X-15 #2 just after launch
Description: The X-15 #2 (56-6671) launches away from the B-52 mothership with its rocket engine ignited. The white patches near the middle of the ship are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion sy... More
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
Coop Project: Federal National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
The Langley Aerodrome, Potomac river
Description: L90-4341: "The Langley Aerodrome, brainchild of a group led by Samuel Langley. Shortly after this photo was taken, the December 8, 1903, manned tests of the Aerodrome ended abruptly in failure, as ... More
Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly
Full Description: (c. 1903) Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) with chief mechanic and pilot, Charles M. Manly...Image # L-1990-04340
Goddard with Vacuum Tube Device
Full Description: (c. 1916) Robert H. Goddard with vacuum tube apparatus he built in 1916 to research rocket efficiency. Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard is commonly referred to as the father of American rocketry. ... More
George Lewis, NACA Director of Research
Description: George W. Lewis, director of research for the NACA from 1919 to 1947"in Engineer in Charge p 26. ..Identifier NIX-EL-1997-00143
Dr. Robert H. Goddard, NASA history collection
Full Description: Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945). Dr. Goddard has been recognized as the father of American rocketry and as one of the pioneers in the theoretical exploration of space. Robert Hutching... More
Dr. Robert Goddard at Clark University
Full Description: Dr. Robert H. Goddard at a blackboard at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1924. Goddard began teaching physics in 1914 at Clark and in 1923 was named the Director of the Physic... More
Robert Goddard with his Double Acting Engine Rocket in 1925
Full Description: Dr. Robert H. Goddard with his complete rocket with the double- acting engine in November 1925, following more than two years of pump development based on the idea of a separate pump for each ... More
Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1931 - 1934
Description: Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1931 - 1934
Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1931 - 1934
Description: .Construction of Hangar One at NAS Sunnyvale circa 1931 - 1934..Photo ID#: AILS-A93-0074-23
Dr. Robert Goddard, NASA history collection
Description: (c. 1932) The Goddard Space Flight Center was named in honor of Dr. Robert Goddard, a pioneer in rocket development. Dr. Goddard received patents for a multi-stage rocket and liquid propellants in ... More
First JATO assisted Flight, NASA history collection
Full Description: Take-off of America's first "rocket-assisted" airplane, an Ercoupe fitted with a GALCIT developed solid propellent 28 pound thrust JATO (Jet Assisted Take-Off) booster. The Ercoupe took off fr... More
Bumper V-2 Launch, NASA history collection
(July 24, 1950) A new chapter in space flight began in July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida: the Bumper 8. Shown above, Bumper 8 was an ambitious two-stage rocket program t... More
Hermes A-1 Test Rockets
Full Description: 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, internally it ... More
Theodore von Karman, NASA history collection
Full Description: (c. 1950)Dr. Theodore von Karman, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Pasadena, California was an aeronautical theoretician. He was the first winner of the prestigious U.S. Medal... More
NACA Groundbreaking Ceremony NASA history collection
Description: The NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, had initially been subordinate to the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory near Hampton, Virginia, but as the flight research in the Mojave Desert i... More
The First Redstone Rocket Firing
Full Description: (August 20, 1953) The first Redstone was fired at Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 20, 1953. Redstone was the first major rocket development program for United States by the Peenemuende group... More
F-100A Super Sabre Airplane
Description: NACA Photographer North American F-100A (NACA-200) Super Sabre Airplane take-off. The blowing-tupe boundary-layer control on the leading- and trailing-edge provided large reductions in takeoff and ... More
Joe Walker in pressure suit with X-1E
Description: Joe Walker in a pressure suit beside the X-1E at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California. The dice and "Little Joe" are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. (Little Joe is ... More
Members of NACA NASA history collection
Full Description: NASA was formed in 1958 from the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics, or NACA. The members of the Main Committee of NACA which met in Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1929 include from lef... More
