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U.S.S. New York During Post Launch Sea Trials

U.S.S. New York During Post Launch Sea Trials

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

Miss Nancy Green, Rear Admiral T. Withers, and Miss Betty Russell at the Launch of the USS Parche

Miss Nancy Green, Rear Admiral T. Withers, and Miss Betty Russell at t...

Original caption: Miss Nancy Green, maid of honor, Rear Admiral T. Withers, U.S.N., Miss Betty Russell, sponsor, at launching of USS Parche launched at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. July 24, 1943. Correspondence ... More

Launch of the USS Sea Owl - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Launch of the USS Sea Owl - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photo...

Original caption: Launching of USS Sea Owl at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. May 7, 1944. Correspondence Concerning Ships

Former Governor John H. Bartlett and Governor Charles M. Dale, Both of New Hampshire, at the Launch of the USS Remora

Former Governor John H. Bartlett and Governor Charles M. Dale, Both of...

Original caption: Ex. Governor John H. Bartlett and Governor Charles M. Dale of New Hampshire at launching of USS Remora at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. July 12, 1945. Correspondence Concerning Ships

Photograph of a Rocket Part being Lifted onto the Launch Structure to be Prepared for Launch on at the Wallops Island Launch Area in Virginia

Photograph of a Rocket Part being Lifted onto the Launch Structure to ...

SCOUT (Solid Controlled Orbital Utility Test) Project Office Files Public domain photograph of the US industrial development, work of U.S. government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph of a Rocket in the Launch Structure at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Viriginia

Photograph of a Rocket in the Launch Structure at the Langley Research...

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

Mercury Redstone II mission - Launch pad photos

Mercury Redstone II mission - Launch pad photos

The original caption reads: Photos from the launch pad area taken prior to the Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) flight. A clock face is visible in the top left of the photo. Film type was 70mm ANSCO. Categories: La... More

Mercury Redstone II mission - Launch pad photos

Mercury Redstone II mission - Launch pad photos

The original caption reads: Photos from the launch pad area taken prior to the Mercury Redstone 2 (MR-2) flight. A clock face is visible in the top left of the photo. Film type was 70mm ANSCO. Categories: La... More

Mercury Atlas IV mission - Launch pad

Mercury Atlas IV mission - Launch pad

The original caption reads: View taken from the launch pad prior to the Mercury Atlas 4 (MA-4) mission. The flight number (MA-4) and a mag or frame number are visible at the top right and center of the photo. ... More

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

Photograph of Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter Putting on His Space S...

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

Photograph of Astronaut Scott Carpenter Suited Up and Ready for Aurora 7 Launch

Photograph of Astronaut Scott Carpenter Suited Up and Ready for Aurora...

Original caption: CAPE CANAVERAL - Astronaut Scott Carpenter suited up and ready for his spaceflight. He is seated in Hangar S after pre-flight physical examination. He was successfully launched from Cape Canav... 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

AS14-72-9923 - Apollo 14 - Apollo 14 Mission image - View of the Lunar Module(LM) after emerging from Third Stage (IVB) of the Saturn Launch Vehicle.

AS14-72-9923 - Apollo 14 - Apollo 14 Mission image - View of the Lunar...

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Lunar Module(LM) after emerging from Third Stage (IVB) of the Saturn Launch Vehicle. SIVB is in Background. Images were taken during Translunar... More

AS16-118-18886 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Distant view from the Translunar Coast of the SIVB (Third stage [IVB] of Saturn Launch vehicle) stage after Lunar Module (LM) ejection

AS16-118-18886 - Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 Mission image - Distant view fr...

The original database describes this as: Description: Distant view from the Translunar Coast (TLC) of the SIVB (Third stage [IVB] of Saturn Launch vehicle) stage after Lunar Module (LM) ejection. Original film... More

A Delta 144 launch vehicle carrying the NASA/European Space Agency International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE) 3 satellite lifts off from the launch pad

A Delta 144 launch vehicle carrying the NASA/European Space Agency Int...

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

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 aerial view of the Atlas NDS-5 spacecraft at Space Launch Complex Three, during a simulated launch

An aerial view of the Atlas NDS-5 spacecraft at Space Launch Complex T...

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

A west side view of the partially constructed receipt and storage building, a part of Space Launch Complex 6 (SLC-6)

A west side view of the partially constructed receipt and storage buil...

