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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 the Earth observation of #Cuba and #Bahamas on Jan. 10, 2015. iss042e135486

ISS042E135486 (01/10/2015) --- Just another sunny day in the Caribbean...

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

Detail of construction of a log cabin near Nelma, Wisconsin. Note the earth fill around base to keep in warmth in the winter. The space between the logs is usually filled with cement or mud. The windows are removed when a house is abandoned; people cannot build glass. This cabin is occupied by the Ingrahams and the Smallwoods; two families

Detail of construction of a log cabin near Nelma, Wisconsin. Note the ...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Luna 1 coat of arms. NASA public domain image colelction.

Luna 1 coat of arms. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon, and the first of a series of Soviet automatic interplanetary stations successfully launched in the direction of the Moon. The spacecraft was spher... More

Photograph of Earth from an Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Photograph of Earth from an Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic...

Original caption: SUBJECT: MOTHER EARTH FROM 700MILES UP -- This series of photographs taken during the flight of an Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile August 24, 1959, shows the earth from an a... More

First TV Image from Space. NASA public domain image colelction.

First TV Image from Space. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description (April 1, 1960) The Television InfraRed Observational Satellite (TIROS) 1 was the first weather satellite. Launched into a polar orbit equipped with two TV cameras, TIROS 1 was operational for only ... More

[Television screen showing depiction of panel with a circular device, over which is written "Glenn's Voice", during John Glenn's orbit around earth in the Friendship 7 space capsule on February 20, 1962]

[Television screen showing depiction of panel with a circular device, ...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Glenn shot round the world 3 times on television, MST, 2/20/62." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR C... More

[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn's Friendship 7 space capsule approaching North America, during his orbit around earth on February 20, 1962]

[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn's Friendship 7 spac...

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[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn in the Friendship 7 space capsule, looking at the control panel during his orbit around earth on February 20, 1962]

[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn in the Friendship 7...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Glenn shot round the world 3 times on television, MST, 2/20/62." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR C... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. enters his Mercury capsule, "Friendship 7," as he prepares for launch of the Mercury-Atlas rocket. On February 20, 1962, Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas 6 MA-6 rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. Photo credit: NASA KSC-S63-01207

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. enters his Mercury...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. enters his Mercury capsule, "Friendship 7," as he prepares for launch of the Mercury-Atlas rocket. On February 20, 1962, Glenn lifted off into space aboard hi... More

The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972 after an 11-day moon exploration mission. The 3-man crew is shown here aboard the rescue ship, USS Horton. From left to right are: Mission Commander John W. Young, Lunar Module pilot Charles M. Duke, and Command Module pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II. The sixth manned lunar landing mission, the Apollo 16 (SA-511) lifted off on April 16, 1972. The Apollo 16 mission continued the broad-scale geological, geochemical, and geophysical mapping of the Moon’s crust, begun by the Apollo 15, from lunar orbit. This mission marked the first use of the Moon as an astronomical observatory by using the ultraviolet camera/spectrograph which photographed ultraviolet light emitted by Earth and other celestial objects. The Lunar Roving Vehicle, developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was also used. n/a

The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Apr...

The Apollo 16 Command Module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on April 27, 1972 after an 11-day moon exploration mission. The 3-man crew is shown here aboard the rescue ship, USS Horton. From left to right ar... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An Atlas launch vehicle lifts off with the Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 atop with astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. aboard. The fifth American into space and the third to orbit the Earth plans to circle the globe six time prior to a planned splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-62PC-0078

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An Atlas launch vehicle lifts off with the Mer...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An Atlas launch vehicle lifts off with the Mercury spacecraft Sigma 7 atop with astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. aboard. The fifth American into space and the third to orbit the Earth pla... More

Skylab sketch. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab sketch. NASA Skylab space station

Seldom in aerospace history has a major decision been as promptly and concisely recorded as with the Skylab shown in this sketch. At a meeting at the Marshall Space Flight Center on August 19, 1966, George E. M... More

GEMINI-9 - EARTH SKY - ATDA. NASA public domain image colelction.

