Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, speaks at a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients.
Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning speaks during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the center’s Veterans employee resource group. Following this recognition, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
From left, Kennedy Space Center Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning, Kennedy’s Veterans employee resource group chair Ana Contreras and executive champion Edwin Martinez are photographed with the proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity on Nov. 7, 2019. The proclamation was presented by the Military Order of the Purple Heart during a Veterans Day observance event held in the center’s Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
NASA Public Affairs Officer Derrick Matthews serves as emcee during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium in Florida. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
NASA Public Affairs Officer Dustin Cammack conducts a prisoner of war, missing in action ceremony at the start of a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, at the Kennedy Space Center Training Auditorium in Florida. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
A prisoner of war (POW), missing in action (MIA) table is on display in the Training Auditorium at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019. The event began with a POW MIA ceremony, followed by an awards recognition, naming Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
From left, NASA Public Affairs Officer Dustin Cammack, Military Order of the Purple Heart National Adjutant Ernie Rivera, Military Order of the Purple Heart Department of Florida Commander Christopher Vedvick and NASA Public Affairs Officer Derrick Matthews are photographed inside Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium during a Veterans Day observance ceremony on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Kennedy Space Center employees attend a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium. Those employees standing are being recognized for serving in the United States Armed Forces. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the center’s Veterans employee resource group. Following this recognition, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Christopher Vedvick, left, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, presents Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning with a proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this recognition, Vedvick, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
The National Anthem is sung by Suzy Cunningham, NASA Strategy and Integration manager, during a Veterans Day observance ceremony held in the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Kennedy Space Center employees attend a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Florida spaceport’s Training Auditorium. Those employees standing are being recognized for serving in the United States Armed Forces. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the center’s Veterans employee resource group. Following this recognition, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
The National Anthem is sung by Suzy Cunningham, NASA Strategy and Integration manager, during a Veterans Day observance ceremony held in the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Christopher Vedvick, left, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, presents Kennedy Space Center’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning with a proclamation designating Kennedy a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event on Nov. 7, 2019, in the Training Auditorium. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the Florida spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following this recognition, Vedvick, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
The National Anthem is sung by Suzy Cunningham, NASA Strategy and Integration manager, during a Veterans Day observance ceremony held in the Kennedy Space Center’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. During the event, Kennedy was named a Purple Heart Entity by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, becoming the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Christopher Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran and Military Order of the Purple Heart department of Florida commander, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
NASA Public Affairs Officer Derrick Matthews (far left) reads a proclamation by the Military Order of the Purple Heart designating Kennedy Space Center a Purple Heart Entity during a Veterans Day observance event in Kennedy’s Training Auditorium in Florida on Nov. 7, 2019. Following the reading, Military Order of the Purple Heart National Adjutant Ernie Rivera (second from left) and Department of Florida Commander Christopher Vedvick presented Kennedy’s Associate Director, Technical, Kelvin Manning (third from right), and the Veterans employee resource group chair Ana Contreras and executive champion Edwin Martinez, with a plaque stating this recognition. Kennedy is the first NASA center to receive this designation for support and services provided to veterans through the spaceport’s Veterans employee resource group. Attendees included Kennedy employees and more than 20 Purple Heart recipients. Following the award presentation, Vedvick, a combat wounded veteran, spoke about his experience serving in the United States Army before retiring, his involvement in the Military Order of the Purple Heart and the purpose of the organization.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017.
Veterans Advisory Committee Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony 2017. Chaplain Lt. Col. Todd Wolf.
Members of the Veterans Advisory Committee place flags on the Goddard mall for Memorial Day 2017
Members of the Veterans Advisory Committee place flags on the Goddard mall for Memorial Day 2017
Marine Corps 241st Birthday Celebration, Veterans Advisory Committee
iss072e147414 (Nov. 15, 2024) --- Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineers Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, all three NASA astronauts, pose for a portrait together with the U.S. flag behind them aboard the International Space Station's Harmony module. The trio was honoring veteran members of the U.S. Armed Forces during Veteran's Day. Williams is a retired U.S. Navy captain, Wilmore is a U.S. Navy test pilot, and Hague is U.S. Space Force colonel.
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
jsc2025e060531 (6/24/2025) --- Logo is shown for the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce collaborates with Rhodium Scientific on the Rhodium SpaceAg Veterans investigation. Image courtesy of the Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce.
S62-06240 (1962) --- Veteran's Administration Bldg., 2320 LaBranch, Site #14 is one of the leased builidngs and office of the Gemini Spacecraft Project. HOUSTON, TX HOUSTON, TX Photo credit: NASA
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer talks with veterans at the World War II Memorial who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA astronaut Jack Fischer poses for a group photo at the World War II Memorial with veterans who traveled to Washington, DC with the Buffalo Niagara Honor Flight, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
jsc2021e018129 (4/27/2021) --- Skeletal muscle myotubes form along strips of patterned scaffolds. The myotubes are labeled by antibodies directed against skeletal muscle myosin and visualized by immunofluorescence staining. The cellular nuclei are labeled in blue. Image courtesy of Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research.
