Space Exploration Collection (page 2)

Apollo 11 Recovery Area, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Recovery Area, 1969. Pararescueman Lt. Clancy Hatleberg closes the Apollo 11 spacecraft hatch as astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr

Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test, 1961. Creator: NASA
Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test, 1961. " Little Joe" 5B launched a Mercury spacecraft in a high-Q-abort test. The ring-sail parachute lands the spacecraft off the shore of Wallops Island

STS-6 on approach to Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, April 9, 1983. Space Shuttle Challenger approaches Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base for landing at the end of mission STS-6

STS-61A landing, USA, November 6, 1985. Creator: NASA
STS-61A landing, USA, November 6, 1985. The crew of the STS 61-A mission egress Space Shuttle Challenger after landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr

STS-108 touchdown, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, December 17, 2001. Creator: NASA
STS-108 touchdown, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, December 17, 2001. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is about to lower its nose wheel following main gear touchdown on Runway 15 at the Shuttle

Drop Test at Lunar Landing Research Facility, 1974. Creator: NASA
Drop Test at Lunar Landing Research Facility, USA, 1974. View of the drop test facility where aircraft crashes can be simulated, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

STS-47 Endeavour landing at Kennedy Space Center, USA, September 20, 1992. Creator: NASA
STS-47 Endeavour landing at Kennedy Space Center, USA, September 20, 1992. The Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares to land on the Shuttle landing facility runway

Gemini 5 capsule hoisted onboard recovery ship, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini 5 capsule hoisted onboard recovery ship, 1965. The Gemini 5 spacecraft is brought aboard the recovery ship, U.S.S. Lake Champlain after a successful splashdown at the end of its mission

Lunar Module Ascent Stage, 1969. Creator: David Scott
Lunar Module Ascent Stage, 1969. The Lunar Module " Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission

Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project

Lunar Landing Vehicle, USA, 1963. Creator: NASA
Lunar Landing Vehicle, USA, 1963. Vehicle for Lunar Landing Research Facility at Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

Bell Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV), USA, 1969. Creator: NASA
Bell Lunar Landing Training Vehicle (LLTV), USA, 1969. Following the crash of a sister Lunar Landing Training Vehicle at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas

Apollo 17 Astronaut Training, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 Astronaut Training, Florida, USA, 1972. Apollo 17 Commander Eugene A. Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Jack Schmitt are preparing the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV)

STS-45 Landing, Florida, USA, 1992. Creator: NASA
STS-45 Landing, Florida, USA, 1992. As the sun rises the morning of April 2, it casts a rosy glow over a steller performer, the orbiter Atlantis parked on Runway 33 of the Shuttle Landing Facility

Orion seen from the Rover, lunar surface, 1972. Creator: Charles Duke
Orion seen from the Rover, lunar surface, 1972. The Apollo 16 Lunar Module " Orion" is photographed from a distance by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr

Gemini 12 descends for splashdown, 1966. Creator: NASA
Gemini 12 descends for splashdown, 1966. As a helicopter hovers above, the Gemini 12 spacecraft with parachute open descends to the Atlantic with astronauts Jim Lovell

Gemini 9 crew waves to the Wasp, 1966. Creator: NASA
Gemini 9 crew waves to the Wasp, 1966. Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan sit with their Gemini spacecraft with hatches open while awaiting the arrival of the recovery ship U.S.S. Wasp

Buzz Aldrin and the U. S. Flag on the Moon, 1969. Creator: Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin and the U.S. Flag on the Moon, 1969. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission

Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress, 1961. Creator: NASA
Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress, 1961. President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, on May 25, 1961 declared

Langley Laboratory annual picnic, Buckroe Beach, Hampton, Virginia, USA, July 1, 1929. On the barrel to the left is Ray Sharp

Mercury Astronauts Receiving the Collier Trophy, White House, Washington, USA, 1963. NASA Administrator James E. Webb (center)

STS-121 landing, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, July 17, 2006. Creator: NASA
STS-121 landing, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, July 17, 2006. Space Shuttle Discoverys STS-121 mission touching down

Key members of the XS 1 research team, USA, January 1948. Creator: Unknown
Key members of the XS 1 research team, USA, January 1948. National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics Muroc Flight Test Unit XS-1 Team members and USAF pilots (L-R): Joseph Vensel

Perseus B parked on ramp, USA, September 1999. Creator: NASA
Perseus B parked on ramp, USA, September 1999. The long, slender wing of the Perseus B remotely piloted research aircraft can be clearly seen in this photo

Apollo 11 Crew During Training Exercise, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Crew During Training Exercise, 1969. Two members of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission participate in a simulation of deploying

