When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.

Held in the shuttle's payload bay by two Spacelab pallets that were developed by the European Space Agency (ESA ... hundreds of detailed drawings and schematics that broke down every component ...

When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.

Dr. Ken Phillips tells us all about Endeavor and it's Payload Bay. Amy Mainzer visits the California Science Center and Dr. Phillips, who tells her all about the space shuttle Endeavor and it's ...

Despite the work now underway to exhibit Endeavour in a vertical, launchpad-like display, the center's plans call for the space shuttle to remain quiet. Rather, the orbiter's payload bay has been ...

But only two of the defense department’s corps of 27 shuttle payload specialists made it to orbit. NASA The giant gold and silver satellite glittered against the black sky as space shuttle ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Space Shuttle ... But the shuttle survived another mission on Thursday when crews delicately hoisted a 5.5 ton Spacehab module into Endeavour's payload bay.

Using a giant robot arm, Endeavour's astronauts grabbed onto a cargo container in the shuttle payload bay late Monday morning for its installation on the space station. Inside the 21-foot-long ...

When it was flying in orbit, space shuttle Atlantis' payload bay was opened to deploy probes to the planets, send satellites circling the Earth, and deliver the parts to assemble a space station.

It took about a week for the specialists working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida to fully open Atlantis' payload bay, though most of that time was spent preparing for the ...