Dr. von Braun, Dr. Weidner, and Ed Weaver examining a welding device during a tour of the MSFC Manufacturing and Engineering (ME) Laboratory on October 17, 1967.

Aerial view of Press Site, August 6, 1998.(Note the replacement of the geodesic dome with a permanent facility [just right of center].)

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

View of OPF High Bay No. 1 and Low Bay construction, 1976

View of the second level in the Vertical Processing Area, SSMEPF, August 17, 1998

Aerial view of Press Site, showing absence of grandstand (front left) and ABC Skybox (right), March 1, 2006

Detail view of SSMEPF construction, May 23, 1997

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

Aerial view of Press Site, May 16, 2011, as the crowd prepares for the final launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour

Aerial view of Press Site, June 2, 2000

This is a Space Shuttle mission STS-61 onboard view showing astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman preforming repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during their Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). Astronauts' work was made easier by the HST's many crew aids. Astronaut Musgrave makes use of one of the spacecraft's handholds. Launched on December 1, 1993, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavor STS-061 mission was the 59th Shuttle flight.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

Outside their Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 32 prime crew member Flight Engineer Sunita Williams of NASA (left) and backup Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn of NASA (right) raise the Stars and Stripes on the 4th of July, 2012 in a traditional flag-raising ceremony that was part of the pre-launch activities leading up to the launch of the next crew to the International Space Station. Williams, Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will launch to the station July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay No. 3, 13 platforms and payload bay, looking northeast, July 31, 2006

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

Aerial view of OPF-3 construction, March 17, 1987

Detail view of SSMEPF construction, May 23, 1997

View of Press Site 2, CCAFS, during launch of Apollo 8, October 11, 1968

In the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-07M spacecraft is seen in the background against the Soyuz booster rocket upper stage (in the foreground) as technicians worked to encapsulate the vehicle in the upper stage Dec. 12, 2012 for the launch of the Expedition 34/35 crew. The vehicle will be rolled to the launch pad at Baikonur Dec. 17 in advance of the Dec. 19 launch of NASA Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn, Soyuz Commander Roman Romanenko and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield of the Canadian Space Agency for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

(9 Dec. 2010) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft (left) is prepared for integration into its payload fairing (right) on Dec. 9, 2010. The vehicle is set to launch Dec. 16 (Kazakhstan time) to deliver NASA astronaut Catherine (Cady) Coleman, Expedition 26 flight engineer; Soyuz commander Dmitry Kondratyev of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli, flight engineer, to the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

View of OPF High Bay No. 2 construction, 1976

Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay No. 3, orbiter nose and platforms, looking south, July 31, 2006

Aerial view of Press Site, June 24, 1982

View of Complex 39 Press Site during Apollo 11 launch, July 16, 1969

Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay No. 3, orbiter underside with moveable platforms, looking north, July 31, 2006

Aerial view of Press Site, October 28, 1998, the day before the launch of STS-95, which carried Mercury Astronaut, John Glenn, back into space

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft (right) is readied for its encapsulation into the upper stage of its Soyuz booster (left) July 8, 2012 in advance of its rollout to the launch pad July 12 and the launch of its occupants, Expedition 32/33 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency July 15 for a four-month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

View of OPF High Bay No. 1, 513 workstand installation, August 23, 1977

Aerial view of Press Site on April 10, 1981, as media and others wait for the launch of STS-1, which was eventually scrubbed. (Lift-off occurred two days later, April 12, 1981.)

With the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft nestled inside inside, the upper stage of a Soyuz booster rocket is hoisted into place March 22 at the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The operation was part of the preparation for the Soyuz’ launch March 29, Kazakh time, to carry Expedition 35/36 Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy of NASA, Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin to the International Space Station for a 5 ½ month mission. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay No. 3, second level, looking northeast, July 31, 2006

Space Shuttle mission STS-61 onboard view taken by a fish-eyed camera lens showing astronauts Story Musgrave and Jeffrey Hoffman's Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) to repair the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).

View of OPF High Bay No. 1, Level 13 platform installation, July 8, 1977

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

News representatives at Press Site 1, near old Mission Control Center at CCAFS

View of OPF High Bay No. 1, nose area platform installation, March 11, 1977

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

View of Space Shuttle Discovery, framed by Flag Pole and Clock, on its way to LC39B for the second Return to Flight, April 6, 2005. (The flag is at half-mast in remembrance of Pope John Paul II.)

At the Integration Facility at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft is inserted into the upper stage of its Soyuz booster rocket October 16, 2012. The Soyuz is being prepared for launch October 23 to the International Space Station with NASA Flight Engineer Kevin Ford, Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin for a five-month mission on the orbital laboratory. NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Aerial view of Press Site, April 12, 1991. (Note the ABC Skybox towards the left, and the geodesic dome towards the right.)

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

Internal view of the VAB Utility Annex

Aerial view of SSMEPF construction, August 11, 1997

JSC2010-E-044360 (30 March 2010) --- In preparation for an April 2 liftoff for Expedition 23, the final assembly for Soyuz TMA-18 was performed March 30 by TsSKB-Progress personnel in the Launch Vehicle Assembly facility at Site 112 of Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

View of OPF High Bay No. 1 and Low Bay construction, 1976

Launch of STS-27, December 2, 1988. Note how the shuttle is framed by the Flag Pole (left) and the Clock (right)

JSC2010-E-044363 (30 March 2010) --- In preparation for an April 2 liftoff for Expedition 23, the final assembly for Soyuz TMA-18 was performed March 30 by TsSKB-Progress personnel in the Launch Vehicle Assembly facility at Site 112 of Baikonur Cosmodrome. Photo credit: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

Aerial view of OPF-3, March 14, 1998

External view of the VAB Utility Annex

PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER.

Orbiter Processing Facility High Bay No. 3, OMS pod with moveable platform, July 31, 2006

View of the Horizontal Processing Area, SSMEPF, August 17, 1998