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Lydda Airport. Lydda runways showing this[?] airplane taking off

Lydda Airport. Lydda runways showing this[?] airplane taking off

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Aerial view of the runways and other base facilities

Aerial view of the runways and other base facilities

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: Ph2 V. C. Naegele Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Landing - STS-6 - Edwards AFB (EAFB), CA

Landing - STS-6 - Edwards AFB (EAFB), CA

S83-30220 (9 April 1983) --- The space shuttle Challenger makes its first landing shortly before 11 a.m. (PST) on April 9, 1983, on Runway 22 at the Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California. Onboard the re... More

Munitions crew members use an MJ1 weapons loader to remove Durandal bombs from their crates. The French-developed Durandal, which optimizes its angle of attack after release to prevent ricochets and then accelerates rapidly, is intended for prolonged disabling of enemy runways and other targets in which the effects of deep bomb penetration will maximize damage

Munitions crew members use an MJ1 weapons loader to remove Durandal bo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Upper Heyford Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Naval AIRMAN Elizabeth L. Miller, right, and Aviation Electronics Technician AIRMAN Karry N. Philbin keep watch over the flight line and runways from the crash tower. The tower is part of the crash barn, which houses the air station's fire equipment and crash trucks

Naval AIRMAN Elizabeth L. Miller, right, and Aviation Electronics Tech...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Landenberger Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

An aerial view, looking to the northwest, of the base's runways and hangars

An aerial view, looking to the northwest, of the base's runways and ha...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Ken Hammond Release Status: Rel... More

STS-29 Discovery, OV-103, lands on Edwards AFB concrete runway 22

STS-29 Discovery, OV-103, lands on Edwards AFB concrete runway 22

STS029-S-063 (18 March 1989) --- Discovery's main landing gear touches down on Runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base in California following a successful five-day mission in Earth orbit. Onboard the spacecraft w... More

STS-30 crew poses with NASA administrators in front of OV-104 on EAFB runway

STS-30 crew poses with NASA administrators in front of OV-104 on EAFB ...

STS030-S-129 (8 May 1989) --- Astronaut crew members who manned the Space Shuttle Atlantis for just over four days pose with NASA officials following the safe landing of their spacecraft (which forms the backdr... More

STS-38 crewmembers egress OV-104 via mobile stairway at KSC's SLF

STS-38 crewmembers egress OV-104 via mobile stairway at KSC's SLF

STS-38 crewmembers, wearing red, yellow, and orange polo shirts, egress Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, via a mobile stairway at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). Commander ... More

Volcanic ash blankets the runways at Cubi Point following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo

Volcanic ash blankets the runways at Cubi Point following the eruption...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Patrick Muscutt Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB, Calif

STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, drag chute deployment during landing at EAFB...

STS049-S-268 (16 May 1992) --- A three-quarter forward view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour making its first landing, following a successful nine-day mission in Earth orbit. The drogue chute precedes the main c... More

A KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler

A KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler

A KC-130J Super Hercules with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 flies over the runway toward the setting sun at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 3, 2015. Cherry Point is home to 2nd... More

A MV-22B Osprey with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing prepares

A MV-22B Osprey with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing prepares

A MV-22B Osprey with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing prepares to land at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., as two other aircraft with 2nd MAW prepare to fly over the runway here, Feb. 3, 2015. Cherry Point ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

National Airport. Interior view of control panel and runways outside at National Airport

National Airport. Interior view of control panel and runways outside a...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Kanawat. Roman runways for water mills

Jebel el-Druze & Hauran. Kanawat. Roman runways for water mills

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Quiet Clean Short Haul Experimental Engine

Quiet Clean Short Haul Experimental Engine

Program manager Carl Ciepluch poses with a model of the Quiet Clean Short Haul Experimental Engine (QCSEE) conceived by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center. The QCSEE ... More

An aerial view of the base prior to completion of Project Tonedown, in which aircraft taxiways and runways will be camouflaged according to US Air Force Europe specifications

An aerial view of the base prior to completion of Project Tonedown, in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hahn Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ralph E. Kelly Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Landing of the Shuttle Challenger at Edwards AFB and end of STS 51-F mission

Landing of the Shuttle Challenger at Edwards AFB and end of STS 51-F m...

