STS-51 G Launch
(June 17, 1985) On June 17, 1985, Space Shuttle Discovery's STS-51 G mission launched on a Comsat deployment mission. It deployed three communication satellites. The mission lasted a little over seven days. ..I... more
Shuttle Enterprise Free Flight
(1977) The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free after being released from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) over Rogers Dry Lakebed during the second of five free flights carried out at the Dry... more
Lockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane pilot...
Lockheed JF-104A (AF56-745A Tail No. 60745) Starfighter airplane piloted by Fred Drinkwater conducted flight testing that demonstrated steep approaches that were ultimately used by the space shuttle. Steep de... more
MSC Space Shuttle Model stability and control characteristics test in ...
MSC Space Shuttle Model stability and control characteristics test in 9x7ft w.t. (test number not available)
PILOT KENNETH C. WHITE IN CHAIR. Space Shuttle Vehicle Simulation. SS...
PILOT KENNETH C. WHITE IN CHAIR. Space Shuttle Vehicle Simulation. SSV COCKPIT IN THE MOVING-CAB TRANSPORT SIMULATOR (S.16)
North American Space Shuttle Orbiter Model NA129 surface heating and b...
North American Space Shuttle Orbiter Model NA129 surface heating and boundary layer transition test in 3.5ft w.t.
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of ...
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of North American Rockwell Straight Wing orbiter approximate Mach .95
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of ...
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of a Hollow Tube in 6ft. W.T. Test-66-503 Approximate Mach 1.2
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of ...
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of North American Rockwell Straight Wing orbiter approximate Mach .95 6ft w.t. Test-66-503
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of ...
MSC Space Shuttle Stability and Control Characteristics. Schlieren of North American Rockwell Straight Wing orbiter approximate Mach .95 6ft w.t. test-66-503
President Nixon and James Fletcher Discuss the Space Shuttle
President Richard M. Nixon and Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, discussed the proposed Space Shuttle vehicle in San Clemente, California, on January 5, 1972. The President announced that day that the ... more
MSC 040A Space Shuttle: 11ft. W.T. Test of Acoustic Environment (Confi...
MSC 040A Space Shuttle: 11ft. W.T. Test of Acoustic Environment (Configuration #5)
MSC 040A Space Shuttle: 11ft. W.T. Tests pf Acoustic Environment (Conf...
MSC 040A Space Shuttle: 11ft. W.T. Tests pf Acoustic Environment (Configuration 5 with James M. Peterson
Space Shuttle Project
This early chart conceptualizes the use of two parallel Solid Rocket Motor Boosters in conjunction with three main engines to launch the proposed Space Shuttle to orbit. At approximately twenty-five miles altit... more
Guidance and Navaigation: CV-990 Shuttle simulation - descent at Edwar...
Guidance and Navaigation: CV-990 Shuttle simulation - descent at Edwards Airforce Base, Dryden Flight Research Center, CA
Guidance and Navaigation: CV-990 Shuttle simulation - descent at Edwar...
Guidance and Navaigation: CV-990 Shuttle simulation - descent at Edwards Airforce Base, Dryden Flight Research Center, CA (Shuttle un-powered descent and landing diagram)
BLDG. 14 - SHUTTLE TEST - MSC
1/10 Scale-Model (metal) inside the Anechoic Chamber, Bldg. 14. 1. SHUTTLE - MODELS MSC, HOUSTON, TX
Too Close for Comfort
Date August 10, 1973 .Description: Scientist-Astronaut Edward G. Gibson, seated, and Astronaut William R. Pogue discuss a mission procedure at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) display and control panel mockup i... more
Space Shuttle Illustration
An unidentified illustration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) space shuttle. The space shuttle fleet flew 135 missions and helped construct the International Space Station between ... more
Space Shuttle Orbitor model 140 A/B-OA87 testing in the 3.5ft Hyperson...
Space Shuttle Orbitor model 140 A/B-OA87 testing in the 3.5ft Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
Space Shuttle Orbitor model 140 A/B-OA87 testing in the 3.5ft Hyperson...
Space Shuttle Orbitor model 140 A/B-OA87 testing in the 3.5ft Hypersonic Wind Tunnel
President Richard Nixon Examining a Model of the Space Shuttle at the ...
Nixon White House Photographs
Space Shuttle Tile Thermal Protection System testing in Ames Arc Jet f...
Space Shuttle Tile Thermal Protection System testing in Ames Arc Jet facilities
Space Shuttle Tile Thermal Protection System testing in Ames Arc Jet f...
