These five astronauts flaw aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Pictured are, left to right (front), Guion S. Bluford and James…
The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is secured to the Rotation and Test Fixture in cell 3 at the Spaceport Systems International payload…
The Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is unpacked in the Spaceport Systems International payload processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.…
Technicians work on the back of the Aquarius instrument in a clean room. The NASA-built primary instrument on the spacecraft,…
Aquarius reflector being attached to boom. The NASA-built primary instrument on the spacecraft, will take NASA's first space-based measurements of…
The joint U.S. and Argentine Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft is prepped for thermal vacuum chamber tests at Brazil's National Institute for Space…
Technicians work on the Aquarius radiometer in a clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The…
Technicians lower the cover over the shipping container holding the international Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research…
Aquarius 2.5m composite reflector being fitted with gold foil covering in a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The…
Astronaut Guion S. Bluford, STS-8 mission specialist, assists Dr. William E. Thornton (out of frame) with a medical test that…
