Lift Off Collection

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. Crawler-transporters, formally known as the Missile Crawler Transporter Facilities

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

Chinoock Helicopter of 18 Squadron. Operations in Cyprus 03 / 01 / 2003
A Chinoock Helicopter Mk2/2A of 18(B) Squadron Royal Air Force from Raf Odiham. Carrying out Operations in Cyprus during the Wader Amphibious Exercise

Apollo 11 Lifts Off, 1969 (photo)
5322859 Apollo 11 Lifts Off, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission liftoff at 8

Apollo 11 Launch, 1969 (photo)
5322844 Apollo 11 Launch, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Saturn V rocket lifted off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center); Photo © NASA

Spectators wait for launch of Apollo 11, 1969 (b / w photo)
5322847 Spectators wait for launch of Apollo 11, 1969 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center thousands of)

King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium watch Apollo 10 lift off... Florida, USA, 1969. Creator: NASA
King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium watch Apollo 10 lift off, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1969. KSC Deputy Director for Administration, Albert Siepert, seated at left on third row

Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Lift off, Florida, USA, 1969. Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B

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

Snowy Owl - Jazz Wings
Jim Cumming

Power take off
Piotr Wrobel

American F16 Fighter takes off at the Farnborough Airshow 1998

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

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

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)

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. Atlas-Centaur was a series of expendable launch vehicles (or ELVs)

Saturn V rocket lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Creator: NASA
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, 1981
Lift off, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, November 1981. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA

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

Saturn V rocket lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Creator: NASA
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

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

The lift off of Apollo 15, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1971. Artist: NASA
The lift off of Apollo 15, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 26th July 1971

Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1985. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 4 April 1997. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Launch of the Apollo 17 mission, 1972. Apollo 17 was the last Apollo moon landing mission and the only one to be launched at night

Snowy Egret Fishing In Florida

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

Apollo 16 television transmission of Lunar Module ascent stage lift off, April 23, 1972. The flame from the Apollo 16 Lunar Module " Orion" ascent stage engine creates a kaleidoscope effect

Space shuttle Discovery

Fantastic Adventures - The Robot Men of Bubble City by Peter Worth. A spaceship shaped like an angry face blasts off from an unknown planet

The Mass Ascension at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Balloons at the Quechee Balloon Festival Vermont USA

Balloons at the 2006 Quechee Balloon Festival, Quechee, Vermont

Rocket launch, artwork F006 / 3865
Rocket launch, computer artwork

Telstar 1 satellite launch, 1962 C016 / 8897
Telstar 1 satellite launch. A Thor-Delta 316 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, on 10th July 1962. On board the rocket was the Telstar 1 satellite

Ares I-X test rocket launch. View of NASAs Ares I-X test rocket being launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, on 28th October 2009

Juno spacecraft launch C016 / 3062
Juno spacecraft launch. NASAs Juno spacecraft being launched onboard an Atlas V rocket. Juno was launched on 5th August 2011, on a five-year flight to Jupiter

Juno spacecraft launch C016 / 3060
Juno spacecraft launch. Launch of NASAs Juno spacecraft onboard an Atlas V rocket. Juno was launched on 5th August 2011, on a five-year flight to Jupiter

Illustration of a Soyuz rocket launching from the Baikonur launch complex near the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, USSR
SOVIET SOYUZ ROCKET, 1975. Illustration of a Soyuz rocket launching from the Baikonur launch complex near the Aral Sea in Kazakhstan, USSR. Illustration by Davis Meltzer, 1975

An Atlas-Agena booster rocket launching the Mariner 1 spacecraft, which failed when the rocket deviated off course
MARINER 1: LAUNCH, 1962. An Atlas-Agena booster rocket launching the Mariner 1 spacecraft, which failed when the rocket deviated off course shortly after liftoff at Cape Canaveral, 22 July 1962

Launch of the Pioneer Venus 1 spacecraft atop an Atlas Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 1978
PIONEER VENUS 1, 1978. Launch of the Pioneer Venus 1 spacecraft atop an Atlas Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 1978

HOT-AIR BALLOONS, 1783-84. Illustration of five early flights of hot-air balloons in France, 1783-84: Two Montgolfier balloons, one by Jean Pierre Balnchard, and one by Charles and Robert

Launch of Soyuz TMA-15 mission
Soyuz rocket launch. A Soyuz-FG rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft into orbit. Mission TMA-15 carried commander cosmonaut Roman Romanenko (Russia) and flight engineers Robert Thirsk (Canada)

Launch of Proton-K rocket
Proton rocket launch. Launch of a Proton-K rocket on 26 October 2007. The rocket is carrying three GLONASS-M global positioning satellites into orbit. The Proton-K rocket first flew in 1967

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"Lift Off: A Momentous Journey to the Moon and Beyond" In 1969, history was made as Apollo 11 embarked on its groundbreaking mission, marking the first lunar landing in human history. The Kennedy Space Center served as the launchpad for this extraordinary endeavor, where dreams took flight. As spectators eagerly awaited liftoff, their anticipation grew with each passing moment. The air crackled with excitement as the mighty Crawler transported the Space Shuttle to Launch Complex 39. It was a sight that captured both imagination and awe - a testament to mankind's relentless pursuit of exploration. On that fateful day in July, all eyes were fixed upon the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. With bated breaths and hearts pounding, we witnessed Apollo 11 gracefully ascend into the sky. As it soared higher and higher, it carried not only three brave astronauts but also our collective hopes and aspirations. The black-and-white photograph from 1969 immortalizes this historic event - a snapshot frozen in time capturing the sheer power of lift off. In another image from that year, King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium watched in admiration as Apollo 10 roared towards space; an international audience united by wonder. Even political figures like Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson couldn't resist witnessing this monumental feat firsthand. They stood alongside countless others who understood that this journey transcended borders - it was a triumph for humanity itself. Decades later, these images still evoke a sense of wonderment within us all. They remind us of our boundless potential when we dare to dream big and reach for new horizons. Just like Snowy Owl spreading its wings or jazz music taking flight through improvisation – lift off symbolizes liberation from earthly constraints. Power takeoff is not limited to rockets alone; it resides within each one of us waiting to be unleashed.