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Launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

Launch of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from the Complex 39A launch pad

The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from the Complex 39A launch pad

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More

A catapult crewman reaches for the launch bar on the nose gear of an Attack Squadron 65 (VA-65) A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A catapult crewman reaches for the launch bar on the nose gear of an A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A Hawk missile is fired from Launch Complex 32

A Hawk missile is fired from Launch Complex 32

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gomes Release Status: R... More

A Ground Launch Cruise Missile Transporter Erector Launcher is offloaded from a C-5 Galaxy aircraft upon its arrival at the air base

A Ground Launch Cruise Missile Transporter Erector Launcher is offload...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Greenham Common Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT James Pearson Release Status: Released to Public Combined ... More

A transporter-erector-launcher is raised during the simulated launch of a BGM-109G ground launched cruise missile. Members of the 485th Tactical Missile Wing are conducting the launch as part of a field exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown

A transporter-erector-launcher is raised during the simulated launch o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Belgium (BEL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Scott Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A catapult officer signals for the launch of an Air Anti-submarine Squadron 30 (VS-30) S-3A Viking aircraft from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) during carrier qualifications off the Virginia Capes

A catapult officer signals for the launch of an Air Anti-submarine Squ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.) Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

The catapult officer gives the launch signal to the catapult crew and the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62).  The aircraft and deck crew are from Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 (CVWR-30), which is aboard the INDEPENDENCE off the coast of southern California for carrier qualifications

The catapult officer gives the launch signal to the catapult crew and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 A.J. Kmiecik, Usnr Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

GUNNERY personnel aboard the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) stand by for the launch of a BGM-109 Tomahawk land-attack missile during Operation Desert Storm

GUNNERY personnel aboard the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) stand by...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Arthur Barton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

Steam rises from a catapult track on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) following the launch of an aircraft during Operation Desert Shield. In the background are F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), left, and Strike Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151), center. An Attack Squadron 185 (VA-185) A-6E Intruder aircraft is at right

Steam rises from a catapult track on the flight deck of the aircraft c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Cw02 Ed Bailey Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the No. 2 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) awaits the launch signal as a second VFA-81 Hornet stands by behind the jet blast deflector during Operation Desert Storm

A Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81) F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the N...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Bruce Davis Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 143GB Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A close-up view of the launch key station in the battle staff compartment of an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft of the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing. Two launch control officers must turn separate keys in order to transmit a launch order to a silo-housed Minuteman III missile

A close-up view of the launch key station in the battle staff compartm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska(NE) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Steward Release Status:... More

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft piloted by CAPT. Patrick D. Moneymaker, the commander of Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14), is prepared for launch on the No. 1 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41). The launch will be the last one made aboard the MIDWAY, which is to be decommissioned in the Spring of 1992. Moneymaker also made the last arrested landing aboard the MIDWAY

A Strike-Fighter Squadron 151 (VFA-151) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft pilote...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Oriez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The starboard catapult deckedge operator gives the first ready signal to the catapult officer during the launch sequence for an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft on the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63)

The starboard catapult deckedge operator gives the first ready signal ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN James E. Gallagher Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More

A Lockheed Martin Corp. Atlas 11/AC-116 Expendable Launch Vehicle lifts off for a successful launch from Complex 36A at 11:27:01 a.m., EDT. The Atlas 11/AC-116 was carrying an EHF follow-on #5 U.S. Navy Communication Satellite into orbit

A Lockheed Martin Corp. Atlas 11/AC-116 Expendable Launch Vehicle lift...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bionetics Corp. Release Stat... More

Missile Combat Crew Commander, CAPT. Kenny Gibaldo, (left) and 2nd LT. John Butler, Deputy Crew Commander of the 320th Missile Squadron, simulate the launch of a Minuteman III using the REACT console in a Launch Control Capsule at Missile Alert Facility Hotel-1

Missile Combat Crew Commander, CAPT. Kenny Gibaldo, (left) and 2nd LT....