GEMINI-9 - EARTH SKY - ATDA. NASA public domain image colelction.

S66-37943 (3 June 1966) --- The Augmented Target Docking Adapter is photographed against the background of the blackness of space from the Gemini-9 spacecraft during one of their three rendezvous in space. The ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - EARTH - SKY - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - EARTH - SKY - OUTER SPACE

S66-45951 (18-21 July 1966) --- China, Fukien and Kwangtung provinces, Formosa Strait, Pescadores Island, Quemoy Island, as seen from the Gemini-10 spacecraft. Taken with a J.A. Maurer 70mm camera, using Eastma... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - EARTH SKY - RENDEZVOUS - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-10 - EARTH SKY - RENDEZVOUS - OUTER SPACE

S66-46122 (18 July 1966) --- Agena Target Docking Vehicle 5005 is photographed from the Gemini-Titan 10 (GT-10) spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The two spacecraft are about 38 feet apart. After docking w... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH - SKY - DOCKING - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH - SKY - DOCKING - OUTER SPACE

S66-46144 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft is successfully docked with the Agena Target Docking Vehicle 5005. The Agena display panel is clearly visible. After docking with the Agena, astronauts John... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT-10) - EARTH SKY - SAHARA - MAURITANIA - ALGERIA - MOROCCO - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT-10) - EARTH SKY - SAHARA - MAURITANIA - ALGERIA - MOR...

S66-46062 (18-21 July 1966) --- Area of the Spanish Sahara--Mauritania--Algeria--Morocco, looking north into Hamada Du Dra, as seen from the Gemini-10 spacecraft. Taken with a J.A. Maurer 70mm camera, using Eas... More

The official NASA portrait of astronaut James Lovell

The official NASA portrait of astronaut James Lovell

This is the official NASA portrait of astronaut James Lovell. Captain Lovell was selected as an Astronaut by NASA in September 1962. He has since served as backup pilot for the Gemini 4 flight and backup Comman... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OVERLAY - SINAI PENINSULA - POINTS OF INTEREST - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OVERLAY - SINAI PENINSULA - POINTS ...

S66-54893 (14 Sept. 1966) --- Near East area as seen from the orbiting Gemini-11 spacecraft during its 26th revolution of Earth. The United Arab Republic (Egypt) is in foreground. Triangular-shaped area is the ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

S66-54548 (12-15 Sept. 1966) --- This photograph, taken during one of the 44 orbits the Gemini-11 crew made around Earth, shows the Indian Ocean west of Australia looking northwest. The crew consisted of astron... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT-11) - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT-11) - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

S66-54677 (14 Sept. 1966) --- India and Ceylon as seen from the orbiting Gemini-11 spacecraft at an altitude of 410 nautical miles during its 26th revolution of Earth. The Indian Ocean is at bottom of picture; ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - AGENA TETHERED - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - AGENA TETHERED - OUTER SPACE

S66-54571 (14 Sept. 1966) --- A 100-foot tether line connects the Agena Target Docking Vehicle with the Gemini-11 spacecraft during its 32nd revolution of Earth. Photo credit: NASA

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

S66-54706 (14 Sept. 1966) --- Western half of Australia, including the coastline from Perth to Port Darwin, looking west, as seen from the Gemini-11 spacecraft during its 26th revolution of Earth. Photograph wa... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OVERLAY - ARABIAN PENINSULA & NORTHEAST AFRICA - POINTS OF INTEREST - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OVERLAY - ARABIAN PENINSULA & NORTH...

S66-54536 (14 Sept. 1966) --- Arabian Peninsula (on left) and northeast Africa (on right) as seen from the orbiting Gemini-11 spacecraft at an altitude of 340 nautical miles during its 27th revolution of Earth,... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-11 - EARTH SKY - OUTER SPACE

S66-54643 (14 Sept. 1966) --- Western half of Australia, including the coastline from Perth to Port Darwin, looking west, as seen from the Gemini-11 spacecraft at a record-high apogee of 740 nautical miles duri... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA) - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA) - OUT...