Space Shuttle Tile Thermal Protection System testing in Ames Arc Jet facilities
MEETING - SHUTTLE - JSC
View taken in Building 2, Room 135, during a Shuttle briefing. Shuttle officials Robert Thompson and Aaron Cohen and Astronaut John Young are seen as panel for the Shuttle briefing with various models of the Sp... more
Space Shuttle Two Percent Plumes Model in the 11ft W.T. (Test-01) ARC-...
Space Shuttle Two Percent Plumes Model in the 11ft W.T. (Test-01)
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...Center Number: L-1975-02972
Space Shuttle Projects
The Space Shuttle represented an entirely new generation of space vehicle, the world's first reusable spacecraft. Unlike earlier expendable rockets, the Shuttle was designed to be launched over and over again a... more
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
As early as September 1972, the Marshall Space Flight Center arnounced plans for a series of 20 water-entry simulation tests with a solid-fueled rocket casing assembly. The tests would provide valuable data for... more
Space Shuttle - Thermal Insulation
The high temperatures which were to be encountered by the Space Shuttle were simulated in the tunnels at Langley in this 1975 test of the thermal insulation materials which were used on the orbiter.
Space Shuttle Plume Test-97-044-1 in 9x7ft w.t. ARC-1975-AC75-0207
Space Shuttle Plume Test-97-044-1 in 9x7ft w.t.
Schlieren: Space Shuttle Plume Test-97-044-1 in 9x7ft w.t. ARC-1975-AC...
Schlieren: Space Shuttle Plume Test-97-044-1 in 9x7ft w.t.
Space Shuttle SSV Orbiter Model In 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
1/3 scale model of space shuttle, 3/4 lower front view, test section overhead doors open. Don Richey
Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) testing in the NASA Ames Research ...
Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) testing in the NASA Ames Research Center 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel
Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) in the 40x80ft W.T. ARC-1975-AC75-...
Space Shuttle Orbitor Model (A-100) in the 40x80ft W.T.
Space Shuttle SSV Orbiter Model In 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel.
Space Shuttle SSV Orbiter Model A100 0.36 Scale In 40x80 Foot Wind Tunnel. 3/4 lower rear view. Don Richey
Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t. ARC-1...
Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t.
Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t. ARC-1...
Space Shuttle SSV orbiter model OA100 (0.36 scale): 40x80ft w.t.
Space Shuttle Model in the 10- by 10-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel
Ken Baskin, an engineer from the Facilities and Engineering Branch at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Lewis Research Center checks a complete 2.25-scale model of the shuttle in the 10... more
Shuttle Service (view of spacecraft). Space shuttle delivers part for...
Shuttle Service (view of spacecraft). Space shuttle delivers part for Space Colony
Space Shuttle re-entry art ARC-1975-AC75-1919
Space Shuttle re-entry art
This diagram illustrates the Space Shuttle mission sequence. The Space...
This diagram illustrates the Space Shuttle mission sequence. The Space Shuttle was approved as a national program in 1972 and developed through the 1970s. Part spacecraft and part aircraft, the Space Shuttle or... more
Space Shuttle A-100 installation in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Supsonic Win...
Space Shuttle A-100 installation in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Supsonic Wind Tunnel.
Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the 40x80ft W.T. Tes...
Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the 40x80ft W.T. Test 462
Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the NASA Ames 40x80ft ...
Space Shuttle Orbiter 101 model installation in the NASA Ames 40x80ft Subsonic Wind Tunnel. Test-462
TEST - SHUTTLE - MINI-APPROACH & LANDING TEST (ALT) - JSC
Seen left to right is Art Arrow,Owen Morris, and John Kiker. This is an image in a series of photographs documenting a " mini "Approach and Landing Test conducted on the Bldg. 14 Antenna Test Range, using a 1/... more
TEST - SHUTTLE - MINI-APPROACH & LANDING TEST (ALT) - JSC
Owen Morris and John Kiker are seen in this series of photographs documenting a mini-Approach and Landing Test conducted on the Bldg. 14 Antenna Test Range, using a 1/40th-scale model Orbiter and a model airpl... more
Boosters - Space Shuttle Projects
This image illustrates the solid rocket motor (SRM)/solid rocket booster (SRB) configuration. The Shuttle's two SRB's are the largest solids ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standi... more
Haise Commands First Enterprise Test Flights
The first crew members for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) are photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter Assembly Facility at Palmdale, California. The Shuttle Enter... more
External tank - Space Shuttle Projects
This is a cutaway illustration of the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) with callouts. The giant cylinder, higher than a 15-story building, with a length of 154-feet (47-meters) and a diameter of 27.5-feet (8.4-... more
Mockup - Shuttle Mid-Body - JSC
Eleven (11) wide-angle views and medium shots showing progess on construction of Shuttle Orbiter Mid-Body Mockup in Bldg. 9. Workers seen in views. JSC, Houston, TX
SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLE (SSV) 0.36 SCALE MODEL, 40X80FT W.T. TESTING - T...
