E-2 Test Stand team members at Stennis Space Center conducted their first series of tests on a three-module chemical steam generator unit Sept. 15. All three modules successfully fired during the tests. The chemical steam generator is a critical component for the A-3 Test Stand under construction at Stennis.

Kanaly Slade, Pat Guidry and Danny Tarter, all of Jacobs NTOG, make adjustments to the chemical steam generator installed on the E-2 Test Stand.

Two large-engine tests were conducted simultaneously for the first time at Stennis Space Center on Aug. 16. A plume on the left indicates a test on the facility's E-1 Test Stand. On the right, a finger of fire indicates a test under way on the A-1 Test Stand. In another first, both tests were conducted by female engineers. The image was taken from atop the facility's A-2 Test Stand, offering a panoramic view that includes the new A-3 Test Stand under construction to the left.

The first of nine chemical steam generator (CSG) units that will be used on the A-3 Test Stand is prepared for installation Oct. 24, 2010, at John C. Stennis Space Center. The unit was installed at the E-2 Test Stand for verification and validation testing before it is moved to the A-3 stand. Steam generated by the nine CSG units that will be installed on the A-3 stand will create a vacuum that allows Stennis operators to test next-generation rocket engines at simulated altitudes up to 100,000 feet.

Two large-engine tests were conducted simultaneously for the first time at Stennis Space Center on Aug. 16. A plume on the left indicates a test on the facility's E-1 Test Stand. On the right, a finger of fire indicates a test under way on the A-1 Test Stand. In another first, both tests were conducted by female engineers. The image was taken from atop the facility's A-2 Test Stand, offering a panoramic view that includes the new A-3 Test Stand under construction to the left.

A Navy E-2C Hawkeye early-warning aircraft arrives at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center for extensive structural loads tests in Dryden's flight loads lab.

Engineers Paul Lundstrom and Larry Reardon monitor forces applied by structural loads equipment during tests on a Navy E-2C in NASA Dryden's flight loads lab.

Dr. Fran Bagenal, senior scientist at the University of Colorado, far right, speaks during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. John Spencer, senior scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, answers a question from the audience during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. David H. Grinspoon, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, speaks about working on NASA's Voyager team while serving as moderator for a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. Fran Bagenal, senior scientist at the University of Colorado, speaks during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. Bonnie Buratti, senior scientist at NASA's Jet Propultion Laboratory, speaks during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator on NASA's New Horizons Mission, left, delivers closing remarks following a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. John Spencer, senior scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, left, Dr. Jeffrey Moore, senior scientist at NASA Ames Researh Center, center, and Dr. David H. Grinspoon, senior scientist at the Plentary Science Institute, left, are seen during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

New Horizons science team members: Dr. John Spencer, senior scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, left, Dr. Jeffrey Moore, senior scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, second from left, Dr. David H. Grinspoon, senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute, center, Dr. Bonnie Buratti, senior scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, second from right, and Dr. Fran Bagenal, senior scientist at the University of Colorado, are seen during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator on NASA's New Horizons Mission, delivers closing remarks following a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Dr. John Spencer, senior scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, speaks during a panel discussion at the "NASA's New Horizons Pluto Mission: Continuing Voyager's Legacy of Exploration" event on Monday, August, 25, 2014, in the James E. Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. The panelists gave their accounts of Voyager's encounter with Neptune and discussed their current assignments on NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ISS006-E-45091 (25 March 2003) --- A view of the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

STS095-E-5109 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (left), STS-95 pilot, and Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist, work with cameras and other supportive gear for experiments on Spacehab. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:11:28 GMT, Nov. 2.

STS095-E-5104 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-95 mission specialist, at glove box in Spacehab facility during flight day four activity. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 4:59:22 GMT, Nov. 2.

ISS002-E-8125 (2 July 2001) --- Washington, DC

S121-E-05434 (5 July 2006) --- Astronaut Mark E. Kelly, STS-121 pilot, works at the pilot's station on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during Flight Day 2 activities.

