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51-L Challenger Crew Remains …
Title 51-L Challenger Crew Remains Transferred
Full Description The Challenger crewmember remains are being transferred from 7 hearse vehicles to a MAC C-141 transport plane at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility for transport to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. The STS-51L crew consisted of: Mission Specialist, Ellison S. Onizuka, Teacher in Space Participant Sharon Christa McAuliffe, Payload Specialist, Greg Jarvis and Mission Specialist, Judy Resnik. In the front row from left to right: Pilot Mike Smith, Commander, Dick Scobee and Mission Specialist, Ron McNair.
Date 08/30/1988
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Challenger Ferry Flight Flyo …
Title Challenger Ferry Flight Flyover
Full Description View of the Shuttle Challenger atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA-905, during its return to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and flyover of the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and the Houston skyline on Saturday, April 9, 1983.
Date 04/18/1983
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman …
Title Sally Ride, First U.S. Woman in Space
Full Description Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. Born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, she received a Bachelor in Physics and English in 1973 from Stanford University and, later, a Master in Physics in 1975 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1978, also from Stanford. NASA selected Dr. Ride as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. She completed her training in August 1979, and began her astronaut career as a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 18, 1983. The mission spent 147 hours in space before landing on a lakebed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California on June 24, 1983. Dr. Ride also served as a mission specialist on STS-41-G, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 5, 1984 and landed 197 hours later at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on October 13, 1984. In June 1985, NASA assigned Dr. Ride to serve as mission specialist on STS-61-M. She discontinued mission training in January 1986 to serve as a member of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident, also known as the Rogers Commission. Upon completing the investigation she returned to NASA Headquarters as Special Assistant to the Administrator for Long Range and Strategic Planning, where she lead a team that wrote NASA Leadership and America's Future in Space:A Report to the Administrator in August 1987. Dr. Ride has also written a children's book, To Space and Back, describing her experiences in space, has received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, and has twice been awarded the National Spaceflight Medal. Her latest books include Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System and The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space. She was also a member of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB), which investigated the February 1, 2003 loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. Dr. Ride is currently a physics professor and Director of the California Space Institute at the University of California, San Diego.
Date 06/1984
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
First Class of Female Astron …
Title First Class of Female Astronauts
Full Description From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978, allowing them to enroll in a training program that they completed in August 1979. Shannon W. Lucid was born on January 14, 1943 in Shanghai, China but considers Bethany, Oklahoma to be her hometown. She spent many years at the University of Oklahoma, receiving a Bachelor in chemistry in 1963, a Master in biochemistry in 1970, and a Doctorate in biochemistry in 1973. Dr. Lucid flew on the STS-51G Discovery, STS-34 Atlantis, STS-43 Atlantis, and STS-58 Columbia shuttle missions, setting the record for female astronauts by logging 838 hours and 54 minutes in space. She also currently holds the United States single mission space flight endurance record for her 188 days on the Russian Space Station Mir. From February 2002 to September 2003, she served as chief scientist at NASA Headquarters before returning to JSC to help with the Return to Flight program after the STS-107 accident. Born November 8, 1947, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Margaret Rhea Seddon received a Doctorate of Medicine in 1973 from the University of Tennessee. She flew on space missions STS-51 Discovery, STS-40 Columbia, and STS-58 Columbia for a total of over 722 hours in space. Dr. Seddon retired from NASA in November 1997, taking on a position as the Assistant Chief Medical Officer of the Vanderbilt Medical Group in Nashville, Tennessee. Kathryn Sullivan was born October 3, 1951 in Patterson, New Jersey but considers Woodland Hills, California to be her hometown. She received a Bachelor in Earth Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1973 and a Doctorate in Geology from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1978. She flew on space missions STS-41G, STS-31, and STS-45 and logged a total of 532 hours in space. Dr. Sullivan left NASA in August 1992 to assume the position of Chief Scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She later went on to serve as President and CEO of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Judith Resnik was born April 5, 1949 in Akron, Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1970, and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland in 1977. Dr. Resnik left a job as a senior systems engineer in product development with Xerox Corporation at El Segundo, California to work for NASA in 1978. She died on January 28, 1986 on her second mission, during the launch of Challenger STS-51-L. Anna Fisher was born August 24, 1949 in New York City, New York hometown. She received a Doctorate in Medicine in 1976 and a Master of Science in Chemistry in 1987, both from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Fisher flew on STS-51A, the Space Shuttle Discovery's November 8, 1984, mission, and logged 192 hours in space, her second schedule mission was cancelled after the Space Shuttle Challenger STS-51L accident. She remains with NASA, where she has filled many positions over decades of service. Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. Born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, she went on to receive a Bachelor in Physics and English in 1973 from Stanford University and, later, a Master in Physics in 1975 and a Doctorate in Physics in 1978, also from Stanford. She began her astronaut career as a mission specialist on STS-7, which launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 18, 1983, and later went on to fly on STS-41G. She withdrew from training for her third scheduled mission in order to serve on the investigative committee for the Space Shuttle Challenger accident and never returned to training, although she went on to work for headquarters and later to serve on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board before returning to the private sector as a physics professor.
