The space shuttle Discovery is seen from the International Space Station as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7. During a post undocking fly-around, the crew of each vessel photographed the opposing craft. Image Credit: NASA
Inside the newly installed Permanent Multipurpose Module on the International Space Station are the six crew members of the STS-133 crew who’ve been spending busy days with the six astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 26. On the bottom row, from the left, are astronauts Eric Boe, Steve Lindsey and Michael Barratt. On the top row are astronauts Alvin Drew, Nicole Stott and Steve Bowen. Image Credit: NASA
NASA’s fully assembled Juno spacecraft is currently undergoing testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems near Denver. Technicians are inspecting some of the spacecraft’s components. All three solar array wings can be seen installed and stowed, and the spacecraft’s large high-gain antenna in place on top. Juno is scheduled to ship from Lockheed Martin’s facility to Kennedy Space Center in April, where it will undergo final preparations for launch in August 2011. The solar-powered spacecraft will orbit Jupiter’s poles to find out more about the gas giant’s origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. More information about Juno is online at http://www.nasa.gov/juno . Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LMSS
Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, NASA astronaut Steve Bowen participates in the STS-133 mission’s second spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 14-minute spacewalk, Bowen and fellow astronaut Alvin Drew tackled a variety of tasks, including venting into space some remaining ammonia from a failed pump module they moved during the mission’s first spacewalk. Image Credit: NASA
On Tuesday, March 1 2011, Dirk Ewers caught the International Space Station (ISS) on camera, as it was passing overhead in the evening sky near Kassel in central Germany. Ewers images show ATV-2 Johannes Kepler and space shuttle Discovery docked with the ISS. Using almost 2,000 of these individual images, he has put together a video sequence of the docked spacecraft passing almost directly overhead. To view the video, visit the DLR Blog. Image Credit: Dirk Ewers (Used by permission)
A docked Russian Soyuz spacecraft (right) backdropped by the thin line of Earth’s atmosphere and the blackness of space is featured in this image, which was taken by the STS-133 crew. The image also features a portion of the International Space Station’s Quest airlock and solar array panels. Image Credit: NASA
Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, astronaut Steve Bowen tackled a variety of tasks, including venting into space some remaining ammonia from a failed pump module they moved during the STS-133 mission’s first spacewalk. Fellow astronaut Alvin Drew worked in conjunction with Bowen to complete the day’s tasks during this the second spacewalk of the mission. Image Credit: NASA
President Barack Obama makes a phone call with the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station from the Oval Office, March 3, 2011. Listening in the background are, from left: Ted Wackler, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of Science and Technology; Damon Wells, Assistant Director for Aeronautics and Space, Office of Science and Technology; and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew are shown performing the STS-133 mission’s first spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Bowen and Drew installed the J612 power extension cable, move a failed ammonia pump module to the External Stowage Platform 2 on the Quest Airlock for return to Earth at a later date, installed a camera wedge on the right hand truss segment, installed extensions to the mobile transporter rail and exposed the Japanese “Message in a Bottle” experiment to space. Image Credit: NASA
NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew (partially obscured at center) conducted the STS-133 mission’s spacewalk on Monday, Feb. 28. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Bowen and Drew installed the J612 power extension cable, moved a failed ammonia pump module to the External Stowage Platform 2 on the Quest Airlock for return to Earth at a later date, installed a camera wedge on the right hand truss segment, installed extensions to the mobile transporter rail and exposed the Japanese “Message in a Bottle” experiment to space. Image Credit: NASA