STS095-E-5145 (2 Nov. 1998) --- View of sunrise from Discovery's side hatch was captured with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 18:18:14 GMT, Nov. 2.

ISS025-E-005731 (1 Oct. 2010) --- NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, Expedition 25 flight engineer, services the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS028-E-034104 (26 Aug. 2011) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, Expedition 28 flight engineer, stows cargo in the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA-2) of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-051116 (28 Jan. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, performs in-flight maintenance on the Water Recovery System 2 (WRS-2) in the Tranquility node of the International Space Station.

JSC2002-E-21740 (2 April 2002) --- Astronaut John B. Herrington, mission specialist.

JSC2003-E-64500 (December 2003) - Post 10A aft view of the International Space Station with Shuttle docked to Node 2.

S92-E-5025 (12 October 2000) --- Astronaut Peter J.K. (Jeff) Wisoff on Flight Day 2.

ISS005-E-15901 (2 Oct 2002) --- Hurricane Lili over the Gulf of Mexico.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The second International Microgravity Laboratory-2 (IML-2) is off to an ontime start as the Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at 12:43:00 p.m. EDT. On board are a crew of seven and more than 80 investigations developed by more than 200 scientists from 13 countries. The IML-2 complement includes materials science, bioprocessing, space and radiation biology, and human physiology experiments that will be carried out over the course of the 14-day flight. The commander of Space Shuttle Mission STS-65 is Robert D. Cabana. James D. Halsell Jr. is the pilot; the payload commander is Richard J. Hieb; the three mission specialists are Carl E. Walz, Leroy Chiao and Donald A. Thomas. Dr. Chiaki Mukai, representing NASDA, the National Space Development Agency of Japan, is the payload specialist. Mukai becomes the first Japanese woman to fly into space.

ISS006-E-44985 (10 March 2003) --- A close up view of a water droplet on a leaf on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS020-E-014558 (22 June 2009) --- Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 20 commander, works with plants growing in the Lada greenhouse as a part of the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS006-E-44917 (5 April 2003) --- A close up view of a bloom on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

S124-E-005522 (2 June 2008) --- The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-124 crewmember as Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the station during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. Docking occurred at 2:03 p.m. (EDT) on June 2, 2008.

ISS006-E-44995 (10 March 2003) --- A close up view of water droplets on leaves on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS032-E-011639 (2 Aug. 2012) --- NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, prepares to insert biological samples in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS008-E-18534 (March 2004) --- A close-up view, taken by an Expedition 8 crewmember, shows the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44962 (9 March 2003) --- A close up view of a water droplet on a leaf on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44989 (10 March 2003) --- A close up view of a water droplet on a leaf on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-45080 (17 March 2003) --- A close up view of sprouts on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-45049 (14 March 2003) --- A close up view of sprouts on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

S124-E-005526 (2 June 2008) --- The International Space Station is centered in this image photographed by an STS-124 crewmember as Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the station during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. Docking occurred at 2:03 p.m. (EDT) on June 2, 2008.

ISS006-E-44936 (9 March 2003) --- A close up view of a water droplet on a leaf on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44999 (12 March 2003) --- A view of the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). A camera used for recording progress of the experiment is visible on the right.

ISS006-E-44929 (9 March 2003) --- A close up view of water droplets on leaves on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS012-E-15387 (24 Jan. 2006) --- A view of pea plants growing in the Lada greenhouse as a part of the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module photographed by an Expedition 12 crewmember on the International Space Station.

ISS006-E-44980 (10 March 2003) --- A close up view of water droplets on leaves on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44990 (10 March 2003) --- A close up view of a water droplet on a leaf on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44969 (6 April 2003) --- A close up view of a bloom on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44973 (6 April 2003) --- A close up view of a bloom on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-44970 (9 March 2003) --- A close up view of a water droplet on a leaf on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS006-E-45076 (17 March 2003) --- A close up view of sprouts on the Russian BIO-5 Rasteniya-2/Lada-2 (Plants-2) plant growth experiment, which is located in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).

S124-E-005521 (2 June 2008) --- The International Space Station is centered in this image photographed by an STS-124 crewmember as Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the station during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. Docking occurred at 2:03 p.m. (EDT) on June 2, 2008.

