CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Morpheus lander, a vertical test bed veh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's Morpheus lander, a vertical test bed vehicle, is moved into a building at the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Morpheus is designed to demo... More
After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canavera...
After tower rollback just before dawn on Launch Pad 36A, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) sits bathed in spotlights before liftoff atop an Atlas IIA/Centaur ro... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kenne...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the heat shield for the agency's Orion spacecraft arrived aboard the Super Guppy aircraft. The largest of its ki... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander perform...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –NASA's Project Morpheus prototype lander performed a free-flight test from a launch pad at the north end of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 97-s... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from underneath the wing of NASA’...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Viewed from underneath the wing of NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft, the Joint Airlock Module, the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) will ente... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed-Martin technicians at Astrotech's pay...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed-Martin technicians at Astrotech's payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. remove the protective wrapping from NASA's Juno spacecraft to begin final testing and preparati... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first free flight of the Project Morpheus p...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The first free flight of the Project Morpheus prototype lander was conducted at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Smoke fills the air as the engine f... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside Orbiter Processing Facility-1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the left orbital maneuvering system, or OMS, pod has been installed onto space shuttle Atlantis. The OMS pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The nose of NASA's Super Guppy aircraft opens to reveal the kscpao/release/2000/78-00.htm">Joint Airlock Module</a> the gateway from which crew members aboard the International Spa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery's forward reaction cont...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery's forward reaction control system (FRCS), which helped steer the shuttle in orbit, is moved to a transporter in Orbiter Processing Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Spa... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On a cloudy and overcast day on Launch Pad 39A...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On a cloudy and overcast day on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers prepare to roll the rotating service structure (RSS) away from space shuttle Atlantis. T... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spa...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis' main engines and solid rocket boosters ignite on Launch Pad 39A producing billows of smoke and steam as it lifts off on... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle workers await landing of shuttle ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle workers await landing of shuttle Atlantis on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After 11 days in space, Atlantis completed... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Employees check out space shuttle Atlantis aft...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Employees check out space shuttle Atlantis after it was uncovered on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the move of the rotating service structure (RSS). ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis’s solid rocket bo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Space Shuttle Atlantis’s solid rocket boosters trail brilliant flames that light up the clouds of smoke and steam and reflect in the waters Launch Pad 39B at launch. The perfect on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle Endeavour, atop the mobile launcher platform, is hard down on Launch Pad 39A after rolling out overnight. First motion out of the Vehicle Assembly Building was at 8:... More
Chimpanzee Enos, NASA Mercury project
Date December 18, 1961.Description: Chimpanzee Enos pictured wearing a space suit and wrist tethers...Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Althoug... More
Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC
Description: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 100-foot-diameter satellite, designed by the Space Vehicle Group of the NASA Langley Research Center and constructed by General Mills of Minneapoli... More
Meet Chimpanzee Enos, NASA Mercury project
Date December 21, 1961 .Description: Chimpanzee Enos with handler before Mercury-Atlas 5 flight...Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Although the... More
Chimpanzee Enos in a Space Suit
Date December 18, 1961.Description: Chimpanzee Enos pictured wearing a space suit and lying in his flight couch as a handler holds his hands. He is being prepared for insertion into the Mercury-Atlas 5 capsule... More
Mercury-Atlas Test Launch, NASA Mercury project
(April 25, 1961) A NASA Project Mercury spacecraft was test launched at 11:15 AM EST on April 25, 1961 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in a test designed to qualify the Mercury Spacecraft and all systems, which m... More
Unloading Atlas Launch Vehicle, NASA Mercury project
(April 23, 1961) The Atlas launch vehicle is shown being unloaded at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This vehicle was expected to launch a Mercury spacecraft (without any astronauts aboard), built by McDonnell Aircraf... More
Photograph of the West African Coast from the First Unmanned Mercury S...
Original caption: The first unmanned Mercury Spacecraft to orbit the earth photographs the West African Coast. From the Strait of Gibraltar to Cabo Yubi, Morocco. Cloud cover hangs close to the coastal area an... More
[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
Astronaut John Glenn During His First Orbit in Friendship 7
(February 20, 1962) A weightless applesauce tube floats free following a snack by astronaut John Glenn in the course of his first orbit during the Mercury "Friendship 7" mission on February 20, 1962...Image # :... 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
Bevatron injector - wire orbit magnet IQ prototype, Don Nelson, electr...
Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-6-XBD201303-02087.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab
[Television screen showing depiction of John Glenn's Friendship 7 spac...
Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project
(February 20, 1962) On February 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7... More
[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
Mars 1. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: (November 1, 1962) Mars 1 was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km. It was designed to ima... More
John Glenn enters his Friendship 7 capsule
(February 20, 1962) Project Mercury astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. enters his Mercury Friendship 7 capsule before launch on February 20, 1962. At 9:47 a.m. (EST), his Atlas launch vehicle lifted him into orbit fo... More
Bevatron injector - wire orbit magnet IQ prototype, Don Nelson, electr...
Digital Preservation File Name and Format: 434-LB-6-XBD201303-02088.TIF Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab
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
Mercury Project Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project
The launch of the MA-6, Friendship 7, on February 20, 1962. Boosted by the Mercury-Atlas vehicle, a modified Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), Friendship 7 was the first U.S. marned orbital fligh... More
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
Photograph of Aurora 7 Lifting Off
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Moment of liftoff. Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter inside the Aurora 7 spacecraft atop the Atlas booster seconds after leaving Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral. Carpenter became the... More
Photograph of the USS Robinson Moving into Position to Recover Astrona...
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - The USS Robinson (DD 562) steams into position in the Atlantic Ocean to take part in the recovery of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter and spacecraft Aurora7. The U.S. second ... More
Photograph of Liftoff of Aurora 7 Spacecraft
Original caption: Cape Canaveral, Fla. - Moment of liftoff. Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter inside the Aurora 7 spacecraft atop the Atlas booster seconds after leaving Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral. Carpenter became th... More
Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn Listening to Communications with...
Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Astronaut John H. Glenn, first American to orbit the earth, listens in on the voice communications of fellow Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter. Carpenter successfully complete... More
Cloud formation over South America - fifth orbit pass
S62-06612 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Cloud formation over South America taken during the fifth orbit pass of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission by astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. with a hand-held camera. Photo credit: NASA
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
Horizon photo of Western horizon over South America - sixth orbit pass...
S62-06607 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Western horizon over South America taken during the sixth orbit pass of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission by astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. with a hand-held camera. Photo credit: NASA
Horizon photo of Western horizon over South America - sixth orbit pass...
S62-06604 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Western horizon over South America taken during the sixth orbit pass of the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission by astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. with a hand-held camera. Photo credit: NASA
Changsha area showing Tung Ting Lake region photographed during MA-9 2...
S63-06438 (15-16 May 1963) --- Changsha area in China, showing Tung Ting lake region, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spacefli... More
East-looking view across Atlantic waters during MA-9 22 orbit
S63-06434 (15-16 May 1963) --- East looking view across Atlantic waters toward Africa, showing Mauritania and Spanish Sahara photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr... More
Photograph taken Eastern Himalayas during MA-9 22 orbit
S63-06429 (15-16 May 1963) --- Photograph taken of the eastern Himalayas, Tibet, China, India and Burma from the Mercury-Atlas 9 capsule taken by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit Mercury-Atla... More
Southern portion of Taiwan photographed during MA-9 22 orbit
S63-06437 (15-16 May 1963) --- The southern portion of the island of Taiwan (Formosa), Formosa Straight and the Pacific Ocean, looking northeast, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astro... More
Tibetan Plateau photographed during MA-9 22 orbit
S63-06440 (15-16 May 1963) --- View of the Tibetan Plateau in north-central Tibet, as photographed from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) capsule by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit MA-9 spaceflight... More
Photograph taken south of Hawaii during MA-9 22 orbit
S63-06428 (15-16 May 1963) --- Photograph taken south of Hawaii near 12N. 166W, by astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., during his 22-orbit Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA
Diagrams of Spacecraft Responses to Orbit Attitude Control Thrust
S64-03507 (1964) --- Diagrams shows Gemini spacecraft responses to orbital attitude systems's thrusters. Firing of appropriate combination of the thrusters cause pitch, roll and yaw.