Date 02/28/1979
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (O …
Title Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, at KSC launch complex (LC) pad 39B
Description Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is rolled out to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex (LC) pad 39B in the early morning. Aerial view shows OV-104 at LC pad 39B with rotating servicing structure (RSS) retracted. OV-104 will remain at pad 39B for seven weeks where it will support checkout of new weather protection structures, a variety of special measurements, launch team proficiency exercises, and emergency egress simulations. The 4.2 mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to the launch pad is the first since the Space Shuttle Challenger, OV-099, accident. View provided by KSC with alternate number 108-KSC-86PC-297.
Date 10.16.1986
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …
Description KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, astronaut John Young is warmly greeted as he is introduced as a previous inductee. Co-holder of a record for the most space flights, six, he flew on Gemini 3 and 10, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10, walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, and commanded two space shuttle missions, STS-1 and STS-9. Young currently serves as associate director, technical, at Johnson Space Center. The induction ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. New inductees are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia?s Mir space station, the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission, Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs.
Release Date 05/01/2004
Aerial view of STS-33 Discov …
Title Aerial view of STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, lifting off from KSC LC Pad 39B
Description Aerial view shows STS-33 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifting off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 7:23:29:989 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). The circular area surrounding LC Pad 39B glows as a result of the spotlights and the solid rocket booster (SRB) and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings. A billowly exhaust cloud extends on either side of the pad as OV-103 atop a firey glow rises into the dark morning sky. The coastline of the Atlantic Ocean is visible at the top of the frame. The STS-33 launch is the first post-Challenger nocturnal launch.
Date Taken 1989-11-27
STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, ea …
Title STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, early morning liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39B
Description STS-33 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 7:23:29:989 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). The profile of OV-103, its external tank (ET), and solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are highlighted by spotlights during its launch into darkness. OV-103 is nearly clear of the launch tower as an exhaust cloud begins to cover LC Pad 39B, the fixed service structure (FSS), and the rotating service structure (RSS). A spotlight in the foreground is silhouetted against the exhaust cloud and the glow of the SRB and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings. The STS-33 launch is the first post-Challenger nocturnal launch.
Date Taken 1989-11-27
STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, ea …
Title STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, early morning liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39B
Description STS-33 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 7:23:29:989 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). OV-103, its external tank (ET), and solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are highlighted by spotlights during its launch into darkness. OV-103 is nearly clear of the launch tower as an exhaust cloud covers LC Pad 39B and the surrounding area. A palm tree and other vegetation in the foreground are silhouetted against the exhaust cloud and the glow of the SRB and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings. The light colored plume with the slight "diamond shock" effect comes from the SSMEs. The STS-33 launch is the first post-Challenger nocturnal launch.
Date Taken 1989-11-27
STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, ea …
Title STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, early morning liftoff from KSC LC Pad 39B
Description STS-33 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39B at 7:23:29:989 am Eastern Standard Time (EST). OV-103, its external tank (ET), and solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are highlighted by spotlights during its launch into darkness. An exhaust cloud covers LC Pad 39B and the surrounding area. The glow of the SRB and space shuttle main engine (SSME) firings are reflected on the exhaust cloud. The STS-33 launch is the first post-Challenger nocturnal launch.
Date Taken 1989-11-27
Launch of space shuttle Chal …
Title Launch of space shuttle Challenger on the 41-C mission
Description Wide angle view of the launch of the space shuttle Challenger on the 41-C mission from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch pad. This view was taken from the Shuttle training aircraft by Astronaut John Young.
Date Taken 1984-04-06
Space Shuttle Challenger lan …
Title Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS 41-G
Description The Space Shuttle Challenger lands at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at the end of the STS 41-G mission. The main landing gear has already touched down in this view, but the nose gear is still in the air (90232), Front view through tall grass of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90233), Close-up side view of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90234), Aerial view of the Challenger making its final approach to the runway to land at KSC (90235).
Date Taken 1984-10-13
Space Shuttle Challenger lan …
Title Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS 41-G
Description The Space Shuttle Challenger lands at Kennedy Space Center at the end of the STS 41-G mission. The main landing gear has already touched down in this view, but the nose gear is still in the air.