Veterans Day Commemoration was held at Goddard on November 15, 2017. Guest speaker Jared Marinos gave talk “Millennial Journey of a Veteran Transition”
Veterans Day Commemoration was held at Goddard on November 15, 2017. Guest speaker Jared Marinos gave talk “Millenial Journey of a Veteran Transition”
S84-44094 (13 Jan 1984) --- Payload Specialist Dr. Millie Hughes Fulford with the Veterans' Administration Hospital and the University of California at San Francisco
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Veterans of the space program enjoy a guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center following a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of Project Gemini. More than 50 former Gemini workers attended the event. Astronaut John Young, himself a veteran of Project Gemini, was the key speaker, telling members of the group they should be pleased with their accomplishments, which ultimately helped to land a man on the moon and will lead to future Mars exploration. Photo credit:NASA/George Shelton
Veterans of the X-15 flight research program, most of them now retired, reunited at Dryden on the 40th anniversary of the last X-15 flight on Oct. 24, 1968 for a historical colloquium on the X-15 by noted aerospace historian and author Dennis Jenkins on Oct. 24, 2008. Gathered in front of the replica of X-15 #3 the were (from left) Johnny Armstrong, Betty Love, Paul Reukauf, Bob Hoey, Dave Stoddard, Dean Webb, Vince Capasso, Bill Dana (who flew the last flight), John McTigue and T.D. Barnes. Jenkins, the author of "X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight," maintained during his presentation that despite setbacks, the X-15 program became the most successful of all the X-plane research programs due to the can-do, fix-the-problem and go-fly-again attitude of the X-15's cadre of engineers and technicians.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
NASA ASTRONAUT DON PETTIT, RIGHT, A VETERAN OF THREE SPACEFLIGHTS, DISCUSSES CUBESAT TECHNOLOGY WITH UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN TUSCALOOSA STUDENTS, FROM LEFT, DAVID ENGLERT, MADISON KOONTZ AND CONNOR BURLESON.
jsc2021e031154 (7/22/2021) --- A preflight photo of the BioCell bioreactor for housing engineered muscle. Developed in collaboration with BioServe Space Technologies. Part of Cardinal Muscle investigation. Photo courtesy of the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
NASA's new white B-52H, shared ramp space with the veteran NASA B-52B mother ship in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002 during the 50th anniversary of the B-52 aircraft.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Prince Philip, left, speaks with veteran space walkers John M. Grunsfeld, center, and Michael J. Massimino at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Photo Credit: (NASA/Chris Gunn)
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Arnold Gonzales, a 20-year veteran of the NASA Armstrong Calibration Laboratory, uses a digital protractor to calibrate an item sent to the lab at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California.
NASA's veteran silver B-52B, foreground, joined the new B-52H in NASA markings for a ceremony in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002, marking the 50th anniversary of the B-52 aircraft
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
Veteran NASA astronauts James Buchli and Janet Kavandi were inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction on April 6, 2019.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut John Young speaks to veterans of the space program in front of the U.S. Space Walk of Fame’s Gemini Monument in Space View Park in Titusville, Fla. More than 50 former Gemini workers attended the event marking the 40th anniversary of Project Gemini. Young, himself a veteran of Project Gemini, told members of the group they should be pleased with their accomplishments, which ultimately helped to land a man on the moon and will lead to future Mars exploration. Following the ceremony, the former workers and their families enjoyed a guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit:NASA/George Shelton
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Astronaut John Young speaks to veterans of the space program in front of the U.S. Space Walk of Fame’s Gemini Monument in Space View Park in Titusville, Fla. More than 50 former Gemini workers attended the event marking the 40th anniversary of Project Gemini. Young, himself a veteran of Project Gemini, told members of the group they should be pleased with their accomplishments, which ultimately helped to land a man on the moon and will lead to future Mars exploration. Following the ceremony, the former workers and their families enjoyed a guided tour of the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA's new white B-52H, destined to join a veteran B-52B mother ship at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, was exhibited at the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas, April 12, 2002 during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the B-52 series of aircraft.
S87-46338 (20 Oct 1987) --- Flight controller Granvil Pennington listens to communications from the STS-26 integrated simulations in the flight control room of JSC's mission control center. Five veteran astronauts were in a simulator in another JSC building rehearsing their roles for the scheduled June 1988 flight aboard the Discovery.
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
iss071e580589 (Aug. 27, 2024) --- Veteran NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, who has launched to the International Space Station on three different spacecraft (Space Shuttle Atlantis, Soyuz TMA-14, and Boeing's CST-100 Starliner), services life support hardware located in the Tranquility module’s Air Revitalization System rack.
STS091-360-014 (2-12 June 1998) --- Astronaut Charles J. Precourt mans the commander's station on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery during NASA's scheduled final rendezvous operations with Russia's Mir space station. The veteran astronaut holds checklists related to the rendezvous activities.
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
iss065e441975 (Oct. 5, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship carrying three Russian crew members approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Rassvet module. Aboard the spacecraft were Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko.
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
iss065e441937 (Oct. 5, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship carrying three Russian crew members approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Rassvet module. Aboard the spacecraft were Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko.
