Research Collection (page 4)

Skylab Concept by George Mueller, 1966. Creator: George E. Mueller
Skylab Concept by George Mueller, 1966. Sketch of Skylab, as drawn by George E. Mueller, NASA associate administrator for Manned Space Flight

Final meeting of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, USA, August 21, 1958. Left to right: T. Keith Glennan, NASA Administrator; Mr. Preston R

X-48B remotely piloted aircraft, USA, 2010. Creator: Tony Landis
X-48B remotely piloted aircraft, USA, 2010. NASA engineer Gary Cosentino prepares the X-48B for flight. Researchers used the remotely piloted subscale X-48 hybrid/blended-wing-body (BWB)

Research into greener aircraft, 2011. Creator: NASA
Research into greener aircraft, 2011. Three industry teams studied how to meet NASAs goals for making future aircraft burn 50 percent less fuel than aircraft that entered service in 1998

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

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

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

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

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

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

Model, Space Shuttle, Delta-Wing High Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of

Model, Space Shuttle, Straight-Wing Low Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of

Lifting Body, M2-F3, 1960s. Creator: Northrop Norair
This M2-F3 lifting body was a heavyweight, wingless lifting body research craft of the 1960s. This F3 is the F2 re-built after a landing accident seriously damaged the M2-F2

Cradle, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
This cradle secured Baker, a female squirrel monkey, in her biocapsule during the first flight to recover a primate from space

Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. Creator: Unknown
Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of the vehicles shape

Biocapsule, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
This biocapsule carried Able, a female rhesus monkey, during the first flight to recover a primate from space. On May 28, 1959

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

Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. Creator: Unknown
Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system

Pioneer 10 / 11, reconstructed full-scale mock-up, 1972
For over 30 years, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent photographs and scientific information back to Earth. Launched March 2, 1972, it reached speeds of 52, 100 kilometers (32)

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

Lander, Mars, Viking, Proof Test Article, ca. 1964. Creator: Martin Marietta
This is the proof test article of the Viking Mars Lander. For exploration of Mars, Viking represented the culmination of a series of exploratory missions that had begun in 1964 with Mariner 4

USFC Steamer "Albatross"Circumnavigation of South America, 1888
USFC Steamer " Albatross" Circumnavigation of South America, 1888. View of coast from ship

USFC Steamer "Albatross"Survey of Fishing Banks from Newport to Newfoundland
USFC Steamer " Albatross" Survey of Fishing Banks from Newport to Newfoundland, 1885. Dry dock

United States Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross"
United States Fish Commission Steamer " Albatross" Circumnavigation of South America, 1888. View of coast from ship

A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump, 1769. Creator: Valentine Green
A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump, 1769

L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698. Creator
L Academie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts, 1698

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon with Components of the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, 1969

Galen, (129 AD-c216), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Galen, (129 AD-c216), 1830. Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (129 AD-c216) known as Galen of Pergamon, Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire

The Museum. Melbourne University, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Museum. Melbourne University, 1901. Public research university founded in 1853. From " Federated Australia". [The Werner Company, London, 1901]

H.M.S. Challenger, commissioned for her... cruise on Deep Sea Exploration, 1872, (1901)
H.M.S. Challenger, commissioned for her four years cruise on Deep Sea Exploration, 1872, (1901). Challenger, a steam-assisted warship of the Royal Navy

Laval University Buildings, City of Quebec, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Laval University Buildings, City of Quebec, c1897. A French-language, public research university founded by royal charter of Queen Victoria in 1852 in Quebec City

Toronto University, Toronto, Canada, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Toronto University, Toronto, Canada, c1897. From " A Tour Through the New World America", by Prof. Geo. R. Cromwell. [C. N. Greig & Co. London, c1897]

Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, c1900. From " 50 Picturesque Photographic Views of Sydney and Surroundings". [Swain & Co. Sydney]

Hans Bartsch von Sigsfelds altitude research balloon, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Hans Bartsch von Sigsfelds altitude research balloon, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Cabin of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Cabin of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) built a balloon with an airtight cabin, equipped with pressurized air

Ascent of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Ascent of Piccards altitude research balloon, 1931, (1932). On 27 May 1931, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer Auguste Piccard (1884-1962)

Piccards altitude research balloon lands in the Alps, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Piccards altitude research balloon lands in the Alps, 1931, (1932). On 27 May 1931, Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer Auguste Piccard (1884-1962)

Astronaut Charles Duke at the Descartes landing site, Apollo 16 mission, April 1972. Charles Duke collecting lunar samples on the surface of the Moon, with the Lunar Roving Vehicle

Buzz Aldrin carries out an experiment on the lunar surface, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Astronaut Edwin " Buzz" Aldrin (b1930)

Eugene Cernan using the Rover on the lunar surface, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972. US astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt collected samples

Astronaut John Young on the lunar surface, Apollo 16 mission, April 1972. Creator: Charles Duke
Astronaut John Young on the lunar surface, Apollo 16 mission, 21 April 1972. Commander John Young performing the first Apollo 16 Spacewalk at the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP)

The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Creator: NASA
The first Lunar Roving Vehicle, Apollo 15, July 1971. Battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program (15, 16, and 17) in 1971 and 1972

Astronaut Richard Truly, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Astronaut Richard Truly, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. US fighter pilot and astronaut Joe Engle (born 1937) looks at data in zero gravity on the second flight of the Space Shuttle

Viking spacecraft, 1970s. Creator: NASA
Viking spacecraft, 1970s. NASAs Viking program consisted of a pair of American space probes sent to Mars, Viking 1 and Viking 2

Sample scoop and arm, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. Creator: NASA
Sample scoop and arm, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme, was the first spacecraft to land successfully on Mars and perform its mission

First colour photograph of the Martian planet surface, Viking 1 Mission to Mars, 1976. The Viking 1 spacecraft, part of NASAs Viking programme

Eugene Cernan using the Rover on the lunar surface, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972. US astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt collected samples

Astronaut Charles Duke at the Descartes landing site, Apollo 16 mission, April 1972. Charles Duke collecting lunar samples on the surface of the Moon, with the Lunar Roving Vehicle

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