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: A1C P.A. Woods Release Status: R... 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 Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia on Launch Pad 39. The shuttle is undergoing preparations prior to its maiden flight

The Space Transportation System (STS) shuttle Columbia on Launch Pad 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

STS064-28-006 - STS-064 - Cdr. Richards getting into his Launch and Entry Suit

STS064-28-006 - STS-064 - Cdr. Richards getting into his Launch and En...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of Commander Richard Richards donning his Launch and Entry Suit (LES) on the Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck during STS-64.... More

STS064-28-027 - STS-064 - Pilot Hammond donning his Launch and Entry Suit

STS064-28-027 - STS-064 - Pilot Hammond donning his Launch and Entry S...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Photographic documentation of Pilot Blaine Hammond donning his Launch and Entry Suit (LES) on the Space Shuttle Discovery's middeck during STS-64. Subj... More

S07-18-763 - STS-007 - View of the launch of the Telesat-F satellite from payload bay

S07-18-763 - STS-007 - View of the launch of the Telesat-F satellite f...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the sequence of events during the launch of the Canadian Telesat-F communications satellite from the Challenger's payload bay. View is of openin... More

Miriam Groves Landry, left, sponsor's proxy; John Sullivan, president of Bath Iron works; and Susan Groves Mills, matron of honor, stand with their backs to the Oliver Hazard Perry class guided missile frigate USS STEPHEN W. GROVES (FFG 29). The GROVES has just slid down the ways at the conclusion of the launch ceremony

Miriam Groves Landry, left, sponsor's proxy; John Sullivan, president ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bath Iron Works Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

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

A BQM-34S Firebee I remotely piloted vehicle is postioned on a launch platform

A BQM-34S Firebee I remotely piloted vehicle is postioned on a launch ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wallace Air Station, Poro Point Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 David C. Maclean Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BUFFALO (SSN-715) during the launch ceremony

Port bow view of the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS BUFFALO (SSN...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Carlos Drake Release Status: Released to Pu... More

A view of the launch of the Delta 162 carrying WESTAR V, the fifth in a series of Western Union communications satellites

A view of the launch of the Delta 162 carrying WESTAR V, the fifth in ...

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

Artist's concept of Space Shuttle Launch Complex. Vandenberg Air force Base, California

Artist's concept of Space Shuttle Launch Complex. Vandenberg Air force...

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

A view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN 729) during the launch ceremony. Behind it, under construction, is the USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN 730)

A view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS GEORGIA ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ph2 Dana Babin Release Statu... More

An Aegis Teckeval missile is launched from a Vertical Launch System (VLS) aboard the guided missile ship USS NORTON SOUND (AVM-1) near the Pacific Missile Test Center (PMTC), Point Mugu, Calif

An Aegis Teckeval missile is launched from a Vertical Launch System (V...

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

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

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

Artwork: "Space Launch Series Titan III D" Artist: Lee Ann Geiger

Artwork: "Space Launch Series Titan III D" Artist: Lee Ann Geiger

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 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

An audiovisual technician films a member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div., as he loads Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods into a Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) prior to conducting a live fire exercise

An audiovisual technician films a member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Art...

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

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division, load Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods into a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) during 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

A member of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division, prepares to load Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods onto a Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) prior to conducting a live fire exercise

A member of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Divis...

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

A member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div., load Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods into a Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) prior to conducting a live fire exercise

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

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

Members of the 501st Tactical Missile Maintenance Squadron begin a series of checks on Ground Launch Cruise Missile equipment upon its arrival at the air base

Members of the 501st Tactical Missile Maintenance Squadron begin a ser...

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

Members of the 487th Tactical Missile Wing (TMW) raise the launch tubes of a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) launcher during a field training deployment

Members of the 487th Tactical Missile Wing (TMW) raise the launch tube...

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 left front view of a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) transporter/launcher heading for a field training deployment

A left front view of a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) transporter...

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 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

A technician works inside the Launch Control Facility Trainer as a simulated launch sequence takes place during Exercise GLOBAL SHIELD

A technician works inside the Launch Control Facility Trainer as a sim...

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

Naval Weapons Center. A series of four view as a Vertical Launch ASROC (VLA) missile is fired from its Vertical Launch System (VLS) during tests

Naval Weapons Center. A series of four view as a Vertical Launch ASROC...