S66-63537 (11 Nov. 1966) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, pilot for the Gemini-12 spaceflight, stands up in the open hatch of the spacecraft during the first day of the four-day mission in space. He prepares a ca... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - AGENA RENDEZVOUS - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - AGENA RENDEZVOUS - OUTER SPACE

S66-62755 (11 Nov. 1966) --- Excellent stereo and side view of the Agena Target Docking Vehicle as seen from the Gemini-12 spacecraft during rendezvous and docking mission in space. The two spacecraft are 50 fe... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA) - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY (EVA) - OUT...

S66-62926 (12 Nov. 1966) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini-12 spaceflight, is photographed with pilot's hatch of the spacecraft open. Note: J.A. Maurer camera which was used to photograph s... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - NORTHERN SONORA, MEXICO - OUTER SPA...

S66-62794 (13 Nov. 1966) --- Northern portion of Sonora, Mexico; southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, as seen from the Gemini-12 spacecraft during its 30th revolution of Earth. Includes the Tucson,... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - AGENA ON TETHER - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - AGENA ON TETHER - OUTER SPACE

S66-63517 (13 Nov. 1966) --- The Gulf of California area as seen from the Gemini-12 spacecraft during its 30th revolution of Earth. Baja California Sur is the peninsula on the left. At lower left is the mainlan... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - AGENA TETHER LINE - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - AGENA TETHER LINE - OUTER SPACE

S66-62953 (13 Nov. 1966) --- A 100-foot tether line connects the Agena Target Docking Vehicle with the Gemini-12 spacecraft during its 32nd revolution of Earth. Clouds over the Pacific Ocean are in the backgrou... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - GUADALUPE ISLAND - OUTER SPACE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-12 - EARTH SKY - GUADALUPE ISLAND - OUTER SPACE

S66-63494 (13 Nov. 1966) --- Guadalupe Island, unique vortices off Baja California, Mexico, as seen from the Gemini-12 spacecraft during its 29th revolution of Earth. Photo credit: NASA

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launched on the fourth Saturn IBC launch vehicle. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC's "building block" approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IBC utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine a larger booster and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the manned lunar missions. n/a

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204...

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launche... More

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center hoist the Saturn Lunar Module (LM) Adapter into position during assembly of the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launched on the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC's "building block" approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IB utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine a larger booster and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the manned lunar missions. n/a

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center hoist the Saturn Lunar Module (LM)...

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center hoist the Saturn Lunar Module (LM) Adapter into position during assembly of the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module in Earth orbit. Also k... More

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launched on the fourth Saturn IBC launch vehicle. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC's "building block" approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IBC utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine a larger booster and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the manned lunar missions. n/a

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204...

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center position the nose cone for the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module (LM) in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launche... More

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible from Apollo 8 spacecraft

Description: Both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are visible in this view from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The large, most prominent, land mass is the bulge of west Africa. The portion of Africa near the equator is d... More

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

Apollo 7/S-IVB Rendezvous in space

AS07-03-1538 (11 Oct. 1968) --- The expended Saturn IVB stage as photographed from the Apollo 7 spacecraft during transposition and docking maneuvers. This photograph was taken during Apollo 7's second revoluti... More

Apollo 11 Mission Image - Earth view over Central and North America

Apollo 11 Mission Image - Earth view over Central and North America

Description: Earth view over Central and North America. Image taken during the transluner phase of the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled N; Film type: S0-368 Color; 250mm lens...Identifier: ... More

Apollo 12 view of Solar Eclipse

Apollo 12 view of Solar Eclipse

Description: This is one of a series of photographs of the eclipse of the Sun which was taken from the Apollo 12 spacecrft during its transearth journey home from the Moon. This view was created when the Earth ... More

Earth Rise as Seen From Lunar Surface

Earth Rise as Seen From Lunar Surface

Full Description: This incredible image of the Earth rise was taken during lunar orbit by the Apollo 11 mission crew in July of 1969. The first manned lunar mission, Apollo 11 launched aboard a Saturn V launch ... More

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of moon limb with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of moon limb with Earth on the horizon,...

Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine... More

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of moon limb with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of moon limb with Earth on the horizon,...

Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazin... More

Apollo Capsule/Lunar Lander: The goal of Project Apollo was to land man on the moon and return them safely to the Earth. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of a command module serving as the crew’s quarters and flight control section and the lunar module, carrying two crewmembers to the surface of the moon. The first Apollo spacecraft to land on the moon was Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. The program concluded with Apollo 17 in December 1972 after putting 27 men into lunar orbit and 12 of them on the surface of the moon. Poster designed by Kennedy Space Center Graphics Department/Greg Lee. Credit: NASA KSC-2012-1845

Apollo Capsule/Lunar Lander: The goal of Project Apollo was to land m...

Apollo Capsule/Lunar Lander: The goal of Project Apollo was to land man on the moon and return them safely to the Earth. The Apollo spacecraft consisted of a command module serving as the crew’s quarters and ... More

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of Moon, Smyth's Sea/Crater 189

Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of Moon, Smyth's Sea/Crater 189

Description: View of Moon, Smyth's Sea/Crater 189. Crater 189 is officially named Babcock. Earth is visible in the distance as it appears from behind the moon. This image is part of a west looking high oblique ... More

ABOARD THE USS GUADALCANAL -- Bearded Apollo 9 commander James A. McDivitt speaks to personnel aboard the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship, an hour after he and astronauts David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart splashed down today in the Atlantic Ocean, 780 nautical miles southeast of Cape Kennedy. Their 10-day Earth orbital flight verified a lunar landing later this year. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration directs the Apollo program. KSC-69P-200

ABOARD THE USS GUADALCANAL -- Bearded Apollo 9 commander James A. McDi...

ABOARD THE USS GUADALCANAL -- Bearded Apollo 9 commander James A. McDivitt speaks to personnel aboard the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship, an hour after he and astronauts David R. Scott and Russell L. Schw... More

AS11-44-6648 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb, Mare Smythii, Earth over horizon

AS11-44-6648 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb, Mare Smythii. Earth visible over horizon. Principal Point (p.p.) in space. Image was taken during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original fi... More

AS11-44-6692 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Earth terminator

AS11-44-6692 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Earth ter...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Earth terminator. Ethiopia,India Ocean,30 degrees North to 30 degrees South visible. Image was taken after the transearth insertion as the Apol... More

AS11-36-5319 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - Earth limb

AS11-36-5319 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - Earth limb

The original database describes this as: Description: Earth limb. Image taken during transluner phase of the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled N; Film type: S0-368 Color; 80mm lens; Tilt mi... More

AS11-44-6643 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb and Lunar Module during ascent, Mare Smythii, Earth on horizon

AS11-44-6643 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb,Lunar Module during ascent,Mare Smythii. Earth visible over horizon. Image was taken during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film maga... More

AS11-44-6604 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon

AS11-44-6604 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb,Mare Smythii . Earth on the horizon. Edge of window in right field of view. Image was taken after separation of the LM and the Comma... More

AS11-44-6601 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon

AS11-44-6601 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb, Mare Smythii . Earth on the horizon. Edge of window in right field of view. Image was taken after separation of the LM and the Comm... More

AS11-44-6603 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon

AS11-44-6603 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb,Mare Smythii . Earth on the horizon. Edge of window in right field of view. Image was taken after separation of the LM and the Comma... More

AS11-44-6563 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb, with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region

AS11-44-6563 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-44-6602 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon

AS11-44-6602 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb,Mare Smythii . Earth on the horizon. Edge of window in right field of view. Image was taken after separation of the LM and the Comma... More

AS11-44-6558 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb, with Earth on the horizon, Mare Smythii Region

AS11-44-6558 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during... More

AS11-44-6605 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon

AS11-44-6605 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon limb...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Moon limb,Mare Smythii . Earth on the horizon. Edge of window in right field of view. Image was taken after separation of the LM and the Comma... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Leaving a w... More

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecraft

View of Earth rising over Moon's horizon taken from Apollo 11 spacecra...

