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
Lifting Bodies on Lakebed
(November 30, 1968) The wingless lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. From left to right are the X-24A, M2-F3 and the HL-10.... more
X-15 Mated to B-52 Captive Flight
(1959) One of three X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft being carried aloft under the wing of its B-52 mothership. The X-15 was air launched from the B-52 so the rocket plane would have enough fuel to reach i... 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
Proposed USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory
A 1960 concept image of the United States Air Force's proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) that was intended to test the military usefulness of having humans in orbit. The station's baseline configuration ... more
Joe Walker beside an X-15 Airplane
(March 29, 1961) NASA test pilot Joe Walker beside an X-15 airplane, following 169,000-foot altitude flight on March 30, 1961. The X-15 flew 199 times from 1959 to 1968 and was an extremely successful aeronauti... more
X-15 on Lakebed with B-52 Mothership Flyover
(September 1, 1961) As crew members secure the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft after a research flight, the B-52 mothership used for launching this unique aircraft does a low fly-by overhead. The X-15s made a tota... more
Photograph of an Artist's Concept of a Sleek Space Shuttle Craft
Original caption: MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS. SPACE SHUTTLE UNVEILED - This artist's concept of a sleek space shuttle craft (foreground) has been released by North American Rockwell Space Divisio... more
Early Space Shuttle Program Development
As part of the Space Task Group's recommendations for more commonality and integration in America's space program, Marshall Space Flight Center engineers proposed an orbiting propellant storage facility to augm... more
Early Program Development
This 1970 artist's concept illustrates the use of the Space Shuttle, Nuclear Shuttle, and Space Tug in NASA's Integrated Program. As a result of the Space Task Group's recommendations for more commonality and i... more
Early Program Development
Managed by Marshall Space Flight Center, the Space Tug concept was intended to be a reusable multipurpose space vehicle designed to transport payloads to different orbital inclinations. Utilizing mission-specif... more
Early Program Development
This artist's concept from 1970 shows a Nuclear Shuttle docked to an Orbital Propellant Depot and an early Space Shuttle. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center Program Development plarners, the Nuclear ... more
Titan III-C Launch
(September 4, 1970) This photograph shows a Titan III-C launch vehicle. Titan vehicles were designed to carry payloads equal to the size and weight of those on the space shuttle. The Titan IV Centaur could put ... more
Titan III-C Launch
(September 4, 1970) This photograph shows a Titan III-C launch vehicle. Titan vehicles were designed to carry payloads equal to the size and weight of those on the space shuttle. The Titan IV Centaur could put ... 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)
Early Program Development
This 1971 artist's concept illustrates a proposed Orbital Liquid Hydrogen Depot. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center Program Development persornel, an orbital modular propellant storage depot, supplie... more
Early Program Development
This 1971 artist's concept shows a Nuclear Shuttle and an early Space Shuttle docked with an Orbital Propellant Depot. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center Program Development persornel, an orbital mod... more
Early Program Development
In this artist's concept from 1971, an Earth-to orbit fuel tanker approaches the Orbital Propellant Depot. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center Program Devlopment plarners, an orbital modular propellan... more
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
Space Station
This is an artist's concept of a modular space station. In 1970 the Marshall Space Flight Center arnounced the completion of a study concerning a modular space station that could be launched by the planned-for ... more
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
Maxime A. Faget
Maxime A. Faget, an aeronautical engineer with a B.S. from Louisiana State University (1943), joined the staff at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in 1946 and soon became head of the performance aerodynamics bra... 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
Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC
Description (November 13, 1974) In another first for NASA, an all-female crew of scientific experimenters began a five-day exercise on December 16, 1974, to test the feasibility of experiments that were later t... more
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
SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04381.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04380.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
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
SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04382.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04379.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 10/26/1976 Keywords: c1976_04300s 1976_04378.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel
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
Portrait - Approach and Landing Test (ALT) Crew
S76-28476 (8 Sept 1976) --- Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton in flight suit holding a model of the space shuttle.
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)
LOGO OF SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/18/1977 Keywords: 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_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 Station
The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the Johnson Space Center (JSC) were each awarded 16-month contracts in April 1976 for the Space Station Systems Analysis Study (SSSAS). Grumman Aerospace Corporation ... more
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
LOGO OF SPACE SHUTTLE
The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 3/18/1977 Keywords: 1977_01014.jpg c1977_01000s 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