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

An aerial view of Space Launch Complex No. 6

An aerial view of Space Launch Complex No. 6

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

51F-X-022 - STS-51F - ET Separation during the launch of 51F Challenger

51F-X-022 - 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

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

Night view of shelter, gantry and Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch position on the Space Launch Complex (SLC) #6, commonly known as "SLICK 6", photographed through the shelter building. Exact Date Shot Unknown

Night view of shelter, gantry and Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch p...

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

A nighttime view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Orbiter OV-101 Enterprise on the launch tower as it would appear prior to launch. The Enterprise is not equipped to be launched but is being used as a model at the newly constructed space shuttle launch facilities

A nighttime view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...

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 Statu... More

An overhead view of the space shuttle Enterprise moving toward the shuttle assembly building at Space Launch Complex Six aboard its specially-designed 76-wheel transporter

An overhead view of the space shuttle Enterprise moving toward the shu...

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

Overall 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

Overall view of Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch position on the Spa...

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: Walt Weible Release Status: Rele... More

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

View of Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch position on the Space Launc...

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: Walt Weible Release Status: Rele... More

51B-148-014 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of Challenger for STS-51B mission

51B-148-014 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Tank (ET) separation from orbiter Challenger taken by the umbilical well camera during the launch and beginning of the STS-51B miss... More

51B-148-057 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of Challenger for STS-51B mission

51B-148-057 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Tank (ET) separation from orbiter Challenger taken by the umbilical well camera during the launch and beginning of the STS-51B miss... More

51B-148-017 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of Challenger for STS-51B mission

51B-148-017 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Tank (ET) separation from orbiter Challenger taken by the umbilical well camera during the launch and beginning of the STS-51B miss... More

51B-148-030 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of Challenger for STS-51B mission

51B-148-030 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Tank (ET) separation from orbiter Challenger taken by the umbilical well camera during the launch and beginning of the STS-51B miss... More

51B-148-024 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of Challenger for STS-51B mission

51B-148-024 - STS-51B - View of the ET separation during the launch of...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the External Tank (ET) separation from orbiter Challenger taken by the umbilical well camera during the launch and beginning of the STS-51B miss... More

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is fired from a launch tube during a test at the Mercury Proving Grounds

An LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile is fired fr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mercury State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Garfield Jones Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

Sergeant (SGT) Richard Lyon, an Air Force SATCOM technician, performs maintenance on a tactical tele-typewriter in a launch control facility

Sergeant (SGT) Richard Lyon, an Air Force SATCOM technician, performs ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Whiteman Air Force Base State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob Fehringer, USAF Release Sta... More

A catapult officer gives the launch signal to the pilot of an A-6E Intruder aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67) during NATO Exercise DISPLAY DETERMINATION '86

A catapult officer gives the launch signal to the pilot of an A-6E Int...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DISPLAY DETERMINATION '86 Base: USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Don K... 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

A catapult safety observer signals for the launch of an S-3A Viking aircraft aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69)

A catapult safety observer signals for the launch of an S-3A Viking ai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A Scout launch vehicle is erected on a launch tower

A Scout launch vehicle is erected on a launch tower

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: A1C Michael D. Davenport Release... More

A Scout launch vehicle is erected on a launch tower

A Scout launch vehicle is erected on a launch tower

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: A1C Michael D. Davenport Release... More

The second stage of a Titan IV launch vehicle is offloaded from a C-5B Galaxy aircraft for an official acceptance and dedication ceremony.  The launch vehicle was built by Martin Marietta Denver Aerospace

The second stage of a Titan IV launch vehicle is offloaded from a C-5B...

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 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

A semiballistic missile is launched from a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launcher as the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) is tested during a night firing at Launch CompleX No. 33. (No. 6 in a series of 6 views.)

A semiballistic missile is launched from a multiple launch rocket syst...

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: Earl Heater Release Status:... More

Artwork: "Hot Launch - Titan II"- Artist: Charles P. Shealy

Artwork: "Hot Launch - Titan II"- Artist: Charles P. Shealy

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 catapult officer stays down low and holds the launch signal as an aircraft streaks by in a cloud of steam on the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). Reserve Carrier Air Wing 30 (CVWR-30) is aboard the INDEPENDENCE off the coast of southern California for carrier qualifications

The catapult officer stays down low and holds the launch signal as an ...