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Wagers Rele... More

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (right) checks his watch to see if the launch of an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon aircraft from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, is proceeding as planned. On the left is US Air Force AIRMAN first Class Nathan Castle, the Chiefs' son. The father/son team are both F-16 Crewchiefs and had the opportunity to launch a jet together as a team before CMSGT Castle retired CMSGT Castle is assigned to the 20th Logistics Group while A1C Caslte is assigned to the 55th Fighter Squadron

US Air Force CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Carey Castle (right) checks his wat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Greg L. Davis, USAF Release St... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Launch and Recovery AIRMAN Apprentice (ABEAA) Fernando Maravilla, watches as a USN C-2A Greyhound aircraft lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63)

US Navy (USN) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Launch and Recovery AIRMAN App...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Lee Mccaskill, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

A Delta II rocket launches from Space Launch Complex Two at Vandenberg AFB, California, in the early morning hours carrying five Iridium satellites into polar orbit on the 11th of February 2002

A Delta II rocket launches from Space Launch Complex Two at Vandenberg...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC Scene Camera Operator:... More

A U.S. Navy T-45A Goshawk aircraft sits at the ready before a launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) on Oct. 16, 2006. The REAGAN is currently conducting training squadron carrier qualifications off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class (AW/SW) Aaron Burden) (Released)

A U.S. Navy T-45A Goshawk aircraft sits at the ready before a launch o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Aaron Burden, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

45th SW supports successful first launch of United States Space Force

45th SW supports successful first launch of United States Space Force

A Falcon 9 rocket launches on Jan. 6, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The rocket, carrying an installment of Starlink satellites, was the first official launch of the United States Space Force. (U.S.... More

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 a.m. Pacific Time, Oct. 2, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The test demonstrates the United Sta... More

Photograph of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter Putting on Space Helmet Prior to Aurora 7 Launch

Photograph of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter Putting on Space Helme...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Project Mercury Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter puts on space helmet prior to entering his Aurora 7 spacecraft at Cape Canaveral. Astronaut Carpenter became the second Ameri... More

A Saturn 1B space launch vehicle lifts off from Launch Complex 34 carrying Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham

A Saturn 1B space launch vehicle lifts off from Launch Complex 34 carr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Kennedy State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

A control console at the missile launch commander's position in the Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) training simulator operated by the 868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron (TMTS)

A control console at the missile launch commander's position in the Gr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status... More

First Lieutenant (1LT) Michael Turner works inside a launch control facility trainer during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD '84

First Lieutenant (1LT) Michael Turner works inside a launch control fa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL SHIELD '84 Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Came... More

51F-X-014 - STS-51F - ET Separation during the launch of 51F Challenger

51F-X-014 - STS-51F - ET Separation during the launch of 51F Challenge...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Tank (ET) separation during launch of 51F Challenger. Subject Terms: External Tanks, Launches, Separation, Tanks (Containers) Cat... More

A catapult and arresting gear officer gives the launch signal to an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314) during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS CORAL SEA (CV-43). The ship is operating off the coast of Libya

A catapult and arresting gear officer gives the launch signal to an F/...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Knepp Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A catapult officer gives the launch signal to the pilot of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft during flight operations aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71)

A catapult officer gives the launch signal to the pilot of an F-14A To...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Borbely Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A view of the Stinger missile and a launch tube, a lightweight, portable, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air defense system

A view of the Stinger missile and a launch tube, a lightweight, portab...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: General Dynamics Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Lockheed Martin Corp. Atlas II/AC-118 sits poised on Launch Complex 36A. The expendable launch vehicle is ready to carry a Department of Defense Payload into orbit

A Lockheed Martin Corp. Atlas II/AC-118 sits poised on Launch Complex ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rvits Still Image Laboratory ... More

A McDonnell Douglas Delta II Space Launch Vehicle successfully carried the Global Position System 11-26 (GPS 11-26), a Department of Defense payload, into orbit. Liftoff was at 2050 hours, EDT, from complex 17A

A McDonnell Douglas Delta II Space Launch Vehicle successfully carried...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rvits Still Image Laboratory ... More

Security Policeman from the 320th and 400th Missile Squadrons exit a UH-1 helicopter from the 37th RQF and assemble to form a Back-up Force which would be used to counter hostile aggressors threatening the security of a Launch Facility

Security Policeman from the 320th and 400th Missile Squadrons exit a U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Wagers Rele... More

Security Policeman from the 320th and 400th Missile Squadrons exit a UH-1 helicopter from the 37th RQF and assemble to form a 17 man back-up force in a simulated "covered wagon" scenario which trains security policemen to respond to a hostile threat on a launch facility

Security Policeman from the 320th and 400th Missile Squadrons exit a U...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Wagers Rele... More

