STS-30 ATLANTIS - ORBITER VEHICLE (OV)-104 - CREW INSIGNIA
S89-20025 (3 March 1989) --- The STS-30 patch depicts the joining of NASA's manned and unmanned space programs. The sun and inner planets of our solar system are shown with the curve connecting Earth and Venus ... More
STS-131 MPLM LEONARDO FM-1 O-G RACK INSTALLATION 2010-1770
STS-131 MPLM LEONARDO FM-1 O-G RACK INSTALLATION
STS-131 MPLM LEONARDO MEDIA EVENT 2010-1797
STS-131 MPLM LEONARDO MEDIA EVENT
Earth observations taken by the STS-9 crew
STS009-46-1856 (28 Nov-8 Dec 1983) --- East of the Australian state of Queensland lies the worlds largest reef. The Great Barrier Reef. A portion of the reef is seen. Although beautiful from space, coral re... More
Earth observations taken during STS-77 mission
STS077-707-097 (19-29 May 1996) --- This 70mm photograph shows the contrasts between the Chihuahua Desert and the irrigated bottomlands of the Rio Grande. The twin cities of Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas,... More
STS-131 Discovery Lift & Mate to SRB/ET Stack 2010-1901
STS-131 Discovery Lift & Mate to SRB/ET Stack
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, wor...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers accompany space shuttle Endeavour as it is being transported from Orbiter Processing Facility-2 to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).... More
STS-131 Discovery Lift & Mate to SRB/ET Stack 2010-1904
STS-131 Discovery Lift & Mate to SRB/ET Stack
STS-131 Discovery Lift & Mate to SRB/ET Stack 2010-1905
STS-131 Discovery Lift & Mate to SRB/ET Stack
STS-132 ATLANTIS BASE PLATE/SALAD BOWL INSTALLATION 2010-1906
STS-132 ATLANTIS BASE PLATE/SALAD BOWL INSTALLATION
STS-132 ATLANTIS BASE PLATE/SALAD BOWL INSTALLATION 2010-1907
STS-132 ATLANTIS BASE PLATE/SALAD BOWL INSTALLATION
STS-132 ATLANTIS BASE PLATE/SALAD BOWL INSTALLATION 2010-1909
STS-132 ATLANTIS BASE PLATE/SALAD BOWL INSTALLATION
Young girls going home from Brown's shoe factory. (Washington & 18th S...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 1415. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More
STB-SS-1910 / 08 / 07 STS-132 SSATA Crew Training - Crew Member: Garr...
JSC2010-E-041279 (17 March 2010) --- NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS-132 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Artic... More
5:00 A.M. Sunday May 8th, 1910. Starting out with papers from McIntyre...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Street trades. Hine no. 1370. No text recorded after final comma. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library... More
STB-SS-1912 - SSATA Crew Training for STS-134 Greg Chamitoff
JSC2010-E-060738 (29 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Articl... More
STB-SS-1912 - SSATA Crew Training for STS-134 Greg Chamitoff
JSC2010-E-060735 (29 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Articl... More
STB-SS-1912 - SSATA Crew Training for STS-134 Greg Chamitoff
JSC2010-E-060727 (29 April 2010) --- NASA astronaut Greg Chamitoff, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Articl... More
CATHEDRAL OF STS. PETER AND PAUL. WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. FOR P...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
CATHEDRAL OF STS. PETER AND PAUL. WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL. FOR P...