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

A close-up view of the forward poppet on the port side of the ways prior to the launch of the guided missile cruiser GETTYSBURG (CG-64) at Bath Iron Works shipyard

A close-up view of the forward poppet on the port side of the ways pri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bath Iron Works Corporation Release Status: Released to Pu... More

Retired Admiral Arleigh Burke, former chief of naval operations, waves from an open-topped car at the launch ceremony of the Aegis guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51)

Retired Admiral Arleigh Burke, former chief of naval operations, waves...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Thomas Witham Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A distinguished guest speaks at the launch ceremony of the Aegis guided missile destroyer USS ARLEIGH BURKE (DDG 51)

A distinguished guest speaks at the launch ceremony of the Aegis guide...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Thomas Witham Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

VADM John W. Nyquist, Assistant CHIEF of Naval Operations for surface warfare, speaks during the launch of the guided missile cruiser SHILOH (CG-67) at the Bath Iron Works Corp. shipyard

VADM John W. Nyquist, Assistant CHIEF of Naval Operations for surface ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bath Iron Works Corp. Release Status: Released to Public C... More

VADM Peter M. Hekman Jr., Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks during the launch of the guided missile cruiser SHILOH (CG-67) at the Bath Iron Works Corp. shipyard

VADM Peter M. Hekman Jr., Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, speaks...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Bath Iron Works Corp. Release Status: Released to Public C... More

CAPT. Mike Thomas, 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. Mike Thomas, a launch control officer with the 2nd Airborne Comm...

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

An aviation ordnancemen works on the launch rail at the end of the starboard wing of a Strike Fighter Squadron 303 (VFA-303) F/A-18A Hornet aircraft

An aviation ordnancemen works on the launch rail at the end of the sta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Lemoore State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Dave Fraker Release Status:... More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Ronnie Josey applauds, after watching the launch of the catapult officer's boots from the No.1 catapult aboard the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV-41) during the ship's final day at sea. Traditionally, a catapult officer's boots are launched at the end of his tour aboard and aircraft carrier. The MIDWAY will be decommissioned in the spring of 1992

Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Ronnie Josey applauds, after watch...

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

MSGT Dave Saucier, Loadmaster, 1275th Test & Evaluation Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA directs the loading of an 82nd Airborne Mobile Launch Rocket System (MLRS) onto the "Spirit of Charleston," the first C-17 Globemaster III delivered to the Air Force

MSGT Dave Saucier, Loadmaster, 1275th Test & Evaluation Squadron, Edwa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Releas... More

MSGT Dave Saucier, Loadmaster, 1275th Test & Evaluation Squadron, Edwards AFB, CA directs the loading of one 82nd Airborne Mobile Launch Rocket System (MLRS) onto the "Spirit of Chalreston." Another MLRS stands by to be loaded onto the first C-17 Globemaster III delivered to the Air Force

MSGT Dave Saucier, Loadmaster, 1275th Test & Evaluation Squadron, Edwa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ken Hackman Release Status: Releas... More

At the Launch Facility, the launcher's heavy blast door is rolled back, and SENIOR Airmen Lance Brock and Denver Galford, 341 MXS, attempt to put a metal barrier up along the exposed launcher opening. The airmen found that the post holes were too badly corroded to put the barrier into place, and had to improvise with yellow crime scene tape borrowed from security police at the site

At the Launch Facility, the launcher's heavy blast door is rolled back...

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

At the Launch Facility, cables are lowered down the launch tube to the head of the last remaining Air Force Minuteman II missile

At the Launch Facility, cables are lowered down the launch tube to the...

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

Brian Kelly, a fireman with the 90th CES, hangs head first down a launch tube to place a neck brace on a maintenance person who slipped and fell down the launch tube at U-1. During the confined space rescue exercise, firemen from the 90th CES lowered themselves down the launch tube by rope

Brian Kelly, a fireman with the 90th CES, hangs head first down a laun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More

During Fridays recapture exercise, SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Hartwell of the 90th MXS/PMT (right), and STAFF SGT. Kirk Aytch of 90th LGQ/QA wear their chemical masks and aim their shotguns. Perpetrators "shot" the security police members outside the launch facility. Security police wear a device that sounds off an alarm if they are shot and fall over. Once the alarm sounds the two maintenance personnel close the entrance to the launch tube and then call the missile alert facility to let them know there is a problem. The missile alert facility will then alert the security police and the SPs will respond. The exercise took place at Launch Facility-L4 which is located approximately two hours away...

During Fridays recapture exercise, SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Hartwell of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: During Fridays recapture exercise, Senior Airman Robert Hartwell of the 90th MXS/PMT (right), and Staff Sgt. Kirk Aytch of 90th... More

Inside the capsule the missile crew checks the Launch Facility status from small printouts. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems

Inside the capsule the missile crew checks the Launch Facility status ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Count... More

US Army SPECIALIST (SPC) Guerra and Private First Class (PFC) Sabree, A Battery, 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery, 11th ADA Brigade, prepare a four canister launcher, on an M-109 trailer, for an MIM-104 Patriot Missile Launch Drill at Base Camp McGregor Missile Range, Fort Bliss, Texas, during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 15 April 1997

US Army SPECIALIST (SPC) Guerra and Private First Class (PFC) Sabree, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Willi... More

Engaged in a Launch Facility recapture exercise, STAFF SGT. Marvin Robey, M-60 gunner, AIRMAN 1ST Class Ron Strong and other members of 10th Missile Squadron Security Police, take up positions around the captured launch facilities fence and access road, firing at the last surviving "bad guys" who are hiding inside the launch facility and tenaciously fighting back

Engaged in a Launch Facility recapture exercise, STAFF SGT. Marvin Rob...

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: SRA John A. Turner Jr. Release Status... More

Part of the back-up force that has just arrived by helicopter, M-60 gunner AIRMAN 1ST Class Ron Strong, SENIOR AIRMAN Wade Wilhonen, and SENIOR AIRMAN George Mayorhofer, all from the 10th Missile Squadron Security Police, lay low in the grass and quickly determine the battle lines. They were all participating in a Launch Facility (LF) recapture exercise with the 341st Missile Wing

Part of the back-up force that has just arrived by helicopter, M-60 gu...

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: SRA John A. Turner Jr. Release Status... More

SPECIALIST Scott Smith from 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery, Bravo Battery, pilots his M-270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) during a combined training excercise with Republic of Korea's 3rd ROK Corps at Kwo Suck Jong Training area

SPECIALIST Scott Smith from 6th Battalion, 37th Field Artillery, Bravo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kwo Suck Jong Training Area Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: 6TH BATTALION 37TH FIELD ARTILLE Scene Camera Operator: S... More

Stern view of the Arleigh Burke Block IIA Aegis Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS MCCAMPBELL (DDG 85) resting on the launch ways just prior to the ships official christening at the Bath Iron Works Shipyard on the Kennebec River

Stern view of the Arleigh Burke Block IIA Aegis Class Guided Missile D...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Co-Sponsors (left), Anne Sullivan de Leon and Dainne (Watkins) Branch smash bottles of Champagne against the bow of the USNS WATKINS (T-AKR-315) during the launch ceremony at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Shipyard in San Diego, California

Co-Sponsors (left), Anne Sullivan de Leon and Dainne (Watkins) Branch ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Darryl Welborne, USN Release Status: Release... More

US Navy Interior Communications Electrician Molly Seals observes operations on the flight deck of USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75) from the Pilot Landing Aid Television/Integrated Launch and recovery Television System (PLAT/ILARTS) Station where she operates the camera. The PLAT/ILARTS records flight deck operations which can be used to recreate aircraft accidents for investigations should an accident occur on the ship's flight deck. Truman and its battle group are participating in Exercise UNIFIED SPIRIT, a NATO led United Nations training exercise simulating peace keeping operations off the Atlantic coast

US Navy Interior Communications Electrician Molly Seals observes opera...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: UNIFIED SPIRIT Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Lawrence M. Shannon, USN Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space Wing (SW), armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifles, search and detain an intruder captured 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 US Air Force (USAF) Security Police (SP) assigned to the 341st Space Wing (SW), searches an intruder captured during the Launch Facility (LF) Recapture portion of the Nuclear Surety Inspection (NSI) Exercise, at Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB), Montana (MT)

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

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

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the launch of a new historic preservation initiative, Preserve America, emphasizing, through grants and awards, the development of federal, state, local partnerships to promote preservation of, and greater public use of, historic sites

First Lady Laura Bush speaking at Washington, D.C. announcement of the...

Photographs Documenting the Secretary's Activities, and Agency Officials, Events, Programs, and Managed Sites

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