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National Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection (page 6)

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House, 1968. Creator: NASA

Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House, 1968. Creator: NASA
Apollo 7 and 8 Crew in the White House, 1968. Apollo 7 and 8 flight crews sign a commemorative document to be hung in the Treaty Room of the White House honoring the occasion

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Navy diver leaps from helicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA

Navy diver leaps from helicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA
Navy diver leaps from helicopter, 1965. US Navy divers exit their helicopter to recover the Gemini 5 spacecraft and astronauts shortly after splashdown

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Nixon given Apollo Command Module Briefing, 1974. Creator: NASA

Nixon given Apollo Command Module Briefing, 1974. Creator: NASA
Nixon given Apollo Command Module Briefing, 1974. President Richard M. Nixon is given a briefing on the Apollo Command Module similar to the one that will be flown on the upcoming joint U.S./U.S.S.R

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Pathfinder aircraft test flight, USA, July 27, 1995. Creator: NASA

Pathfinder aircraft test flight, USA, July 27, 1995. Creator: NASA
Pathfinder aircraft test flight, USA, July 27, 1995. The Pathfinder was one of several unmanned aircraft being evaluated under NASAs Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST)

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Installation, 1972. Creator: NASA

Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Installation, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 16 Moon Plaque Installation, 1972. Working inside the Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle at the launch pad, Grumman Aerospace Corporation technician Ken Crow attaches a plaque bearing the names

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Antares on the Fra Mauro Highlands, lunar surface, 1971. Creator: Edgar Mitchell

Antares on the Fra Mauro Highlands, lunar surface, 1971. Creator: Edgar Mitchell
Antares on the Fra Mauro Highlands, lunar surface, 1971. A front view of the Apollo 14 Lunar Module " Antares", which reflects a circular flare caused by the brilliant sun

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: LASRE Pod Matting to SR-71, USA, 1996. Creator: NASA

LASRE Pod Matting to SR-71, USA, 1996. Creator: NASA
LASRE Pod Matting to SR-71, USA, 1996. View of the Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) pod on NASA SR-71, tail number 844. This photo was taken during the fit-check of the pod on Feb

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. Creator: NASA

Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. Creator: NASA
Navy frogmen swim to spacecraft to begin retrieval, Pacific Ocean, 1963. U.S. Navy frogman, deployed from the hovering helicopter, swims next to the spacecraft and makes contact with astronaut L

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Mattingly and Hartsfield Salute President Reagan, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA

Mattingly and Hartsfield Salute President Reagan, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, 1982. Columbia Space Shuttle astronauts Commander Thomas K. Mattingly, foreground, and Pilot Henry W

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. Creator: Unknown

Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Wright Apache and pilot, Virginia, USA, 1928. A Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory test pilot prepares to fly the Apache to high altitude

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: LDSD retrieval, June 28, 2014. Creator: NASA

LDSD retrieval, June 28, 2014. Creator: NASA
LDSD retrieval, June 28, 2014. NASAs Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) is lifted aboard the Kahana recovery vessel. The LDSD launch tested technologies for landing large payloads on Mars

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. Creator: NASA

Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. The Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns to the Kennedy Space Center after a ten-month refurbishment

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Lunar Landing Research Vehicle in Flight, California, USA, 1964. Creator: NASA

Lunar Landing Research Vehicle in Flight, California, USA, 1964. Creator: NASA
Lunar Landing Research Vehicle in Flight, California, USA, 1964. Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) Number 1 in flight at the South Base of Edwards Air Force Base

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: JATO Flight Test Crew, 1941. Creator: NASA

JATO Flight Test Crew, 1941. Creator: NASA
JATO Flight Test Crew, 1941. Flight test crew for the Jet Assisted Take-Off (JATO) experimental solid rocket booster. It was later refered to as RATO (Rocket Assisted Take-Off)

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: STS-84 landing, Florida, USA, May 24, 1997. Creator: NASA

STS-84 landing, Florida, USA, May 24, 1997. Creator: NASA
STS-84 landing, Florida, USA, May 24, 1997. Framed by the Vehicle Assembly Building in the distance, at left, and the Mate-Demate Device

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: STS-117 landing, USA, June 22, 2007. Creator: Carla Thomas

STS-117 landing, USA, June 22, 2007. Creator: Carla Thomas
STS-117 landing, USA, June 22, 2007. Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-117 Mission lands at Edwards Air Force Base after 14 days in orbit

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: NASA research into rotor blades. Creator: NASA

NASA research into rotor blades. Creator: NASA
NASA research into rotor blades. Rotor blades made with piezoelectric materials can flex when subjected to electrical fields

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Spider Space Station Concept, 1977. Creator: NASA

Spider Space Station Concept, 1977. Creator: NASA
Spider Space Station Concept, 1977. Concept drawing of a space station designed to use Space Shuttle hardware. A solar array was to be unwound from the exhausted main fuel tank

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Atlantis Docked to Mir, 1995. Creator: NASA

Atlantis Docked to Mir, 1995. Creator: NASA
Atlantis Docked to Mir, 1995. This view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis still connected to Russias Mir Space Station was photographed by the Mir-19 crew on July 4, 1995. Cosmonauts Anatoliy Y

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Analog Computing Machine in Fuel Systems Building, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1949

Analog Computing Machine in Fuel Systems Building, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1949. This is an early version of the modern computer

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Apollo 13 Splashdown, 1970. Creator: NASA

Apollo 13 Splashdown, 1970. Creator: NASA
Apollo 13 Splashdown, 1970. A perilous space flight comes to a smooth ending with the safe splashdown of the Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) in the south Pacific Ocean

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: International Space Station, March 2009

International Space Station, March 2009. Backlit view of the ISS with solar array

