Aerial photos of NASA Langley employees gathered on the back ramp in the shape of 100.

Aerial photo looking north over NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

Aerial photo of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center with the Endeavour Space Shuttle and 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft taxiing on ramp.

This photo composite shows an aerial view of FedEx Field in Landover, Md., home of the Washington Redskins, superimposed on Mars Victoria Crater to give a sense of the crater scale.

An aerial view of the Atlantic Ocean coastline and dunes along NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021.

An aerial view looking north at SpaceX’s Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. Launch Complex 39B, from which NASA will launch Artemis missions, is just beyond. A proposed site for Launch Complex 49 is north of these historic launch pads on the Atlantic Ocean and still within Kennedy’s security perimeter.

An aerial view of processing facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021.

An aerial view of the Central Campus Headquarters Building in the industrial area at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021.

An aerial view of the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. The runway is where the space shuttle touched down and came to a stop after returning to Earth from a mission. The facility is managed by Space Florida.

An aerial view of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. The High Bay 3 in the VAB is where NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft will be stacked on top of the mobile launcher before it is rolled out atop crawler-transporter 2 to Launch Pad 39B for launch on the agency’s Artemis I mission.

An aerial view of nearby Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. In view is a full-scale mockup of the space shuttle’s external tank and twin solid rocket boosters serving as the entranceway to the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction. Inside, visitor complex guests have the opportunity to come nose-to-nose with the orbiter in its permanent home while also discovering the legacy of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program. Seen at the top left of the image is the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

An aerial view of several processing facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. In view at right is Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility.

An aerial view of nearby Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. In view is a full-scale mockup of the space shuttle’s external tank and twin solid rocket boosters serving as the entranceway to the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction. Inside, visitor complex guests have the opportunity to come nose-to-nose with the orbiter in its permanent home while also discovering the legacy of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program.

An aerial view of several processing facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. In view in the background is Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility.

An aerial view of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. The High Bay 3 in the VAB is where NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft will be stacked on top of the mobile launcher before it is rolled out atop crawler-transporter 2 to Launch Pad 39B for launch on the agency’s Artemis I mission.

An aerial view of the Atlantic Ocean coastline and dunes along NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021.

An aerial view of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 13, 2021. The High Bay 3 in the VAB is where NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft will be stacked on top of the mobile launcher before it is rolled out atop crawler-transporter 2 to Launch Pad 39B for launch on the agency’s Artemis I mission.

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Eric James in helicopter taking the aerial view of the 70.

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Eric James in helicopter taking the aerial view of the 70.

Ames 70_year picture day on Flight line. Eric James in helicopter taking the aerial view of the 70.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

A close-up aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

A close-up aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. In this aerial view, stands on the launch pad with the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the background. To the right of the VAB is the mobile launcher that will be used for stacking NASA's Space Launch System rocket which will send the agency's Orion spacecraft on missions beyond low-Earth orbit. The Falcon 9 will boost a Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station. Liftoff is scheduled for 9:39 a.m. EST. Dragon will bring up 5,500 pounds of supplies, on its 10th commercial resupply services mission to the space station.

JSC2000E01553 (January 2000) --- This USGS elevation model showing increasing elevation as increasing brightness is included here for comparison purposes with the high-resolution topographic elevation map image in E01554. Both images depict the San Bernadino and San Gabriel Mountains in California, north of Los Angeles.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

A close-up aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

This anaglyph shows NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL in Pasadena, California as seen by the instrument onboard NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

A close-up aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

A close-up aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher for the Artemis 1 mission on the pad. The mobile launcher, atop crawler-transporter 2, made its final solo trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building on June 27, 2019, and arrived on the surface of pad B on June 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mobile launcher will remain at the pad over the summer, undergoing final testing and checkouts. Its next roll to the pad will be with the agency’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft in preparation for the launch of Artemis 1.

Aerial photos of NASA Langley employees gathered on the back ramp in the shape of 100.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aerial, Launch Complex 34. Photo credit: NASA

Aerial photos of NASA Langley employees gathered on the back ramp in the shape of 100.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Aerial photo, overall view of Complex 34. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Photo credit: NASA/Troy Cryder

PAD 34 AERIAL PHOTO (OVERALL) LOW LEVEL FROM SOUTH, NASA-LOD

Aerial view of the Washington Monument on Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

AERIAL PHOTO SHOWING COMPLEX 34 AND OTHER LAUNCH PADS IN BACKGROUND CCMTA NASA-LOD

S93-45701 (1993) -- Aerial view of JSC with newly opened Space Center Houston in foreground. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An aerial view of the Visitor Information Center at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Aerial view of Press Site Complex 39. Photo Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aerial view of Complex 34, looking northwest. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Aerial photo, Pad 34 overall, low-level from south. CCMTA, NASA-LOD. Photo credit: NASA

