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Description: SEQUENTIAL STILL COVERAGE OF LIFTOFF. FRAME VEHICLE AND LAUNCHER PLUS ONE VEHICLE LENGTH. Item: DD083-39A Date Taken: 7/15/2009 Image Type: DIGITAL STILLS STS127 LAUNCH AND LANDING

ISS042E135486 (01/10/2015) --- Just another sunny day in the Caribbean sea as viewed by astronauts aboard the International Space Station. This image was tweeted out by NASA astronaut Terry Virts as he captured More

Description (March 16, 1966) Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII. Gemini VIII successfully launched at 11:41 a.m. EST, March 16, 1966. The mission co More

(June 17, 1985) On June 17, 1985, Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-51 G mission launched on a Comsat deployment mission. It deployed three communication satellites. The mission lasted a little over seven days. ..I More

(November 9, 1951) The third X-1 (46-064), known as "Queenie," is mated to the EB-50A (46- 006) at Edwards AFB, California. Following a captive flight on November 9, 1951, both aircraft were destroyed by fire d More

On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7. Front row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan More

(February 7, 1964) Multiple exposure of Rendezvous Docking Simulator. The Gemini spacecraft was supported in a gimbal system by an overhead crane and gantry arrangement which provided 6 degrees of freedom - rol More

(June 3, 1965) Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for NASA's Gemini IV mission is shown in the crew's ready room at Launch Complex 16, suited and ready to ride the van to Launch Complex 19 for insertion in the More

Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Gemini-7 spaceflight, walks to the elevator at Pad 19 one hour and 40 minutes before launch of the spacecraft. Moments More

Original caption: NASA/APOLLO. ABOARD THE USS HORNET - President Richard M. Nixon appears to be holding the Presidential Seal which is attached to the door of the Mobile Quarantine Facility during his greeting More

Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 salutes the flag on the lunar surface during extravehicular activity (EVA) on NASA's final lunar landing mission. The Lunar Module "Challenger" is in the left background b More

(1977) The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Rogers Dry Lakebed during the second of five free flights carried out at the Dry More

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the empty orbiter payload bay as seen from the U.S. Laboratory/Destiny module window. Subject Terms: STS-102, DISCOVERY (ORBITER), PAYLOAD BAY, More

(July 8, 2011) Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission launched from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011. STS-135 was the last Space Shuttle mission. The crew of four delivered supplies to th More

Description: The X-15 #2 (56-6671) launches away from the B-52 mothership with its rocket engine ignited. The white patches near the middle of the ship are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion sy More

(November 30, 1968) The wingless lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10. More

Germany's largest city and capital, Berlin has appeared in historical records since the 14th century, and has been a capital city of the surrounding kingdom, empire, or nation since the beginning of the 18th ce More

CONSTELLATION - NEW MLP CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS - 10TH TOWER SEGMENT LIFT

ATOMIC OXYGEN PAINTING RESTORATION NASA Identifier: C-1998-2056 Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

ATOMIC OXYGEN PAINTING RESTORATION Public domain photograph of painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

ATOMIC OXYGEN CLEANED PAINTINGS FROM SAINT ALBON CHURCK NASA Identifier: C-1999-1386

In 1696, Robert Anderson, an Englishman, published a two-part treatise on how to make rocket molds, prepare propellants, and perform the calculations.

Opportunity View on Sols 1803 and 1804 Polar NASA/JPL-Caltech

During the 19th century, rocket enthusiasts and inventors began to appear in almost every country. Some people thought these early rocket pioneers were geniuses, and others thought they were crazy. Claude Ruggi More

Sir William Congreve developed a rocket with a range of about 9,000 feet. The incendiary rocket used black powder, an iron case, and a 16-foot guide stick. In 1806, British used Congreve rockets to attack Napol More

During the early introduction of rockets to Europe, they were used only as weapons. Enemy troops in India repulsed the British with rockets. Later, in Britain, Sir William Congreve developed a rocket that could More

The British fired Congreve rockets against the United States in the War of 1812. As a result Francis Scott Key coined the phrase the "rocket's red glare." Congreve had used a 16-foot guide stick to help stabili More

As far back as 1821, sailors hunted whales using rocket-propelled harpoons. These rocket harpoons were launched from a shoulder-held tube equipped with a circular black shield.

