Project Mercury, 1959-1963, NASA Mercury project
Image Credit: NASA..Description Less than a year after its birth, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency announced its first astronaut class, the Mercury Seven, on April 9, 1959. Project Mercury proved that ... More
STS-65 astronauts & 1990 Astronaut Class 13 members pose on OV-102's m...
STS065-18-022 (8-23 July 1994) --- During off-duty time on the Space Shuttle Columbia's mid-deck, four members of the crew, from the 1990 (thirteenth) astronaut class, display their group's insignia. The "hair... More
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120F...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120FT WITH OTHER CLASSMATES
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Victor Glover, from left, Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir tour the Apollo Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a daylong set of briefings and... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. T... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidates Jessica Meir, left, Andrew Morgan, center, and Anne McClain listen to a briefing o... More
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: DOUG HURLEY IN CVSRF 747 CAB. ARC-2001...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: DOUG HURLEY IN CVSRF 747 CAB.
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. T... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidate Tyler "Nick" Hague looks over photos inside the blockhouse at Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ... More
John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony - Inside Hereos and Lege
A plaque inside the Heroes and Legends exhibit hall at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex shows the name of astronaut Sen. John Glenn. Glenn, who passed away Dec. 8, 2016 at age 95, was the last surviving... More
S126E012184 - STS-126 - Pettit, Stefanyshyn-Piper and Fincke on MDDK
The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-126 Mission Specialist (MS) Donald Pettit, MS Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Expedition 18 Commander Michael Fincke (all members of the astronaut ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidate Tyler "Nick" Hague looks over photos inside the blockhouse at Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. ... More
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120F...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120FT WITH OTHER CLASSMATES
Visit to Glenn Research Center by the Astronaut Class of 2004 GRC-2004...
Visit to Glenn Research Center by the Astronaut Class of 2004
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Josh Cassada looks over work platforms to gain a look at the Orion spacecraft being... More
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left, Nicole Mann, Tyler Nick Hague, Josh Cassada, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock and Victor Glover listen to a discussion about firing room... More
ASCANS Lunch at Beach House. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates, from left, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock and Jessica Meir stand on the beach overlooking the Atlantic Ocean at the Beach House at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.... More
Official portrait of astronaut candidate Kenneth D. Cockrell
Official portrait of astronaut candidate Kenneth D. Cockrell, a member of Astronaut Class 13 (1990) and a space shuttle pilot candidate. Cockrell wears a navy blue flight suit and holds space shuttle model.
Astronauts Newman, Walz and Bursch change out lithium hydroxide canist...
STS051-08-037 (12-22 Sept 1993) --- Three members of the astronaut class of 1990 change out a lithium hydroxide canister beneath Discovery's middeck. Left to right are astronauts James H. Newman, Carl E. Walz ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left, Christina Hammock, Tyler "Nick" Hague and Jessica Meir walk through the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kenned... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Christina Hammock listens to a briefing on preparations for the launch the Orion sp... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. C... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left counterclockwise, Victor Glover, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan, Christina Hammock, Josh Cassada and Nicole Mann visit the Mercury 7 memoria... More
Group 14, 1992 Astronaut Class, survival training at Fairchild AFB
S92-46167 (16-20 Aug. 1992) --- Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, one of 19 astronaut candidates announced in March, fashions a shelter from wood and parachute material. He was taking in a four-day wilderness survival... More
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120F...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120FT WITH OTHER CLASSMATES
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronaut candidates Tyler "Nick" Hague, Josh C...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Astronaut candidates Tyler "Nick" Hague, Josh Cassada, Christina Hamock, Jessica Meir, STS-41G astronaut Jon McBride, astronaut candidates Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Andrew Morgan and Vic... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidate Tyler "Nick" Hague surveys the flame trench at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during a daylong set of briefings and tours of different faciliti... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA's latest astronaut class meets with a member of the 45th Space Wing in the Cape Commander's Building at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space ... More
The Mercury 7, NASA Mercury project
On April 9, 1959, NASA introduced its first astronaut class, the Mercury 7. Front row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan... More
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000 AT THE AMES RESEARCH CENTER'S CVSRF 747...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000 AT THE AMES RESEARCH CENTER'S CVSRF 747 CAB SIMULATOR.
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Jessica Meir, Tyler Nick Hague and Nicole Mann listen to a discussion about firing rooms inside the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida duri... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Tyler Nick Hague examines part of the thermal protection system for the agency's Or... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates survey Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Complex 34 was the sight of NASA's first astron... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Visit KSC. NASA public domain image. Kennedy spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana briefs members of the most recently selected group of NASA astronauts. The presentation covering operations at the Florida spaceport took place i... More
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidate Andrew Morgan surveys the mission plaques on the wall of the Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a daylong set of briefings and tours ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. N... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates enter the blockhouse at Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Complex 14 served as the launch pad f... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Bob Cabana, director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center and a former space shuttle commander, points out landmarks of the space center to astronaut candidate Andrew Morgan during a visit to t... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Victor Glover and Andrew Morgan discuss markers at the entrance to Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Ce... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidate Victor Glover reviews a sign at the entrance to Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Complex 14 ser... More
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120F...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: KAREN NYBERG, ALVIN DREW TOUR 80X120FT WITH OTHER CLASSMATES SHOWN WITH TOUR GUIDES SHEILA JOHNSON AND DAVID MORSE
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: DOUG HURLEY IN CVSRF 747 CAB. oops ARC...
