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Background imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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 imageSpace Travel 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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Model, Space Shuttle, Delta-Wing High Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Binoculars, Friendship 7, 1962. Creator: Hensoldt-Wetzlar

Binoculars, Friendship 7, 1962. Creator: Hensoldt-Wetzlar
Astronaut John Glenn Jr. carried these binoculars, manufactured by Hensoldt-Wetzlar, into space during the during the flight of Friendship 7, the first U.S

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Camera, Leica, Spectrographic, 35mm, Glenn, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Leica

Camera, Leica, Spectrographic, 35mm, Glenn, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Leica
With this camera, a Leica 1g model, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. carried out the first human-operated, astronomical experiment in space during his pioneering mission on February 20, 1962

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Penetrometer, Lunar Self Recording (LSRP), Apollo, 1970s. Creator: NASA

Penetrometer, Lunar Self Recording (LSRP), Apollo, 1970s. Creator: NASA
The Self-Recording Penetrometer was a device used on Apollo 15 and 16 to measure some mechanical properties of the lunar soil

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Camera, Stereo 35mm, Lunar Surface, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Kodak

Camera, Stereo 35mm, Lunar Surface, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Kodak
This Eastman Kodak 35mm camera is the same as the ones used to take pairs of close-up photographs of the lunar surface. When the cameras base was placed on the Moons surface

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Command and Service Modules, Apollo #105, ASTP Mockup, 1960s

Command and Service Modules, Apollo #105, ASTP Mockup, 1960s
This Block II Apollo Command and Service Module combination (CSM 105), manufactured by North American Rockwell, was originally used for vibration and acoustic tests

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Camera, 35mm, Glenn, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Minolta

Camera, 35mm, Glenn, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Minolta
With this camera, an Ansco Autoset model, astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. took the first human-captured, color still photographs of the Earth during his three-orbit mission on February 20, 1962

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Capsule, Mercury, MA-6, 1962. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp

Capsule, Mercury, MA-6, 1962. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
In this historic capsule, John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenns flight was the third manned mission of Project Mercury

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine, 1966

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Lunar Orbiter, Engineering Mock-up, 1960s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co

Lunar Orbiter, Engineering Mock-up, 1960s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
Lunar Orbiter was the project that mapped the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings. A total of five Lunar Orbiters were flown to the Moon

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Fuel Cell, Gemini, Cutaway, ca. 1965. Creator: General Electric Company

Fuel Cell, Gemini, Cutaway, ca. 1965. Creator: General Electric Company
This fuel cell is a cutaway version of the electric-power generating device used on the two-astronaut Gemini spacecraft during ten missions in 1965-66

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Model, Space Shuttle, Straight-Wing Low Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Paraglider Research Vehicle (Paresev) 1-A, Gemini, 1960s. Creator: NASA

Paraglider Research Vehicle (Paresev) 1-A, Gemini, 1960s. Creator: NASA
From 1962 to 1964, NASA used the Paresev to develop the technology for landing the two-man Gemini capsule on land, instead of parachuting into the ocean, as had been done in Project Mercury

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Lifting Body, M2-F3, 1960s. Creator: Northrop Norair

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Mercury Capsule, 1959. Creator: NASA

Mercury Capsule, 1959. Creator: NASA
On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Satellite, Pioneer I, Reconstructed Replica, 1963. Creator

Satellite, Pioneer I, Reconstructed Replica, 1963. Creator
This is a replica of a Pioneer satellite intended to orbit the moon. Pioneer 1 was launched on October 11, 1958, but the final velocity was insufficient to escape the earths gravity

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Capsule, Mercury #15B, ca. 1963. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp

Capsule, Mercury #15B, ca. 1963. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
This Mercury capsule, number 15B, is one of two left showing the complete one-man spacecraft in its orbital configuration

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Cradle, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Viewfinder, Camera, Leica, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Unknown

Viewfinder, Camera, Leica, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Unknown
In order for John Glenn to take photographs during his February 20, 1962 mission while still wearing his bulky spacesuit, NASA engineers modified a Leica camera with this special viewfinder

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: ALSRC, Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container, Apollo 11, 1969. Creator: Union Carbide

ALSRC, Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container, Apollo 11, 1969. Creator: Union Carbide
The Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container (ALSRC) was an aluminum box with a triple seal manufactured by the Nuclear Division of Union Carbide

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Assembly, Cable Cutter, Skylab. Creator: A. B. Chance Company

Assembly, Cable Cutter, Skylab. Creator: A. B. Chance Company
When Skylab was launched in May 1973, one of the solar arrays ripped off during launch and the other became jammed under a metal strap

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Lunar Lander, Surveyor, ca. 1966. Creator: Hughes Aircraft Co

Lunar Lander, Surveyor, ca. 1966. Creator: Hughes Aircraft Co
An engineering model, S-10, used for thermal control tests. It was reconfigured to represent a flight model of Surveyor 3 or later, since it was the first to have a scoop and claw surface sampler

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Capsule, Gemini VII, 1965. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp

Capsule, Gemini VII, 1965. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell were launched into orbit aboard this spacecraft, Gemini VII, on December 4, 1965

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Rangefinder, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Unknown

Rangefinder, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: Unknown
During his three-orbit flight on February 20, 1962, John Glenn used this photometer/rangefinder to measure the airglow layer around the Earth

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: First aid kit owned by John Glenn, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, 1962. Creator: Unknown

First aid kit owned by John Glenn, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, 1962. Creator: Unknown
First aid kit owned by John Glenn, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, 1962. This first aid kit was part of the equipment assigned to John Glenn for his historic mission aboard the Mercury spacecraft

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Model, X-33 VentureStar Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. Creator: Unknown

Model, X-33 VentureStar Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. Creator: Unknown
Model, X-33 VentureStar Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. In 1996 NASA selected Lockheed Martin to build and fly the X-33 test vehicle to demonstrate advanced technologies for a new reusable launch

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Biocapsule, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency

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

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Satellite, Pioneer IV, 1959. Creator: Space Technology Laboratories

Satellite, Pioneer IV, 1959. Creator: Space Technology Laboratories
This object is a flight spare of the Pioneer IV spacecraft, which was launched March 3, 1959, on a Juno II launch vehicle

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Protractor, Model 3-B, United States Army Air Force. Creator: Unknown

Protractor, Model 3-B, United States Army Air Force. Creator: Unknown
Black metal navigation tool with two protractor arms and ruler

Background imageSpace Travel Collection: Navigational Satellite, Transit 5-A, 1960s. Creator: Johns Hopkins University Applied

Navigational Satellite, Transit 5-A, 1960s. Creator: Johns Hopkins University Applied
Beginning in the 1960s, the United States Navy began developing a communications and navigation satellite program to meet the needs of ships at sea and submarines



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