NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NEA (Near Earth Asteroid) Scout Hot Box – Repress Chamber V-15 and removal of Optical Witness Samples, (OWS), for analysis

NASA Ames Graphics of LARGE-SCALE TILTING PROP ROTOR HOVER PERFORMANCE TESTS AMES OARF COMPOSITE. (ref: XV-15 Metal Rotor AC84-0176-13, XV-15 Composite Rotor from AC84-0498 series, V-22 Osprey AC84-0059-11 testing at OARF)

ISS015-E-08714 (15 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, share a meal near the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

STS084-317-020 (15-24 May 1997) --- Elena V. Kondakova works in the Spacehab glovebox, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, as Carlos I. Noriega, a fellow mission specialist, checks on an experiment in the background.

ISS014-E-19179 (April 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works with a test sample in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-32311 (October 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, poses for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-35255 (12 Oct. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, holds a still camera in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-20241 (29 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a communication system in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-31815 (4 Oct. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works on a respiration experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-17632 (4 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a computer in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS014-E-19178 (April 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works with a Cryogem-03 refrigerator in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-15616 (1 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a computer in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS014-E-19539 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station enjoy a light moment as they pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer; cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.

ISS014-E-19536 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.

ISS014-E-19535 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.

ISS014-E-19526 (17 April 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the ceremony of Changing-of-Command from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the Destiny laboratory. From the left are cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer; Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14/15 flight engineer. Tyurin, Yurchikhin and Kotov represent Russia's Federal Space Agency.

S117-E-07127 (12 June 2007) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (foreground), Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut John "Danny" Olivas, STS-117 mission specialist, use a computer in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked with the station. Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works at left.

ISS015-E-08032 (15 May 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (right) and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, use communication systems in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station during docking operations of the Progress 25 resupply craft.

S118-E-09183 (18 Aug. 2007) --- The STS-118 and Expedition 15 crews share a meal during a farewell ceremony in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pictured are cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronauts Rick Mastracchio (partially obscured) and Tracy Caldwell, both STS-118 mission specialists. Hatches were closed between the station and Space Shuttle Endeavour at 4:10 p.m. on Aug. 18.

ISS015-E-11778 (10 June 2007) --- The STS-117 crewmembers give the Expedition 15 crewmembers packages from Earth in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station shortly after Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the station. Pictured are (left to right) cosmonauts Oleg V. Kotov and Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 flight engineer and commander, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronauts Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer; Steven Swanson, STS-117 mission specialist; Lee Archambault, STS-117 pilot; and Rick Sturckow, STS-117 commander.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo 15's Saturn V rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at 9:34 a.m., EDT, July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Aboard the Apollo 15 spacecraft are astronauts David R. Scott, commander, Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot. While Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin will descend in the lunar module to explore the moon's Hadley-Apennine region, astronaut Worden will remain in lunar orbit with the command module. For more information, visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-15/apollo-15.htm Photo credit: NASA

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo 15's Saturn V rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at 9:34 a.m., EDT, July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Aboard the Apollo 15 spacecraft are astronauts David R. Scott, commander, Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot. While Apollo 15 astronauts Scott and Irwin will descend in the lunar module to explore the moon's Hadley-Apennine region, astronaut Worden will remain in lunar orbit with the command module. For more information, visit http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo-15/apollo-15.htm Photo credit: NASA

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott attends a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS015-E-10622 (3 June 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left) and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, pose for a photo with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-31311 (27 Sept. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a communication system in the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft docked to the Zarya module nadir port of the International Space Station.

S104-E-5078 (15 July 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two mission commander, and Janet L. Kavandi, STS-104 mission specialist, pose in front of the crewlock endcone of the newly installed Quest Airlock. Usachev represents Rosaviakosmos.

ISS015-E-34600 (16 Oct. 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (right) and Oleg V. Kotov (center), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott attends a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks during a roundtable discussion among U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and multi-user spaceport partners Kennedy’s Space Center Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

S117-E-07131 (12 June 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, poses with two Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis was docked with the station.

ISS015-E-09993 (30 May 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left) and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, work with Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-32250 (7 Oct. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, gives a "thumbs-up" signal while floating in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-18870 (21 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, prepares to eat a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. A bag of food floats freely in the foreground near Kotov.

