Photographs of President Richard Nixon Greeting the Apollo 11 Astronau...
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
MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames...
MoonFest: From Apollo to LCROSS and Beyond public event at NASA'S Ames Researc Center, Moffett Field, Calif. The day included scientific talks, model rocket launches on the flight line, musical performances, fa... More
AST-22-1850 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, O...
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
AST-22-1872 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, O...
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
AST-23-1904 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, C...
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
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Armstrong Count...
1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Pennsylvania - Armstrong County
AST-23-1932 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, C...
The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Clouds over Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. Original Film Magazine: CX-16,Laboratory Roll 23; Camera Data: Hasselblad Reflex,70... More
AST-23-1935 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project - Apollo Soyuz Test Project, A...
The original database describes this as: Description: Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP),Atlantic Ocean,West of Cape Verde Islands. Original Film Magazine: CX-16,Laboratory Roll 23; Camera Data: Hasselblad Refle... More
Saturn Apollo Program, NASA history collection
This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states, “Our deep appreciation for your outstanding contribution to the success of Apollo ... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program
The photograph shows the completed Saturn 1 S-1 stage (booster) during the checkout in the Marshall Space Flight Center, building 4705, January 23, 1961. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, ... More
NASA Saturn Apollo Program, Army ballistic missile agency
The Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) test tower being modified for testing the Saturn booster.
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program
The H-1 engines for the Saturn I vehicle in the alignment fixture. A cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of the Saturn I launch vehicle. The H-1 engine was developed under the direc... More
NASA Saturn Apollo Program, Army ballistic missile agency
The first circumferential welding being applied on a Saturn fuel container in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) fabrication laboratory, Building 4707, in May 1959.
View of approach to Apollo Landing Site 2 in southwestern Sea of Tranq...
AS11-37-5437 (20 July 1969) --- The approach to Apollo Landing Site 2 in southwestern Sea of Tranquility is seen in this photograph taken from the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) in lunar orbit. When this picture w... More
Commemorative plaque, attached to the leg of the Lunar Module (LM), Ea...
Millions of people on Earth watched via television as a message for all mankind was delivered to the Mare Tranquilitatis (Sea of Tranquility) region of the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 mission, where it s... More
Apollo 12 - Saturn Apollo Program
The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, old ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, old racks are being excessed in high bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, as part of a centerwide refurbishment initiative under the ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 12 times the thrust produced by ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 12 times the thrust produced by a Boeing 747 jet aircraft, the Constellation Program's Ares I-X test rocket roars off Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in F... More
Saturn I in the fabrication and engineering laboratory - Saturn Apollo...
The Saturn I S-I stage is being assembled in the fabrication and engineering laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The two end spider beams are cornected to the central 267-centimeter diameter liquid-... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 4 inside th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 4 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was one of the four control rooms used by NASA and contractor launch teams to oversee... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage ignited on NASA’s Ares I-X test...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first stage ignited on NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. The rocket produces 2.96 million pounds of... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As night settles over Launch Complex 39B at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - As night settles over Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, xenon lights reveal the Ares I-X rocket awaiting the approaching liftoff of its flight test. This is... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A tunnel beneath Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kenn...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A tunnel beneath Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida leads to the blast-resistant "rubber room." The room is a steel dome floating on rubber isolators and was used a... More
Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program - at Marshall Space Flight Center in ...
This small group of unidentified officials is dwarfed by the gigantic size of the Saturn V first stage (S-1C) at the shipping area of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight Center in ... More
Saturn Apollo Program - The J-2 engine for Saturn V S-IVB
The J-2 engine for Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage blasted from the test stand at Douglas Aircraft Co., Sacramento Test Operation (SACTO) facility in California. This third stage was used on the unmarned Saturn V ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard presents the U.S... More
Saturn I RL-10 engine - Saturn Apollo Program
RL-10 engine characteristics. The RL-10 engine was developed under the management of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to power the Saturn I upper stage (S-IV stage). The six RL-10 engines, which used liq... More
Three-Radial-Module Space Station Concept
This three-radial-module space station concept was intended to utilize Apollo hardware to deploy the station and to transfer crews to and from orbit...Image # : S-64-3704
Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program
This image illustrates the basic differences between the three Saturn launch vehicles developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center. The Saturn I, consisted of two stages, the S-I (eight H-1 engines) and the S-... More
Saturn I H-1 engine - Saturn Apollo Program
H-1 engine characteristics: The H-1 engine was developed under the management of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The cluster of eight H-1 engines was used to power the first stage of the Saturn I (S-I ... More
Saturn V F-1 Engine - Saturn Apollo Program
The F-1 engine was developed and built by Rocketdyne under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center. It measured 19 feet tall by 12.5 feet at the nozzle exit, and produced a 1,500,000-pound thrust usin... More
Saturn Apollo Program - F-1 rocket engine
This chart provides the vital statistics for the F-1 rocket engine. Developed by Rocketdyne, under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, the F-1 engine was utilized in a cluster of five engines to ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NASA's K...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United Space Alliance Recovery Operations personnel pull a colorful main parachute for the Ares I-X rocket o... More
Saturn V J-2 engine - Saturn Apollo Program
This chart is an illustration of J-2 Engine characteristics. A cluster of five J-2 engines powered the Saturn V S-II (second) stage with each engine providing a thrust of 200,000 pounds. A single J-2 engine pow... More
Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. This ... More
Installation the H-1 engines into the S-IB stage - Saturn Apollo Progr...