A view from behind the launch control station showing a US Navy (USN) C-2A Greyhound aircraft assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40), Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) as it launches from the flight deck of USN Aircraft Carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVVN-73). The Washington is currently conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic Ocean

A view from behind the launch control station showing a US Navy (USN) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Uss George Washington (CVN 73) Scene Major Command Shown: CVN-73 Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Jason Zalasky, USN Release Status: Released to Publi... More

A US Navy flight deck crew member signals to advance the shuttle during the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 105 after its landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean. The Super Hornet is an all-weather, carrier-based fighter/ attack aircraft that provides USN Carrier Strike Group with increased range, endurance and ordnance-carrying capabilities.(U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Sheldon Rowley) (Released)

A US Navy flight deck crew member signals to advance the shuttle durin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Sheldon Rowley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

NASA's Mars InSight Lander is housed in an Astrotech

NASA's Mars InSight Lander is housed in an Astrotech

NASA's Mars InSight Lander is housed in an Astrotech cleanroom, April 6, 2018, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Froce photo by Michael Peterson/Released)

A view of Space Launch Complex 6 facilities under construction at the base

A view of Space Launch Complex 6 facilities under construction at the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sgt Tommy L. Viada Release Statu... More

A view of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firing a round of ammunition

A view of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firing a round of amm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Ontiveros Release Sta... More

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division, load Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods onto a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) in preparation for a live fire exercise

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Divisi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger lifts off from Complex 39A at 7:33 a.m. EDT. Aboard the seventh flight of the Space Transportation System (STS-7) are: Bob Crippen, commander; Frederick H. Hauck, pilot; and mission specialists Sally Ride, John Fabian and Dr. Norman Thagard

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger lifts off from Complex 39A at 7:3...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Dust surrounds a member of a 3rd Maines Dragon Platoon moments after he has fired an M47 Dragon medium anti-tank weapon during Exercise COCONUT GROVE'86.  The missile's guide wire can be seen stretched in front of the launch tube

Dust surrounds a member of a 3rd Maines Dragon Platoon moments after h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kahoolawe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: WO1 E. Carlson Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

A view of the combat crew console inside the launch control car mock-up at the Rockwell International plant. Personnel from Rockwell and the Air Force are working jointly on the Strategic Air Command (SAC) rail garrison program

A view of the combat crew console inside the launch control car mock-u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Bernardino State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Scott Stewart Release Status: Released... More

Flight deck crew members signal for the launch of an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft of Strike Fighter Squadron 131 (VFA-131) on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Fleet Ex '90

Flight deck crew members signal for the launch of an F/A-18A Hornet ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Oscar Sosa Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

TECH. SGT. Rudy Lane, left, an airborne radar technician; CAPT. Thomas Thibodeau, center, an airborne remote control officer (ARCO); and Carl Goetzinger, the launch control officer, man their stations aboard a DC-130H Hercules drone control aircraft. The 6154th Test Squadron personnel are attempting to get a radar lock on a target drone over the ocean near Hawaii. Data from the radar lock is fed into a console in the back of the DC-130H where the drone will be controlled by an ARCO

TECH. SGT. Rudy Lane, left, an airborne radar technician; CAPT. Thomas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. Michael Haggerty Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The launch officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) gives the launch signal to the pilot of the restored World War II B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft "Heavenly Body." It and another B-25 are being launched in a re-enactment of "Doolittle's Raid" of April 18, 1942, during which 16 B-25's were launched from the aircraft carrier USS HORNET (CV-8) in the first attack on the Japanese mainland

The launch officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS RANGER (CV-61) give...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean(POC) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Joe Gawlowicz Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A catapult crew member signals for the launch of an F-14A Tomcat aircraft from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62) while the carrier is underway in the gulf during Operation Southern Watch, a multinational effort establishing a no-fly zone for Iraqi aircraft south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq

A catapult crew member signals for the launch of an F-14A Tomcat aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Deloach Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

At Missile Alert Facility (MAF), Hotel-1, STAFF SGT. Michael Kochera of the 320th MS is the Facility Manager who ensures the proper upkeep of the facility such as the Diesel Electric Unit (Background) located in the Launch Control Electric Building which provides power, air and water to the Launch Control Capsule