51F-S-160 (6 Aug 1985) --- The Space Shuttle Challenger is moments away from touchdown on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in California in this ground-level view. The early afternoon landing brought ... More

STS-30 crew egresses OV-104 via stairway at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB)

STS-30 crew egresses OV-104 via stairway at Edwards Air Force Base (EA...

STS030-S-132 (8 May 1989) --- Crewmembers who spent just over four full days in space aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis egress their temporary home for a welcome meeting with terra firma. Pictured, from bottom of s... More

STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on EAFB concrete runway 22

STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on EAFB concrete run...

STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, rolls along concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, after nose landing gear (NLG) and main landing gear (MLG) touchdown. This view looks down... More

An aerial view of the base's runways

An aerial view of the base's runways

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Ken Hammond Release Status: Relea... More

STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, landing sequence at KSC SLF

STS-47 Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, landing sequence at KSC SL...

STS047-S-116 (20 Sept 1992) --- The Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares to land on the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle landing facility runway. The successful landing marked the completion of an eight-day Earth-or... More

STS-66 landing at Edwards Air Force Base

STS-66 landing at Edwards Air Force Base

STS066-S-039 (14 November 1994) --- The drag chute is fully deployed as the Space Shuttle Atlantis heads toward a stop at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California, ending a successful 10 day, 22 hour and 3... More

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Capitol"

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Ca...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Capitol"

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Ca...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

An aerial view of the Naval Air Reserve Unit (NARU) and Patrol Squadron 65 (VP-65) building and the new Attack Squadron 305 (VA-305) and Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 5 (HAL-5) reserve units near the runways at Pacific Missile Test Center

An aerial view of the Naval Air Reserve Unit (NARU) and Patrol Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC K. K. Thornsley Release ... More

Crew of STS 41-D mission exit orbiter after landing

Crew of STS 41-D mission exit orbiter after landing

The crew of the STS 41-D mission exit the orbiter after landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Starting at the top of the ladder is Astronaut Charles D. Walker, payload specialist; Judith A. Resnik, m... More

STS-38 crewmembers prepare for Ellington Field departure

STS-38 crewmembers prepare for Ellington Field departure

STS-38 crewmembers, carrying their luggage, walk across the Ellington Field runway to board their T-38As. The crewmembers are lead by Pilot Frank L. Culbertson. Commander Richard O. Covey, Mission Specialist (M... More

STS-38 MS Springer climbs into T-38A forward cockpit at Ellington Field

STS-38 MS Springer climbs into T-38A forward cockpit at Ellington Fiel...

STS-38 Mission Specialist (MS) Robert C. Springer climbs into T-38A forward cockpit prior to Ellington Field departure for the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).

STS-38 crew poses in front of OV-104 at KSC's SLF during post flight activity

STS-38 crew poses in front of OV-104 at KSC's SLF during post flight a...

STS038-S-040 (20 Nov 1990) --- STS-38 crewmembers, wearing red, yellow, and orange polo shirts, pose in front of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, parked on runway 33 at Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle ... More

STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, landing on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, California

STS-49 Endeavour, OV-105, landing on concrete runway 22 at EAFB, Calif...

STS049-S-325 (16 May 1992) --- The main landing gear of Endeavour is just about to touch down at Edwards Air Force Base to draw to an end NASA's nine-day STS-49 mission. Crewmembers onboard were astronauts Dani... More

An aerial view of the naval station showing the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) and USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) in port. The SARATOGA (left) is having new non-skid placed on the landing area. The CONSTELLATION is stopping over making final preparations for her circumnavigation around South America to return to her homeport of San Diego. The end of the runways at Naval Air Station Mayport appear in the lower right of the photograph

An aerial view of the naval station showing the aircraft carrier USS S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Slaughenhaupt Release Status: Rele... More

TECH. SGT. James Johnson and STAFF SGT. Tony B. Shutter give a team effort from the control tower to keep the runways safe

TECH. SGT. James Johnson and STAFF SGT. Tony B. Shutter give a team ef...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Jonna N. Wilson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Se... More

Sergeant Orr, Load MASTER for Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR 352), moves a spare tire carried on board a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. The spare tire is used for land delivery missions in case of a blow out due to the poorly kept runways at Wajir Air Field

Sergeant Orr, Load MASTER for Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Wajir Air Field Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL M.A. Butler Release Status: Released to... More

From the control tower, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Crystal Thorton, USAF, 270th Air Traffic Control Squadron (ATCS), communicates with snow plows as they clear the runways of snow so the days sorties can be flown despite the inclement weather

From the control tower, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Crystal Thorton, USAF, 270...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kingsley Field State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ORANG Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jennifer B... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-023- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.          SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3230

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-023- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-023- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwa... More

Herd of sheep in the Great Runways, Union Stock Yards [stockyards], Chicago.