STS061-65-009 (2-13 Dec 1993) --- Astronaut Jeffrey A. Hoffman is reflected in the helmet visor of F. Story Musgrave as he photographs the veteran astronaut during one of the pair's three-shared extravehicular activity?s (EVA).
iss065e441892 (Oct. 5, 2021) --- The Soyuz MS-19 crew ship carrying three Russian crew members approaches the International Space Station for a docking to the Rassvet module. Aboard the spacecraft were Soyuz Commander and veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, actress Yulia Peresild and producer Klim Shipenko.
S115-E-06135 (15 Sept. 2006) --- Astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist and a veteran NASA spacewalker, is pictured during work on the P3/P4 truss on the third and final EVA, supported by the Atlantis and International Space Station crews this week.
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
STS062-10-010 (4-18 March 1994) --- Astronaut John H. Casper, mission commander, takes stock of paraphenalia used to support medical testing onboard Columbia's middeck. Casper was poind by four other veteran astronauts for 14 days of variegated research in earth orbit.
PHOTO DATE: 06-25-09 LOCATION: Bldg 9NW SUBJECT: JAXA veteran astronaut and Expedition 22 crew member Soichi Noguichi with JAXA's two new astronaut candidates Takuya Onishi & Kimiya Yui PHOTOGRAPHER: James Blair
S81-36714 (14 Nov. 1981) --- These two veteran astronauts were named today as the official prime crew members of STS-3 in the space shuttle Columbia. Commander for NASA?s third space shuttle orbital flight test is astronaut Jack R. Lousma, left, seated in a Shuttle Mission Simulator (SMS) at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, right, will serve as pilot. Lousma was pilot on the second of three NASA crews to visit the Earth orbiting Skylab space station in 1973. Fullerton, though never having been in space, is a veteran of three free flights of the shuttle during approach and landing tests (ALT) with space shuttle Enterprise in 1977. Photo credit: NASA
iss073e0249492 (June 26, 2025) --- The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew from Axiom Space approaches the International Space Station as both spacecraft were orbiting 268 miles above a cloudy southern Indian Ocean. Commanding Ax-4 inside Dragon was veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson leading Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla, and Mission Specialists Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski and Tibor Kapu. Dragon would dock later to the orbital outpost's space-facing port on the Harmony module.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A miniature humanoid robot known as DARwin-OP, from Virginia Tech Robotics, plays soccer with a red tennis ball for a crowd of students at the Robot Rocket Rally. The three-day event at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is highlighted by exhibits, games and demonstrations of a variety of robots, with exhibitors ranging from school robotics clubs to veteran NASA scientists and engineers. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, right, Zena Cardman, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, third from right, speak with staff of the House Veterans Affairs Committee about their time onboard the International Space Station as part of Expeditions 73 and 74, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington. Cardman, Fincke, and Yui spent 167 days onboard the orbiting laboratory as part of Expeditions 73 and 74. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
iss073e0252954 (June 28, 2025) --- Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) Commander and veteran astronaut Peggy Whitson assists Ax-4 Mission Specialist Shubhanshu Shukla from ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) during his research work inside the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory module. Shukla was using Kibo's Life Science Glovebox studying how to improve muscle regeneration in microgravity and maintain a crew member's muscle health during spaceflight.
S125-E-007240 (14 May 2009) --- Astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-125 mission specialist, appears to be selecting his next tool to use while participating in the first of his crew's five scheduled sessions of extravehicular activity to perform final hands-on servicing of the Hubble Space Telescope. Feustel and veteran astronaut John Grunsfeld (out of frame) are scheduled to participate in a total of three of those spacewalks.
STS027-S-012 (6 Dec. 1988) --- A 70mm camera records the landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Rogers Dry Lake Bed near the Dryden Flight Research Facility in California. The wheels of the vehicle came to a stop at 3:36:53 p.m. (PST), marking the completion of a successful mission which involved five veteran NASA astronauts. Onboard for the four-day flight were astronauts Robert L. Gibson, Guy S. Gardner, Jerry L. Ross, Richard M. (Mike) Mullane and William M. Shepherd.
Students from Rockledge High School in Rockledge, Fla., make “plarn” – plastic yarn -- out of used plastic bags during Kennedy Space Center’s annual Earth Day celebration. The plarn was donated to be woven into mats for homeless veterans. The two-day Earth Day event featured approximately 50 exhibitors offering information on a variety of topics, including electric vehicles, sustainable lighting, renewable energy, Florida-friendly landscaping tips, Florida’s biking trails and more.
NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock lays a wreath at the grave marker of Virgil "Gus" Grissom from Apollo 1 as part of National Wreaths Across America Day, Sat., Dec. 14, 2019 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. National Wreaths Across America Day is held annually to celebrate the lives of military veterans and wreaths are placed at the foot of every headstone. Wheelock honored those who lost their lives in the quest for space exploration as well as fellow service members. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Students from Hagerty High School in Oviedo, Fla., participants in FIRST Robotics, show off their robots' capabilities at the Robot Rocket Rally. The three-day event at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is highlighted by exhibits, games and demonstrations of a variety of robots, with exhibitors ranging from school robotics clubs to veteran NASA scientists and engineers. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett