Amphibious assault vehicles from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22 MEU) splash into the Aegean Sea from the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).
Emlen Cresson, his mother Sarah Emlen Cresson, his wife Priscilla Prichett Cresson, and his mother-in-law Mrs. Edith Hatten Prichett in a group family portrait, 1844.
Rising above the pad's fixed service tower, a Delta IV rocket soars into the sky with the GOES-O satellite aboard. Liftoff was at 6:51 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The first attempt to launch GOES-O, on June 26, was scrubbed due to thunderstorms. The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O was developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Each of the GOES satellites continuously provides observations of 60 percent of the Earth including the continental United States, providing weather monitoring and forecast operations as well as a continuous and reliable stream of environmental information and severe weather warnings. Once in orbit, GOES-O will be designated GOES-14, and NASA will provide on-orbit checkout and then transfer operational responsibility to NOAA.
A B-52H Stratofortress takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 23 during Northern Edge 2009. The B-52 is a long-range bomber assigned to Barksdale AFB, La.
Sunrise over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds space shuttle Endeavour half way on its 3.4-mile rollaround from Launch Pad 39B to Launch Pad 39A.