Herd of sheep in the Great Runways, Union Stock Yards [stockyards], Ch...

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Control Tower & Aviation Operations Building, Near intersection of runways between Hangar 110 & Building 115, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Control Tower & Aviation Operations B...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

STS 41-B astronaut crew members arrive in Florida

STS 41-B astronaut crew members arrive in Florida

S84-26935 (31 Jan 1984) --- Three members of the STS 41-B astronaut crew arrive in Florida following a brief T-38 flight from Houston. Leading the crew from the flight line is Astronaut Vance D. Brand (right),... More

STS 41-G crew prepares to leave for KSC

STS 41-G crew prepares to leave for KSC

41G-90029 / S17-90029 (2 Oct 1984) --- These five astronauts prepare to board T-38 jet aircraft for a trip to Florida where they will begin preparations for a trip into space aboard the Challenger later this we... More

STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, approached by service vehicles after landing

STS-33 Discovery, OV-103, approached by service vehicles after landing

STS033-S-017 (27 Nov 1989) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery is approached by safing vehicles and team members following its late-afternoon landing at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. A five member... More

STS-38 Pilot Culbertson gives "thumbs up" from T-38A at Ellington Field

STS-38 Pilot Culbertson gives "thumbs up" from T-38A at Ellington Fiel...

STS-38 Pilot Frank L. Culbertson gives "thumbs up" before climbing into the T-38A NASA 955 forward cockpit. Crewmembers are preparing for departure from Ellington Field to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Culber... More

STS-37 crewmembers inspect the underside of Atlantis, OV-104, at EAFB

STS-37 crewmembers inspect the underside of Atlantis, OV-104, at EAFB

STS037-S-085 (11 April 1991) --- Following their egress from the Space Shuttle Atlantis at Edwards Air Force Base the STS-37 astronauts survey their "home" for the past six days. Pictured, left to right, are as... More

Landing of STS-58 Orbiter Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base

Landing of STS-58 Orbiter Columbia at Edwards Air Force Base

STS58-S-126 (1 Nov 1993) --- The Space Shuttle Columbia is about to touch down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. The landing, which occurred at 7:06 a.m. (PST), November 1, 1993, co... More

Terminal Area Procedures for Paired Runways (TAPPR) Simulation in the Ames Air Traffic Management (ATM) Laboraotry N-201 with Dawn Sommers ARC-2010-ACD10-0048-028

Terminal Area Procedures for Paired Runways (TAPPR) Simulation in the ...

Terminal Area Procedures for Paired Runways (TAPPR) Simulation in the Ames Air Traffic Management (ATM) Laboraotry N-201 with Dawn Sommers

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-060- A Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, team member checks the company's Dream Chaser flight vehicle systems following a 60 mph tow test on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.                SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3307

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-060- A Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, ...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-060- A Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, team member checks the company's Dream Chaser flight vehicle systems following a 60 mph tow test on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-022- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.     SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3229

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-022- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-022- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwa... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-007- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mph tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.              SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3295

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-007- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-007- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mph tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Fo... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-012- Technicians prepare for 60 mph tow tests of Sierra Nevada Corporation's, or SNC's, Dream Chaser flight vehicle on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.                SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3298

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-012- Technicians prepare for 60 mph tow te...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-012- Technicians prepare for 60 mph tow tests of Sierra Nevada Corporation's, or SNC's, Dream Chaser flight vehicle on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edw... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

Pearl Harbor bombing. Hangar fire. Japanese bombs wrecked and fired this hangar at the U.S. naval air station, Pearl Harbor, in addition to causing extensive damage to planes on the apron and runways, several of which may be seen in the foreground

Pearl Harbor bombing. Hangar fire. Japanese bombs wrecked and fired th...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

A U.S. Air Force officer poses by a mock-up of runways and surrounding terrain. This mock-up is scanned and projected on the cockpit viewing screen in an F-16 Fighting Falcon flight simulator by a mounted TV camera

A U.S. Air Force officer poses by a mock-up of runways and surrounding...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

An aerial view of runways at the Pacific Missile Test Center

An aerial view of runways at the Pacific Missile Test Center

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC K.K. Thornsley Release S... More

An aerial view of the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft parking area showing hangars and runways

An aerial view of the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft parking area showin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Suwon Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis R. Counley Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Landing - Shuttle Challenger - STS-41B Mission - KSC

Landing - Shuttle Challenger - STS-41B Mission - KSC

S84-27717 (11 Feb 1984) --- A chase plane gets a "front row" position to view the touchdown of the total landing gear of the Space Shuttle Challenger as the reusable spacecraft makes NASA's first landing on the... More

Landing of the Discovery at end of the STS 41-D mission

Landing of the Discovery at end of the STS 41-D mission

41D-3299 (5 Sept 1984) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery was captured on film just prior to touchdown on Runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base to successfully complete a six-day mission in space. Inside were Henry... More

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan prepares to leave for KSC

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan prepares to leave for KSC

41G-90028 / S17-90028 (2 Oct 1984) --- Astronaut Sally K. Ride, 41-G mission specialist, gets a last look of Houston from the ground prior to departing the area in a T-38 jet aircraft to begin preparations in F... More

STS 61-B crewmembers egress the Shuttle Atlantis after landing at Edwards

STS 61-B crewmembers egress the Shuttle Atlantis after landing at Edwa...

61B-S-071 (3 Dec 1985) --- George W.S. Abbey, director of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), shakes hands with astronaut Brewster Shaw Jr., STS 61-B mission commander, as the seven-member... More

STS-26 Discovery, OV-103, with landing gear deployed glides above EAFB runway

STS-26 Discovery, OV-103, with landing gear deployed glides above EAFB...

STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, with nose landing gear (NLG) and main landing gear (MLG) deployed glides above dry lakebed runway 17 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California. This profile view s... More

STS-65 Earth observation of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil taken from OV-102

STS-65 Earth observation of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil taken from OV-102

STS065-88-001 (8-23 July 1994) --- Rio de Janeiro, a port city in Brazil with a population of 11.6 million people, can be seen to the left of Governador Island in the Bay of Guanabara. Aeroporto Galeao is visib... More

Testing the runways condition, First Lieutenant (1LT) Aaron Duggan, part of a US Air Force (USAF) and US Army (USA) team, drills a test hole in the flightline of an abandoned Iraqi Air Base (AB) during a site-survey during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Testing the runways condition, First Lieutenant (1LT) Aaron Duggan, pa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 615 AMOG Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joann S. Makinano, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-013- Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, team members prepare for 60 mph tow tests of the company's Dream Chaser flight vehicle on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.                  SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3299

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-013- Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, te...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-013- Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, team members prepare for 60 mph tow tests of the company's Dream Chaser flight vehicle on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Ce... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-047- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle through 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.            SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3231

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-047- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevad...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-047- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle through 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research C... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-010- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mph tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.              SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3297

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-010- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-010- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mph tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Fo... More

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Control Tower & Aviation Operations Building, Near intersection of runways between Hangar 110 & Building 115, Ewa, Honolulu County, HI

Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Control Tower & Aviation Operations B...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 114 (36), Crane Runways for Cranes from Building 117 (19), Looking Northeast, Yard Labor

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 114 (36), Crane Runways for Cranes fr...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Capitol"

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Ca...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Capitol"

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Ca...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

An aerial view of the base prior to completion of Project Tonedown, in which aircraft taxiways and runways will be camouflaged according to US Air Force Europe specifications

An aerial view of the base prior to completion of Project Tonedown, in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hahn Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Ralph E. Kelly Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

Landing of the Shuttle Discovery and end of STS 51-I mission

Landing of the Shuttle Discovery and end of STS 51-I mission

51I-S-225 (3 September 1985) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery lands on September 3, 1985 on Runway 23, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, to successfully complete the 51-I mission.

STS-31 crew poses on EAFB concrete runway after egressing OV-103

STS-31 crew poses on EAFB concrete runway after egressing OV-103

STS031-S-130 (29 April 1990) --- The astronauts of STS-31 pose for a quick photo near the Space Shuttle Discovery following a smooth landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to complete a highly successf... More

STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on EAFB concrete runway 22

STS-31 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, lands on EAFB concrete run...

STS031-S-135 (29 April 1990) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery makes a smooth landing on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base to complete a highly successful five-day mission. It was an Earth orbital flight durin... More

STS-41 Discovery, OV-103, glides over concrete runway 22 at EAFB, California

STS-41 Discovery, OV-103, glides over concrete runway 22 at EAFB, Cali...

STS-41 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, with nose landing gear (NLG) and main landing gear (MLG) deployed, glides over concrete runway 22 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California, prior to touchdown.

Air to air view of Endeavour, OV-105, atop SCA approaches Ellington runway

Air to air view of Endeavour, OV-105, atop SCA approaches Ellington ru...

S91-36097 (6 May 1991) --- Air to air view of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, atop a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) NASA 911, a modified Boeing 747, approaches touchdown for a brief stopover at Ellington F... More

The landing of STS-58 Columbia, OV-102, at Edwards Air Force Base

The landing of STS-58 Columbia, OV-102, at Edwards Air Force Base

STS058-S-128 (1 Nov 1993) --- The nose gear of the Space Shuttle Columbia is about to touch down on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California. The landing, which occurred at 7:06 a.m. (PST), No... More

Landing of STS-61 Shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center

Landing of STS-61 Shuttle Endeavour at Kennedy Space Center

STS061-S-071 (13 Dec 1993) --- A rear view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it touches down on the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 05:25:57:27 GMT (12:26 a.m. EST) December 13, 1993.... More

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, with drag chute deployed lands at KSC SLF

STS-65 Columbia, OV-102, with drag chute deployed lands at KSC SLF

The Space Shuttle Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, its drag chute fully deployed, completes a record duration mission as it lands on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)... More

Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64 landing view

Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64 landing view

STS64-S-094 (20 Sept. 1994) --- The space shuttle Discovery, with a crew of six NASA astronauts aboard, touches down on Runway 04 at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), completing a 10-day, 22-hour and 50-minute mis... More

High oblique aerial view of Naval Station Mayport, Florida during exercise UNIFIED SPIRIT '96. Mayport was host to ships from the Navies of Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, Belgium and the United States of America. Most of the foreign vessels are tied up at the carrier piers in the lower level of the photograph. The runways of Naval Air Station Mayport are seen in the upper right hand corner of the photo

High oblique aerial view of Naval Station Mayport, Florida during exer...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED SPIRIT '96 Base: Naval Station, Mayport State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

North of the Launch Complex 39 Area, the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) stretches to the northwest. One of the largest runways in the world, the runway is located 3.2 km (2 miles) northwest of the Vehicle Assembly Building and is 4,572 meters (15,000 ft) long and 91.4 meters (300 ft) wide -- about as wide as the length of a football field. It has 305 meters (1000 ft) of paved overruns at each end and the paving thickness is 40.6cm (15 in) at the center. The facility includes a 150 x 168-meter (490 ft x 550 ft) parking apron (at right) and a 3.2-km (2-mile) tow-way connecting it with the Orbiter Processing Facility. KSC-98PC-1056

North of the Launch Complex 39 Area, the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF...

North of the Launch Complex 39 Area, the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) stretches to the northwest. One of the largest runways in the world, the runway is located 3.2 km (2 miles) northwest of the Vehicle Assem... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-049- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle through 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.              SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3304

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-049- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevad...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-049- A pickup truck pulls the Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle through 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research C... More

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-008- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mph tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ground testing at 10, 20, 40 and 60 miles per hour is helping the company validate the performance of the spacecraft's braking and landing systems prior to captive-carry and free-flight tests scheduled for later this year.            SNC is continuing the development of its Dream Chaser spacecraft under the agency's Commercial Crew Development Round 2, or CCDev2, and Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, phases, which are intended to lead to the availability of commercial human spaceflight services for government and commercial customers. To learn more about CCP and its industry partners, visit www.nasa.gov/commercialcrew. Image credit: NASA/Ken Ulbrich KSC-2013-3296

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-008- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC...

