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Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
7 Items

Departments Collection: Langley Research Center

Langley Research Center Collection
27 Items

Departments Collection: Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center Collection
24 Items

Departments Collection: Johnson Space Center

Johnson Space Center Collection
37 Items

Departments Collection: Jet Propulsion Lab

Jet Propulsion Lab Collection
15 Items

Departments Collection: NASA Headquarters

NASA Headquarters Collection
24 Items

Departments Collection: Goddard Space Flight Center

Goddard Space Flight Center Collection
5 Items

Departments Collection: Dryden Flight Research Center

Dryden Flight Research Center Collection
24 Items

Departments Collection: The Wright Brothers First Heavier-than-air Flight

The Wright Brothers First Heavier-than-air Flight
On December 17, 1903, at 10:30 am at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this airplane arose for a few seconds to make the first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history

Departments Collection: Earthrise - Apollo 8

Earthrise - Apollo 8
This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the lunar orbit insertion burn

Departments Collection: First Picture of the Earth and Moon in a Single Frame

First Picture of the Earth and Moon in a Single Frame
This picture of the Earth and Moon in a single frame, the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft, was recorded September 18, 1977

Departments Collection: The Sounds of Earth Record Cover

The Sounds of Earth Record Cover
This gold aluminum cover was designed to protect the Voyager 1 and 2 " Sounds of Earth" gold-plated records from micrometeorite bombardment

Departments Collection: Buzz Aldrin on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) " Eagle" during the Apollo 11 exravehicular activity (EVA)

EVAtion
Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II, is seen further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut has ever been

Departments Collection: Apollo 11 Launch

Apollo 11 Launch
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 Armstrong

Departments Collection: SR-71 Over Snow Capped Mountains

SR-71 Over Snow Capped Mountains
Drydens SR-71B, NASA 831, slices across the snowy southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California after being refueled by an Air Force Flight Test Center tanker during a recent flight

Departments Collection: Neil Armstrong On The Moon

Neil Armstrong On The Moon
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo ll mission commander, at the modular equipment storage assembly (MESA) of the Lunar Module " Eagle" on the historic first extravehicular activity (EVA)

Departments Collection: Apollo 11 bootprint

Apollo 11 bootprint
One of the first steps taken on the Moon, this is an image of Aldrins boot print from the Apollo 11 mission. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969

STS-45 Launch
With its twin solid rocket boosters and three main engines churning at seven million pounds of thrust, the Space Shuttle Atlantis thunders skyward from Launch Pad 39A

Departments Collection: Shuttle Test Using Electron Beam

Shuttle Test Using Electron Beam
A space shuttle model undergoes a wind tunnel test in 1975. This test is simulating the ionized gasses that surround a shuttle as it reenters the atmosphere

STS-86 Launch
The Space Shuttle Atlantis blazes through the night sky to begin the STS-86 mission, slated to be the seventh of nine planned dockings of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir

Apollo 13
Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center, during the fourth television transmission from the Apollo 13 spacecraft while

Departments Collection: Pioneer F Plaque Symbology

Pioneer F Plaque Symbology
The Pioneer F spacecraft, destined to be the first man made object to escape from the solar system into interstellar space, carries this pictorial plaque

Departments Collection: Earth from Apollo 8

Earth from Apollo 8
This is how the Earth looked as photographed from a point near the Moon by the Apollo 8 astronauts. The Earth fills less than one percent of the frame exposed through 80mm lens

Departments Collection: Galileo Images the Moon

Galileo Images the Moon
This view of the Moons north pole is a mosaic assembled from 18 images taken by Galileos imaging system through a green filter as the spacecraft flew by on December 7, 1992

Departments Collection: New York City Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts

New York City Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts
New York City welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr. in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue

Departments Collection: Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base

Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base
Astronaut Edwin E." Buzz" Aldrin Jr. Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon

Departments Collection: Orville Wrights Test His Gilder at Kitty Hawk, NC

Orville Wrights Test His Gilder at Kitty Hawk, NC
A photograph of Orville Wright in his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1911. On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring

Departments Collection: Wilber and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie

Wilber and Orville Wright with Flyer II at Huffman Prairie
Wilbur and Orville Wright with the Flyer II at Huffman Prairie, outside of Dayton, Ohio, in May 1904. The Wrights had a much more difficult time testing their aircraft at Huffman Prairie than at Kill

Apollo 4 Launch
On November 9, 1967, Apollo 4, the first test flight of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle, was launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39

Backpacking
Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut ever has

Full Earth

Departments Collection: Buzz Aldrin and the U. S. flag on the Moon

Buzz Aldrin and the U. S. flag on the Moon
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA)

Departments Collection: Eagle In Lunar Orbit

Eagle In Lunar Orbit
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) " Eagle" in a landing configuration is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) " Columbia"

