Rocket Collection

Rejoicings at Great Malvern, in honour of the marriage of Earl Beauchamp, 1868

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

Fireworks at the Crystal Palace, 1869. Creator: Unknown
Fireworks at the Crystal Palace, 1869. The festivities at the Crystal Palace [in south London] on Monday week were concluded, at half-past nine in the evening, by a grand display of fireworks

Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Creator: NASA
Walt Disney and Dr. Wernher von Braun, USA, 1954. Dr

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

Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Tippoo Saib, (1750-1799), 1830

Space Shuttle Atlantis launching from Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis launching from Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Atlantis was in operation between 1985 and 2011

Space Shuttle on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s

Rockets And Blue Lights (Close At Hand) To Warn Steamboats Of Shoal Water, 1840. Shows a storm raging in an English harbor town

Festivities at Kilkenny Castle on the Coming of Age of the Marquis of Ormonde
Festivities at Kilkenny Castle [in Ireland] on the Coming of Age of the Marquis of Ormonde, 1865

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: flight of rockets and illumination of the Allied Fleets at Spithead, 1865

Illumination of the surf at Madras, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Illumination of the surf at Madras, 1876

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 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-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. 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

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

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 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 Gaudia (The Wide-Spread Rejoicing at the Siege of Namur), 1695

Dr Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer, c1930s. Creator: Unknown
Dr Robert Goddard, American rocketry pioneer, c1930s. Portrait of Robert H

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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

The Illumination of Antwerp, at Her Majestys Return, 1845. Creator: Unknown
The Illumination of Antwerp, at Her Majestys Return, 1845

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July (Harpers Weekly, Vol. XII), July 11, 1868

Celebrating Peace (Rejouissances pour la paix), three putti with fireworks, 1745-71

Perils of Patrol Work in No-Man s-Land, First World War, 1915-1916, (c1920)
Perils of Patrol Work in " No-Man s-Land", First World War, 1915-1916, (c1920)

1993 Light Car Company Rocket. Creator: Unknown
1993 Light Car Company Rocket

William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). Creator: Unknown
William Huskisson, c1810, (c1884). William Huskisson (1770- 1830) British statesman, financier and MP during reign of George IV. Educated at Appleby Grammar School

The Death of General Ross, near Baltimore, (1814), 1816. Creator: Unknown
The Death of Robert Ross, near Baltimore. As soon as he perceived that he was wounded he fell into the arms of a Brother Officer, (1814), 1816

The Rocket Contrasted with the Lost Type of 4-4-0, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Rocket Contrasted with the Lost Type of 4-4-0, c1930. From " The Splendid Book of Locomotives", by C. Gibbard Jackson. [Sampson Low, Marston Co Ltd London, c1930]

Building the Rocket - in 1935, 1935. Creator: Unknown
Building the " Rocket" - in 1935. This full-size replica of a famous locomotive was ordered by the Science Museum, South Kensington, from Robert Stephenson and Co. of Darlington, 1935

Rocket lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Creator: NASA
Rocket lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA

Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1981
Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1981

Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s

Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The rocket booster is recovered from the sea. The space shuttles solid rocket boosters were reusable

Atlas-Centaur rocket lifting off, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA
Atlas-Centaur rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 36 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA

Saturn V rocket lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. The Saturn V was the largest rocket ever built and was used on all Apollo missions to the moon

Lift off, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, November 1981

Launch of Gemini-Titan 2, Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, USA, 19 January 1965. Gemini-Titan 2 (or GT-2) was the second spaceflight of NASAs Project Gemini

Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981. Creator: NASA
Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981

Saturn V rocket lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. The Saturn V was the largest rocket ever built and was used on all Apollo missions to the moon

Space Shuttle Columbia lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Columbia was in operation from 1981 to 2003

Launch of Mercury-Atlas 4, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 13 September 1961

Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Columbia first launched in 1981 and her last flight was in 2003

Launch of Saturn V rocket, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 7 December 1972. Apollo 17 was the last Apollo Moon landing mission and the only one to be launched at night

Saturn 1B lift off from Launch Complex 34, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1960s. NASA launch vehicle used during the Apollo space programme

First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Creator: NASA
First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Space Shuttle Columbia and STS-1 lift off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center, marking the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program

Eisenhower visits the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, USA. Creator: NASA
Eisenhower visits the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, USA. September 8, 1960. US President Eisenhower with rocket engineer Dr

American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. Creator: NASA
American Rocket Society ARS-4, 1934. This motor was used in the flight of ARS #4 on Staten Island, New York City, USA, on September 9, 1934. It burned liquid oxygen and gasoline

A Striking Contrast, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Striking Contrast, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The Rocket Astonishes Everyone, c1934. Illustration showing the Rocket steam locomotive designed by Robert Stephenson. The accompanying text explains the mechanism

Opening of the line from Liverpool to Manchester, September 15, 1830, with a Rocket machine, first railroad in the world

London and Birmingham Railway, 1837. Artist: Charles Hunt
London and Birmingham Railway, 1837

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