Space Exploration Collection (page 6)

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)

Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules Photographed from the Lunar Module in Orbit, 1969

Crater Kepler and Vicinity, 1967. Creator: NASA
Crater Kepler and Vicinity, 1967

Far Side of the Moon at Apolune, 1967. Creator: NASA
Far Side of the Moon at Apolune, 1967

Close-Up of Crater Copernicus, 24434. Creator: NASA
Close-Up of Crater Copernicus, 24434

Buzz Aldrins Footprint on the Surface of the Moon, 1969. Creator: NASA
Buzz Aldrins Footprint on the Surface of the Moon, 1969

[President Richard M. Nixon Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts Aboard Recovery Ship USS
President Richard M. Nixon Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts Aboard Recovery Ship USS Hornet, 1969

[Lunar Surface Photographed by Surveyor V], 1967. Creator: NASA
Lunar Surface Photographed by Surveyor V, 1967

Lunar Panorama #158, 1967. Creator: NASA
Lunar Panorama #158, 1967

[Astronauts in Lifeboat After Apollo 11 Splashdown], 1969. Creator: NASA
Astronauts in Lifeboat After Apollo 11 Splashdown, 1969

Crater Aristarchus, Schroters Valley, and Vicinity, 1967. Creator: NASA
Crater Aristarchus, Schroters Valley, and Vicinity, 1967

All Aboard for the Moon!. 1881. Creator: Unknown
" All Aboard for the Moon!". 1881. From " St. Nicholas: Volume VIII. Part I. November 1880, to May 1881". [Scribner & Co. New York, 1881]

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

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

Orbiter Challenger on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASAs space shuttle programme

Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery at Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Discovery was in operation between 1984 and 2011

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

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)

Space Shuttle - artists concept of interior, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle - artists concept of interior, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Plaque left on the Moon, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Creator: NASA
Plaque left on the Moon, Apollo II mission, July 1969. Inscription on part of the Eagle. The Apollo 11 Lunar Module, code named Eagle, with US astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin on board

Manipulator arm deployed during the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Manipulator arm deployed during the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The Canadarm or Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) is flown in space for the first time

Module pilot David Scott emerging from Apollo 9 spacecraft, 6 March 1969. Creator
Module pilot David Scott emerging from Apollo 9 spacecraft, 6 March 1969. Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed Gumdrop, and Lunar Module (LM)

Jupiter from Voyager spacecraft. Creator: NASA
Jupiter from Voyager spacecraft. The purpose of the Voyager programme was to study the outer Solar System

Jupiter, Io and Europa from 20 million kilometres. Creator: NASA
Jupiter, Io and Europa from 20 million kilometres. The planet Jupiter and two of its moons

Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Lagoon Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. The Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius

Space Shuttle and space station above Earth, artists impression. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle and space station above Earth, artists impression

Earth from the Moon. Creator: NASA
Earth from the Moon

Halleys Comet, 1910. Creator: George Willis Ritchey
Halleys Comet, 1910. Halleys Comet was photographed by Dr George Willis Ritchey at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, USA. Halleys Comet is visible from Earth every 75-76 years

North Pole total ozone maps with meteorological chart, March 1979. Creator: NASA
North Pole total ozone maps with meteorological chart, March 1979

Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Creator: NASA
Comet West near the Sun, 1976. Comet West was described as one of the brightest objects to pass through the inner solar system in 1976

Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Creator: NASA
Earth from Apollo 4 spacecraft, 9 November 1967. Planet Earth photographed by an automatic camera aboard the unpiloted Apollo 4 spacecraft, still attached to the S-IVB (third) stage

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. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by the National Aeronautics

Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Star cloud in Sagittarius constellation

Earth from space, c1980s. Creator: NASA
Earth from space, c1980s. Planet Earth, showing cloud cover

Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Creator: NASA
Kerwin examining Conrad on Skylab 2, 1973. Skylab 2 commander Pete Conrad undergoes a dental examination by medical officer Joseph Kerwin in zero gravity

Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. Creator: NASA
Trifid Nebula in Sagittarius constellation. The Trifid Nebula, (Messier 20), consists of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula, a reflection nebula and a dark nebula

Recovery of command module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo II mission, 24 July 1969. US Navy divers assist in retrieving the astronauts from the capsule after a successful splashdown

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

Phobos. Creator: NASA
Phobos. Phobos is one of the moons of the planet Mars, and has a heavily cratered surface

First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. Creator: NASA
First rendezvous in space, 15 December 1965. The Gemini 7 spacecraft as seen from the Gemini 6 spacecraft - during the meeting they were only a foot or so away from eachother

Helix Nebula in Aquarius. Creator: NASA
Helix Nebula in Aquarius. The Helix Nebula is a large planetary nebula, 700 light years from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius

The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. Creator: NASA
The planet Saturn with moons Tethys and Dione. View of Saturn showing shadows cast by its rings

Quasar. Creator: NASA
Quasar. A quasar is a very bright object in space that is similar to a star and very far away from Earth. A quasar gives off powerful radio waves

Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Illustraion of EVA - Extra Vehicular Activity - from the Orbiter space shuttle

Saturns cloud deck. Creator: NASA
Saturns cloud deck. There are three different layers of clouds, or clouddecks, in Saturns atmosphere. The first is made of ammonia clouds

Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Creator: NASA
Comet Ikeye-Seki, 1965. Ikeye-Seki, (1965f), was a long-period comet discovered independently by Kaoru Ikeya and Tsutomu Seki

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