry. Then it will be mated with the first stage already there. The Delta is the launch vehicle for the CALIPSO_CloudSat spacecraft. CALIPSO stands for Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation. CALIPSO and CloudSat are highly complementary satellites and together will provide never-before-seen 3-D perspectives of how clouds and aerosols form, evolve, and affect weather and climate. CALIPSO and CloudSat will fly in formation with three other satellites in the A-train constellation to enhance understanding of our climate system. Launch of CALIPSO_CloudSat aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket is scheduled for 3 01 a.m. Sept. 29.
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Relief supplies queuing for transport to Haiti at Homestead Air.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Staff Sgt. Eric Burkhalter (left) and Staff Sgt. Jimmy Saulnier, 145th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) Small Air Terminal, assist in the unloading of 77,000 pounds of donated food while at the Cyril E. King Airport, St. Thomas, USVI, Nov. 18, 2017. The food was donated by National Basketball Association player Tim Duncan to the citizens of the U.S. Virgin Islands who are still recovering from the Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Logistics inspectors Mike Countee (L) and Fritz Pierre (R) inspect the FEMA Mobile Housing Units (MHU) upon arrival from the Selma Alabama staging ground. The MHU's are arriving from the Selma Alabama staging area to this inspection station at McClellan Air Base. FEMA is providing MHU's for those disaster survivors who qualify for individual assistance temporary housing and has set up this inspection station to ensure that the units are clean and free of damages prior to installation with the disaster survivors.. California Valley Fire and Butte Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Mobile office stair construction. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, 08/31/05 -- A stack of rescue boats are prepared to be taken into neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
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An Oshkosh Truck Corp. heavy expanded mobility tactical truck demonstrates palletized loading system during the Army logistics exposition Prolog '85. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG '85 Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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On Feb. 21, 2017 engineers successfully install ESAs European Service Module Propulsion Qualification Module (PQM) at NASAs White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico that was delivered by Airbus - ESAs prime contractor for the Service Module. The module will be equipped with a total of 21 engines to support NASAs Orion spacecraft: one U.S. Space Shuttle Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) engine, eight auxiliary thrusters and 12 smaller thrusters produced by Airbus Safran Launchers in Germany. The all-steel PQM structure is used to test the propulsion systems on Orion, including hot firing of the OMS engine and thrusters.
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U.S. Coast Guard members from Marine Safety Detachment Lake Worth, Florida conduct a pre-storm port assessment at the Port of Palm Beach in preparation for Hurricane Ian, Sept. 27, 2022. The Coast Guard from South Carolina to the Florida Keys and Caribbean are urging mariners to secure their vessels and paddlecraft, stay informed and follow local evacuation orders, and use VHF Ch. 16 or 911 for emergency assistance.(U.S. Coast Guard video by Lt. Andrew Cole)
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A container unloaded from a ship is lowered onto the bed of a U.S. Navy truck on the pier. Base: Naval Supply Depot, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - Members of the Columbia Reconstruction Project Team look at pieces of Columbia debris on the truck that brought them from Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport, La. Inside the RLV Hangar, the team is identifying pieces and placing them on a floor grid in a configuration of the orbiter. The team will attempt to reconstruct the bottom of the orbiter as part of the investigation into the accident that caused the destruction of Columbia and loss of its crew as it returned to Earth on mission STS-107. To date, 35,319 pieces have been shipped to KSC; 1,218 are identified and placed on the grid.
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Loading onions onto lorry trailer for transport, Shottisham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe
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Locals from Gorazde, Bosnia and Herzegovina, begin to unload farming equipment off trucks from Sarajevo, from the World Bank for the Emergency Farm Reconstruction Project during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. The purpose of the project is to help resupply the local economy after its devastation due to the war. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Gorazde Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Columbia debris continues to arrive at the RLV Hangar at KSC. Workers are attempting to reconstruct the orbiter inside the hangar as part of the ongoing investigation into the tragic accident that claimed Columbia and her crew of seven returning from mission STS-107.