VISIT: ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2000: DOUG HURLEY IN CVSRF 747 CAB. oops
Candid views of Pilot Still in the Spacelab module
STS083-303-002 (4-8 April 1997) --- Astronaut Susan L. Still, pilot, floats into the Spacelab Module in the early phases of its activation. Still, a member of the 1995 astronaut class, joined four other NASA a... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. J... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidates Tyler Nick Hague, left, Christina Hammock, center, and Victor Glover listen to a b... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft by... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidate Nicole Mann uses a periscope inside the blockhouse at Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Complex ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates, from left, Josh Cass...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates, from left, Josh Cassada, Nicole Mann, Tyler "Nick" Hague and Andrew Morgan look out on Kennedy Space Center at the Beach House. The Beach House is a traditiona... More
THE 2013 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE CLASS VISITED THE THRUST VECTOR CONTROL T...
THE 2013 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE CLASS VISITED THE THRUST VECTOR CONTROL TEST LAB AT MARSHALL'S PROPULSION RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY WHERE ENGINEERS ARE DEVELOPING AND TESTING THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM'S GUIDAN... More
Group 12 ASCANs Davis and Jemison during zero gravity training aboard ...
S87-44950 --- Group 12, 1987 Astronaut Class, candidates (ASCANs) N. Jan Davis (left) and Mae C. Jemison freefloat during the seconds of microgravity created aboard the KC-135 NASA 930 aircraft's parabolic flig... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Victor Glover looks over work platforms to gain a look at the Orion spacecraft bein... More
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left, Victor Glover, Josh Cassada, Anne McClain and Jessica Meir tour the Apollo Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Mary Hanna, crawler-transporter integration manager, discusses the crawler-transporter with astronaut candidates Nicole Mann, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan,... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, associate center director Kelvin Manning, left, briefs astronaut candidates Nicole Mann, center, and Ty... More
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left, Andrew Morgan, Nicole Mann, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock and Josh Cassada observe the Apollo 14 command module which carried astrona... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates Tyler "Nick" Hague, from left, Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir, Christina Hammock, Mary Hanna, crawler-transporter integration manager, astronaut candidates Nicole M... More
ASCANS Lunch at Beach House. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space c...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidate Andrew Morgan looks over the beach while standing at the Beach House at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Beach House is a traditional gathering place for astronau... More
John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony - Inside Heroes and Lege
A life-size photo inside the Heroes and Legends exhibit hall at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex shows astronaut Sen. John Glenn, center, with fellow Mercury Seven astronauts Gordon Cooper, left, and Gu... More
STS-66 Official pre-flight crew portrait
STS066-S-002 (September 1994) --- These five NASA astronauts and one European Space Agency (ESA) crew member are in training for the 13th flight of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Donald R. McMonagle (front right)... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Visit KSC. NASA public domain image. Kennedy spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana briefs members of the most recently selected group of NASA astronauts. The presentation covering operations at the Florida spaceport took place i... More
Pettit, Stefanyshyn-Piper and Fincke on MDDK
S126-E-012184 (27 Nov. 2008) --- The astronaut class of 1996 was able to have its own mini-reunion with three members of that group sharing home improvement and other duties aboard the International Space Stati... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidates pose in front of a work stand where the agency's Orion spacecraft is being prepare... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on thermal blankets being manufactured for agency spacecraft. Lo... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. J... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Nicole Mann, Victor Glover, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Andrew Morgan, Christina Hammock, Jessica Meir, Josh Cassada and Anne McClain listen to details about Launch Comp... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Tyler "Nick" Hague, left, and Victor Glover visit Complex 5/6 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The launch... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronautcandidates Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan and Victor Glover review markers at the entrance to Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, adjacent to NASA's Kenn... More
John H Glenn Jr. Wreath Laying Ceremony - Inside Heroes and Lege
A plaque inside the Heroes and Legends exhibit hall at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex shows astronaut Sen. John Glenn, along with his mission insignias for Friendship 7 and STS-95, the two flights he ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on preparations for the launch the Orion spacecraft on Explorat... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour the O&C with Cabana
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, astronaut candidate Andrew Morgan looks over work platforms to gain a look at the Orion spacecraft bein... More
ASCANS Saturn V & LCC Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space ce...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left, Nicole Mann, Tyler Nick Hague, Josh Cassada, Anne McClain, Christina Hammock and Victor Glover listen as Steve Cox or Flight Systems an... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA astronaut candidates Andrew Morgan, from left Josh Cassada, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Christina Hammock and Victor Glover tour one of the high bays of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Jessica Meir, Christina Hammock, Anne McClain and Josh Cassada listen to details about Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center during a daylong set of ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Visit KSC. NASA public domain image. Kennedy spac...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana briefs members of the most recently selected group of NASA astronauts. The presentation covering operations at the Florida spaceport took place i... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on thermal blankets being manufactured for agency spacecraft by ... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space cen...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Thermal Protection System Facility NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency astronaut candidates are briefed on tiles being manufactured for the agency's Orion spacecraft. P... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Anne McClain, from left, Jessica Meir, Victor Glover, Andrew Morgan, Tyler "Nick" Hague, Josh Cassada, Christina Hammock and Nicole Mann visit the Mercury 7 memo... More
ASCANS Class of 2013 Tour CCAFS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA astronaut candidates Tyler "Nick" Hague, from left, Josh Cassada, Anne McClain, Nicole Mann, Christina Hammock, Jessica Meir, Andrew Morgan and Victor Glover visit Launch Complex 5 a... More