NASA recorded a historic week Nov. 5-9, conducting tests on all three stands in the E Test Complex at John C. Stennis Space Center. Inset images show the types of tests conducted on the E-1 Test Stand (right), the E-2 Test Stand (left) and the E-3 Test Stand (center). The E-1 photo is from an early October test and is provided courtesy of Blue Origin. Other photos are from tests conducted the week of Nov. 5.

NASA recorded a historic week Nov. 5-9, conducting tests on all three stands in the E Test Complex at John C. Stennis Space Center. Inset images show the types of tests conducted on the E-1 Test Stand (right), the E-2 Test Stand (left) and the E-3 Test Stand (center). The E-1 photo is from an early October test and is provided courtesy of Blue Origin. Other photos are from tests conducted the week of Nov. 5.

ISS010-E-22442 (2 April 2005) --- Pyramids at Giza are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10 crewmember on the International Space Station.

ISS038-E-040615 (2 Feb. 2014) --- A close-up view of the Cupola is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 38 crew member on the International Space Station.

JSC2010-E-008472 (2 Nov. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, mission specialist (official portrait)

ISS030-E-075379 (14 Feb. 2012) --- Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, is pictured during a checkout and activities session in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

JSC2009-E-258493 (2 Nov. 2009) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Naoko Yamazaki, mission specialist (alternate portrait)

ISS030-E-075419 (15 Feb. 2012) --- The hands of Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, are pictured during initial checkouts in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS026-E-034306 (15 March 2011) --- Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-075365 (14 Feb. 2012) --- Robonaut 2, nicknamed R2, is pictured during a checkout and activities session in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

JSC2003-E-64498 (December 2003) - Post 10A underside/aft view of the International Space Station with Shuttle docked to Node 2.

ISS007-E-14296 (2 September 2003) --- Lightning in clouds at night is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS).

ISS026-E-034307 (15 March 2011) --- Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, is pictured in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS010-E-22438 (2 February 2005) --- The Egyptian Desert is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 10 crewmember on the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-10425 (2 June 2007) --- A full moon is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crewmember on the International Space Station.

JSC2003-E-64501 (December 2003) - Post 10A close up view of the Shuttle docked to Node 2 of the International Space Station.

S96-E-5161 (2 June 1999) --- Astronauts Jule Payette (left) and Tamara E. Jernigan, mission specialists, participate in the final hours of tasks designed to prepare the International Space Station (ISS) for business. Here, on the Russian-built Zarya module, the two are seen with a small part of the supplies brought up by the Space Shuttle Discovery. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:58:37 GMT, June 2, 1999.

STS095-E-5119 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski (left), STS-95 mission specialist, and payload specialist Chiaki Mukai with Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) check an experiment on Spacehab during flight day four activity. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:17:18 GMT, Nov 2.

The first of nine chemical steam generator (CSG) units that will be used on the A-3 Test Stand is hoisted into place at the E-2 Test Stand at John C. Stennis Space Center on Oct. 24, 2010. The unit was installed at the E-2 stand for verification and validation testing before it is moved to the A-3 stand. Steam generated by the nine CSG units that will be installed on the A-3 stand will create a vacuum that allows Stennis operators to test next-generation rocket engines at simulated altitudes up to 100,000 feet.

STS095-E-5115 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Payload specialist Chiaki Mukai, representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), sets up an experiment on Spacehab during flight day four activity. In the background are astronauts Steven W. Lindsey, STS-95 pilot, and Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:14:24 GMT, Nov. 2.

STS095-E-5111 (2 Nov. 1998) --- A high-angle view shows astronauts Steven W. Lindsey (left), STS-95 pilot, and Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist, work with supportive gear for experiments on Spacehab. The heavily used glove box facility is on left side of frame. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:11:38 GMT, Nov. 2.

JSC2007-E-06538 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

STS79-E-5018 (17 September 1996) --- Astronaut Jerome (Jay) Apt prepares experiment, a rod-like device for insertion into Extreme Temperature Translation Furnace (ETTF) in STS-79-E-5019, during early mission chores aboard Spacehab in the Space Shuttle Atlantis cargo bay, on Flight Day 2.