US president John F Kennedy at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, September 11, 1962. A briefing is given by Major Rocco Petrone to the president during a tour of Blockhouse 34 at the Cape

NASA F-8A Crusader Supercritical Wing Aircraft, 1973. Creator: NASA
NASA F-8A Crusader Supercritical Wing Aircraft, 1973. A Vought F-8A Crusader was selected by NASA as the testbed aircraft (designated TF-8A)

NASAs Global Precipitation Measurement Mission, 2014. Creator: NASA
NASAs Global Precipitation Measurement Mission, 2014. Severe thunderstorms over South Carolina, USA, as observed from NASAs ER-2 aircraft flying at 65

Kennedy and Shepard in Washington D. C. 1961. Creator: NASA
Kennedy and Shepard in Washington D.C. 1961. President John F. Kennedy congratulates astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. the first American in space, on his historic May 5th

Gilruth presents President Kennedy with a model of the Apollo spacecraft, 1960s. Dr. Robert R. Gilruth (left), Manned Spacecraft Center Director, presents President John F

President John F. Kennedy, John Glenn and General Davis in Cocoa Beach Parade, 1962. President Kennedy (left), astronaut John Glenn and General Leighton I

STS-56 Landing, Florida, USA, 1993. Creator: NASA
STS-56 Landing, Florida, USA, 1993. A four-million-mile journey draws to a flawless ending as the orbiter Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 33

Dedication Day - visitors to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 20, 1943. From left to right: Colonel E.R. Page, William F

General Hap Arnold visits AERL, Cleveland, Ohio, November 9, 1944. V Creator: NASA
General Hap Arnold visits AERL, Cleveland, Ohio, November 9, 1944. Visit by General H. H. Arnold to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

STS 106 Atlantis landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 2000. Creator: NASA
STS 106 Atlantis landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 2000. Upon touchdown on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility, Atlantiss drag chute opens to help slow the vehicle

STS-80 landing, Florida, USA, December 7, 1996. Creator: NASA
STS-80 landing, Florida, USA, December 7, 1996. Space Shuttle Columbia heads for a landing on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Centers (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)

STS-72 Landing, Florida, USA, 1996. Creator: NASA
STS-72 Landing, Florida, USA, 1996. The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour and its crew of six glide in to Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility after spending nine days in space

Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon, 1972. Creator: Thomas Mattingly
Apollo 16 Command and Service Module Over the Moon, 1972. In this photo, the Apollo 16 Command and Service Module (CSM) " Casper" approaches the Lunar Module (LM)

STS-30 Landing, 1989. Creator: NASA
STS-30 Landing, 1989. The Space Shuttle Atlantis returns to Earth after mission STS-30 landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA. At 3:43:38 EDT

Gemini 4 Astronauts meet Yuri Gagarin, Paris, France, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini 4 Astronauts meet Yuri Gagarin, Paris, France, 1965. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin shakes hand with NASAs Gemini 4 astronauts, Edward H. White II and James A

Eisenhower unveils Marshall bust, USA, September 8, 1960. Creator: NASA
Eisenhower unveils Marshall bust, USA, September 8, 1960. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Katherine Tupper Marshall unveil the bronze bust of her husband General George C

STS-50 landing, USA, July 9, 1992. Creator: NASA
STS-50 landing, USA, July 9, 1992. Launched on June 25, 1992, Space Shuttle Columbias STS-50 mission landed at the Kennedy Space Center on July 9, 1992. The 13 day mission carried the U.S

Gemini 9A splashdown, 1966. Creator: NASA
Gemini 9A splashdown, 1966. Splashdown of Gemini 9A carrying astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford at 9:00 a.m. June 6, 1966

Dr. Max Munk, chief of aerodynamics, in his office at Langley, Virginia, USA, 1926. German aerospace engineer Max M. Munk (1890-1986) achieved lasting fame by conceiving, developing

STS-58 post-landing scene as orbiter is serviced, California, USA, November 1, 1993. Maintenance crew on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base following the landing of the Space Shuttle Columbia

Kennedy Receives Mariner 2 Model, 1961. Creator: NASA
Kennedy Receives Mariner 2 Model, 1961. Dr. William H. Pickering, (center) Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director, presenting Mariner spacecraft model to President John F. Kennedy, (right)

Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp, 1948. Creator: NASA
Godfrey, Cooper and DeFrance on the Ramp, California, USA, 1948. Radio and early television personality Arthur Godfrey, (left) has a discussion with NACA civilian pilot George Cooper

Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE), USA, 1997. Creator: NASA
Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE), USA, 1997. A NASA SR-71 successfully completed its first flight October 31, 1997 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71

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