Pegasus, meteoroid detection satellite - Saturn Apollo Program
In this photograph, the Pegasus, meteoroid detection satellite is installed in its specially modified Apollo service module atop the S-IV stage (second stage) of a Saturn I vehicle for the SA-9 mission at Cape ... More
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jett...
LAS VEGAS -- The Boeing Company tests the forward heat shield FHS jettison system of its CST-100 spacecraft at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas as part of an agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Pro... More
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. -- At Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, Ge...
CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. -- At Cape Kennedy Air Force Station in Florida, Gemini 3 pilot John W. Young is followed by command pilot Virgil I. Grissom as they walk to elevator at Launch Complex 19 for their three orbi... More
Orbit and Launch Facility Concept
This is a concept drawing of an orbit and launch facility. It was to use a nuclear SNAP-II nuclear power supply on the end of the long telescoping boom. Nuclear reactors were considered dangerous, which is why ... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More
First View of Earth from Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: The world's first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and received at the NASA tracking statio... More
The World's First View of Earth
Description (October 1, 1966) The world's first view of the Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I and recieved at the... More
Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage - Saturn Apollo Program
This cutaway illustration shows the Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage with the callouts of its major components. When the S-II (second) stage of the powerful Saturn V rocket burnt out and was separated the remaining... More
AS-209 (Apollo-Soyuz test project backup vehicle)
This is a view of the Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the AS-209 (Apollo-Soyuz test project backup vehicle) on a transporter in the right foreground, and the S-IVB stage for AS-504 (Apollo 9 mission) being ins... More
Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage - Saturn Apollo Program
After the S-II (second) stage dropped away, the S-IVB (third) stage ignited and burned for about two minutes to place itself and the Apollo spacecraft into the desired Earth orbit. At the proper time during thi... More
Saturn Apollo Program Michael Collins
This is the official NASA portrait of astronaut Michael Collins. Collins chose an Air Force career following graduation from West Point. He served as an experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Flight ... More
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)...
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 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
Apollo 8, NASA Apollo program. NASA public domain image colelction.
Launch- December 21, 1968 .Landing- December 27, 1968.Astronauts- Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell Jr..Apollo 8 was the first mission to orbit the moon, making Borman, Anders and Lovell the f... More
[Diagram demonstrating Kepler's first two laws of planetary motion usi...
Illus. and text in: Astronomia nova /Johann Kepler. Prague : 1609, p. 286. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 34.
Prime crew photographed during Apollo 7 mission
Description: (October 14, 1968) Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., Apollo 7 commander, is photographed during the Apollo 7 mission (1582); Astronaut Donn F. Eisele, Apollo 7 command module pilot, is photographed ... More
Waving Apollo 8 Astronauts Leaving Recovery Helicopter
Full Description: (December 27, 1968) Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968, carrying a three man crew consisting of astronauts Frank Borman, commander; ... More
Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the Apollo 10 - Saturn Apollo Program
This image depicts the Saturn V S-IVB (third) stage for the Apollo 10 mission being removed from the Beta Test Stand 1 after its acceptance test at the Douglas Aircraft Company's Sacramento Test Operations (SAC... More
Apollo V - Liftoff - Cape, NASA Apollo program
S68-19460 (22 Jan. 1968) --- The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m. (EST), Jan. 22, 1968. The Lunar Module-1 payload... More
Apollo V - Liftoff - Cape, NASA Apollo program
S68-19459 (22 Jan. 1968) --- The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m. (EST), Jan. 22, 1968. The Lunar Module-1 payload... More
The Apollo 8 Crew: James Lovell, William Anders, and Frank Borman
The Apollo 8 Crew included (L to R) James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot; William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot; and Frank Borman, Commander. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V an... More
Apollo 8 Crew (L to R) Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell
The Apollo 8 Crew (L to R) Frank Borman, commander; William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot; and James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot pose in front of the Apollo mission simulator during training. The three ... More
Art Concepts - Apollo VIII, NASA Moon program
S68-51302 (December 1968) --- North American Rockwell artist's concept illustrating a phase of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Here, after 20 hours of lunar orbit, Apollo 8 astronauts start the 20,500-pound t... More
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, in the Apollo 8 mission countdown d...
Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, is suited up for the Apollo 8 mission countdown demonstration test. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apol... More
Apollo 8 - Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center
This photograph depicts a busy Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo 8 mission launch activities. Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December ... More
The first manned Apollo mission - Apollo 8 - Saturn Apollo Program
Apollo 8 Astronauts William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilot; James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Frank Borman, commander, transfer to the astronaut van for the trip to the launch pad. The first manned ... More
Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders
Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launch. Anders, al... More
Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission
S68-56050 (21 Dec. 1968)--- The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 7:51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 21, 1968. The crew of the Apoll... More
Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders
Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, adjusts his helmet as he suits up for the Apollo 8 mission. The first manned Apollo mission launched aboard the Saturn V and first manned Apollo craft... More
Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission
S68-56001 (21 Dec. 1968) --- The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 7:51 a.m. (EST), Dec. 21, 1968. The crew of the Apollo 8 l... More
Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman
Apollo 8 Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launch. Borman, along with astrona... More
Apollo 8 crew members Frank Borman, commander; James Lovell, Command M...
Pictured (left to right) are Apollo 8 crew members Frank Borman, commander; James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot; and William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) pilot, having breakfast on the day of launch. The thre... More
Apollo 8 Astronaut James Lovell
Apollo 8 Astronaut James Lovell, Command Module (CM) pilot of the first manned Saturn V space flight into Lunar orbit, accepted a phone call from the U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson prior to launch. Lovell, al... More
Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission
Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968, carrying a three man crew consisting of astronauts Frank Borman, commander; William Anders, Lunar Module (LM) Pilo... More
South Polar Cap of Mars as seen by Mariners 9 & 7
(August 1969) This mosaic of Mariner 9 frames (top), taken during the first orbit, shows the remnants of the south polar cap of Mars dimly through the great dust storm. Mariner 7 photographed the same area in A... More
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 Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command Module
Description (July 21, 1969) The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit. This v... More
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Sp... More
Eagle In Lunar Orbit, NASA Apollo program
(July 20, 1969) The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle", in a landing configuration is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia". Inside the LM were Commander, Neil A. Ar... More
Recovery- Apollo 9, NASA Apollo program
S69-27469 (13 March 1969) --- U.S. Navy helicopter crewmembers assist the Apollo 9 astronauts during recovery operations just after splashdown. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, mission commander, is in the Billy Pu... More
Cutaway view of the Command/Service modules of Apollo 10 lunar orbit m...
S69-34072 (May 1969) --- Artist's drawing illustrating a cutaway view of the Command and Service Modules of the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission. Arrows point to various components and features of the CSM.
LUNAR LANDING - ART CONCEPT, NASA Apollo program
S69-33765 (12 May 1969) --- Artist's concept depicting the firing of the Apollo 10 Lunar Module descent engine for 42 seconds to propel "Snoopy" back into a higher lunar orbit for rendezvous and docking with th... More
AS11-42-6232 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 67, partial co...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon,Target of Opportunity (TO) 67,partial coverage,area south of Mare Crisium. TO 67 is the south rim of Crisium Basin,comparison with other basin... More
AS11-42-6215 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 66, partial co...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon,Target of Opportunity (TO) 66 and partial coverage southeast of Mare Crisium. TO 66 is the east rim of Crisium Basin,comparison with other bas... More
AS11-42-6213 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 66, partial co...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon,Target of Opportunity (TO) 66 and partial coverage southeast of the Sea of Crisis. TO 66 is the east rim of Crisium Basin,comparison with othe... More
AS11-42-6212 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 66, partial co...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon,Target of Opportunity (TO) 66 and partial coverage southeast of the Sea of Crisis. TO 66 is the east rim of Crisium Basin,comparison with othe... More
AS11-42-6230 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 67, partial co...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon, Target of Opportunity (TO) 67, partial coverage, area south of Mare Crisium. TO 67 is the south rim of Crisium Basin, comparison with other b... More
AS11-42-6210 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - TO 66, partial co...
The original database describes this as: Description: View of Moon,Target of Opportunity (TO) 66 and partial coverage southeast of the Sea of Crisis. TO 66 is the east rim of Crisium Basin,comparison with othe... More