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-8 mission from the space shuttle Challenger. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-8 Categories: More

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Out of Focus,Black Sea. Image taken on Revolution 135. Original Film Magazine: CX-13,Laboratory Roll 22; Camera Data: Hass More

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-8 mission from the space shuttle Challenger. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-8 Categories: More

Hispanic Recognition Ceremony NASA Identifier: C-2006-1861

Leader Led Workshop - HQ Visit NASA Identifier: C-2004-1861

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation image of Charleston, South Carolina taken during the STS-100 mission from Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105. Subject Terms: Earth O More

MICROGRAVITY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE SYSTEM - MASS - TEAM PHOTO NASA Identifier: C-2002-1862

Visit by Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives to NASA Glenn Research Center on September 25, 2006 NASA Identifier: C-2006-1866

MOTION PICTURE STUDIO SETUP NASA Identifier: C-1965-1866

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1866

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER NASA Identifier: C-1943-1866 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ares I Segment Moving Operations NASA Identifier: C-2007-1866 Public domain photograph of NASA research facility, experimental engineering design, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Presentation of NASA Peer Award NASA Identifier: C-2004-1866

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1867

.005 inch x 1 inch sonic boom transport scale model. NASA Identifier: L61-1868

Presentation of NASA Peer Award NASA Identifier: C-2004-1868

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1868

Visit by Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives to NASA Glenn Research Center on September 25, 2006 NASA Identifier: C-2006-1871

Visit by Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives to NASA Glenn Research Center on September 25, 2006 NASA Identifier: C-2006-1872

Ares I Segment Moving Operations NASA Identifier: C-2007-1872

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1872

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Out of Focus,Underexposed. Image taken on Revolution 135. Original Film Magazine: CX-13,Laboratory Roll 22; Camera Data: H More

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER NASA Identifier: C-1943-1872 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1873

Visit by Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives to NASA Glenn Research Center on September 25, 2006 NASA Identifier: C-2006-1873

Ares I Segment Moving Operations NASA Identifier: C-2007-1873

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1874

Visit by Chairman of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics Committee on Science U.S. House of Representatives to NASA Glenn Research Center on September 25, 2006 NASA Identifier: C-2006-1874

2007 Thunderbirds Aircraft, F-16 Fighting Falcon NASA Identifier: C-2007-1874

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1875

2007 Thunderbirds Aircraft, F-16 Fighting Falcon NASA Identifier: C-2007-1875

WE FREEZE TO PLEASE - BOOK SIGNING NASA Identifier: C-2002-1876

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Portable Electronic Device (PED) study. Chamber B Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) installation. Photographed in building 1220, room 144B. NASA Identifier: L99-1876

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER NASA Identifier: C-1943-1876 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Portable Electronic Device (PED) study. Chamber B Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) installation. Photographed in building 1220, room 144B. NASA Identifier: L99-1876

Description The historical evolution of airfoil sections, 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower surface... More

EC03-0163-16 The mural was created to celebrate the achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright and to commemorate a century of powered flight. Central to the composition is the 1903 Wright Flyer. ''On Dec. 17, 1 More

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-8 mission from the space shuttle Challenger. Subject Terms: EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) STS-8 Categories: More

(October 10, 1902) Historic photo of the Wright brothers' third test glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on October 10, 1902. Wilbur Wright is at the controls, Orville Wright is at left, More

L90-4341: "The Langley Aerodrome, brainchild of a group led by Samuel Langley. Shortly after this photo was taken, the December 8, 1903, manned tests of the Aerodrome ended abruptly in failure, as it fell into More

Description: L90-4341: "The Langley Aerodrome, brainchild of a group led by Samuel Langley. Shortly after this photo was taken, the December 8, 1903, manned tests of the Aerodrome ended abruptly in failure, as More

Description: The first meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in the Office of The Secretary Of War April 23, 1915. Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven was elected as the temporary Chairman More

(September 3, 1908) The Wright Flyer demonstrations at Fort Myer, Virginia on September 3, 1908. In January 1908 the Wright Brothers submitted a bid to the U.S. War Department to design a plane for $25,000. Thi More