At Missile Alert Facility (MAF), Hotel-1, STAFF SGT. Michael Kochera o...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott Wagers Rele... More

STS113-313-014 - STS-113 - Herrington in LES on Endeavour's FD during STS-113

STS113-313-014 - STS-113 - Herrington in LES on Endeavour's FD during ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: STS-113 Mission Specialist John Herrington, suited in orange Launch and Entry Suit (LES), works at a control panel on shuttle Endeavour's (OV-105) fligh... More

The US Air Force (USAF) Quick Reaction Launch Vehicle (QRLV) lifts off the pad at the Kodiak Launch Complex (KLC), Kodiak, Alaska, during Exercise NORTHERN EDGE

The US Air Force (USAF) Quick Reaction Launch Vehicle (QRLV) lifts off...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Lee O. Tuck... More

US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space Wing (SW), take a moment to catch their breath and hydrate themselves, while manning a 7.62mm M-60 general purpose machine gun position outside of location Hotel 2, during the Launch Facility (LF) Recapture portion of the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release ... More

A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft

A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft

A Soyuz booster rocket launches the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, Baikonur time, carrying Expedition 58 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, ... More

Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. in Flight Suit prior to Launch

Photograph of Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. in Flight Suit prior to Lau...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. - Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr. in flight suit prior to MA-6 launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Committee Papers

Crewmen stand by prior to the launch of an RIM-67B Standard missile from the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA (CV 66)

Crewmen stand by prior to the launch of an RIM-67B Standard missile fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The 69th launch of a UGM-73 Poseidon missile takes place from the USS JOHN C. CALHOUN (SSBN 630)

The 69th launch of a UGM-73 Poseidon missile takes place from the USS ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

AN aerial view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia aboard the mobile launcher platform (MLP) as it leaves the vehicle assembly building (VAB) and heads toward Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

AN aerial view of the Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

Aerial view of the space shuttle orbiter mounted on a missile booster on a launch pad

Aerial view of the space shuttle orbiter mounted on a missile booster ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Release... More

Aerial view of the rocket booster-mounted Columbia space shuttle orbiter on a launch pad

Aerial view of the rocket booster-mounted Columbia space shuttle orbit...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Release... More

A member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div., operates a hoist for loading Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods into a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) during a live fire exercise

A member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div., operates ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Kalmanson Release Status: Released to Public C... More

A video display screen at the missile launch commander's position in the Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) training simulator operated by the 868th Tactical Missile Training Squadron (TMTS). Commands are initiated by fingertip contact in the appropriate blocks on the screen

A video display screen at the missile launch commander's position in t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rob Marshall Release Status... More

A view of the space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters, resting on the launch mount next to the access tower at Space Launch Complex Six. The mobile service tower is in the background

A view of the space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external fuel tank...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT. James Pearson Release Stat... More

The space shuttle Enterprise passes through a hillside that has been cut to clear its wingspan. The orbiter is en route to Space Launch Complex Six aboard its specially-designed 76-wheel transporter

The space shuttle Enterprise passes through a hillside that has been c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: William W. Thompson Release Stat... More

The space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external tank and solid rocket boosters, rests on the launch mount at Space Launch Complex Six. On the far right is the mobile service tower and on the left are the payload preparation room, payload changeout room and the shuttle assembly building (marked USAF)

The space shuttle Enterprise, mated to an external tank and solid rock...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release St... More

SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SSGT) Bobby Boyd, loadmaster, directs the delivery of a Titan IV launch vehicle for its official acceptance and dedication by the Air Force.  The launch vehicle was built by Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace

SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SSGT) Bobby Boyd, loadmaster, directs the deli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee E. Schading, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

An Army rocket is fired from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher

An Army rocket is fired from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) la...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An Air Force Titan/IV IUS Launch Vehicle sits poised on Complex-41 ready to carry a classified Department of Defense Payload into orbit

An Air Force Titan/IV IUS Launch Vehicle sits poised on Complex-41 rea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rvits Still Image Laboratory Release Status: R... More

Bolted down and level the empty transporter/erector, at the Launch Facility, begins its slow extension to a vertical stance over the missile launcher's closed door

Bolted down and level the empty transporter/erector, at the Launch Fac...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Sr. AIRMAN John A. Turner, Jr. Releas... More

The Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2. The rocket is carrying the first 5 of 66 Iridium satellites that will make up the Iridium satellite constellation allowing people to communicate with anyone, anytime, anyplace on earth

