Rocket Collection

Illumination of the surf at Madras, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Illumination of the surf at Madras, 1876. Water fireworks in India, consisting of...splendid flights of rockets from the pier and from the fleet, of coloured fires in boats and catamarans

The Battle Seen by a Combatant; 6 a.m.: the Zouaves hold the fort of Malmaison... 1917. Creator: F Elim
The Battle Seen by a Combatant; 6 a.m.: the Zouaves hold the fort of Malmaison, on which they have planted their pennant; on the left, a white rocket signals a halt in progression, 1917

Attack on the "Braves" near the White Cloud Mountain, Canton - sketched by our special... 1858
Attack on the "Braves" near the White Cloud Mountain, Canton - sketched by our special artist and correspondent, 1858. British forces attack in China

Rocket, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Rocket, between 1880 and 1899

The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Hyde-Park and the Green-Park, sketched from Kensington-Ga Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Hyde-Park and the Green-Park, sketched from Kensington-Gardens, [London], 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War

The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - the Fireworks in the Green-Park: the Grand Finale, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Lynn - the Fireworks in the Green-Park: the Grand Finale, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in Norfolk:..a display of fireworks on the Tuesday market-place'

The Peace Commemoration: the Fireworks, sketched from the Mall, in St. James's Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration: the Fireworks, sketched from the Mall, in St. James's Park, 1856. Londoners celebrate the end of the Crimean War....the effect was something like that which would be

The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Victoria-Park, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration - the Fireworks in Victoria-Park, 1856. Celebrating the end of the Crimean War in London. Twenty-one guns followed as a Royal salute

The Peace Commemoration at Plymouth - Rockets and General Illumination of the Fleet in the Sound - f Creator: Unknown
The Peace Commemoration at Plymouth - Rockets and General Illumination of the Fleet in the Sound - from a sketch by H. A. Luscombe, 1856

Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia... 1695. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
Woman Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace Gets Me Going, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur), 1695

Man Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace is Better than a Victory, from Communia... 1695. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
Man Lighting a Rocket, also called Peace is Better than a Victory, from Communia Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur), 1695

Crawler moving Space Shuttle to launch complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1980s
Crawler moving Space Shuttle to launch complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Crawler-transporters, formally known as the Missile Crawler Transporter Facilities

Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Creator: NASA
Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Dr. Werhner von Braun, then Chief, Guided Missile Development Operation Division at Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) in Redstone Arsenal

Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) ruler of Mysore, a pioneer of rocket artillery deployed in the Anglo-Mysore War

Space Shuttle on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Dr Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Dr Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer, c1930s. Portrait of Robert H. Goddard, scientist, physicist, rocket engineer and inventor who is credited with creating

Henry Sachs with Robert Goddards Rocket in New Mexico, USA, 1930. Creator: NASA
Henry Sachs with Robert Goddards Rocket in New Mexico, USA, 1930. Henry Sachs, machinist, is shown with Dr. Robert H. Goddards rocket used in the first flight at Roswell, New Mexico on December 30

Truman Receives Rocket Models, 1961. Creator: NASA
Truman Receives Rocket Models, 1961. On November 3, 1961 former President Harry S. Truman visited the newly opened NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C

Apollo 11 Launch, July 16, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Launch, July 16, 1969. At 9:32 a.m. EDT, the swing arms move away and a plume of flame signals the liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and astronauts Neil A

Gemini 10 launch, Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA, 1966. Creator: NASA
Gemini 10 launch, Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA, 1966. A time-lapse photograph shows the configuration of Pad 19 up until the launch of Gemini 10. On board the spacecraft are John W

Missile, Surface-to-Air, Lark, 1944. Creator: Convair
The Lark was an early U.S. Navy surface-to-air, liquid-propellant, rocket-propelled missile built by the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation

Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine, 1966
This is a Descent Engine designed by Space Technology Laboratories as used on the Project Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (LM) to land on the Moon

Missile, Cruise, V-1 (Fi 103, FZG 76), ca. 1945. Creator: Gerhard Fieseler Werke GmbH
The V-1 (Vergeltungswaffe Eins, or Vengeance Weapon One), was the worlds first operational cruise missile. This name was given to it by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry

Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Navaho Missile, 1951-1956. Creator
This two-chambered, liquid-fuel rocket engine built by North American Aviation served as the booster for the Navaho missile that was powered by two ramjets

Rocket Sled, Sonic Wind I, 1953-1954. Creator: Northrop Corporation
This is the Sonic Wind 1 rocket sled, which was powered by nine solid fuel rockets with 40, 000 pounds total thrust for five seconds. Air Force Lt. Col