Origin of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created on October 1, 1958, to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics. President Eisenhower commissioned Dr. T. Keith Gler... More
Little Joe (LJ6) Launch, NASA Mercury project
Description: Launching of the LJ6 Little Joe on October 4, 1959 took place at Wallops Island, Va. This was the first attempt to launch an instrumented capsule with a Little Joe booster. Only the LJ1A and the L... More
A long-lost spacesuit recently uncovered
Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This locker reveals a long-lost spacesuit recently uncovered at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Florida. A recent venture into a long-locked room at CCA... More
JPL Key Figures, JPL/NASA images
Full Description: (c. 1960) Left to right: Dr. William H. Pickering, former JPL Director, Dr. Theodore von Karman, JPL co-founder and Dr. Frank J. Malina, co-founder, and first director of JPL...Identifier GPN-... More
Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76)
Full Description: Arriving at Langley from Edwards Air Force Base, Califorina in 1960, this Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) underwent almost a year and a half of flight research before going back to the manufacturer for... More
General George C. Marshall
Full Description: The Marshall Space Flight Center, a NASA field installation, was established at Huntsville, Alabama, in 1960. The Center was named in honor of General George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Sta... More
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden seated at desk
Description: As a very young undergraduate Student at Johns Hopkins University Hugh L. Dryden proved himself especially gifted in physics and mathematics and began advanced study with Professor Joseph Ames, an ... More
General George C. Marshall
Full Description: This is a portrait of General George C. Marshall in Army uniform. The Marshall Space Flight Center, a NASA field installation, was established in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1960. The Center was n... More
First Saturn (SA-1) Launch
Full Description: On October 27, 1961, the Marshall Space Flight Center and the Nation marked a high point in the 3-year-old Saturn development program when the first Saturn vehicle flew a flawless 215-mile bal... More
Samuel P. Langley
Description: Former secretary of the Smithsonian Institute and avid aeronautical researcher. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 6), by James Schultz...Date: 09.01.1... More
Ham Launch, NASA Mercury project
Full Description: (January 31, 1961) Mercury-Redstone 2 (MR-2) Launch with chimpanzee Ham aboard. Monkeys had been flown into space before, but Ham was the first higher primate to test a spacecraft...Image # : 61C-1012
The Launch of Mercury-Redstone
(May 5, 1961) The launch of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3), Freedom 7. MR-3 placed the first American astronaut, Alan Shepard, in suborbit on May 5, 1961...UID: SPD-MARSH-6100884
Shepard With Freedom 7 Capsule
(May 5, 1961) Alan B. Shepard, Jr., America's first astronaut, stands in front of the Freedom 7 spacecraft shortly after completion of the third flight of the Mercury-Redstone (MR-3) vehicle, May 5, 1961. Durin... More
![A moving picture is made for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency on the experimental work being done in bio-organic chemistry. The cameraman (left) photographs Dr. Christof Palm (right) and William Everette of the Linac Group (center), taken February 1961. Morgue 1961-44 (P-1) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzE5NjEvMDIvMDEvYS1tb3ZpbmctcGljdHVyZS1pcy1tYWRlLWZvci10aGUtbmF0aW9uYWwtYWVyb25hdXRpY3MtYW5kLXNwYWNlLWFnZW5jeS1vbi10aGUtYTg4MzdkLTEwMjQuanBn/40/33/webp "A moving picture is made for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency on the experimental work being done in bio-organic chemistry. The cameraman (left) photographs Dr. Christof Palm (right) and William Everette of the Linac Group (center), taken February 1961. Morgue 1961-44 (P-1) [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]")
A moving picture is made for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency...
Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab
JFK Tour of KSC
Full Description: A briefing is given by Major Rocco Petrone to President John F. Kennedy during a tour of Blockhouse 34 at the Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex...Identifier GPN-2000-000605
M2-F1 mounted in NASA Ames Research Center 40x80 foot wind tunnel
(1962) After the first attempted ground-tow tests of the M2-F1 in March 1963, the vehicle was taken to the Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, for wind-tunnel testing. During these tests, Milt Thompson and... More
Astronaut John Glenn being Honored
Full Description: On February 23, 1962, President John F. Kennedy honors John H. Glenn, Jr. at Hangar S, Cape Canaveral, Florida, after his historic three-orbit mission aboard Friendship 7.