The Delta II rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 2. The rocket ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Pam Taubman Release Status: ... More

STS051-24-016 - STS-051 - Launch and entry suits

STS051-24-016 - STS-051 - Launch and entry suits

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the STS-51 crew member's orange Launch and Entry Suits (LES) lined up in the middeck prior to landing. Subject Terms... More

Port bow view of the MSC (Military Sealift Command) strategic heavy lift ship USNS RED CLOUD (T-AKR 313) resting on the launch ways shortly before the ship's formal christening at the NASSCO (National Steel and Shipbuilding Company) Shipyard in San Diego, California

Port bow view of the MSC (Military Sealift Command) strategic heavy li...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

Working together to launch an F-14A Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 154 (VF-154) "Black Knights," from the flight deck of the USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) are: Lieutenant Commander (LCDR). John Berry, USN, Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG) Bo Y. Song, (far left) Chun-Buk, South Korea, and Aviation Boatswain (AB) Mate Launch and Recovery Equipment 2nd Class Rashid Kerns, USN. The KITTY HAWK class Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWKs current mission is to provide a forward presence in the Asia/Pacific region, conduct training and exercises with regional allies, and, as Americas "9-1-1" battle group, remain available to respond to emergent national tasking where needed

Working together to launch an F-14A Tomcat, Fighter Squadron 154 (VF-1...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Kitty Hawk Scene Camera Operator: PH3 John E. Woods, USN Release Status: Released to Public... More

A SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-19 rocket launched at Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-19 rocket launched at Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-19 rocket launched at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Dec. 5, 2019. The CRS-19 is the latest mission in the Commercial Resupply Services program which transports thousands of po... More

The Charge by Sodexo mobile app officially launched

The Charge by Sodexo mobile app officially launched

The Charge by Sodexo mobile app officially launched to users Aug. 24, 2020, and features geo-location or installation name and mess hall number to view local menus from specialty bars, caloric intake informatio... More

Photograph of a Rocket being Prepared for Launch on a Structure at the Wallops Island Launch Area in Virginia

Photograph of a Rocket being Prepared for Launch on a Structure at the...

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General (GEN) Alton D. Slay, commander, Air Force Systems Command, and his entourage tour Space Launch Complex 6 during a visit to the base. Behind them is the mobile service tower (MST)

General (GEN) Alton D. Slay, commander, Air Force Systems Command, and...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ssgt Gregory C. Merritt Release ... More

An aerial view of Space Launch Complex 39-A. A space shuttle orbiter and its booster rockets are in place on the pad

An aerial view of Space Launch Complex 39-A. A space shuttle orbiter a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

An air-to-air right side view of a Tomahawk Sea Launch Cruise Missile (SLCM) after being launched from a ground-based vertical launch module at the Pacific Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, Calif

An air-to-air right side view of a Tomahawk Sea Launch Cruise Missile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The launch of the space shuttle Columbia during the first space transportation system test mission

The launch of the space shuttle Columbia during the first space transp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Nasa Release Status: Released to Public ... More

The space shuttle Challenger lifts off from the Complex 39A launch pad

The space shuttle Challenger lifts off from the Complex 39A launch pad

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

A missile is fired from a Roland low-altitude surface-to-air missile system at Launch Complex 32

A missile is fired from a Roland low-altitude surface-to-air missile s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: James Cloyd Release Status:... More

High angle close-up view of Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch position on the Space Launch Complex (SLC) #6, commonly known as "SLICK 6", during the ready-to-launch checks to verify launch procedures. Exact Date Shot Unknown

High angle close-up view of Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch positio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James R. Pearson Release St... More

Two flight deck crewmen rush to retrieve a catapult bridle used in the launch of the T-2C Buckeye aircraft that has just left the flight deck of the Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship USS LEXINGTON (AVT 16) in the Gulf of Mexico

Two flight deck crewmen rush to retrieve a catapult bridle used in the...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Lexington (AVT 16) Scene Camera Operator: Jim Bryant Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile lifts off from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher at Launch Complex 33

An Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile lifts off from a Multi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele... More

An Air Force Atlas II Rocket sits poised on Launch CX-36A at CCAFS ready to launch a Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS-III) Spacecraft which is part of a larger constellation of military communications satellites