Rocket, Solid Fuel, Smokeless Powder, R. H. Goddard, 1918. Creator: Robert Goddard
This is a 1-inch solid fuel rocket built and tested by U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard during 1917-1918 for the U.S. Army for potential use as a weapon during World War I

Flow Regulator, Liquid Oxygen, Rocket Engine, R. H. Goddard, 1926. Creator: Robert Goddard
This liquid oxygen flow regulator was tested by the American rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) about July 1926

Rocket, Liquid Fuel, Hoopskirt, R. H. Goddard, 1928. Creator: Robert Goddard
American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the Hoopskirt rocket on December 26, 1928, near Worcester, Massachusetts

Nozzle, Rocket. Solid Fuel, R. H. Goddard, 1918. Creator: Robert Goddard
This is a nozzle from a 1-inch solid fuel rocket which U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard made during 1917-1918 for the U.S. Army as a weapon during World War I

Rocket Test Stand No. 2, American Rocket Society (ARS), 1938-1941
This is American Rocket Society (ARS) Test Stand Stand No. 2 used in ground tests of experimental rocket motors. Built in 1938, it had a thrust capacity of 200 pounds

Missile, Surface-to-Surface, Pershing-II, ca. 1983. Creator: Martin Marietta
The Pershing II was a mobile, intermediate-range ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Army at American bases in West Germany beginning in 1983. It was aimed at targets in the western Soviet Union

Rocket Pump, Liquid Fuel, R. H. Goddard, ca. 1938-1941. Creator: Robert Goddard
This is a centrifugal pump designed and made by U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard for forcing the propellants into the combustion chamber of a rocket motor. Most likely it dates from ca

Rocket, Liquid Fuel, 4 May 1926, Goddard, 1926. Creator: Robert Goddard
This device is the oldest surviving liquid-propellant rocket in the world. It was designed and built by U.S. rocket experimenter Robert H. Goddard in Worcester, Massachusetts

Missile, Cruise, Air-launched, AGM-86B, 1982. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
This is the AGM-86B, the second version of the U.S. Air Forces air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) and built by Boeing. Launched from B-52 bombers, the missile had a nuclear warhead

Pilot check list, United States Air Force Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Creator: Unknown
Pilot check list, United States Air Force Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Check list used by pilots of the USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds

Safety Valve, Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, R. H. Goddard, 1930s. Creator: Robert Goddard
This valve was made by the American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) to protect his liquid oxygen tanks from bursting due to too much pressure caused by evaporation of the very cold

Model, Rocket, Saturn V, 1975. Creator: David P. Gianakos
Model, Rocket, Saturn V, 1975. This is a 1:34 scale model of the Saturn V and its launch tower. The Saturn V was one of several rockets developed by the National Aeronautics

Missile, Surface-to-Surface, SS-20 "Pioneer", ca. 1970s
The SS-20, known as the " Pioneer" in Russian, is a two-stage, solid propellant missile with three multiple targetable reentry warheads. The missile is almost 16.5 meters tall

Model, Space Shuttle, North American Rockwell Final Design, ca 1981. This model represents the final Space Shuttle design that emerged from NASA-industry studies in 1969-1972

The Girandola at the Castel Sant Angelo, late 18th-early 19th century

Storming of Palace by the Fire King, 1886 / 88. Creator: Henry Hamilton Bennett
Storming of Palace by the Fire King, 1886/88. Albumen print, stereo, no. 1555 from the series " St. Paul Ice Carnival"

Plan for the fireworks display in honor of Emperor Leopold, Nuremberg, November 15, 1686, after 1686

Fireworks on June 23, 1595, for the entry to Küstrin of the Margrave of Brandenburg and Du... 1595
Fireworks on June 23, 1595, for the entry to Kustrin of the Margrave of Brandenburg and Duchess of Prussia, 1595. Possibly by Georg Keller

Firework Display at the Castel Sant Angelo, 1774-1778. Creator: Joseph Wright of Derby
Firework Display at the Castel Sant Angelo, 1774-1778. View of Rome at night with St Peters and the Vatican lit up in the background

Fireworks at Hemissem, 1625-77. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Fireworks at Hemissem, 1625-77

Fire, ca. 1630. Creator: Abraham Bosse
Fire, ca. 1630

Novel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Novel experiments in warfare - shower of hand-rockets, 1844. Spectators at a...series of experiments...in the grounds of Mulgrave House

The Illumination of Antwerp, at Her Majestys Return, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Illumination of Antwerp, at Her Majestys Return, 1845. Firework display in honour of Queen Victorias visit to Belgium:sheaves of rockets went roaring into the air

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