Bell X-14A VTOL
(December 7, 1962) A landing on the lunar surface is simulated by the NASA Ames Research Center's Bell X-14A Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft. Photographed by a Fairchild flight data analyzer camer... More
Launch of Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project
Full Description: (February 20, 1962) Launch of Friendship 7, the first American manned orbital space flight. Astronaut John Glenn aboard, the Mercury-Atlas rocket is launched from Pad 14...Image # : 62PC-0011
Friendship 7, NASA Mercury project
(February 20, 1962) On February 20, 1962 at 9:47 am EST, John Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 14 to become the first American to orbit the Earth. In this image, Glenn enters his Friendship 7... More
John Glenn, Mercury -- February 1962
Description: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit a... More
Photograph of an Early Model of the Rogallo Wind for Project Gemini fr...
Original caption: An early model of the "Rogallo Wing" attached to a mock-up Mercury spacecraft is displayed in Hanger at Langley Research Center. The Rogallo wing in later flights of Gemini will replace the 63... More
View of the liftoff of Little Joe II
Description: View of the liftoff of Little Joe II launch vehicle at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico...UID: SPD-JSC-S63-15229
Armstrong in NASA Ames' Bell X-14
Description (February 1964) photograph by NASA photographer Lee Jones. .Neil Armstrong in cockpit of the Ames Bell X-14 airplane at NASA's Ames Research Center...Image # A-32136-4
Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A
Description: Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A: A tilt-wing prototype used in vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) studies. After vertical takeoff with the wing pivoted upward, the wing pivoted horizontally and the craf... More
Congratulations
Description (February 1964) photograph by NASA photographer Lee Jones. .Ames Test Pilot Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong on his first lunar hovering in the Ames Bell X-14 airplane at NASA's Ames Re... More
M-1 Model in Hypersonic Tunnel
(1964) An engineer mounts a model of the M-1 Lifting Body in the throat of the 3.5 Foot Hypersonic Tunnel at the Nasa Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California...Image # : A-29007
Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) in flight
(1965) In this 1965 NASA Flight Research Center photograph the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) is shown at near maximum altitude over the south base at Edwards Air Force Base. Built of tubular aluminum li... More
Apollo Project, NASA Apollo program
Description: Special "space" suit for the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator located at the Lunar Landing Facility. The purpose of this simulator was to study the subject while walking, jumping or running. Resea... More
X-15 contrail after launch
Description: The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft begins its climb after launch at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California (later renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center). The X-15 was a rocket power... More
Gemini-Titan 11 Launch, NASA Gemini program
Full Description: Lift-off of Gemini-Titan 11 (GT-11) on Complex 19. The Gemini 11 mission included a rendezvous with an Agena target vehicle...Image #: 66PC-0261
Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, Mt View, Ca (aerial)
Description: Naval Air Station Sunnyvale, Mt View, Ca (aerial)
Workers at Cape Kennedy watched a Saturn 1B lift off
Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Workers at Cape Kennedy watched a 224-foot-high Saturn 1B space vehicle lift off today from Complex 34 carrying Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donn F. Eise... More
Gemini 8 Launched by Titan Booster
Full Description: A Titan booster launched the Gemini 8 spacecraft on March 16, 1966 from launch complex 19 Cape Kennedy, Florida. The flight crew for the 3 day mission, astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R... More
X-15 pilots clown around
Photo Description: (1966) The X-15 pilots clown around in front of the #2 aircraft. From left to right: USAF Capt. Joseph Engle, USAF Maj. Robert Rushworth, NASA test pilot John "Jack" McKay, USAF Maj. William ... More
VAB Construction, NASA Apollo program
Full Description: Complex 39 reflection shot of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) under construction with the Launch Control Center (LCC) and Service Towers as seen from across the Turning Basin...UID: SPD-G... More
Letter from Charles A. Berry to Carl Sagan regarding a proposed biolog...
Charles A. Berry thanks Carl Sagan for his work on a biology training program for Apollo program astronauts and invites Sagan to further participate in facilitating the training program.