Aerial Photograph of Glenn Research Center With Downtown Cleveland in the Distance taken from the PC-12 on June 13, 2024. A team at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland streamed 4K video footage from an aircraft to the International Space Station and back for the first time using optical, or laser, communications. The feat was part of a series of tests on new technology that could provide live video coverage of astronauts on the Moon during the Artemis missions. Working with the Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research program, Glenn engineers temporarily installed a portable laser terminal on the belly of a Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. They then flew over Lake Erie sending data from the aircraft to an optical ground station in Cleveland. From there, it was sent over an Earth-based network to NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where scientists used infrared light signals to send the data. Photo Credit: (NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This aerial view of NASA's Kennedy Space Center shows the Headquarters Building. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- AERIALS KSC PAD 39A/B, VAB AND SHUTTLE STRIP, ALTITUDE 11,000 FEET, 270 DEGREES. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view shows construction progress of the Space Station Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

S63-23618 (December 1963) --- Aerial oblique artist concept of the Merritt Island Launch Complex, Merritt Island, Florida. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view, looking south, shows the progress of NASA construction of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building, or MSO. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view shows construction progress of the Space Station Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

S62-09048 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Aerial view of the USS Kearsarge, recovery ship for the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view shows construction progress of the Space Station Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view shows construction progress of the Space Station Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view shows construction progress of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at NASA's Merritt Island Launch Annex. Photo Credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL Fla. -- This aerial view shows construction progress of the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building at NASA's Merritt Island Launch Annex. Photo Credit: NASA

This anaglyph, from NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, is of Pasadena, California, looking north toward the San Gabriel Mountains. 3D glasses are necessary to view this image.

This perspective view, acquired by NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM in Feb. 2000, shows the western part of the city of Pasadena, California, looking north towards the San Gabriel Mountains.

Matt Shindell, space history curator at the National Air and Space Museum speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation of the aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Chantilly, Va. The prototype, which demonstrated it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation of the aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Matt Shindell, space history curator at the National Air and Space Museum speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation of the aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. Katherine Calvin listens to a harmful algal bloom presentation on June 17, 2024. NASA Glenn Research Center conducts aerial remote sensing of harmful algal blooms to warn water filtration plants to enact more stringent filtering when harmful blooms are present. Aerial remote sensing is advantageous to satellite remote sensing that is limited by factors of resolution, on demand performance, cloud cover, and upgrades to instrumentation. Photo Credit: (NASA/Sara Lowthian-Hanna)

Jeremy Kinney, associate director of research, collections, and curatorial affairs at the National Air and Space Museum speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation of the aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation of the aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory speaks at an event marking NASA’s donation of the aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va. The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which was the first to demonstrate it was possible to fly in a simulated Mars environment at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), was donated to the museum on Friday. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Overall aerial view of "Missile Row," Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. The view is looking north, with the Vehicle Assembly Building under construction in the upper left-hand corner. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – – An aerial view of the Operations Support Building II in the Launch Complex 39 Area at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

S62-09049 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Aerial view of a life boat from the USS Kearsarge, recovery ship, approaching the floating Sigma 7 capsule for the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – This aerial view of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex shows the rockets on display in an area known as the "Rocket Garden." Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA Kennedy Space Center's 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building is seen in this aerial view. Roof repairs are currently underway. Photo credit: Cory Huston

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An aerial photo of the Vertical Processing Facility, which processes and integrates vertical payloads and upper stages before launch. It is located in the NASA Kennedy Space Center Industrial Area.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –An aerial view of the new pass and identification building near Gate 3 of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Seen in this aerial view is new construction of the roadway in front of the Headquarters Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Additional parking will also be provided for visitors to headquarters. Photo credit: Cory Huston

S62-09050 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Aerial view of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) Sigma 7 capsule being lowered to the deck of the carrier USS Kearsarge. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 expendable launch vehicle on the pad. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An aerial photo of the Vertical Processing Facility, which processes and integrates vertical payloads and upper stages before launch. It is located in the NASA Kennedy Space Center Industrial Area.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Aerial view of the STS-28 vehicle, space shuttle Columbia, on Launch Pad 39B after rollout, prior to the Rotating Service Structure, or RSS, move. Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This aerial view shows the Delta II launch pads at Complex 17 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, rimmed by the blue Atlantic Ocean in the background. Photo credit: Cory Huston

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with a United Launch Alliance Delta 4 expendable launch vehicle on the pad. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – An aerial view of the solid rocket booster replicas at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex where the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit and attraction is under construction. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An aerial photo of the Space Life Sciences Lab at KSC. The new lab is a state-of-the-art facility built for ISS biotechnology research. It was developed as a partnership between NASA KSC and the State of Florida.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An aerial photo of the Space Life Sciences Lab at KSC. The new lab is a state-of-the-art facility built for ISS biotechnology research. It was developed as a partnership between NASA KSC and the State of Florida.