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pn... More
Earth observations taken during STS-83 mission
STS083-749-084 (4-8 April 1997) --- Laguna Oja De Liebre, Baja, gray whale breeding ground Laguna Oja De Liebre, Baja (Scammons Lagoon) is located on the west coast in the plains of the central Baja. This lago... More
Earth observations taken during STS-83 mission
STS083-747-052 (4-8 April 1997) --- Sunglint on the Indus River, Sukkar, and Rohri, Pakistan. Sukkar city (27.42 north 68.52 east), Sindh province, southeastern Pakistan lies on the west bank of the Indus Rive... More
Earth observations taken from orbiter Discovery during STS-85 mission
STS085-716-061 (7 - 19 August 1997) --- The dark green forests of the Sierra Nevada Mts. occupy the left side of the picture. Reno lies between Lake Tahoe (center) and Pyramid Lake (top right). Lake Tahoe, is... More
Earth observations taken during STS-102 flight
STS102-303-017 (8-21 March 2001)--- The STS-102 crew members used a 35mm camera on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery to record this image of the Aswan High Dam. The structure was completed in 197... More
STS-132 ET-136 OFFLOAD FROM BARGE AND XFER TO VAB 2010-1971
STS-132 ET-136 OFFLOAD FROM BARGE AND XFER TO VAB
STS-131 TCDT - CREW ARRIVAL 2010-1973
STS-131 TCDT - CREW ARRIVAL
Earth observations taken during STS-41C
41C-39-1973 (6-13 April 1984) --- Though photographed on previous manned spaceflights, the Richat Structure in Western Mauritania has seldom if ever been able to be seen more clearly and studied more completely... More
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
Earth observations taken during STS-83 mission
STS083-747-033 (4-8 April 1997) --- Center Pivot Irrigation, in Saudi Arabia. This irrigation project in Saudi Arabia is typical of many isolated irrigation projects scattered throughout the arid and hyper-ari... More
Earth observation taken during STS-98 mission
STS098-716-034 (18 February 2001) --- This east-to-west orbital view of the Inn River Valley of southern Austria was photographed by one the crew members of Atlantis during Space Shuttle Mission STS-98 on Febru... More
STS-131 TCDT - CREW ARRIVAL 2010-1977
STS-131 TCDT - CREW ARRIVAL
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Ken...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, shuttle Endeavour is being lowered into place where it will be attached to its external fuel tank and solid ro... More
Crippen, pilot for STS-1, during a training session
S79-25016 (13 Dec. 1978) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for the first space shuttle orbital flight test, descends steps leading into the water immersion facility (WIF) during a training session in the J... More
ASTRONAUT CRIPPEN, ROBERT L. - PILOT - STS-1 - TRAINING - JSC
S79-25007 (13 Dec. 1978) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for the first space shuttle orbital flight test (STS-1), is assisted by technicians prior to entering a water immersion facility (WIF) during a tr... More
Crippen, pilot for STS-1, during a training session
S79-25014 (13 Dec. 1978) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot of the first space shuttle orbital flight test (STS-1), eases into a water immersion facility (WIF) during a training session in the Johnson Space... More
Simulations - Mission Control Center (MCC) - STS-1 - JSC
S79-30442 (29 March 1979) --- Granvil A. (Al) Pennington studies the monitor on his console – the instrumentation/communications officer (INCO) position – during simulations in the mission operations control ro... More
Official STS-1 Crew Insignia
S79-30685 (10 March 1979) --- This is the official insignia for the first space shuttle orbital flight test (STS-1). Crew of the 102 Columbia on STS-1 will be astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Robert L. ... More
OFFICIAL PORTRAIT - CRIPPEN, ROBERT L., ASTRONAUT - STS-1
S79-31776 (29 April 1979) - Astronaut John W. Young, STS-1 Commander.
OFFICIAL PORTRAIT - CRIPPEN, ROBERT L., ASTRONAUT - STS-1
S79-31777 (7 May 1979) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen.
Space Shuttle Columbia, Portraits - STS-1
S79-31775 (29 April 1979) --- These two astronauts are the prime crewmen for the first flight in the Space Transportation System (STS-1) program. Astronauts John W. Young, left, commander, and Robert L. Crippen... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The STS-1, orbiter Columbia, arrives at Launch ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The STS-1, orbiter Columbia, arrives at Launch Complex 39A after being rolled out of the VAB. Photo credit: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-1, orbiter Columbia, sits at Launch Complex...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – STS-1, orbiter Columbia, sits at Launch Complex 39A after being rolled out of the VAB. Photo credit: NASA
Earth observations taken during STS-2 mission
STS002-09-392 (12-14 Nov. 1981) --- Image of Tokyo Bay, Japan taken during the STS-2 mission from the space shuttle Columbia. Photo credit: NASA
POST-FLIGHT (DEBRIEFING) - STS-1
S81-30479 (April 1981) --- Astronauts John W. Young, second from left, and Robert L. Crippen, left, discuss photography from their recent STS-1 mission with astronauts Joe H. Engle, right, and Richard H. Truly ... More
Official STS-2 Crew Portrait
S81-34641 (May 1981) --- Astronauts Joe H. Engle, left, and Richard H. Truly are the commander and pilot, respectively, for the NASA STS-2 flight of the space shuttle Columbia, scheduled for Sept. 30, 1981 laun... More
STS-1 COLUMBIA - ORBITER VEHICLE (OV)-102 - PREFLIGHT NIGHT PROCESSING...
S87-26113 (5 March 1981) --- A timed exposure of the space shuttle Columbia at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night-time fantasy of light. Structures to the left... More
A timed exposure of the first Space Shuttle, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, C...