Workers at the Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana install the H-1 engines into the S-IB stage, the Saturn IB launch vehicle's first stage. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and bu... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - eight H-1 engines
A Cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of Saturn I (S-I stage) and Saturn IB (S-IB stage). The engines were arranged in a double pattern. Four engines, located inboard, were fixed in... More
Saturn I - testing of the Saturn I S-I (first) stage - Saturn Apollo P...
Pictured is one of the earliest testing of the Saturn I S-I (first) stage, with a cluster of eight H-1 engines, at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). It was a part of the test program to prove out the clu... More
Saturn V assembled LOX (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo...
This photograph shows the Saturn V assembled LOX (Liquid Oxygen) and fuel tanks ready for transport from the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The tank... More
Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. This ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Statio...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Hangar AF on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, workers prepare to inspect the spent first stage of NASA's Ares I-X rocket, secured in a slip. The booster was recovered by t... More
Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) - Saturn Apollo Program
This cutaway of the Saturn I S-IV stage (second stage) illustrates the booster's components. Powered by six RL-10 engines, the S-IV stage was capable of producing 90,000 pounds of thrust. Development of the Sat... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Ares I-X test rocket ignites its first s...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's Ares I-X test rocket ignites its first stage at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. The Constellation Program's 327-foot-tall roc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 3 inside th...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – As seen on Google Maps, Firing Room 3 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was one of the four control rooms used by NASA and contractor launch teams to oversee... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Kennedy Space Center's Apollo/Saturn V C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Kennedy Space Center's Apollo/Saturn V Center, former NASA astronauts, from the left, William Thornton, Karol Bobko and Robert Crippen recall experiences during the Astronaut Schol... More
J-2 engine at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park, California - Saturn Apollo Pr...
Workmen inspect a J-2 engine at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park, California production facility. The J-2, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was propelled by liquid hydrogen and liquid ... More
Saturn V first stage - Saturn Apollo Program
This photograph shows a Saturn V first stage (S-1C). This stage was assembled at the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. With assistance by the Boeing Company, the manuf... More
Saturn I fuel tanks - Saturn Apollo Program
A spider beam for cornecting the Saturn I fuel tanks is being positioned in the fabrication and engineering laboratory of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - the first stage of the Saturn I
This cutaway illustrates the S-I stage, the first stage of the Saturn I vehicle developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The stage was propelled by a cluster of eight H-1 engines, capable of produc... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Ares I-X test rocket launches into a bright...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Ares I-X test rocket launches into a bright Florida sky from Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Oct. 28. NASA’s Constellation Program's 327-... More
Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program - J-2 engine
The powerful J-2 engine is prominent in this photograph of a Saturn V Third Stage (S-IVB) resting on a transporter in the Manufacturing Facility at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The tower... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - I S-I stage is being assembled
The Saturn I S-I stage is being assembled in the fabrication and engineering laboratory at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The two end spider beams are cornected to the central 267-centimeter diameter liquid-... More
Saturn Apollo Program, Apollo program Saturn V rocket images
This photograph shows a test firing of a Saturn V second stage (S-II) on the S-IC test stand at the Propulsion Test Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana. This second stage component was used in the unmarned tes... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Crawler Transporter (CT) area, a w...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Crawler Transporter (CT) area, a worker offloads some of the new crawler shoes that arrived. In the background is one of the two CTs. The new shoes were manufactured by ME G... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Rob Mueller, left, NASA senior technologist in ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Rob Mueller, left, NASA senior technologist in the Surface Systems Office in Kennedy Space Center's Engineering and Technology Directorate, talks with former NASA Apollo astronaut Buzz Al... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Merritt Island Launch Annex (MILA) Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network Station at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Patrick Air Force Base Color Guard folds the U.S. f... More
