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STS-49 Endeavour Touchdown at Edwards with First Drag Chute Landing
STS-49 Endeavour Touchdown at Edwards with First Drag Chute Landing

The Space Shuttle Endeavour concludes mission STS-49 at Edwards, CA.

Shuttle Atlantis Mounted to Boeing 747
Shuttle Atlantis Mounted to Boeing 747

Shuttle Atlantis emerges from the Mate-Demate-Device mounted to Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft for the return flight to Kennedy Space…

Mate-Demate Device
Mate-Demate Device

Technicians begin the task of mounting the Space Shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (NASA #911) for the…

Mate-Demate Device
Mate-Demate Device

Technicians begin the task of mounting the Space Shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.

August 1991 – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 5 (TDRS-5) Launched
August 1991 – Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 5 (TDRS-5) Launched

Space Transportation System 43 (STS-43) Space Shuttle mission carried Tracking and Data Relay Satellite 5 (TDRS-5) as its payload.

August 1991 – Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) Launched
August 1991 – Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) Launched

The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second and heaviest of NASA’s Great Observatories was launched. The four instruments onboard…

Eta Carinae
Eta Carinae

Hubble observes Eta Carina

Red and Green Aurora Australis
Red and Green Aurora Australis

Red and green colors predominate in this view of the Aurora Australis photographed from the space shuttle in May 1991…

STS-37 Shuttle Crew of Atlantis after Edwards Landing
STS-37 Shuttle Crew of Atlantis after Edwards Landing

The crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis gives the "all's well" thumb's-up sign after leaving the 100-ton orbiter following their…

Mate-Demate Device
Mate-Demate Device

At NASA's Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility (later redesignated Dryden Flight Research Center), Edwards, CA, technicians begin the task of mounting…