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Solar Power Satellite, 1976. Creator: NASA

Solar Power Satellite, 1976. Creator: NASA
Solar Power Satellite, 1976. This is what an artist envisioned the Solar Power Satellite would look like. Shown is the assembly of a microwave transmission antenna

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Artificial Gravity Space Station, 1969. Creator: NASA

Artificial Gravity Space Station, 1969. Creator: NASA
Artificial Gravity Space Station, 1969. The station was to rotate on its central axis to produce artificial gravity. The majority of early space station concepts created artificial gravity one way or

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA

Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Crew in Raft before Recovery, 1969. The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter from the USS Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Endeavour Nears Splashdown, 1971. Creator: NASA

Endeavour Nears Splashdown, 1971. Creator: NASA
Endeavour Nears Splashdown, 1971. The Apollo 15 Command Module " Endeavour", with Astronauts David R. Scott, Alfred M. Worden and James B

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Spider Over The Ocean, 1969. Creator: David Scott

Spider Over The Ocean, 1969. Creator: David Scott
Spider Over The Ocean, 1969. View of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module " Spider, " in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed form the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Creator: NASA

Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Overhead view of the Gemini 4 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Space Shuttle Columbia on final approach, USA, 1981. Creator: NASA

Space Shuttle Columbia on final approach, USA, 1981. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Columbia on final approach, USA, 1981. The underside of Columbia as it makes its final approach before landing on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Hubble Space Telescope and Earth Limb, 1997. Creator: NASA

Hubble Space Telescope and Earth Limb, 1997. Creator: NASA
Hubble Space Telescope and Earth Limb, 1997. Flyaround of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) after deployment on this second servicing mission (HST SM-02). Note the telescopes open aperature door

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Hermann Noordung, c1920s. Creator: NASA

Hermann Noordung, c1920s. Creator: NASA
Hermann Noordung, c1920s. Hermann Potocnik (1892-1929), also known as Herman Noordung, was an engineer in the Austrian army

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Hermann Oberth, German physicist and engineer, c1960. Creator: Richard Krauss

Hermann Oberth, German physicist and engineer, c1960. Creator: Richard Krauss
Hermann Oberth, German physicist and engineer, c1960. Hermann Oberth (1894-1989) is considered to be one of the top three pioneers in modern rocketry

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: President Kennedy Tours Marshall with von Braun, September 11, 1962. Creator: NASA

President Kennedy Tours Marshall with von Braun, September 11, 1962. Creator: NASA
President Kennedy Tours Marshall with von Braun, September 11, 1962. President John F. Kennedy at Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, USA. Here President Kennedy and Dr

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Gemini 10 launch, Cape Kennedy, Florida, USA, 1966. Creator: NASA

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

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Three-Radial-Module Space Station Concept, 1960. Creator: NASA

Three-Radial-Module Space Station Concept, 1960. Creator: NASA
Three-Radial-Module Space Station Concept, 1960. 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

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Apollo 16 Recovery, 1972. Creator: NASA

Apollo 16 Recovery, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 16 Recovery, 1972. The Apollo 16 command module, with astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke Jr

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: President Kennedy tours Mercury Control Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1962

President Kennedy tours Mercury Control Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1962. President John F. Kennedy is briefed on the operation of Mercury Control Center following the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6)

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: President Ronald Reagan at mission control, Houston, Texas, USA, November 13, 1981

President Ronald Reagan at mission control, Houston, Texas, USA, November 13, 1981. The President is briefed by Johnson Space Center Director Christopher C. Kraft Jr

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Creator: NASA

Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Creator: NASA
Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Pictured from the left are astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Vice President George Bush, and Ulf Merbold of West Germany

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Roof Space Station Concept, 1984. Creator: NASA

Roof Space Station Concept, 1984. Creator: NASA
Roof Space Station Concept, 1984. Johnson Space Center " roof" concept for a space station. The " roof" was covered with solar array cells

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts, 1969. Creator: NASA

President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts, 1969. Creator: NASA
President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts, 1969. President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA Administrator, watch Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: President Reagan Presents Medals, 1981. Creator: NASA

President Reagan Presents Medals, 1981. Creator: NASA
President Reagan Presents Medals, 1981. President Ronald Reagan presents astronaut John Young with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor as well as NASAs Distinguished Service Medal

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. Creator: NASA

Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. Creator: NASA
Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. The Space Shuttle Challenger, mission 41-B, makes the first landing on the Kennedy Space Centers landing facility

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Gumdrop Meets Spider, 1969. Creator: Russell Schweickart

Gumdrop Meets Spider, 1969. Creator: Russell Schweickart
Gumdrop Meets Spider, 1969. Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed " Gumdrop" and Lunar Module (LM), nicknamed " Spider" are shown docked together as Command Module

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: STS-31 on approach, Edwards Air Force Base, USA, April 29, 1990. Creator: NASA

STS-31 on approach, Edwards Air Force Base, USA, April 29, 1990. Creator: NASA
STS-31 on approach, Edwards Air Force Base, USA, April 29, 1990. Low angle view of the Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches for landing on a concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base to complete

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Mobile Quarantine Facility, ca. 1969. Creator: Airstream

Mobile Quarantine Facility, ca. 1969. Creator: Airstream
This Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF) was one of four built by NASA for astronauts returning from the Moon. Its purpose was to prevent the unlikely spread of lunar contagions by isolating

Background imageNational Aeronautics And Space Administration Collection: Beef and vegetables space food, Mercury Friendship 7 mission, 1962. Creator: Unknown

Beef and vegetables space food, Mercury Friendship 7 mission, 1962. Creator: Unknown
Beef and vegetables space food, Mercury Friendship 7 mission, 1962. This space food package contains pureed beef with vegetables



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