Date Taken 1984-10-13
Space Shuttle Challenger lan …
Title Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS 41-G
Description The Space Shuttle Challenger lands at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at the end of the STS 41-G mission. The main landing gear has already touched down in this view, but the nose gear is still in the air (90232), Front view through tall grass of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90233), Close-up side view of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90234), Aerial view of the Challenger making its final approach to the runway to land at KSC (90235).
Date Taken 1984-10-13
Space Shuttle Challenger lan …
Title Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS 41-G
Description The Space Shuttle Challenger lands at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at the end of the STS 41-G mission. The main landing gear has already touched down in this view, but the nose gear is still in the air (90232), Front view through tall grass of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90233), Close-up side view of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90234), Aerial view of the Challenger making its final approach to the runway to land at KSC (90235).
Date Taken 1984-10-13
Space Shuttle Challenger lan …
Title Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS 41-G
Description The Space Shuttle Challenger lands at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at the end of the STS 41-G mission. The main landing gear has already touched down in this view, but the nose gear is still in the air (90232), Front view through tall grass of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90233), Close-up side view of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (90234), Aerial view of the Challenger making its final approach to the runway to land at KSC (90235).
Date Taken 1984-10-13
Launch of the STS 51-F Chall …
Title Launch of the STS 51-F Challenger
Description An air-to-air view of the Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger, its two solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank moments after launch from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Date Taken 1985-07-29
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description These photographs of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 were taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:16.795 EST and 11:39:19.261 EST. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo numbers are 108-KSC-86PC-149 and 151
Date Taken 1986-02-12
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description This photograph of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 was taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:40.861 est. Notice the smoke trails caused by flying debris. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 108-KSC-86PC-156.
Date Taken 1986-01-28
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description These photographs of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 was taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:28.161 EST and 11:39:29.094. Notice the smoke trails caused by flying debris (10177). The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo numbers are 108-KSC-86PC-152 and 153.
Date Taken 1986-01-28
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description These photographs of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 was taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:28.161 EST and 11:39:29.094. Notice the smoke trails caused by flying debris (10177). The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo numbers are 108-KSC-86PC-152 and 153.
Date Taken 1986-01-28
Members of the Presidential …
Title Members of the Presidential commission on Challenger accident arrive at KSC
Description Members of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger accident arrive at the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Commission members present are Robert Hotz (center) and Dr. Sally Ride. Others pictured are John Chase, staff assistant to the Commission (far right) and from left to right: Bob Sieck, Director of Shuttle operations, Jack Martin and John Fabian.
Date Taken 1986-03-04
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description This photograph of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 was taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:16.061 est. One of the solid rocket boosters can be seen at the top of the view. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 108-KSC-86PC-147.
Date Taken 1986-02-12
View of debris assembled at …
Title View of debris assembled at the Kennedy Space Center from STS 51-L
Description Large portion of the three main engines of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger have been recovered from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to the east of the Kennedy Space Center. They have been moved to a large storage building to the east of the Logistics Facility at Complex 39. Most of the pieces were recovered by the Coast Guard and Navy following the accident.
Date Taken 1986-02-24
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description These photographs of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 were taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:16.795 EST and 11:39:19.261 EST. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo numbers are 108-KSC-86PC-149 and 151
Date Taken 1986-02-12
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description This photograph of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 was taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:40.061 est. Notice the smoke trails caused by flying debris. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 108-KSC-86PC-155.
Date Taken 1986-01-28
Challenger accident after la …
Title Challenger accident after launch
Description This photograph of the Space Shuttle Challenger accident January 28, 1986 was taken by a 70mm tracking camera at UCS 15 south of Pad 39B, at 11:39:29.927 est. Notice the smoke trails caused by flying debris. The Kennedy Space Center alternative photo number is 108-KSC-86PC-154.
Date Taken 1986-01-28
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Veh …
Title STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, SSME abort at KSC LC Pad 39A
Description STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A comes to an abrupt halt when space shuttle main engine (SSME) number 3 fails to fully ignite. The SSME failure initiated a main engine abort sequence by the orbiter onboard computers. Ignition of the SSMEs began at T-6.6 seconds and shutdown was completed at about T-3 seconds, resulting in an on-the-pad abort of STS-55. This was the first time in the post-Challenger era that an SSME shutdown has halted a Shuttle launch countdown, and only the third time in the history of the program. OV-102, atop the external tank (ET) and flanked by two solid rocket boosters (SRBs), had been scheduled to lift off from LC Pad 39A at 9:51 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). The fixed service structure (FSS) tower appears to the left of OV-102. View provided by KSC with alternate KSC number KSC-93PC-475.