AS11-44-6552 (16-24 July 1969) --- This view of Earth rising over the moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo spacecraft. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates o... More

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS - A view of the Earth appears over the lunar horizon as the Apollo 11 Command Module comes into view of the Moon before astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. leave in the Lunar Module, Eagle, to become the first men to walk on the Moon's surface. KSC-as11-44-6549

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS - A view of the Earth appears ov...

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS - A view of the Earth appears over the lunar horizon as the Apollo 11 Command Module comes into view of the Moon before astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. leave... More

AS10-27-3887 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth rise

AS10-27-3887 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth rise

The original database describes this as: Description: Oblique view of Earth rise,Lunar-Earth Sequence taken during Apollo 10 Mission. Principal Point in Space. Sun angle was high. Film magazine was N,film t... More

AS10-27-3952 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth

AS10-27-3952 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Earth during Apollo 10 Mission. Principal Point on Transearth Injection (TEI) in Space. Film magazine was N,film type was SO-368 with 250mm lens.... More

AS10-27-3898 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth rise

AS10-27-3898 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth rise

The original database describes this as: Description: View of Earth, Lunar-Earth Sequence taken during Apollo 10 Mission. Principal Point in Space. Film magazine was N,film type was SO-368 with 250mm lens. ... More

AS10-27-3885 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth rise

AS10-27-3885 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth rise

The original database describes this as: Description: Oblique view of Earth rise, Lunar-Earth Sequence taken during Apollo 10 Mission. Principal Point in Space. Film magazine was N,film type was SO-368 with ... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

After the end of the Apollo missions, NASA's next adventure into space was the marned spaceflight of Skylab. Using an S-IVB stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle, Skylab was a two-story orbiting laboratory, one ... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

This illustration depicts the Skylab-1 and Skylab-2 mission sequence. The goals of the Skylab were to enrich our scientific knowledge of the Earth, the Sun, the stars, and cosmic space; to study the effects of ... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

This image illustrates major areas of emphasis of the Skylab Program. In an early effort to extend the use of Apollo for further applications, NASA established the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) in August of... More

Apollo 15 Onboard Photo: Earth's Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

Apollo 15 Onboard Photo: Earth's Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

Full Description: This view of the Earth's crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Apollo 15 launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn... More

Artist's concept of Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit

Artist's concept of Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit

S71-52192 (1971) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit. The cutaway view shows astronaut activity in the Orbital Workshop (OWS). The Skylab cluster is composed of the OWS,... More

Pioneer F Plaque Symbology. NASA public domain image colelction.

Pioneer F Plaque Symbology. NASA public domain image colelction.

The Pioneer F spacecraft, destined to be the first man made object to escape from the solar system into interstellar space, carries this pictorial plaque. It is designed to show scientifically educated inhabita... More

The Blue Marble. NASA orbital flight public domain image.

The Blue Marble. NASA orbital flight public domain image.

