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Apollo 11 Astronaut Aldrin Carries Equipment on Lunar Surface

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safe More

Quarantined Apollo 11 Astronauts Addressed by U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon

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, 1969 and safely r More

Quarantined Apollo 11 Astronauts Watch Cake Cutting Ceremony

The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned t More

Apollo 11 Crew Boards U.S.S. Hornet Aircraft Carrier

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, 1969 and safely r More

Apollo 11 Lunar Message For Mankind

Millions of people on Earth watched via television as a message for all mankind was delivered to the Mare Tranquilitatis (Sea of Tranquility) region of the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 mission, where it s More

61-MR4-45, Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- READIED FOR FLIGHT - Project Mercury's second manned suborbital space flight, Liberty Bell 7, from Cape Canaveral, Fla., will be attempted during the week of July 16, utilizing thi More

APOLLO XII - LUNAR MODULE VI - RELOCATION - KSC

Lunar Module VI, scheduled for the Apollo XII Lunar Landing Mission, 11/1969, is being moved to an integration work stand in the Kennedy Space Center, Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. KENNEDY SPACE CE More

View Eight of Lunar Panoramic Scene

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the More

Mercury MESSENGER Stamp Unveiling (201105040019HQ)

NASA Administrator Charles Boldin speaks during an unveiling ceremony of two USPS stamps that commemorate and celebrate 50 years of US Spaceflight and the MESSENGER program during an event, Wednesday, May 4, 20 More

The Apollo 12 Insignia, NASA Apollo program

This is the Apollo 12 insignia or logo. The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. Th More

View Twenty-Four of Lunar Panoramic Scene

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the More

Dr. Wernher von Braun With the Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Vehicle

Dr. Wernher von Braun, director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight center (MSFC), talks with news reporters while paused in front of the mobile launcher and base of the Saturn V rocket (AS-506) being readied for More

View Thirteen of Lunar Panoramic Scene

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the More

Lunar Module (LM) on Lunar Surface

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safe More

Close-up of the Backside of the Moon

This is a detailed view of the back side of Moon in the vicinity of Crater No. 308 taken during the Apollo 11 mission. Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission, launched from The Kennedy Space Center, Florida More

Quarantined Apollo 11 Astronauts Greeted by Wives

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, 1969 and safely r More

Close-up of Astronaut?s Footprint on Lunar Surface

This is a close-up view of an astronaut?s footprint in the lunar soil, photographed by a 70 mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The first manned lunar mission, th More

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin Egresses From Lunar Module

Carrying astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., the Lunar Module (LM) ?Eagle? was the first crewed vehicle to land on the Moon. The LM landed on the moon?s surface on July 20, 1969 in the region More

Magnetometer on Lunar Surface, NASA Apollo program

Sitting on the lunar surface, this magnetometer provided new data on the Moon?s magnetic field. This was one of the instruments used during the Apollo 12 mission. The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo More

Apollo 11 Lunar Mission Logo. NASA public domain image colelction.

This is the flight insignia, or logo, for the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar landing mission. Descending on the lunar surface, the eagle in the logo depicts the Lunar Module (LM), named ?Eagle??. Car More

Lunar Rocks, NASA Apollo program

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the More

Solar Wind Spectrometer on Lunar Surface

Sitting on the lunar surface, this Solar Wind Spectrometer is measuring the energies of the particles that make up the solar wind. This was one of the instruments used during the Apollo 12 mission. The second m More

Early Apollo Scientific Experiment Package Deployed on Lunar Surface

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safe More

APOLLO XII - LUNAR MODULE VI - RELOCATION - KSC

Lunar Module VI, scheduled for the Apollo XII Lunar Landing Mission, 11/1969, is being moved to an integration work stand in the Kennedy Space Center, Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. KENNEDY SPACE CE More

View Twenty-One of Lunar Panoramic Scene

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12, launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the More

Lunar Lab Activity, NASA Apollo program

In this photograph, a laboratory technician handles a portion of the more than 20 different plant lines that were used within the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, Building 37 of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in More

Quarantined Apollo 11 Astronauts Addressed by U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon

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, 1969 and safely r More

Apollo 11 Astronaut Aldrin Next to Lunar Module (LM)

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safe More

Lunar Module Eagle Upon Descent to the Moon

Carrying astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., the Lunar Module (LM) ?Eagle? was the first crewed vehicle to land on the Moon. The LM landed on the moon?s surface on July 20, 1969 in the region More

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin on Lunar Surface With Core Sampler

The Apollo 11 manned lunar mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle, and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. The Saturn V vehicle was develop More

Earth Rise as Seen From Lunar Surface

This incredible image of the Earth rise was taken during lunar orbit by the Apollo 11 mission crew in July of 1969. The first manned lunar mission, Apollo 11 launched aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle from the K More

Apollo 11 Lunar Message For Mankind

Millions of people on Earth watched via television as a message for all mankind was delivered to the Mare Tranquilitatis (Sea of Tranquility) region of the Moon during the historic Apollo 11 mission, where it s More

Apollo 11 Artist Concept- Transearth Injection and Recovery

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July More

Mercury MESSENGER Stamp Unveiling (201105040020HQ)