ISS015-E-07005 (6 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-10000 (30 May 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (background) and Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, work with Russian Orlan spacesuits in the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-31816 (4 Oct. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a computer while working on a respiration experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-32309 (October 2007) --- NASA astronaut Clay Anderson (left) and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, both Expedition 15 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-23899 (24 Aug. 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Kotov occupied an "operator seat", which is a portable chair that replicates a crewmember's anatomical back curvature.

ISS015-E-34603 (16 Oct. 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (right) and Oleg V. Kotov (center), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

ISS015-E-09436 (24 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, works with an Orlan Tether Adapter assembly in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott attends a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS015-E-07003 (6 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks during a roundtable discussion among U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS015-E-08472 (17 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, performs water transfer operations in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

JSC2006-E-41641 (25 Sept. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participates in a camera review training session in the virtual reality lab in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

A 15-second test of a Saturn V rocket stage on the A-2 Test Stand at Stennis Space Center ushered in the Space Age for south Mississippi. Fifty years later, Stennis has grown into the nation’s largest rocket engine test site, continuing to test rocket engines and stages that power the nation’s space program.

ISS015-E-09460 (24 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, participates in the Periodic Fitness Evaluation with Oxygen Uptake Measurement (PFE-OUM) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott walk into the Kennedy Saturn V Conference Center to attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS002-E-5346 (15 April 2001) --- Cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, Expedition Two mission commander, dons a Russian Sokol suit in the Zarya / Functional Cargo Block (FGB) of the International Space Station (ISS). This image was recorded with a digital still camera.

ISS015-E-08237 (27 April 2007) --- Cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left), Oleg V. Kotov (right), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively, and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, photographed during a teleconference in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott converses with multi-user spaceport partners prior to a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and center partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS015-E-15690 (2 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

S99-14210 (15 November 1999) --- Cosmonaut Boris V. Morukov, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), listens attentively to a briefing which covered emergency bailout procedures. Out of frame are six crew mates who joined Morukov for the emergency bailout training.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

STS084-311-033 (15-24 May 1997) --- Biorack operations on Spacehab, aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, draw the collective attention of (from the left) Jean-Francois Clervoy, STS-84 payload commander; and Elena V. Kondakova and Edward T. Lu, both mission specialists.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott during a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Former astronaut Gordon Cooper shares his experiences with the audience in KSC's Apollo/Saturn V Center during the celebration of the 40th anniversary of American spaceflight. Cooper, flying in the Faith 7 spacecraft, was the fourth American in space. The spacecraft was launched May 15, 1963

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a roundtable discussion among Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS015-E-19588 (25 July 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, wearing communication headgear, smiles for the camera as he floats in the Unity node of the International Space Station.

ISS002-E-6723 (15 June 2001) --- Astronaut Susan J. Helms, Expedition Two flight engineer, and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev, mission commander, discuss a checklist in the Destiny/U.S. Laboratory. Usachev is with Rosaviakosmos. The photo was taken with a digital still camera.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana attend a roundtable discussion among multi-user spaceport partners at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana and U.S. Sen. Rick Scott pose for a photo among multi-user spaceport partners prior to a roundtable discussion on March 15, 2019, at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

ISS015-E-32031 (October 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, uses a Bioproby Kit to collect surface samples for analysis for the Russian Biodegradation experiment in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station.

Multi-user spaceport partners converse prior to a roundtable discussion with U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Kennedy’s Saturn V Conference Center on March 15, 2019. The meeting was held to discuss the needs of the space center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

This is a photo of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module, Falcon, on the lunar surface. Apollo 15 launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts including David R. Scott, Mission Commander; James B. Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot. The first mission designed to explore the Moon over longer periods, greater ranges and with more instruments for the collection of scientific data than on previous missions, the mission included the introduction of a $40,000,000 lunar roving vehicle (LRV) that reached a top speed of 16 kph (10 mph) across the Moon's surface. The successful Apollo 15 lunar landing mission was the first in a series of three advanced missions planned for the Apollo program. The primary scientific objectives were to observe the lunar surface, survey and sample material and surface features in a preselected area of the Hadley-Apennine region, setup and activation of surface experiments and conduct in-flight experiments and photographic tasks from lunar orbit. Apollo 15 televised the first lunar liftoff and recorded a walk in deep space by Alfred Worden. Both the Saturn V rocket and the LRV were developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center.