Description View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the... More

Apollo 17 Astronaut Cernan Adjusts U.S. Flag on Lunar Surface

Apollo 17 Astronaut Cernan Adjusts U.S. Flag on Lunar Surface

Full Description: In this Apollo 17 onboard photo, Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan adjusts the U.S. flag deployed upon the Moon. The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the Apo... More

Apollo 16 view of the earth from translunar injection

Apollo 16 view of the earth from translunar injection

AS16-118-18880 (16 April 1972) --- A good view of Earth photographed about one hour after trans-lunar injection on April 16, 1972. Although there is much cloud cover, the United States in large part, most of Me... More

Earth and Moon as Viewed by Mariner 10

Earth and Moon as Viewed by Mariner 10

Description Mariner 10 was launched on November 3, 1973, 12:45 am PST, from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas/Centaur rocket (a reconditioned Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - ICBM). Within 12 hours of launch the t... More

SL2-X9-747 (June 1973) --- Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) in this onboard view photographed in Earth orbit. The ATM C&D console is located in the Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) of the Skylab 1/2 space station. Weitz, along with astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander, and scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot, went on to successfully complete a 28-day mission in Earth orbit. Photo credit: NASA sl2-x9-747

SL2-X9-747 (June 1973) --- Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, ma...

SL2-X9-747 (June 1973) --- Astronaut Paul J. Weitz, Skylab 2 pilot, mans the control and display console of the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) in this onboard view photographed in Earth orbit. The ATM C&D console... More

S73-26128 (1973) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit illustrating the deployment of the twin pole thermal shield to shade the Orbital Workshop (OWS) from the sun. This is one of the sunshade possibilities considered to solve the problem of the overheated OWS. In this view the Skylab astronauts have partially deployed the sunshade. Photo credit: NASA s73-26128

S73-26128 (1973) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station c...

S73-26128 (1973) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit illustrating the deployment of the twin pole thermal shield to shade the Orbital Workshop (OWS) from the sun. This is ... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

W. Brian Dunlap of Youngstown, Ohio, proposed Skylab student experiment ED-78, Liquid Motion in Zero-G, a study of wave motion in a liquid. He was particularly interested in comparing surface waves over a liqui... More

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

SL4-143-4706 (8 Feb. 1974) --- An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM befo... More

SL2-04-118 (June 1973) --- A color photograph of the San Francisco Bay, California area, taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. (The picture should be held with the clouds and Pacific Ocean on the left.) Note the thickly populated and highly developed area around the bay. Among the cities visible are San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and San Jose. This view extends eastward to show a portion of the San Joaquin Valley. This photograph was taken by one of the six lenses of the Itek-furnished S190-A Multispectral Photographic Facility Experiment in the Multiple Docking Adapter of the space station. Type SO-356 film was used. The S190-A experiment is part of the Skylab Earth Resources Experiments Package (EREP). Photo credit: NASA SL2-04-118

SL2-04-118 (June 1973) --- A color photograph of the San Francisco Bay...

SL2-04-118 (June 1973) --- A color photograph of the San Francisco Bay, California area, taken from the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. (The picture should be held with the clouds and Pacific Ocean on the ... More

SL3-111-1516 (July-September 1973) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, uses a battery powered shaver in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) aboard the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit. Astronaut Bean, Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, and Jack R. Lousma, pilot, went on to successfully complete 59 days aboard the Skylab cluster in Earth orbit. Photo credit: NASA SL3-111-01516

SL3-111-1516 (July-September 1973) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab ...

SL3-111-1516 (July-September 1973) --- Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Skylab 3 commander, uses a battery powered shaver in the crew quarters of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) aboard the Skylab space station cluster in Ear... More

SL3-115-01837. NASA Skylab space station

SL3-115-01837. NASA Skylab space station

SL3-115-1837 (August 1973) --- Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit. Garriott’s was a s... More

SL3-111-1519 (6 Aug. 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstitutes a pre-packaged container of food at the crew quarters ward room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of the Skylab Space Station cluster. This picture was taken with a hand-held 35mm Nikon camera. Astronauts Garriott, Alan L. Bean and Jack R. Lousma remained with the Skylab Space Station in Earth orbit for a total of 59 days conducting numerous medical, scientific and technological experiments. Note the knife and fork on the food tray and the utensil with which Garriott stirs the food mixed with water. Skylab is the first manned space program by NASA which affords the crew men an opportunity to eat with the same type utensils used on Earth. Photo credit: NASA SL3-111-01519

SL3-111-1519 (6 Aug. 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, S...