SPACE SHUTTLE VEHICLE (SSV) 0.36 SCALE MODEL, 40X80FT W.T. TESTING - TAIL FLAPS
Space Shuttle Vehicle (SSV) 0.36 scale model, 40x80ft w.t. testing ARC...
Space Shuttle Vehicle (SSV) 0.36 scale model, 40x80ft w.t. testing
APPROACH AND LANDING TEST (ALT) - ASTRONAUT HAISE, FRED W., JR. - SHUT...
S76-29562 --- The two crews for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) are photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter assembly facility at Palmdale, California on the day of... more
APPROACH AND LANDING TESTS (ALT) - SHUTTLE - ROLLOUT - CA
S76-29559 (17 Sept 1976) --- Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, pilot of the first crew for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT), is photographed at the Rockwell International Space Division's Orbiter... more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the sh...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the shuttle service and access tower SSAT, left, is assembled at Launch Complex 39A from sections of launch umbilical tower 3. The lower 180 feet ... more
APPROACH & LANDING TEST (ALT) - SHUTTLE PATCH
S76-30340 (1976) --- This circular, red, white and blue emblem has been chosen as the official insignia for the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test (ALT) flights. A picture of the Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" ... more
Artist: Rick Guidice NASA artwork of Space Shuttle Orbiter during re-e...
Artist: Rick Guidice NASA artwork of Space Shuttle Orbiter during re-entry showing Reusable Surface Insulation Tiles. (Text overlay)
Space Shuttle tile test in 60MW Interaction Heating Facility N-238 (us...
Space Shuttle tile test in 60MW Interaction Heating Facility N-238 (used in NASA/AMES publication 'Searching the Horizon' - A History of Ames Research Center SP-4304)
SPACE SHUTTLE AND 747 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1977 Keywords: c1977_02300s 1977_02304.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Space Shuttle Project
MSFC, Ala. -- The Space Shuttle Orbiter simulator is hoisted into the giant dynamics test stand at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. The simulator was built at the Marshall Center for use in... more
SPACE SHUTTLE AND 747 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1977 Keywords: c1977_02300s 1977_02306.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
SPACE SHUTTLE AND 747 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1977 Keywords: c1977_02300s 1977_02305.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
SPACE SHUTTLE AND 747 AIRPLANE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 6/14/1977 Keywords: c1977_02300s 1977_02303.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
This illustration is a cutaway of the solid rocket booster (SRB) sections with callouts. The Shuttle's two SRB's are the largest solids ever built and the first designed for refurbishment and reuse. Standing ne... more
The President viewing Space Shuttle in Flight
Carter White House Photographs: Presidential
Space Shuttle Projects
This photograph shows an inside view of a liquid hydrogen tank for the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA). The ET provides liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to the Shuttle's th... more
Technician Works on a Shuttle Model in the 10- by 10-Foot Supersonic W...
A technician prepares a 2.25 percent scale model of the space shuttle for a base heat study in the 10- by 10-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Researc... more
First Shuttle/747 Captive Flight EC77-6887
First Shuttle/747 Captive Flight
Space Shuttle Projects
This photograph shows the liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank for the Space Shuttle external tank (ET) being assembled in the weld assembly area of the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF). The ET provides l... more
Training - Shuttle - Emergency Egress - JSC
Twelve (12) views of Shuttle emergency training in JSC, Bldg. 9A. Training Officer R. Terry Neal with Astronaut Gerald P. Carr. 1. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr 2. Terry Neal JSC, Houston, TX
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive...
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B
Space Shuttle Project
A workman reams holes to the proper size and aligment in the Space Shuttle Main Engine's main injector body, through which propellants will pass through on their way into the engine's combustion chamber. Rockwe... more
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) first r...
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) first release from NB-52B
The first Space Shuttle External Tank, the Main Propulsion Test Articl...
The first Space Shuttle External Tank, the Main Propulsion Test Article (MPTA), rolls off the assembly line September 9, 1977 at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The MPTA was then transported to th... more
NASA 747 Carrier Aircraft - Five (5) T-38 Aircraft - Shuttle Orbiter 1...
