
Former astronauts Bonnie J. Dunbar talks with Guion S. (Guy) Bluford before the STS-107 tree planting ceremony .

In-flight portrait of the STS-61A crew. Left to right, back row, Henry W. Hartsfield, Jr., commander; Bonnie J. Dunbar, mission…

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…