An Air Force Atlas II Rocket sits poised on Launch CX-36A at CCAFS rea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rvits Still Image Laboratory Release S... More

US Army (USA) Bravo Company, 3/13th Field Artillery Brigade, 42nd Division Artillery (DIVARTY) fires the M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) in Tikrit, Iraq (IRQ), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Bravo Company, 3/13th Field Artillery Brigade, 42nd Divi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Gul A. Alisan, USA Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

A US Navy flight deck crew member guides an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 154 into the catapult shuttle during a launch onboard the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74). The John C. Stennis Strike Group is currently underway conducting a Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of California.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 3rd Class Ron Reeves) (Released)

A US Navy flight deck crew member guides an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Scene Camera Operator: MC3 Ron Reeves, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, fire a Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions (MFOR) rocket from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher at Camp Pendleton, Calif., on June 1, 2007.  The HIMARS system consists of one launcher, two re-supply vehicles, two re-supply trailers and a basic load of nine pods (six rockets per pod) of MFOR rockets.  (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Seth Maggard) (Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Marines, Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Seth Maggard, USMC Release Status: Rel... More

Photograph of the Suit Technician Checking Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter's Spacesuit Prior to Aurora 7 Launch

Photograph of the Suit Technician Checking Astronaut M. Scott Carpente...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Project Mercury suit technician, Joe Schmitt, checks spacesuit prior to Lt. Cmdr. M. Scott Carpenters MA-7 spaceflight. Committee Papers

An Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle carrying the Pioneer Venus-2 space probe lifts off from the launch pad

An Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle carrying the Pioneer Venus-2 space pro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

Launch of a Titan II standard launch vehicle 5

Launch of a Titan II standard launch vehicle 5

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Afsc Release Status: Release... More

A ground-to-air view of an MGM-118A Peacekeeper international ballistic missile moments after lift-off from the launch canister. This is the first test launch of the Peacekeeper

A ground-to-air view of an MGM-118A Peacekeeper international ballisti...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released... More

A Thor-Delta launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Center Two West

A Thor-Delta launch vehicle lifts off from Space Launch Center Two Wes...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Forrest J. Hooker Release Status... More

An articulated hydraulically-operated crane is used to reload a Vertical Launch System (VLS) magazine. The crane, which can be used either dockside or at sea, loads the sealed missile canisters into individual VLS cells

An articulated hydraulically-operated crane is used to reload a Vertic...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nav Weapons Center, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel... More

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Command and Control Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, works in the battle staff compartment aboard an EC-135 Stratolifter "Looking Glass" aircraft during "Glory trip 143GB." Glory Trip 143GB is the first remote launch of a silo-housed Minuteman III missile by an aircraft based at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The missile will be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif

CAPT. Tom Neiss, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLORY TRIP 143GB Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT. Scott P. Stewart Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

STS051-24-017 - STS-051 - Launch and entry suits

STS051-24-017 - STS-051 - Launch and entry suits

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation showing the STS-51 crew member's orange Launch and Entry Suits (LES) lined up in the middeck prior to landing. Subject Terms... More

A view of a Titan 4B (Titan 404B s/n B-34 "Charlotte") shortly after liftoff from Launch Complex SLC4E at 21:21 GMT from Vandenberg AFB, CA. The Titan 4B placed in orbit an Improved CRYSTAL imaging satellite, belonging to the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), part of its fleet of Earth Imaging System (ESI) Satellites

A view of a Titan 4B (Titan 404B s/n B-34 "Charlotte") shortly after l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeanette Copeland, USAF Rele... More

US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space Wing (SW), uses the thermal imaging sight attached to his 5.56mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) to observe enemy movement during the Launch Facility (LF) Recapture portion of the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeanette Copeland, USAF Release ... More

US Navy flight deck crew members give the all clear signal during the launch of an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron 105 after its landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) during operations in the Atlantic Ocean. The Super Hornet is an all-weather, carrier-based fighter/ attack aircraft that provides USN Carrier Strike Group with increased range, endurance and ordnance-carrying capabilities.(U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Sheldon Rowley) (Released)

US Navy flight deck crew members give the all clear signal during the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Sheldon Rowley, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

Photograph of a Scientist Driving a Rocket Part to a Launch Pad at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia

Photograph of a Scientist Driving a Rocket Part to a Launch Pad at the...

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of NASA rocket launch, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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