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The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s crewed Artemis II (right), Artemis III (left) and Artemis IV (center) missions are stationed next to each other inside the high bay of the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. Each capsule is in a different stage of production as technicians and engineers p...
Teams install the heat shield on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 22, 2023. The 16.5-foot-wide shield will ensure the safe return of the astronauts on board as the spacecraft travels at speeds of about 25,000 miles per hour and experiences outside temperatures of nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit. See progress o...
A young alligator rests on a concrete structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 25, 2023. Alligator breeding season starts in May when males begin courting females. By June, pairs have mated, and females build vegetation nests in the marsh. Eggs hatch in about 65 days. The mother carries her young to the water and protects them from predat...
NASA阿尔忒弥斯二号任务的激光通信系统抵达位于佛罗里达州的NASA肯尼迪航天中心，与猎户座宇宙飞船集成，猎户座宇宙飞船将自阿波罗任务以来首次搭载宇航员绕月飞行。
The European Service Module for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft moves into the Final Assembly and System Testing Cell at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in this image from May 22, 2023. Here, teams are performing final checkouts on the service module, which will fuel and propel Orion in space, before integrating it with the crew module. After, the crew and...
In this long exposure photo from June 5, 2023, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket creates a beam of light as it launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 28th commercial resupply mission of the Cargo Dragon spacecraft brought new science investigations, food, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station, including IROSAs (International Space Sta...
Two black-bellied whistling ducks walk through a field of wildflowers at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 19, 2023. The center shares a border with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Merritt Island’s strategic location along the Atlantic Flyway provides a resting and feeding place for thousands of wading birds, shorebirds, and songbirds...
A team member from the Environmental Management Branch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center works to remove a mangrove seedling deposited by tropical winds on the shoreline of KARS Park at Kennedy in this image from April 12, 2023. This spring, workers in the area replaced sand and finished an offshore wave break. The mangroves will be repotted and held in nearby ...
2023年4月10日，NASA肯尼迪航天中心，一只美国秃鹰俯冲降落在一根杆子上。这只鹰是在筑巢季节在佛罗里达太空港定居的一对伴侣中的一员。今年，这对夫妇在肯尼迪公园路附近的一棵树上饲养了一只孤独的幼鹰，该巢穴距离车辆装配大楼约两英里。肯尼迪目前是大约20对筑巢的秃鹰的家园。
Guinness World Records officially designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds—equivalent to about 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks. During a March 29, 2023, ceremony at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Guinness World Records presented a certificate to teams ...