Departments Collection: First View of Earth from Moon

First View of Earth from Moon
The worlds first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of the Moon. The photo was transmitted to Earth by the United States Lunar Orbiter I

Departments Collection: Chicago Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts

Chicago Welcomes the Apollo 11 Astronauts
The City of Chicago welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr

Departments Collection: Endeavour is Delivered to the Kennedy Space Center

Endeavour is Delivered to the Kennedy Space Center
NASAs 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 911, with the space shuttle orbiter Endeavour securely mounted atop its fuselage, taxies to the runway to begin the ferry flight from Rockwells Plant 42 at

Departments Collection: Robot Arm Over Earth with Sunburst

Robot Arm Over Earth with Sunburst
View of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) end effector over an Earth limb with a solar starburst pattern behind it

Departments Collection: 1902 Wright Brothers Glider Tests

1902 Wright Brothers Glider Tests
Historic photo of the Wright brothers third test glider being launched at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, on October 10, 1902

Departments Collection: Astronaut Charles Duke with Lunar Rover on Moon

Astronaut Charles Duke with Lunar Rover on Moon
Astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. lunar module pilot during the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, worked at the Lunar Roving Vehicle in center background

Departments Collection: Skylab 3 Close-Up

Skylab 3 Close-Up
A closeup view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background from the Skylab 3 Command/Service Module during station keeping maneuvers prior to docking

Big Blue Marble

Departments Collection: Bumper V-2 Launch

Bumper V-2 Launch
The Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950

Departments Collection: The Pitcairn Autogiro

The Pitcairn Autogiro
This Pitcairn Pa-1 autogiro was flown at Langley for the NACA investigation of an experimental cantalevered three-bladed rotor

Departments Collection: Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter

Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter
In June of 1930 this Curtiss Bleeker Helicopter was photographed on the tarmac in front of the Langley hangar. The first successful helicopters, however, appeared in Europe later in the decade

Departments Collection: Electrical Storm

Electrical Storm
A powerful electrical storm created an eerie tapestry of light in the skies near Complex 39A in the hours preceding the launch of STS-8

Departments Collection: NASA JF-104A Starfighter

NASA JF-104A Starfighter
The NASA JF-104A Starfighter with a ventrally-mounted test fixture

Departments Collection: NASA Langley Magnetic Suspension / Balance System

NASA Langley Magnetic Suspension / Balance System
A shuttle model is magnetically suspended in the transparent hexagonal test section of the MIT/NASA Langley 6 inch MSBS. Massive power supplies are required to drive electromagnets for model position

Departments Collection: Columbia 180 Turn and Burn

Columbia 180 Turn and Burn
The Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew of six lifted off from PAD 39B at 1:09 p.m. EDT, on a ten-day mission. The primary payload of Space Shuttle mission STS-52 is the Laser Geodynamic Satellite II

STS-72 Landing
The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour and its crew of six glide in to Runway 15 at KSCs Shuttle Landing Facility after spending nine days in space on the STS-72 mission

Departments Collection: Moon Set over Earth

Moon Set over Earth
Moon set over the Earth limb taken from Space Shuttle Discovery during STS-70 mission

Departments Collection: Wright Brothers 1906 Patent

Wright Brothers 1906 Patent
Submitted in 1903, the Wright brothers finally received this patent in 1906 for their airplane that they tested in North Carolina

Departments Collection: Flying Saucer Aliens

Flying Saucer Aliens
No, its not a flying saucer, it is the domed top to a 70 foot long vacuum tank at the Lewis Research Centers Electric Propulsion Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio

Departments Collection: Tracks to Antares

Tracks to Antares
The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) " Antares" is photographed against a brilliant sun glare during the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1)

Departments Collection: Jupiters Great Red Spot

Jupiters Great Red Spot
As Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter, it captured this photo of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is an anti-cyclonic (high- pressure)

Departments Collection: False-Color Lunar Image

False-Color Lunar Image
This false-color photograph is a composite of 15 images of the Moon taken through three color filters by the Galileo spacecrafts solid-state imaging system during the spacecrafts passage through

Planet Mercury
Mariner 10s first image of Mercury acquired on March 24, 1974. During its flight, Mariner 10s trajectory brought it behind the lighted hemisphere of Mercury, where this image was taken

Saturns Rings
This Voyager 2 view, focusing on Saturns C-ring (and to a lesser extent, the B- ring at top and left) was compiled from three separate images taken through ultraviolet, clear and green filters

Departments Collection: Neptune Full Disk View

Neptune Full Disk View
This picture of Neptune was produced from the last whole planet images taken through the green and orange filters on the Voyager 2 narrow angle camera

Departments Collection: First Flight of a Liquid Propellant Rocket

First Flight of a Liquid Propellant Rocket
Dr. Robert H. Goddard and a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Massachusetts. From 1930 to 1941, Dr

Departments Collection: Vanguard Satellite SLV-2 Being Examined at Cape Canaveral