A timed exposure of the first Space Shuttle, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night-time fantasy of light. To the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and t... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, PREFLIGHT - STS-1 - KSC
S81-28974 (March 1981) --- An early morning scene at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39, with the space shuttle Columbia in position on Pad A at right. Launch for the STS-1 mission is set for April 10... More
STS-1 - PRIME AND BACKUP - CREWMEMBERS - TELECONFERENCE - JSC
S81-29618 (6 April 1981) --- STS-1 prime and backup astronaut crew members look at visuals during a coordinated teleconference with engineers. Seated at the table in a briefing room at NASA's Johnson Space Cent... More
STS-1 - PRIME AND BACKUP - CREWMEMBERS (ASTRONAUTS) - BRIEFING - JSC
S81-29620 (6 April 1981) --- Prime and backup crew members for STS-1 take part in a briefing with engineers located in another building at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) and with Rockwell International repre... More
STS-1 - PRIME CREWMEMBERS - TELECONFERENCE - JSC
S81-29619 (6 April 1981) --- STS-1 astronauts John W. Young, left, and Robert L. Crippen direct their attention to a chart on a screen in a small briefing room at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). They are tak... More
OFFICIAL STS-2 CREW STATION
S81-29900 (May 1981) --- This is the official insignia for STS-2 the United States second space shuttle orbital flight test mission. Crewmen are astronauts Joe H. Engle, commander, and Richard H. Truly, pilot. ... More
Official STS-3 Crew Insignia
S82-26315 (4 Feb. 1982) --- This is the insignia for NASA's third flight (STS-3) of the Space Transportation System's (STS) Columbia, depicted in the middle of the blue sphere against the background of the sun.... More
LAUNCH - STS-1 - KSC
S81-30498 (12 April 1981) --- After six years of silence, the thunder of manned spaceflight is heard again, as the successful launch of the first space shuttle ushers in a new concept in utilization of space. T... More
Launch Views - Columbia - STS-1 Mission - KSC
S81-30459 (12 April 1981) --- A remote camera at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A captured this scene as the maiden flight of space shuttle Columbia begins. Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, a... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, LAUNCH - STS-1 - KSC
S81-30499 (12 April 1981) --- Space shuttle Columbia flies. Just seconds past the scheduled launch time of 7 a.m. on April 12, 1981, America's Space Transportation System becomes a fact, with the liftoff of the... More
PRESS RELEASE IMAGE - STS-1 - CREW ACTIVITIES
S81-30422 (12-14 April 1981) --- Astronaut John W. Young, STS-1 commander, cleans off his razor after shaving his face on the middeck of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia. A food tray can be seen mounted on a ... More
Launch views of the Columbia for the STS-1 mission, April 12, 1981
S81-30463 (12 April 1981) --- The space shuttle Columbia rises off Pad 39A a few seconds past 7 a.m. (EST) on April 12, 1981. Onboard, astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, ... More
PRESS RELEASE IMAGE - STS-1 - CREW ACTIVITIES
S81-30420 (12-14 April 1981) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for STS-1 takes advantage of zero-gravity to do some rare acrobatics on the middeck of the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit. This 35mm fr... More
Launch views of the Columbia for the STS-1 mission, April 12, 1981
S81-30462 (12 April 1981) --- The space shuttle Columbia rises off Pad 39A a few seconds past 7 a.m. (EST) on April 12, 1981. Onboard, astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, and Robert L. Crippen, pilot, h... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After six years of silence, the thunder ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After six years of silence, the thunder of manned space flight is heard again as the successful launch of the first Space Shuttle ushers in a new concept in utilization of space. T... More
Mission Control Activities (MCC) - STS-1 Mission - JSC
S81-30386 (14 April 1981) --- Flight director Charles R. Lewis, left, studies a chart display on his console?s monitor in the mission operations control room (MOCR) in the Johnson Space Center?s Mission Control... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, LAUNCH - STS-1 - KSC
S81-30501 (12 April 1981) --- Nose pointed skyward, space shuttle Columbia begins its climb toward orbit moments after solid rocket booster ignition in this first view of a dramatic liftoff sequence photographe... More
Launch Views - Columbia - STS-1 Mission - KSC
S81-30460 (12 April 1981) --- A remote camera at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A captured this scene as the maiden flight of space shuttle Columbia begins. Astronauts John W. Young, STS-1 commander, a... More
Press Pelease Image - STS-1 - Earth View
S81-30396 (12-14 April 1981) --- A vertical view of Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas and part of the great Bahama Bank, as photographed with a 70mm handheld camera from the space shuttle Columbia in Earth orbit.... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, LAUNCH (IGOR) - STS-1
S81-33180 (12 April 1981) --- The two solid rocket boosters are jettisoned from the climbing space shuttle Columbia as a successful launch phase continues for NASA's first manned space mission since 1975. Astr... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, LAUNCH (IGOR) - STS-1
S81-33179 (12 April 1981) --- Though their STS-1 task has been performed, the two solid rocket boosters (SRB) still glow following their jettisoning from the space shuttle Columbia on its way to many firsts. Am... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, LAUNCH (IGOR) - STS-1
S81-33178 (12 April 1981) --- The two solid rocket boosters are jettisoned from the climbing space shuttle Columbia as a successful launch phase continues for NASA's first manned space mission since 1975. Astr... More
LAUNCH (SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER [SRB]) - STS-1
S81-30509 (12 April 1981) --- Separation of space shuttle Columbia?s external tank, photographed by motion picture cameras in the umbilical bays, occurred following the shutdown of the vehicle?s three main engi... More
STS-1 ONBOARD PHOTOGRAPHY - STS-1-7-0502: STS-1 Pilot Robert Crippen ...