S77-28200 (13 Sept 1977) --- This impressive scene was photographed when the NASA 747 carrier aircraft and five T-38 aircraft flew over the shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" while it was parked on the runway at ... more
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-2 - New Relea...
S77-28137 (13 Sept 1977) --- The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soars above the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on September 13, 1977... more
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-2 - New Relea...
S77-28136 (13 Sept 1977) --- The Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" is seen separating from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the second free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALTs) conducted on Septem... more
third "free flight" of Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft
S77-28542 (23 Sept 1977) --- The shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft during the third free flight of the Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) conducted on Septembe... more
Third (3rd) "Free Flight" - Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft - Dryden Fl...
Public Affairs Office (PAO) release print of activity documenting third (3rd) "free flight" of Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft at DFRC, EAFB, CA. Astronauts Haise (left) and Fullerton in front of parking "Ent... more
third "free flight" of Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft
Public Affairs Office (PAO) release print of activity documenting third "free flight" of Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft at DFRC, Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), CA. Astronauts Haise and Fullerton arriv... more
third "free flight" of Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft
Public Affairs Office (PAO) release print of activity documenting third "free flight" of Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft at DFRC, Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), CA. Enterprise is parked on the runway... more
Third (3rd) "Free Flight" - Shuttle Orbiter 101 Spacecraft - Dryden Fl...
S77-28541 (23 Sept 1977) --- The NASA 747 carrier aircraft and six T-38 jets fly over the shuttle Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" soon after completion of a five-minute, 34-second unpowered mission during the third of... more
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-4 Tail Cone O...
Frame of color news-released stills. This was a Tail Cone Off Mission. Stack Enterprise and 747 in flight.
Enterprise - First Tailcone Off Free Flight EC95-43116-26
Enterprise - First Tailcone Off Free Flight
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-4 Tail Cone O...
Frame of color news-released stills. This was a Tail Cone Off Mission. Crew was made up of Astronauts Engle and Truly. Astronauts Engle, Truly egress Orbiter following flt. DFRC, CA
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle - Public Affairs Office (PAO) ...
PAO news release material for the 5th and final FF of the ALT series. Precise moment of separation captured by camera from a T-38 chase plane.
Approach & Landing Test (ALT) - Shuttle Free-Flight (FF)-5 - Edwards A...
Photography from Shuttle ALT FF-5. S77-30393: ALT Fr. 3258, a higher-up shot of the Enterprise approaching runway for landing. EAFB, CA
Straight Space Shuttle orbiter (OA-144) test-118 in 9x7ft w.t. with te...
Straight Space Shuttle orbiter (OA-144) test-118 in 9x7ft w.t. with technician
Straight Space Shuttle orbiter (OA-144) test-118 in 9x7ft w.t. ARC-197...
Straight Space Shuttle orbiter (OA-144) test-118 in 9x7ft w.t.
Space Shuttle Project
This photograph shows Solid Rocket Booster segments undergoing stacking operations in Marshall Space Flight Center's Building 4707. The Solid Rocket Boosters were designed in-house at the Marshall Center with t... more
Solid Rocket Booster - Space Shuttle Projects
The solid rocket booster (SRB) structural test article is being installed in the Solid Rocket Booster Test Facility for the structural and load verification test at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The ... more
Space Shuttle Project
Pictured is an early testing of the Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) at the Thiokol facility in Utah. The SRMs later became known as Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) as they were more frequently used on the Space Shuttles.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, struct...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, structural work is ongoing inside the high bay of the Operations and Checkout Building. The modifications are taking place to configure the facili... more
Space Shuttle Projects
A liquid hydrogen tank of the Shuttle's external tank (ET) is installed into the S-1C Test Stand for a structural test at the Marshall Space Flight Center. At 154-feet long and more than 27-feet in diameter, th... more
Space Shuttle Orbiter - 101 Enterprise - Arrival - Redstone Arsenal Ai...
S78-27238 (13 March 1978) --- The space shuttle orbiter 101 Enterprise approaches riding atop its 747 carrier aircraft, arrives at the Redstone Arsenal airstrip near Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsvi... more
Space Shuttle Project
The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise atop a 747 landing at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the ... more
Space Shuttle Project
The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first ti... more
Space Shuttle Project
The Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is off-loaded at Redstone Arsenal Airfield for later Mated Vertical Ground Vibration tests (MVGVT) at Marshall Space Flight Center's Dynamic Test Stand. The tests marked the first... more