July 11, 2011
 This image of space shuttle Atlantis was taken shortly after the
rotating service structure was rolled back at Launch Pad 39A, Thursday,
July 7, 2011. Atlantis is set to liftoff today, Friday, July 8, on the
final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. Image Credit: NASA/Bill
Ingalls
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July 11, 2011
 Space shuttle Atlantis is silhouetted on the Vehicle Assembly
Building as it begins its journey from High Bay 3 in the Vehicle
Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39Aa for its final flight, Tuesday
evening, May 31, 2011, at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.
The 3.4-mile trek, known as
rollout, took about seven hours to complete. Atlantis will carry the
Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies to the
International Space Station. The launch of space shuttle Atlan... Continue reading...
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July 11, 2011
 At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, an adult osprey guards its
young in a nest built on a platform in the Press Site parking lot. In
the background is the 12,300-square-foot NASA logo painted on the side
of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The VAB and Press Site are
located
at the Turn Basin in Launch Complex 39, making it an ideal osprey
nesting place. The Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge overlaps with
Kennedy Space Center property and provides a habitat for many type... Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
 The doors to the White Room, which provide entry to space shuttle
Atlantis' crew compartment, is seen here at the end of the access arm
walkway on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Image Credit: NASA/Jim Grossmann Continue reading...
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July 6, 2011
 Attired in a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility Unit
spacesuit, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum participated in spacewalk training
in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson
Space Center. Divers in the water assisted Fossum in his rehearsal,
which
helps prepare him and his fellow astronauts for work on the exterior of
the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA Continue reading...
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June 28, 2011
 Fire acts differently in space than on Earth. Sandra Olson, an aerospace
engineer at NASA's Glenn Research Center, demonstrates just how
differently in her art. This artwork is comprised of multiple overlays
of three separate microgravity flame images. Each image is of flame
spread over cellulose
paper in a spacecraft ventilation flow in microgravity. The different
colors represent different chemical reactions within the flame. The blue
areas are caused by chemiluminescence (light produ... Continue reading...
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June 28, 2011
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa may not be
Superman, but in the microgravity of space, he can fly (well, almost).
Actually, Furukawa is the flight engineer for Expedition 28 on the
International Space Station. As part of the planned duties for this
mission, the
station crew continue installing infrastructure upgrades to the
station’s command and control computers and its communications systems.
The station crew also assisted the STS-134 shuttle mission an... Continue reading...
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June 28, 2011
 Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are pictured during water egress
training in a large indoor pool at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, in
this image from 1965. Young is seated on top of the Gemini capsule while
Grissom is in the water with a life raft. Image Credit:
NASA Continue reading...
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June 28, 2011
 NASA's Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its second-closest
encounter with Saturn's icy moon Helene on June 18, 2011, beaming down
raw images of the small moon. At closest approach, Cassini flew within
4,330 miles (6,968 kilometers) of Helene's surface. It was the
second closest approach to Helene of the entire mission. Image credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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June 21, 2011
 In this image from November 2010, the U.S. Air Force's ACAT F-16D flew
through Sierra Nevada canyons and past peaks during ground collision
avoidance test flights. The ACAT, which stands for Automatic Collision
Avoidance Technology, aircraft took off from Edwards Air Force Base on a
flight
originating from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Researchers at
Dryden are working with the Air Force Research Laboratory in the ACAT
Fighter Risk Reduction Project to develop collision avoida... Continue reading...
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