A close-up view of the F-1 Engine for the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage depicts the complexity of the engine. Developed by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was utilized in a cluster of five engines to propel the Saturn V's first stage, the S-IC. Liquid oxygen and kerosene were used as its propellant. Initially rated at 1,500,000 pounds of thrust, the engine was later uprated to 1,522,000 pounds of thrust after the third Saturn V launch (Apollo 8, the first marned Saturn V mission) in December 1968. The cluster of five F-1 engines burned over 15 tons of propellant per second, during its two and one-half minutes of operation, to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles and to a speed of about 6,000 miles per hour.

This close-up view of the F-1 engine for the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage shows the engine's complexity, and also its large size as it dwarfs the technician. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was utilized in a cluster of five engines to propel the Saturn V's first stage, the S-IC. Liquid oxygen and kerosene were used as its propellant. Initially rated at 1,500,000 pounds of thrust, the engine was later uprated to 1,522,000 pounds of thrust after the third Saturn V launch (Apollo 8, the first marned Saturn V mission) in December 1968. The cluster of five F-1 engines burned over 15 tons of propellant per second, during its two and one-half minutes of operation, to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles and to a speed of about 6,000 miles per hour.

STS084-704-015 (15-24 May 1997) --- Crewmembers from Mir-23 and STS-84 assemble for a group portrait onboard the Spacehab Double Module, as they tie a record (ten) for number of persons aboard a single orbiting spacecraft at one time. They are (from the left, front) Jerry M. Linenger, Vasili V. Tsibliyev, Charles J. Precourt, Aleksandr I. Lazutkin and C. Michael Foale. On the back row, from the left, are Edward T. Lu, Eileen M. Collins, Jean-Francois Clervoy, Elena V. Kondakova and Carlos I. Noriega.

STS084-366-015 (15-24 May 1997) --- Crewmembers from Mir-23 and STS-84 assemble for a group portrait onboard the Spacehab Double Module, as they tie a record (ten) for number of persons aboard a single orbiting spacecraft at one time. They are (from the left, front) Jerry M. Linenger, Vasili V. Tsibliyev, Charles J. Precourt, Aleksandr I. Lazutkin and C. Michael Foale. On the back row, from the left, are Edward T. Lu, Eileen M. Collins, Jean-Francois Clervoy, Elena V. Kondakova and Carlos I. Noriega.

The Saturn IB and Saturn V first stages were manufactured at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF), located 24 kilometers (approximately 15 miles) east of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. The basic manufacturing building boasted 43 acres under one roof. By 1964, NASA added a separate engineering and office building, vertical assembly building, and test stage building. By 1966, other changes to the site included enlarged barge facilities and other miscellaneous support buildings. The photograph shows Saturn V S-IC flight stages being assembled in the horizontal assembly area at the MAF.

This image depicts a Boeing worker installing an F-1 engine on the Saturn V S-IC flight stage at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF). The Saturn IB and Saturn V first stages were manufactured at the MAF, located 24 kilometers (approximately 15 miles) east of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. The prime contractors, Chrysler and Boeing, jointly occupied the MAF. The basic manufacturing building boasted 43 acres under one roof. By 1964, NASA added a separate engineering and office building, vertical assembly building, and test stage building.

S121-E-07707 (15 July 2006) --- After almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery, the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews bid farewell to each other prior to the undocking of the two spacecraft. Pictured are astronauts Piers J. Sellers, STS-121 mission specialist; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 13 flight engineer; Stephanie D. Wilson, STS-121 mission specialist; and cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov, Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred M. Worden relates his experiences in the Apollo Program during a banquet honoring the people who made it all possible. Held on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which was launched July 16, 1969, and landed on the moon July 20, 1969, the banquet was held in the Apollo/Saturn V Center. Worden served as command module pilot on the Apollo 15 mission. Other guests at the banquet were astronauts Neil Armstrong, Wally Schirra, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Walt Cunningham. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon; Gene Cernan was the last

ISS015-S-002A (21 Sept. 2006) --- Cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (center), Expedition 15 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov (right), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, take a break from training at Johnson Space Center to pose for a crew portrait. Williams will join Expedition 14 in progress after traveling to the International Space Station on shuttle mission STS-116 in December 2006 and will become an Expedition 15 flight engineer on April 19, 2007, after Yurchikhin and Kotov dock to the station.