Date Taken 1993-04-05
STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Veh …
Title STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, SSME abort at KSC LC Pad 39A
Description STS-55 Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex (LC) Pad 39A comes to an abrupt halt when space shuttle main engine (SSME) number 3 fails to fully ignite. The SSMEs shutdown at T-3 seconds, resulting in an on-the-pad abort of STS-55. This was the first time in the post-Challenger era that an SSME shutdown has halted a Shuttle launch countdown, and only the third time in the history of the program. OV-102 had been scheduled to lift off from LC Pad 39A at 9:51 am (Eastern Standard Time (EST)). An exhaust cloud drifts away from the mobile launcher platform on which OV-102, the external tank, and solid rocket boosters (SRBs) are mounted. The fixed service structure (FSS) tower and the retracted rotating service structure (RSS) are visible to the left of OV-102. In the foreground are a waterway, trees, and birds. In the background and to the right at LC Pad 39B is Discovery, OV-103, undergoing preparations for lift off on Mission STS-
Date Taken 1993-04-05
View of the Flight Readiness …
Title View of the Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) of the Challengers engines
Description The Space shuttle orbiter Challenger is given a 20-second test firing of its new main engines on December 18, 1982 on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This test was the first time these engines ahd been tested in the clustered flight configuration.
Date Taken 1983-01-05
TDRS inside the cargo bay of …
Title TDRS inside the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Description Trick photography was used to show the Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS) and its inertial upper stage inside the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center.
Date Taken 1983-02-15
Space Shuttle orbiter Challe …
Title Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger sits on the mobile launch pad for STS-6
Description Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger sits on the mobile launch platform at Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center awaiting preparations for the launch of STS-6. A payload canister is in the nearby rotating service structure (RSS).
Date Taken 1983-02-01
View of STS-7 payload bay wi …
Title View of STS-7 payload bay with space shuttle payloads in place at KSC
Description This view of if of the cargo bay of the orbiter Challenger at launch facility 39A, with the STS-7 payload in position. Two of the seven getaway special canisters can be seen in the foreground on the sides of the cargo bay and in the center the experiments are as follows: West German shuttle pallet satellites (SPAS-01), NASA's Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications pallet (OSTA-2), Telesat F, the Canadian satellite, and PALAPA-B1, the Indonesian satellite. The alternate Kennedy Space Center photo number is 108-KSC-383C-1738/2.
Date Taken 1983-06-13
Views of the STS-11 launch f …
Title Views of the STS-11 launch from pad 39A on Feb. 3, 1984
Description The space shuttle Challenger attached to two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and en external fuel tank (ET) blasts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This view is a close-up of the orbiter as it begins to liftoff with only one SRB visible (26324), Wide angle view of Challenger beginning its liftoff from the pad shows the entire launch pad, smoke billowing to the right and left (26325), This view shows the Challenger clear of the launch pad, smoke clouds surrounding the launch pad and white light coming from the SRB's (26326-7).
Date Taken 1984-02-05
Views of the STS-11 launch f …
Title Views of the STS-11 launch from pad 39A on Feb. 3, 1984
Description The space shuttle Challenger attached to two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and en external fuel tank (ET) blasts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This view is a close-up of the orbiter as it begins to liftoff with only one SRB visible (26324), Wide angle view of Challenger beginning its liftoff from the pad shows the entire launch pad, smoke billowing to the right and left (26325), This view shows the Challenger clear of the launch pad, smoke clouds surrounding the launch pad and white light coming from the SRB's (26326-7).
Date Taken 1984-02-05
View of activities in Missio …
Title View of activities in Mission Control during the STS-11 mission
Description Flight Directors Randy Stone, left, and Gary Coen, center foreground, watch a monitor in the front of the mission operations control room (MOCR) for post landing activity at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facility. Astronauts John E. Blaha and Guy S. Gardner man the spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) console in the background. The Shuttle Challenger can be seen on one monitor in the front of the MOCR, the other showing the Challenger's mission patch (26977), Astronauts Brewster H. Shaw, Jr., left, and Joe H. Engle monitor the progress of the approach and landing phase of the 41-B space shuttle mission. They are watching the Challenger in the air over KSC on a console in the MOCR (26978).