Apollo Project - Liftoff of Lunar Orbiter III
Description: Liftoff of Lunar Orbiter III from Complex 13...UID: SPD-NIX-EL-2002-0051 4
Paresev 1-B in Tow Flight
(October 1968) The Paresev experimental aircraft. A normal flight was a takeoff on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base and a circling flight path skirting the lake edges to insure a landing on the ... More
XB-70A #1 liftoff with TB-58A chase aircraft
Description: This photo shows XB-70A #1 taking off on a research flight, escorted by a TB-58 chase plane. The TB-58 (a prototype B-58 modified as a trainer) had a dash speed of Mach 2. This allowed it to stay c... More
Waving Apollo 8 Astronauts Leaving Recovery Helicopter
Full Description: (December 27, 1968) Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968, carrying a three man crew consisting of astronauts Frank Borman, commander; ... More
Thousands of News Reporters Watch Apollo 11 Lift Off
Full Description: At the press site, thousands of news reporters from the world over watched, taking many pictures, as the Saturn V launch vehicle (AS-506) lifted off to start Apollo 11 on its historic mission ... More
Interior view of Mobile Quarantine Facility with Apollo 11 crewmembers
Description (1969) Interior view of a Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF), showing the Apollo 11 crewmen soon after they arrived at Ellington Air Force Base after a flight from Hawaii aboard a U.S. Air Force C141 ... More
Apollo Director Phillips Monitors Apollo 11 Pre-Launch Activities
Full Description: From the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips monitors pre-launch activities for Apollo 11. The Apollo 11 mission, the ... More
Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Description: (July 20, 1969) A human first set foot on another world on July 20, 1969. This world was Earth's own Moon. Pictured above is Neil Armstrong preparing to take the historic first step. On the way dow... More
Apollo 11 Launched Via the Saturn V Rocket-High Angle View
Full Description: The Apollo 11 mission, the first lunar landing mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16... More
Apollo 11 Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Prepares for Weightless Conditions
Description: In preparation of the nation's first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11 crew members underwent training to practice activities they would be performing during the mission. In this photograph, astrona... More
President Nixon visits Apollo 11 crew in quarantine
(July 24, 1969) President Richard M. Nixon was in the central Pacific recovery area to welcome the Apollo 11 astronauts aboard the U.S.S. Hornet, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mis... More
Neil Armstrong On The Moon
Description (July 20, 1969) Apollo 11 astronauts trained on Earth to take individual photographs in succession in order to create a series of frames that could be assembled into panoramic images. This frame fro... More
The Apollo 9 Astronauts, NASA Apollo program
Full Description: Pictured from left to right, the Apollo 9 astronauts, James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, pause in front of the Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle that would launch the A... More
Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission
Description: Closeup view as the 363 ft tall Apollo 11 space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:37 a.m., July 16, 1969. Apollo 11 is the United Sates first lunar landi... More
Apollo 11 Mission Image - View of Moon limb and Lunar Module during as...
Description: View of the Moon limb,Lunar Module during ascent,Mare Smythii. Earth is visible over the horizon. Image was taken during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled V. Film Type: S0-3... More
Buzz Aldrin on the Moon
Full Description: (July 20, 1969) 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 extravehicular activity (EVA). As... More
Schweickart On "The Porch", NASA Apollo program
(March 6, 1969) Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, Lunar Module pilot, stands in "golden slippers" on the Lunar Module "Spider's" porch during his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 earth-... More
Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket
Full Description: The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16,... More
Early moments of the Apollo 11 launch
Description: S69-39958 (16 JULY 1969) --- A 70mm Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera, mounted in a pod on a cargo door of a U.S. Air Force EC-135N aircraft, photographed this event in th... More
Two astronauts check mobility of different types of Apollo space suits
Description: Two astronauts check mobility of two different types of Apollo space suits. Astronaut James B. Irwin (on left) wears the original Block II Apollo pressure suit which the Apollo 204 Review Board rec... More
"For Viking file" note
Note written for Sagan's "Viking file" discussing the possibility of life on Mars.
Apollo 16 television transmission of lunar module ascent stage liftoff
Description: The flame from the Apollo 16 Lunar Module "Orion" ascent stage engine creates a kaleidoscope effect during luanr liftoff, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission mad... More