Apollo, NASA history collection, NASA Apollo program
An early lunar excursion model was designed on a Friday afternoon in early 1961 by John D. Bird and Ralph W. Stone, Jr., of Langley Research Center for project. Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, and Loyd S... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view from above of repairs made to the walls...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A view from above of repairs made to the walls of the Launch Pad 39A flame trench at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Workers sprayed a heat-resistant concrete called Fondue Fyre into steel... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Therrin Protze, chief operating officer for De...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Therrin Protze, chief operating officer for Delaware North Parks Services at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, speaks at a wreath-laying ceremony honoring Henry W. "Hank" Hartsfield ... More
Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program
S-IVB-505 and S-IVB-211, the flight version of the S-IVB stages, in the McDornell Douglas' S-IVB Assembly and Checkout Tower in Huntington Beach, California. As a part of the Marshall Space Flight Center `s "bu... More
Saturn Apollo Program J-2 engine undergoes static firing
A J-2 engine undergoes static firing. The J-2, developed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was propelled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. A single J-2 was utilized in the S-IVB stage... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - Cluster of eight H-1 engines
A Cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of Saturn I (S-I stage) and Saturn IB (S-IB stage). The engines were arranged in a double pattern. Four engines, located inboard, were fixed in... More
Photograph of Apollo 13 Flight Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. Standing...
Original caption: HONOLULU, HAWAII - The Apollo 13 Flight Commander James A. Lovell, Jr. stands alongside President Richard M. Nixon during the playing of the National Anthem after presentation ceremonies award... More
Saturn Apollo Program, NASA Apollo program
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) workers hoist a dynamic test version of the S-IVB stage, the Saturn IB launch vehicle's second stage, into the Center's Dynamic Test Stand on January 18, 1965. MSFC Test Labo... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program - Saturn-I first stage (S-1 stage) be...
This photograph shows the Saturn-I first stage (S-1 stage) being transported to the test stand for a static test firing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. Soon after NASA began operations in October 1958, it ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, invited guests tour the blockhouse at Complex 5/6 during a celebration of Alan Shepard's historic flight 50 years ago. From left are Rober... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 23 times the power output of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - With more than 23 times the power output of the Hoover Dam, NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket soars into blue skies above Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket p... More
Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program
A NASA technician is dwarfed by the gigantic Third Stage (S-IVB) as it rests on supports in a facility at KSC. The towering 363-foot Saturn V was a multi-stage, multi-engine launch vehicle standing taller than ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NAS...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Bernardo Patti, at left, head of International Space Station, Program Department, European Space Agency... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-114 Mission Commander Eileen Collins tries out one of the seats in the Rubber Room. Located under the launch pad, the steel dome Rubber Room floats on rubber isolators. It was... More
Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960, as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. This... More
Saturn I Booster - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program, to prove out the clustered-booster concept, was well underway at Redstone Arsenal. Thi... More
Saturn I liquid oxygen tank - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn I liquid-oxygen (LOX) tank for the Saturn I S-I stage being aligned with the end spider beam in the fabrication and engineering laboratory, building 4705, at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).
Saturn Apollo Program H-1 engine
Alignment of the H-1 engine performed in the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA ), building 4708, in February 1960. A cluster of eight H-1 engines were used to thrust the first stage of the Saturn I launch veh... More
Saturn I engine test pad - Saturn Apollo Program
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) was the birthplace of the United States' rocket program. In the early 1960s, most of the rocket development and testing were done at the MSFC. Pictured is an example of what ... More
Saturn I test - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn Project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway. A series of static tests ... More
NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Br...