Date Taken 1984-02-11
Views of the STS-11 launch f …
Title Views of the STS-11 launch from pad 39A on Feb. 3, 1984
Description The space shuttle Challenger attached to two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and en external fuel tank (ET) blasts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This view is a close-up of the orbiter as it begins to liftoff with only one SRB visible (26324), Wide angle view of Challenger beginning its liftoff from the pad shows the entire launch pad, smoke billowing to the right and left (26325), This view shows the Challenger clear of the launch pad, smoke clouds surrounding the launch pad and white light coming from the SRB's (26326-7).
Date Taken 1984-02-05
Views of the STS-11 launch f …
Title Views of the STS-11 launch from pad 39A on Feb. 3, 1984
Description The space shuttle Challenger attached to two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and en external fuel tank (ET) blasts off from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This view is a close-up of the orbiter as it begins to liftoff with only one SRB visible (26324), Wide angle view of Challenger beginning its liftoff from the pad shows the entire launch pad, smoke billowing to the right and left (26325), This view shows the Challenger clear of the launch pad, smoke clouds surrounding the launch pad and white light coming from the SRB's (26326-7).
Date Taken 1984-02-05
View of activities in Missio …
Title View of activities in Mission Control during the STS-11 mission
Description Flight Directors Randy Stone, left, and Gary Coen, center foreground, watch a monitor in the front of the mission operations control room (MOCR) for post landing activity at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facility. Astronauts John E. Blaha and Guy S. Gardner man the spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) console in the background. The Shuttle Challenger can be seen on one monitor in the front of the MOCR, the other showing the Challenger's mission patch (26977), Astronauts Brewster H. Shaw, Jr., left, and Joe H. Engle monitor the progress of the approach and landing phase of the 41-B space shuttle mission. They are watching the Challenger in the air over KSC on a console in the MOCR (26978).
Date Taken 1984-02-11
View of liftoff of space shu …
Title View of liftoff of space shuttle mission 41-B shuttle Challenger
Description View of the liftoff of space shuttle mission 41-D shuttle Challenger from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The orbiter's ascent is reflected in the river.
Date Taken 1984-03-01
Views of the Challenger afte …
Title Views of the Challenger after landing at Kennedy to end shuttle mission 41-B
Description Safing operations on the Space Shuttle Challenger are underway in the scene on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) landing facility. The orbiter is surrounded by trucks and personnel preparing it for the return to its hanger.
Date Taken 1984-02-14
Views of the Challenger land …
Title Views of the Challenger landing at Kennedy to end shuttle mission 41-B
Description The space shuttle Challenger makes the first landing on the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) landing facility. Its nose gear has not yet touched down in this scene. Some bits of fog are also visible (27154), Rear view of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (27155).
Date Taken 1984-02-14
Views of the Challenger land …
Title Views of the Challenger landing at Kennedy to end shuttle mission 41-B
Description The space shuttle Challenger makes the first landing on the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) landing facility. Its nose gear has not yet touched down in this scene. Some bits of fog are also visible (27154), Rear view of the Challenger making its landing at KSC (27155).
Date Taken 1984-02-14
Aerial view of the Challenge …
Title Aerial view of the Challenger making approach for landing at KSC
Description Aerial view of the Space shuttle Challenger making its approach for the landing facility at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to complete the 41-B mission. The scene was photographed from the rear station of a T-38 chase plane and the surrounding countryside (plus part of the T-38 cockpit cabin) can also be seen.
Date Taken 1984-02-14
Rollover and rollout of spac …
Title Rollover and rollout of space shuttle mission 41-C
Description Shuttle Challenger, mated to two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and an external fuel tank, stands ready for launch from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The crawler transporter which accomplished the move to the pad is partially visible at left (30699), Challenger is backed out of High Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) in preparation for tow to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The SRBs and the external tank have not been attached (30700).
Date Taken 1984-03-29
Rollover and rollout of spac …
Title Rollover and rollout of space shuttle mission 41-C
Description Shuttle Challenger, mated to two solid rocket boosters (SRB) and an external fuel tank, stands ready for launch from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The crawler transporter which accomplished the move to the pad is partially visible at left (30699), Challenger is backed out of High Bay 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) in preparation for tow to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). The SRBs and the external tank have not been attached (30700).
Date Taken 1984-03-29
Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (O …
Title Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, at KSC launch complex (LC) pad 39B
Description Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is rolled out to Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch complex (LC) pad 39B in the early morning. Aerial view shows OV-104 at LC pad 39B with rotating servicing structure (RSS) retracted. OV-104 will remain at pad 39B for seven weeks where it will support checkout of new weather protection structures, a variety of special measurements, launch team proficiency exercises, and emergency egress simulations. The 4.2 mile journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to the launch pad is the first since the Space Shuttle Challenger, OV-099, accident. View provided by KSC with alternate number 108-KSC-86PC-297.
Date Taken 1986-10-16
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