STS-1 ONBOARD PHOTOGRAPHY - STS-1-7-0502: STS-1 Pilot Robert Crippen at lunch.
LAUNCH (SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER [SRB]) - STS-1
S81-30505 (12 April 1981) --- Separation of space shuttle Columbia?s external tank, photographed by motion picture cameras in the umbilical bays, occurred following the shutdown of the vehicle?s three main engi... More
STS-1 - LAUNCH DAY - MISSION CONTROL CENTER (MCC) ACTIVITIES
S81-30216 (12 April 1981) --- Astronaut Joe H. Engle, backup crew commander for STS-1, watches a large screen in the mission operations control room of the Johnson Space Center?s Mission Control Center during t... More
LAUNCH - STS-1 - KSC
S81-30502 (12 April 1981) --- Space shuttle Columbia’s aft orbiter section dominates the field of view in this fifth frame of a dramatic liftoff sequence photographed from the 275-foot level of the Fixed Servic... More
INFLIGHT (MISSION CONTROL CENTER [MCC]) - STS-1 - ELLINGTON AFB (EAFB)...
S81-32876 (13 April 1981) --- Brig. Gen. William T. Twinting studies the monitor at the Department of Defense (DOD) console in the mission operations control room (MOCR) at the Johnson Space Center?s Mission Co... More
POST-LANDING - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-31913 (14 April 1981) --- This head-on photograph of NASA's space shuttle Columbia was taken during post-landing servicing on Rogers dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. The STS-1 ... More
POST-LAUNCH (SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER [SRB]) - STS-1 - FL
S81-30953 (13 April 1981) --- With one of the two expended solid rocket boosters from the launch of the space shuttle Columbia in tow, the recovery ship UTC Liberty heads toward the Trident Submarine Basin at P... More
STS-1 - Landing View - Edwards AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30425 (14 April 1981) --- The space shuttle orbiter Columbia is seen from the front as it heads for a touchdown atop a dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. A T-38 chase plane follo... More
LANDING (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30845 (14 April 1981) --- The 122-feet-long (37.2 meters) space shuttle orbiter Columbia approaches its dry lake bed landing site at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California to successfully complete a ... More
LANDING (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30843 (14 April 1981) --- Astronaut John W. Young, STS-1 commander, egresses the space shuttle orbiter Columbia following her successful landing on Rogers dry lake bed on southern California?s Edwards Air F... More
LANDING - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30734 (14 April 1981) --- The rear wheels of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia (STS-1) touch down on Rogers dry lake at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California to successfully complete a stay in spac... More
LANDING (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30846 (14 April 1981) --- Astronaut John W. Young (near center of photo), STS-1 commander, egresses the space shuttle Columbia upon the completion of checklist activities following the successful landing of... More
DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, CALIF. - Orbiter Columbia "flares ou...
DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER, CALIF. - Orbiter Columbia "flares out" for a landing at Rogers dry lake Runway 23, successfully completing the historic first flight for the Space Shuttle. Astronauts John You... More
LANDING (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1 - EDWARDS AFB (EAFB), CA
S81-30852 (14 April 1981) --- Astronaut Robert L. Crippen, pilot for the STS-1 flight, egresses the NASA space shuttle following touchdown of the Columbia on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base, Californi... More
Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-1 - LAUNCH - KSC
The Space Shuttle Columbia begins a new era of space transportation when it lifts off from NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The reusable Orbiter, its two (2) fuel tanks and two (2) Solid Rocket Boosters (SRB) ... More
INFLIGHT (CREW ACTIVITIES) - STS-1
S81-30419 (12-14 April 1981) --- Astronaut John W. Young, mans the commander?s station in the Columbia during the 36-orbit STS-1 flight. A loose leaf notebook with flight activities data floats in the weightle... More