NASA officials, (left to right) Charles W. Mathews; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC); Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Marned Space Flight; and Air Force Lt... More
Saturn 1 launch vehicle - Apollo Program
Pictured in front of the Saturn 1 launch vehicle are (L to R): Dr. Rocco Petrone, Director of Launch Operations at Kennedy Space Center; Dr. Werher von Braun, Director of Marshall Space Flight Center; Dr. Oswal... More
Saturn C1 - Apollo Program, America Space Program
Progress in the Saturn program, depicted below, was described by Dr. Wernher von Braun, Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director, in an appearance before the Senate Committee of Aeronautical and Space Scien... More
Saturn I S-I stage with eight H-1 engines - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn I S-I stage with eight H-1 engines, located in Marshall Space Flight Center building 4705, showing the positioning of eight H-1 engines. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using ... More
Apollo - LOLA project, NASA Apollo program
Description: (December 5, 1961) Project LOLA. Test subject sitting at the controls: Project LOLA or Lunar Orbit and Landing Approach was a simulator built at Langley to study problems related to landing on the ... More
Saturn I stages - Saturn Apollo Program
The S-I stages for the Saturn I (SA-1 at right and SA-2 at left) are being assembled at the Marshall Space Flight Center, building 4705. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using liquid oxyg... More
ASTRONAUT GROUP - FLIGHT LINE, NASA Mercury project
S61-01250 (20 Jan. 1961) --- Photo of the Mercury astronauts standing beside a Convair 106-B aircraft. They are, left to right, M. Scott Carpenter, L. Gordon Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, Wa... More
First Saturn (SA-1) Launch. NASA public domain image colelction.
Full Description: On October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program when the first Saturn vehicle flew a flawless 215-mile bal... More
Saturn I S-1 stage - Saturn Apollo Program
The completely assembled Saturn 1 S-1 stage is being ready for checkout in the Marshall Space Flight Center, building 4705, January 18, 1961. The Saturn I S-I stage had eight H-1 engines clustered, using liquid... More
Saturn I launch vehicle - Saturn Apollo Program
A completed Saturn I launch vehicle in the Fabrication and Assembly Engineering Division at the Marshall Space Flight Center. The Saturn I launch vehicle is composed of an S-I first stage or booster (rear), pow... More
Saturn I test - Saturn Apollo Program
The Saturn project was approved on January 18, 1960 as a program of the highest national priority. The formal test program to prove out the clustered-booster concept was well underway. A series of static tests ... More
Saturn Apollo Program - SA-1 booster (Saturn I S-I stage)
This night photograph depicts the SA-1 booster (Saturn I S-I stage) being removed from the test stand after the first flight qualification testing at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).
Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.
On October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program when the first Saturn vehicle flew a flawless 215-mile ballistic traj... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program
This image depicts the Saturn I launch vehicle placed in the dynamic test stand at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). A dummy booster was moved to the dynamic test stand early in June, and, for the first ... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program
The Marshall Space Flight Center's first Saturn I vehicle, SA-1, lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on October 27, 1961. This early configuration, Saturn I Block I, 162 feet tall and weighing 460 tons, con... More
Saturn Apollo Program. NASA public domain image colelction.
On October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program when the first Saturn vehicle flew a flawless 215-mile ballistic trajectory ... More
John C. Houbolt, NASA Apollo program
(July 24, 1962) John C. Houbolt at blackboard, showing his space rendezvous concept for lunar landings. Lunar Orbital Rendezvous (LOR) would be used in the Apollo program. Although Houbolt did not invent the id... More
President John F. Kennedy: President John F. Kennedy visited Cape Can...
President John F. Kennedy: President John F. Kennedy visited Cape Canaveral on three separate occasions, twice in 1962 and November 16, 1963. He presided over a Project Mercury ceremony to award John Glenn th... More
Dr. Kurt H. Debus, Kennedy Space Center's First Director: A doctor of ...
Dr. Kurt H. Debus, Kennedy Space Center's First Director: A doctor of philosophy in engineering from Darmstadt University, Debus was selected by Dr. Wernher von Braun to direct the Experimental Missile Firing B... More
AST-24-1962 - Apollo Soyuz Test Project
Photographs of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Public domain photograph of Apollo-Soyuz, joint Unites States - Soviet space flight, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (AS... More
Lunar Rendezvous Simulator, NASA Langley research center
(August 17, 1962) The Lunar Rendezvous Simulator at Langley Research Center...Image # : L-1962-06330
Model of Apollo spacecraft presented to President Kennedy
S62-03984 (12 September 1962) --- Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (left), MSC Director, presented President John F. Kennedy with this mounted model of the Apollo spacecraft at the end of the president's visit. Kennedy s... More
The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited...
The members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visited the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on March 9, 1962 to gather firsthand information of the nation's space exploration program. The con... More
Saturn I - Saturn Apollo Program
The second flight of the Saturn I vehicle, the SA-2, was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on April 15, 1962. This vehicle had a secondary mission. After the first stage shutoff, at a 65-mile a... More