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Moving a prefabricated wooden frame House, Reykjavik, Iceland
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A780803 U12N DIABLO HAWK COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DELIVERY JOHN ALLEN (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUN 21 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/21/1978 ALLEN, JOHN; COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DELIVERY; COMPUTERS & COMPUTATIONAL EQUI; CONTAINERS; CRATES; DIABLO HAWK; DIABLO HAWK TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; FORKLIFTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; U12N DIABLO HAWK-COMPUTER historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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High angle view of a forklift in front of cargo containers at a commercial dock
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach, third from left, greets the truck driver delivering the final shipment of Columbia debris. The recovery efforts have been concluded in East Texas. Prior to this final shipment, the total number of items at KSC is 82,567, weighing 84,800 pounds or 38 percent of the total dry weight of Columbia. Of those items, 78,760 have been identified, with 753 placed on the left wing grid in the RLV Hangar.
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, workers are moving the Space Technology 5 (ST5) spacecraft out of the Orbital Sciences Building 836 onto a truck for transfer to Building 1555. There it will be mated with the Pegasus XL launch vehicle. ST5 will be launched by a Pegasus XL rocket. The satellites contain miniaturized redundant components and technologies. Each will validate New Millennium Program selected technologies, such as the Cold Gas Micro-Thruster and X-Band Transponder Communication System. After deployment from the Pegasus, the micro-satellites will be positioned in a “string of pearls” constellation that demonstrates the ability to position them to perform simultaneous multi-point measurements of the magnetic field using highly sensitive magnetometers. The data will help scientists understand and map the intensity and direction of the Earth’s magnetic field, its relation to space weather events, and affects on our planet. W
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Anefo photo collection. First waste glass bins in Amsterdam Noord posted on Buikslotermeerplein. May 23, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Tubac, Arizona, A US Border Patrol officer and his dog inspect trucks at a Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 19, about 20 miles north of the Mexican border. Agents stop all northbound traffic, looking for undocumented immigrants and drug smugglers.
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Arla milk tanker loading milk at dairy farm, Dumfries, Scotland
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West Long Branch, N.J., Nov. 9, 2012 In West Long Branch, electrical repair trucks stand ready in the night to be utilized during the next shift to continue the huge job of restoring power to the thousands in the state still without. FEMA is working with state and local agencies to expedite the return of normalcy after the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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NC-8A mobile powerplants stand ready for use at the Ground Support Equipment Facility, Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Our Mobile Emergency Operations Center is parked outside the South Carolina Emergency Operations Center, and FEMA leadership are using its conference room and work stations for the flooding response so as not to put extra strain on the state's resources. Flooding begin in early October and affected much of the state of South Carolina.. Our Mobile Emergency Operations Center is parked outside the South Carolina Emergency Operations Center, and FEMA leadership are using its conference room and work stations for the flooding response so as not to put extra strain on the state's resources. Flooding begin in early October and affected much of the state of South Carolina.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Bucket lift trucks in repair garage at electric plant
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110326-F-XC395-015Members from the U.S. Air Force, Japan Ground Self Defense Force and various Japanese civilian agencies load water hoses on to a truck at Yokota Air Base, Japan March 26, 2011 for a water pumping station that will be employed at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant 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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A Mississippi National Guard Soldier uses a forklift to distributes water at the Metrocenter Mall in Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2022. Nearly 20,000 cars received water on the first day of the operation, consisting of seven sites through Jackson for people to collect bottled water, hand sanitizer and non-potable water from water buffalo trucks.
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A Mississippi National Guard Soldier uses a forklift to distributes water at the Metrocenter Mall in Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2022. Nearly 20,000 cars received water on the first day of the operation, consisting of seven sites through Jackson for people to collect bottled water, hand sanitizer and non-potable water from water buffalo trucks.
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Pepsi Cola bottling plant in communist Laos.
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Got Junk, largest junk removal service, clearing out home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
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110325-F-XC395-104Japan Ground Self Defense Force members measure a water pump at Yokota Air Base Japan 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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