NASA Administrator Charles Boldin speaks during an unveiling ceremony of two USPS stamps that commemorate and celebrate 50 years of US Spaceflight and the MESSENGER program during an event, Wednesday, May 4, 20 More

LIFTOFF - MERCURY-REDSTONE (MR)-2 - CAPE

The launch of the MR-2 suborbital mission 01/31/1961. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL NASA Identifier: S63-22731

Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong Approaches Practice Helicopter

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 Neil Armstrong appro More

Close-up of Astronaut?s Foot on Lunar Surface

This is a close-up view of an astronaut?s foot and footprint in the lunar soil, photographed by a 70 mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA). The first manned lu More

Apollo 11 Astronaut Aldrin Carries Equipment on Lunar Surface

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safe More

LIFTOFF - MERCURY-REDSTONE (MR)-2 - CAPE

The launch of the MR-2 suborbital mission 01/31/1961. CAPE CANAVERAL, FL NASA Identifier: S63-22731

View Four of Lunar Panoramic Scene

The second manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 12 launched from launch pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 14, 1969 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V vehicle was developed by the More

61-MR4-79, Kennedy Space Center

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- READY FOR FLIGHT - On level three of gantry on pad 5, Project Mercury astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom pauses briefly while a technician completes final adjustment in the Liberty More

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin on Lunar Surface

Carrying astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., the Lunar Module (LM) ?Eagle? was the first crewed vehicle to land on the Moon. The LM landed on the moon?s surface on July 20, 1969 in the region More

Apollo -- May 1969, NASA Space suits history

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 10 lunar module pilot, is suited up at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a Countdown Demonstration Test during preparations for his scheduled lunar orbit mission. The More

Mercury MESSENGER Stamp Unveiling (201105040012HQ)

Daughters of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, Laura Shepard Churchley, left, Alice Wackermann and Julie Jenkins, right, speak during an unveiling ceremony of two USPS stamps that commemorate and celebrate 50 years More

Viewing History NASA Image of The Day

Adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center thousands of spectators camped out on beaches and roads to watch the launch of Apollo 11, which launched at 9:32 a.m. Eastern on July 16, 1969. The launch of Apollo 11 was t More

Launch of Freedom 7, History of NASA

The Redstone booster carrying Mercury astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 9:34 a.m. Eastern on May 5, 1961. His 15 minute sub-orbital flight lifted him to an altitude of over 116 mil More

Apollo 11 Astronauts Enroute to Launchpad for Countdown Demonstration Test

Apollo 11 crew members (rear to front) Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, and Michael Collins, wearing space suits, ride the van to the launch pad to participate in the countdown demonstration test for the upcoming More

Apollo 11 Artist Concept- Descent to Lunar Surface

The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July More

Apollo 11 Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP) Deployed on Lunar Surface

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safe More

Mercury MESSENGER Stamp Unveiling (201105040015HQ)

Patty Carpenter, wife of NASA Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter, left, Daughters of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard, Laura Shepard Churchley, and, Alice Wackermann, right, sing the National Anthem during an unveili More

Aldrin and U.S. Flag on Lunar Surface

Astronaut Edwin Aldrin poses beside the deployed U.S. flag on the moon?s surface. The first manned lunar mission, the Apollo 11 launched via a Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on J More

Apollo 15-Lunar Module Falcon. NASA public domain image colelction.

This is a photo of the Apollo 15 Lunar Module, Falcon, on the lunar surface. Apollo 15 launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. Aboard was a crew of three astrona More

Apollo 15 Onboard Photo: Earth?s Crest Over the Lunar Horizon

This view of the Earth?s crest over the lunar horizon was taken during the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. Apollo 15 launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn V launch vehicle. More

Apollo 15 Logo, NASA Apollo program

This is the Apollo 15 Moon landing mission logo. Apollo 15 launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on July 26, 1971 via a Saturn Five launch vehicle. Aboard was a crew of three astronauts including David R. Sc More

photo-s72-33898, NASA Apollo program

S72-33898 (22 March 1972) --- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, trains on a simulated lunar surface area at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), with a core tube and a hammer. Astronauts Duke More

Apollo 16 Astronaut Salutes the U.S. Flag on Lunar Surface

An Apollo 16 astronaut salutes the U.S. flag on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) can be seen behind him. Apollo 16 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 16, 1972 More

photo-s72-44420, NASA Apollo program

S72-44420 (8 June 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, prepares to remove a traverse gravimeter training mock-up from a Lunar Roving Vehicle for deployment dur More

Apollo 16 Crew Portrait, NASA Apollo program

This is the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission crew portrait. Pictured from left to right are: Thomas K. Mattingly II, Command Module pilot; John W. Young, Mission Commander; and Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module More

Mariner 10 NASA Image of The Day

On Nov. 3, 1973, the Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 spacecraft, also known as Mariner 10, was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first spacecraft designed to use gravity assist. Three months af More

Mariner 10 Diagram. NASA public domain image colelction.

On November 3, 1973, the Mariner Venus/Mercury 1973 spacecraft - also known as Mariner 10 - was launched from Kennedy Space Center. It was the first spacecraft designed to use gravity assist. Three months after More