NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that launched Artemis I on a mission around the Moon and back becomes a “rocket engine fireplace” back drop video on the historic countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. The fireplace showcases the SLS rocket’s four RS-25 engines and a pair of solid rocket boosters.
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that launched Artemis I on a mission around the Moon and back becomes a “rocket engine fireplace” back drop video on the historic countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. The fireplace showcases the SLS rocket’s four RS-25 engines and a pair of solid rocket boosters.
NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that launched Artemis I on a mission around the Moon and back becomes a “rocket engine fireplace” back drop video on the historic countdown clock at the NASA News Center at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. The fireplace showcases the SLS rocket’s four RS-25 engines and a pair of solid rocket boosters.
Several manatees swim in the turn basin of Launch Complex 39 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. NASA Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife National Refuge and is home to more than 1,500 species of plants and animals on 140,000 acres.
Several manatees swim in the turn basin of Launch Complex 39 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. NASA Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife National Refuge and is home to more than 1,500 species of plants and animals on 140,000 acres.
A dolphin swims in the turn basin of Launch Complex 39 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket also can be seen in the background at Launch Pad 39A. Dolphins are a frequent sight in the rivers around NASA Kennedy, which shares a boundary with the Merritt Island Wildlife National Refuge and more than 1,500 species of plants and animals on 140,000 acres.
A great blue heron stands in the water at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. A frequent sight around Kennedy, this large heron inhabits lakes, ponds, rivers, and marshes in a range from Alaska south to Mexico and the West Indies. NASA Kennedy shares a boundary with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge that includes salt-water estuaries, brackish marshes, hardwood hammocks, and pine flatwoods.
ISS034-E-010298 (25 Dec. 2012) --- Stockings were obviously hung with care on Christmas Day aboard the International Space Station, but for some reason, the fireplace stand-in on Unity couldn't support a real fire. This minor detail didn't faze the spirit of the recently reunited crew members, however. The individual names of the six Expedition 34 crew members are inscribed on their respective stockings. The scene is actually in Node 1, called Unity, which was the first U.S.-built element of the International Space Station that was launched, and it connects the U.S. and Russian segments of the orbital outpost.
ISS034-E-009737 (25 Dec. 2012) --- Stockings were obviously hung with care on Christmas Day aboard the International Space Station, but for some reason, the fireplace stand-in on Unity couldn't support a real fire. This minor detail didn't faze the spirit of the recently reunited crew members, however. The individual names of the six Expedition 34 crew members are inscribed on their respective stockings. The scene is actually in Node 1, called Unity, which was the first U.S.-built element of the International Space Station that was launched, and it connects the U.S. and Russian segments of the orbital outpost.