S121-E-07714 (15 July 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (left), Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, flight engineer; and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, are photographed by the departing STS-121 crew (out of frame) prior to the undocking of Space Shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.

STS084-S-009 (15 May 1997) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis brightens up the early morning sky at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch Complex 39 as it lifts off from Pad A at 4:07:48 a.m. (EDT), May 15, 1997. Onboard were astronauts Charles J. Precourt, Eileen M. Collins, Jean-Fran?ois Clervoy, C. Michael Foale, Carlos I. Noriega, Edward T. Lu and cosmonaut Elena V. Kondakova. Clervoy represents the European Space Agency (ESA) and Kondakova is with the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

S121-E-07715 (15 July 2006) --- Cosmonaut Pavel V. Vinogradov (left), Expedition 13 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter, flight engineer; and astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams, NASA space station science officer and flight engineer, wave to the departing STS-121 crew (out of frame) prior to the undocking of Space Shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.

ISS015-E-34617 (16 Oct. 2007) --- The crewmembers onboard the International Space Station pose for a group photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. From the left (front row) are cosmonauts Oleg V. Kotov and Fyodor N. Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 flight engineer and commander, respectively, representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and Malaysian spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor. From the left (back row) are cosmonaut Yuri I. Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander; and NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15/16 flight engineer.

ISS015-E-35320 (19 Oct. 2007) --- NASA astronaut Peggy A. Whitson, Expedition 16 commander, places the Expedition 16 patch above a hatch in the Destiny laboratory, which adds to the growing collection of insignias representing crews who have lived and worked on the International Space Station. Also pictured are cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (left background), Oleg V. Kotov (left foreground), Expedition 15 commander and flight engineer, respectively; and Yuri I. Malenchenko (right), Expedition 16 flight engineer, all representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; and NASA astronaut Clay Anderson, Expedition 15/16 flight engineer.

S99-14209 (15 November 1999) --- The seven crew members for STS-101 are seated during a briefing regarding emergency egress procedures. From the left are astronauts James D. Halsell, Jr., Mary Ellen Weber, Scott J. Horowitz, Jeffrey N. Williams and Edward T. Lu, along with cosmonauts Yuri I. Malenchenko and Boris V. Morukov. Malenchenko and Morukov represent the Russian Space Agency (RSA). Editor's Note: Since this photograph was taken, changes in crew personnel have been made. Cosmonauts Yuri I. Malenchenko and Boris V. Morukov, along with astronaut Edward T. Lu were moved to STS-106. Astronauts James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms, and cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev were added to the STS-101 crew. Malenchenko, Morukov and Usachev all represent the Russian Space Agency (RSA).

A pioneer of America's space program, Dr. von Braun stands by the five F-1 engines of the Saturn V launch vehicle. This Saturn V vehicle is an actual test vehicle which has been displayed at the U.S. Space Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Designed and developed by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, a cluster of five F-1 engines was mounted on the Saturn V S-IC (first) stage. The engines measured 19-feet tall by 12.5-feet at the nozzle exit and burned 15 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene each second to produce 7,500,000 pounds of thrust. The S-IC stage is the first stage, or booster, of a 364-foot long rocket that ultimately took astronauts to the Moon.

This chart provides the vital statistics for the F-1 rocket engine. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was utilized in a cluster of five engines to propel the Saturn V's first stage, the S-IC. Liquid oxygen and kerosene were used as its propellant. Initially rated at 1,500,000 pounds of thrust, the engine was later uprated to 1,522,000 pounds of thrust after the third Saturn V launch (Apollo 8, the first marned Saturn V mission) in December 1968. The cluster of five F-1 engines burned over 15 tons of propellant per second, during its two and one-half minutes of operation, to take the vehicle to a height of about 36 miles and to a speed of about 6,000 miles per hour.