This photo commemorates the first successful sustained powered flight by Orville Wright on December 17, 1903, in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville was at the controls and his brother, Wilbur, was runnin More

Full Description: (c. 1903) Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) with chief mechanic and pilot, Charles M. Manly...Image # L-1990-04340

Description (December 17, 1903) On December 17, 1903, at 10:30am at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this airplane arose for a few seconds to make the first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history. Th More

(May 1, 1904) Wilbur and Orville Wright with the Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, outside of Dayton, Ohio, on May 1, 1904. ..The Wrights had a much more difficult time testing their aircraft at Huffman Prairie than More

The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Clouds over Pacific Ocean. Image taken on Revolution 79. Original Film Magazine: CX-16,Laboratory Roll 23; Camera Data: Ha More

The historical evolution of airfoil sections, 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower surface...Image # : L-1990-04334

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observations taken during the STS-9 mission from the space shuttle Columbia. Subject Terms: STS-9 EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE) Categories: E More

(October 24, 1911) This photograph of Orville Wright in his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was taken on October 24, 1911. His new glider broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring and sta More

Description (March 29, 1929) Pearl I. Young, the NACA's first female professional, at work in the instrument research laboratory circa 1929. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publi More

Description: (February 1928) James H. Doolittle, the NACA's last chairman, visited Langley in February 1928 in his Curtiss Racer, the plane in which he won the 1925 Schneider Trophy Race. Photograph published More

Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory as it appeared shortly after completion in 1918. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 2), by James Schultz. NASA Identifier: L1378

NASA Identifier: S73-30625 Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fokker D.VII: The Fokker D.VII was one of the best fighter aircraft of World War I, and was the only weapon used by the Central Powers specifically mentioned in the Versailles Treaty. The Central Powers surrend More

NASA Identifier: S73-30625 Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

NASA Identifier: S73-30626 Public domain photograph of industrial building, landscape, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory as it appeared shortly after completion in 1918. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 2), by James Schultz. NASA Identifier: L1378

Dr. Robert H. Goddard loading a 1918 version of the Bazooka of World War II. From 1930 to 1941, Dr. Goddard made substantial progress in the development of progressively larger rockets, which attained altitudes More

NASA Identifier: S73-30626 Public domain photograph of industrial building, landscape, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Description: In the spring of 1919, these two Curtiss JN-4H Jennies, which served as NACA 1 and NACA 3 (foreground), prepare to take off from Langley Field. Many of these early flights were done to collect basi More

Description (October 12, 1928) The NACA cowling as applied to a Curtiss AT-5A at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, October 1928...Center: LARC .Image # : L-03019

Description: Tom Carroll was a NACA research pilot and the SPAD was a French bi-plane fighter aircraft during WWI.

A LMAL carpenter prepares full scale wings for flight research, 1920. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 36), by James Schultz. Published in Engineer in Charge, NAS More

NASA Identifier: S73-30627 Public domain photograph of the history of NASA, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(1934) Fred Weick's homebuilt W-1A of 1934, one of the first aircraft to employ tricycle landing gear. Weick and a group of nine other Langley engineers built this small experimental airplane in their spare tim More

Lockheed Vega Air Express. Frank M. Hawks broke transcontinental speed record in this plane. It was the first production aircraft with the NACA cowling, 1929. NASA Identifier: L3271

Model of the XN2Y-1 for testing in 15-Foot Spin Tunnel. This was one of two balsa wood models (the other was a 1/12-scale model of the F4B-2) for initial testing and calibration of the new tunnel. Researchers w More

Description (October 12, 1928) Army Curtiss Hawk with NACA cowling. This Curtiss AT-5A is equipped to test a NACA cowling, November 1928. It was the work done on the NACA cowling which brought Langley the Colli More

Description: (October 17, 1925) Clad in a fur lined leather flying suit with oxygen facepiece, NACA test pilot Paul King prepares to take to the air in a Vought VE-7...Center: LARC .Image # : L-01118

Description (January 16, 1936) Fairchild 22: This is one of the hardest aircraft to identify in Langley's past, as it appeared in numerous guises. Built as a standard Fairchild 22, the NACA changed the wing, th More