Vanguard Satellite SLV-2 Being Examined at Cape Canaveral
Vanguard satellite SLV-2 is being checked out at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Solar X-ray radiation satellite was launched June 26, 1958

Departments Collection: Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test

Little Joe 5B High-Q-Abort Test
" 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, Virginia

Departments Collection: Hermes A-1 Test Rockets

Hermes A-1 Test Rockets
The first Hermes A-1 test rocket was fired at White Sand Proving Ground (WSPG). Hermes was a modified V-2 German rocket, utilizing the German aerodynamic configuration; however

Departments Collection: Return to Flight Launch of Discovery

Return to Flight Launch of Discovery
The Return to Flight launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its five man crew from Pad 39-B at 11:37 a.m. on September 29, 1988

Departments Collection: Mariner 1 Launch

Mariner 1 Launch
An Atlas-Agena 5 carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft lifted off today from Cape Kennedy Launch Complex 12. The Mariner spacecraft is scheduled to orbit Venus

Departments Collection: Replica of Plaque Left on Moon by Apollo 17 Astronauts

Replica of Plaque Left on Moon by Apollo 17 Astronauts
This image is a photographic replica of the plaque that the Apollo 17 astronauts left on the Moon at the Taurus-Littrow landing site

Departments Collection: Skylab Concept by George Mueller

Skylab Concept by George Mueller
This is a sketch of Skylab, as drawn by George E. Mueller, NASA associate administrator for Manned Space Flight. This concept drawing was created at a meeting at the Marshall Space Flight Center

Departments Collection: STS-27, Orbiter Atlantis, Liftoff

STS-27, Orbiter Atlantis, Liftoff
Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on its STS-27 mission on December 2, 1988, 9:30 a.m. EST, utilizing 375, 000 pounds thrust produced by its three main engines

Departments Collection: The First Space Shuttle External Tank

The First Space Shuttle External Tank
The first Space Shuttle External Tank (ET), the Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA), rolls off the assembly line on September 9, 1977 at Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana

Departments Collection: Horsepower and Rocketpower

Horsepower and Rocketpower
Fifty years of history and 31, 999, 99 horsepower mark the difference in these two pictures taken at the front of Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) in New Orleans, Louisiana

Departments Collection: Static Test Firing of Saturn V S-1C Stage

Static Test Firing of Saturn V S-1C Stage
Smoke and flames belch from the huge S-1C test stand as the first stage booster of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle is static fired at the NASA Mississippi Test Facility (MTF)

Departments Collection: The One-Inch Model Airplane

The One-Inch Model Airplane
A one-inch scale model of a typical supersonic airplane design is examined before being installed for sonic boom studies in the four foot supersonic tunnel at Langley Research Center of the National

Departments Collection: CFD Orbiter Model

CFD Orbiter Model
This is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer generated Space Shuttle model. CFD has supplanted wind tunnels for many evaluations of aircraft

Turning Vanes
Turning vanes in the 16 Foot Tunnel at Langley

Lunar Orbiter I Launch

Departments Collection: Supersonic Transport Model Miniature

Supersonic Transport Model Miniature
005 inch x 1 inch supersonic transport scale model for determining the propagation of sonic booms. The model appears to be similar to the Air Force XB-70 bomber

Weick W-1
Fred Weick designed the W-1 with tricycle landing gear. It is shown here in the Full Scale Tunnel in March 1934

Amelia Earhart
Group photo on steps of Langley Research Building in 1928. front row, left to right: E.A. Meyers, Elton Miller, Amelia Earhart, Henry Reid, and Lt. Col. Jacob W.S. Wuest

Wright Apache
Originally the Wright Apache had a propeller spinner over the hub and a metal jacket covering the crankcase and inner portions of its engine cylinders

Departments Collection: Evolution of the Airfoil

Evolution of the Airfoil
The historical evolution of airfoil sections, 1908-1944. The last two shapes are low-drag sections designed to have laminar flow over 60 to 70 percent of chord on both the upper and lower surface

Departments Collection: Lightning Above the STS-8 Launch Pad

Lightning Above the STS-8 Launch Pad
Spectacular lightning bolts streak through the rainy skies in the early morning before the STS-8 launch at Kennedy Space Center

STS-64 Launch
The Space Shuttle Discovery soars skyward from Launch Pad 39B on Mission STS-64 at 6:22:35 p.m. EDT, September 9, 1994. On board are a crew of six: Commander Richard N. Richards; Pilot L

STS-60 Launch
A golden new era in space cooperation begins with a flawless countdown and the ontime liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery on Mission STS-60. Liftoff from Launch Pad 39A occurred at 7:10:01 a.m

STS-57 Launch
The first flight of the commercially developed SPACEHAB laboratory module begins with the flawless liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39B at 9:07:22 a.m. EDT, June 21, 1993

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