SL3-111-1519 (6 Aug. 1973) --- Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, reconstitutes a pre-packaged container of food at the crew quarters ward room table of the Orbital Workshop (OWS) of ... More

SKYLAB (SL)-3 - EXPERIMENT HARDWARE

SKYLAB (SL)-3 - EXPERIMENT HARDWARE

S74-19677 (April 1974) --- This crystal of Germanium Selenide (GeSe) was grown under weightless conditions in an electric furnace aboard the Skylab space station. Experiment M556, Vapor Growth of IV-VI Compound... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

This image is an artist's concept of the Skylab in orbit. In an early effort to extend the use of Apollo for further applications, NASA established the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) in August of 1965. The A... More

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

View of Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit from CSM

SL4-143-4707 (8 Feb. 1974) --- An overhead view of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM befo... More

Earth showing California and the Western United States from outer space. ARC-1975-AC75-0027

Earth showing California and the Western United States from outer spac...

Earth showing California and the Western United States from outer space.

The Sounds of Earth Record Cover

The Sounds of Earth Record Cover

This gold aluminum cover was designed to protect the Voyager 1 and 2 Sounds of Earth gold-plated records from micrometeorite bombardment, but also serves a double purpose in providing the finder a key to playin... More

The Sounds of Earth, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo

The Sounds of Earth, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo

Flying aboard Voyagers 1 and 2 are identical golden records, carrying the story of Earth far into deep space. The 12 inch gold-plated copper discs contain greetings in 60 languages, samples of music from differ... More

First Picture of the Earth and Moon in a Single Frame

First Picture of the Earth and Moon in a Single Frame

Description This picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded September 18, 1977, by NASAs Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 mill... More

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launch... More

SENATOR STEVENSON AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SPACE IN SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS USING THE PET PORTABLE EARTH TERMINAL

SENATOR STEVENSON AND SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SPACE IN ...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 7/30/1979 Photographer: DONALD HUEBLER Keywords: Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

NASA Space Science, Voyager Project

NASA Space Science, Voyager Project

On February 5, 1979, Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter since early 1974 and 1975 when Pioneers 10 and 11 made their voyages to Jupiter and beyond. Voyager 1 completed its Jupiter encounter in early... More

Range : 5 million km. ( 3 million miles ) This photograph, shot from Voyager I, shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot, turbulent regions immediattely to the west, and, middle right, one of the several white ovals seen on Jupiter from Earth. This photograph represents much better resolution than ever seen by telescopic means to date. The Red Spot and Ovals both reveal intricate, involved structures, the smallest details of which, are estimated at 95 km. ( 55 miles ) across. ARC-1979-AC79-7006

Range : 5 million km. ( 3 million miles ) This photograph, shot from...

Range : 5 million km. ( 3 million miles ) This photograph, shot from Voyager I, shows Jupiter's Great Red Spot, turbulent regions immediattely to the west, and, middle right, one of the several white ovals s... More

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Around Marshall. NASA Skylab space station

Once the United States' space program had progressed from Earth's orbit into outerspace, the prospect of building and maintaining a permanent presence in space was realized. To accomplish this feat, NASA launch... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from Stanford University, hold one of the small gyroscopes used in the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. The GP-B towers behind them. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from St... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a balloon gently lifts the solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a balloon gently lifts the solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installi... More

EARTH RISING OVER MOON - SOLAR SYSTEM COMPOSITE

EARTH RISING OVER MOON - SOLAR SYSTEM COMPOSITE

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/20/1980 Keywords: c1980_01500s 1980_01550.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with two solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with two solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a worker checks the installation of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a worker checks the installation of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing ... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with all four solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test. The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin. The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it). Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system. The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with all four solar array panels installed. Installing each array... More

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