ISS014-E-07115 (2 Nov. 2006) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. In this close-up view, the TVIS is out of frame.

STS79-E-5007 (17 September 1996) --- Astronauts Carl E. Walz and Jerome (Jay) Apt, mission specialists, report to Spacehab Module for early mission experimentation on the first full day of STS-79 operations, on Flight Day 2.

ISS002-E-6962 (24 April 2001) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-100 mission specialist, performs a task during the second space walk (EVA-2). A digital still camera on the International Space Station (ISS) was used to record this image.

JSC2007-E-06537 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2007-E-06532 (2 Feb. 2007) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-120 mission specialist, attired in a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, awaits the start of a training session in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Johnson Space Center.

JSC2011-E-050734 (2 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

ISS024-E-006707 (28 June 2010) --- After inserting biological samples, NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer, replaces a dewar tray in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS095-E-5102 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS-95 mission specialist, with experiment during Flight Day 4 activity. The photograph was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 04:58:07 GMT, Nov. 2.

ISS031-E-143839 (25 June 2012) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 31 flight engineer, prepares to insert biological samples in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS024-E-006705 (28 June 2010) --- After inserting biological samples, NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, Expedition 24 flight engineer, replaces a dewar tray in the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

STS095-E-5107 (2 Nov. 1998) --- Astronaut Steven W. Lindsey, STS-95 pilot, sets up a camera for an experiment in the Spacehab facility aboard Discovery during Flight Day 4 activity. The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 05:10:25 GMT, Nov. 2.

ISS013-E-62787 (2 August 2006) --- Tropical Storm Chris was located to the east of Puerto Rico and the Leeward Islands at at 9:29 a.m. (CDT), August 2, when one of the members of the Expedition 13 crew recorded this digital still image.

ISS026-E-029680 (25 Feb. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli (top) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, both Expedition 26 flight engineers, work in the newly-attached European Space Agency's "Johannes Kepler" Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) of the International Space Station.

ISS008-E-21908 (12 April 2004)--- Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses beside the pea plants growing in the Lada-4 greenhouse as part of the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) experiment located in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS033-E-016183 (26 Oct. 2012) --- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, Expedition 33 flight engineer, services the Minus Eighty Laboratory Freezer for ISS-2 (MELFI-2) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

JSC2011-E-050739 (2 June 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke, STS-134 mission specialist, is pictured during the STS-134 crew return ceremony on June 2, 2011 at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center. Photo credit: NASA

ISS028-E-034854 (31 Aug. 2011) --- Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 28 flight engineer, checks the progress of a new growth experiment on the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) payload with its LADA-01 greenhouse in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

JSC2003-E-64499 (December 2003) - Aft view of the International Space Station after the installment of Node 2 during the STS-120/10A assembly mission. The addition of Node 2 signifies the US Core Complete stage of assembly, at which time the station can support the addition of international laboratories from Europe and Japan.

ISS021-E-016204 (29 Oct. 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Expedition 21 flight engineer, works with a new growth experiment on the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) payload in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS030-E-033238 (24 Dec. 2011) --- European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers, Expedition 30 flight engineer, works with the ESA Role of Apoptosis in Lymphocyte Depression 2 (ROALD-2) experiment in the KUBIK-3 thermostatic container located in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS021-E-030653 (21 Nov. 2009) --- One of the newest pieces of hardware docked with the International Space Station is the Mini Research Module 2 (MRM-2), featured in this electronic still image downlinked by the Expedition 21 crew members during flight day six activities.

S134-E-010781 (30 May 2011) --- This image provides a close-up view of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer - 2 (AMS-2) photographed from inside the orbiter's cabin shortly after the space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) at the end of the STS-134 mission. Photo credit: NASA

ISS021-E-012522 (26 Oct. 2009) --- Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, Expedition 21 flight engineer, poses for a photo with the current growth experiment on the BIO-5 Rasteniya-2 (Plants-2) payload in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.