Edwards, Calif. – ED13-0266-008- The Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mph tow tests on taxi and runways at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Fo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore of Ford Island, near Lexington Boulevard, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Seaplane Runways-1933 Type, South shore...

Significance: They are associated with the expansion of the Fleet Air Base on Ford Island in the mid-1930s. They reflect the Navy's reliance on seaplanes during this decade of aviation history. These seaplane r... More

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Capitol"

Removal of Old Cantilever Crane from Runways with Floating Derrick "Ca...

Photographs of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard

An aerial view of the Naval Air Reserve Unit (NARU) and Patrol Squadron 65 (VP-65) building and the new Attack Squadron 305 (VA-305) and Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 5 (HAL-5) reserve units near the runways at Pacific Missile Test Center

An aerial view of the Naval Air Reserve Unit (NARU) and Patrol Squadro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC K. K. Thornsley Release ... More

A view of the runways and surrounding area at the Pacific Missile Test Center

A view of the runways and surrounding area at the Pacific Missile Test...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Point Mugu State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHC K. K. Thornsley Release ... More

Astronaut Francis R. (Dick) Scobee boards T-38 for trip to KSC

Astronaut Francis R. (Dick) Scobee boards T-38 for trip to KSC

41C-3002 (3 April 1984) --- Astronaut Francis R. (Dick) Scobee, 41-C pilot, is only minutes away from leaving Ellington Air Base in a T-38. Scobee and four other 41-C crewmembers, along with Astronaut John W. ... More

Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS 41-G

Space Shuttle Challenger landing at Kennedy Space Center at end of STS...

41G-90218 (13 October 1984) --- Space Shuttle Challenger makes its second touchdown at Kennedy Space Center's landing facility. The photo was taken by Otis Imboden.

STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, lands at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California

STS-27 Atlantis, OV-104, lands at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), Calif...

STS027-S-014 (6 Dec. 1988) --- A 70mm camera records the landing of the space shuttle Atlantis on Rogers Dry Lake Bed near the Dryden Flight Research Facility in California. The wheels of the vehicle came to a ... More

Astronaut Gregory prepares for Ellington Field departure with STS-29 crew

Astronaut Gregory prepares for Ellington Field departure with STS-29 c...

STS029-S-001 (10 March 1989) --- Astronaut Frederick Gregory, STS-33 mission commander, prepares to climb aboard a NASA T-38 jet aircraft. He's part of a group of JSC personnel who, in various NASA aircraft, w... More

STS-36 crewmembers egress Atlantis, OV-104, via stairway after EAFB landing

STS-36 crewmembers egress Atlantis, OV-104, via stairway after EAFB la...

STS036-S-008 (3 March 1990) --- The crewmembers for STS-36 egress the Shuttle Atlantis following touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NASA officials stand nearby awaiting to greet (from bottom to... More

STS-36 Atlantis, OV-104, glides above EAFB Runway 23 prior to landing

STS-36 Atlantis, OV-104, glides above EAFB Runway 23 prior to landing

STS-36 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, with nose landing gear (NLG) and main landing gear (MLG) deployed glides above Runway 23 dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California prior to touchdown. ... More

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 15 at KSC's SLF

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 15 at KSC's...

STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, lands on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC's) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF). The main landing gear (MLG) touched down at 8:23:25 am (Eastern Daylight Time ... More

STS-49 crew poses for group portrait on EAFB runway 22 after OV-105 landing

STS-49 crew poses for group portrait on EAFB runway 22 after OV-105 la...

STS049-S-269 (16 May 1992) --- The seven crewmembers of STS-49 pose near Endeavour for a post-flight shot soon after getting their feet on terra firma following nine days in Earth orbit. Left to right are astr... More

Landing of STS-63 Discovery at KSC

Landing of STS-63 Discovery at KSC

STS063-S-015 (11 Feb. 1995) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery deploys its drag chute on Runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility as it wraps up an eight-day mission. Touchdown occur... More

Members of the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. quickly assemble AM1 matting. This matting is used by Rapid Runway Repair teams to repair runways damaged by bomb attacks. They were participating in the 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection that was conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robbery, terrorism, and communication disruptions

Members of the 21st Civil Engineer Squadron, Peterson AFB, Colo. quick...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C L. A. Smith Release Status: Rele... More

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