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Aquarius Satellite Launches
Jun 11, 2011
"A Delta II rocket launches with the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft payload from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on Friday, June 10, 2011."
Preparing for Evironmental Testing of the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle
Jun 10, 2011
"Work on the heat shield and thermal protection backshell of the Multi Purpose Crew Vehicle ground test article, or GTA, was completed in preparation for environmental testing."
Expedition 28 Launches
Jun 8, 2011
"The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Wednesday, June 8, 2011, (4:12 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 7) carrying Expedition 28 ..."
Preparing the Soyuz Launch
Jun 7, 2011
"Launch pad engineers at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan are dwarfed by the gantry mechanisms at the base of the Soyuz TMA-02M rocket following its rollout to the pad on Sunday, June 5, 2011."
The Latest Soyuz on the Launch Pad
Jun 6, 2011
"The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Sunday, June 5, 2011, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan."
Atlantis and the NASA Administrator
Jun 2, 2011
"NASA Administrator Charles Bolden is seen in silhouette, left, as he shook hands with workers atop the Mobile Launch Platform as space shuttle Atlantis rolled out of High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A"
The Landing of Endeavour
Jun 1, 2011
"Space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-134 mission made its final landing at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in Cape Canaveral, Fla."
Endeavour and a Starry Sky
May 31, 2011
"Earth's atmosphere and a starry sky just off the port wing of the docked space shuttle Endeavour are the subject of this image photographed by the Expedition 28 crew, while the shuttle was docked with space station on the STS-134 mission."
The Final Spacewalk of STS-134
May 27, 2011
"NASA astronaut Michael Fincke worked outside the station during the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-134 mission"
The Expedition 28 Crew
May 26, 2011
"Expedition 28 crew members--Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, left, Soyuz commander Sergei Volkov, center, and Flight Engineer Mike Fossum--answer reporters' questions during a press conference held on the grounds of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Star City, Russia."