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Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1961. Motiv av jordglob och planeten Venus, rymdkarta. "Rysk satellit på väg till planeten Venus 12 fabruari 1961".

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.F...

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1961. Motiv av jordglob och planeten Venus, rymdkarta. "Rysk satellit på väg till planeten Venus 12 fabruari 1961".

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1963. Motiv av jordglob, satelit och stiliserad rymdkarta. "Austronat Dag".

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.F...

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1963. Motiv av jordglob, satelit och stiliserad rymdkarta. "Austronat Dag".

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1961. Motiv av jordglob och rymdskepp. "Sputnik. Vostoks resa runt jorden 6 augusti 1961. Rymspiloten Major G. S. Titov i Vostok".

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.F...

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1961. Motiv av jordglob och rymdskepp. "Sputnik. Vostoks resa runt jorden 6 augusti 1961. Rymspiloten Major G. S. Tit... More

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1960. Motiv av Kremlin med Sovjetstjärnan. "Rymdskeppet Sputnik II över Moskwa och jorden med rymdhundarna Belka och Strelka som apssagerare 19-20 augusti 1960".

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.F...

Frimärke ur Gösta Bodmans filatelistiska motivsamling, påbörjad 1950.Frimärke från Ryssland, 1960. Motiv av Kremlin med Sovjetstjärnan. "Rymdskeppet Sputnik II över Moskwa och jorden med rymdhundarna Belka och ... More

TIROS, America's First Meteorological Satellite

TIROS, America's First Meteorological Satellite

It is hard to imagine the evening news without satellite imagery. But in 1960, space-based meteorology was in its formative stages, still to be proven. One of the earliest groups to transfer to the newly organi... More

Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC

Inflation Test of 135 Ft Satellite In Weeksville, NC

Description: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration 100-foot-diameter satellite, designed by the Space Vehicle Group of the NASA Langley Research Center and constructed by General Mills of Minneapoli... More

Photograph 2 of Astronaut Edward H. White II's Space Walk on Gemini IV

Photograph 2 of Astronaut Edward H. White II's Space Walk on Gemini IV

This item is a photograph of astronaut Edward H. White II's space walk (Extra Vehicular Activity) on Gemini IV. Source Files on Project Gemini

Nancy Roman, Space Poineer, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

Nancy Roman, Space Poineer, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

Description: (1962) Dr. Nancy Roman, one of the nations top scientists in the space program, is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO). ..Roman received her PhD in astronomy from the Univers... More

Saturn I - check of Pegasus meteoroid detection surfac

Saturn I - check of Pegasus meteoroid detection surfac

Fairchild technicians check out the extended Pegasus meteoroid detection surface. The Pegasus was developed by Fairchild Stratos Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland, for NASA through the Marshall Space Flight Cen... More

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-1 Shroud Test in Space Power Chambers

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-1 Shroud Test in Space Power Chamber...

Preparations for a shroud jettison test for the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory-1 (OAO-1) satellite in the Space Power Chambers facility at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Resea... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) in California. While the Delta II rocket is stacked on SLC-2, teams for NASA's Glory spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket are in launch preparation mode at Vandenberg's nearby Space Launch Complex 576-E.    Scheduled to launch in June, Aquarius' mission will be to provide monthly maps of global changes in sea surface salinity. By measuring ocean salinity from space, Aquarius will provide new insights into how the massive natural exchange of freshwater between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice influences ocean circulation, weather and climate. Also going up with the satellite are optical and thermal cameras, a microwave radiometer and the SAC-D spacecraft, which were developed with the help of institutions in Italy, France, Canada and Argentina. Photo credit: NASA/VAFB KSC-2011-1966

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center hoist the Saturn Lunar Module (LM) Adapter into position during assembly of the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module in Earth orbit. Also known as Apollo 5, the spacecraft was launched on the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle. Developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) as an interim vehicle in MSFC's "building block" approach to the Saturn rocket development, the Saturn IB utilized Saturn I technology to further develop and refine a larger booster and the Apollo spacecraft capabilities required for the manned lunar missions. n/a

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center hoist the Saturn Lunar Module (LM)...

Workmen at the Kennedy Space Center hoist the Saturn Lunar Module (LM) Adapter into position during assembly of the 204LM-1, an unmanned Apollo mission that tested the Apollo Lunar Module in Earth orbit. Also k... More

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) in California. While the Delta II rocket is stacked on SLC-2, teams for NASA's Glory spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket are in launch preparation mode at Vandenberg's nearby Space Launch Complex 576-E.        Scheduled to launch in June, Aquarius' mission will be to provide monthly maps of global changes in sea surface salinity. By measuring ocean salinity from space, Aquarius will provide new insights into how the massive natural exchange of freshwater between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice influences ocean circulation, weather and climate. Also going up with the satellite are optical and thermal cameras, a microwave radiometer and the SAC-D spacecraft, which were developed with the help of institutions in Italy, France, Canada and Argentina. Photo credit: NASA/VAFB KSC-2011-1969

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Technicians guide the first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Sp... More

Bernal Exterior. NASA public domain image colelction.

Bernal Exterior. NASA public domain image colelction.

Exterior view. Art work: Rick Guidice. ..Credit: NASA Ames Research Center.. NASA ID AC76-0965

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Launch Complex-2 (SLC-2) in California. While the Delta II rocket is stacked on SLC-2, teams for NASA's Glory spacecraft and Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket are in launch preparation mode at Vandenberg's nearby Space Launch Complex 576-E.      Scheduled to launch in June, Aquarius' mission will be to provide monthly maps of global changes in sea surface salinity. By measuring ocean salinity from space, Aquarius will provide new insights into how the massive natural exchange of freshwater between the ocean, atmosphere and sea ice influences ocean circulation, weather and climate. Also going up with the satellite are optical and thermal cameras, a microwave radiometer and the SAC-D spacecraft, which were developed with the help of institutions in Italy, France, Canada and Argentina. Photo credit: NASA/VAFB KSC-2011-1970

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II r...

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The first stage of the Delta II rocket that will carry NASA's Aquarius satellite into low Earth orbit is raised onto the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base's Space Laun... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

This illustration shows general characteristics of the Skylab with callouts of its major components. In an early effort to extend the use of Apollo for further applications, NASA established the Apollo Applicat... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

After the end of the Apollo missions, NASA's next adventure into space was the marned spaceflight of Skylab. Using an S-IVB stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle, Skylab was a two-story orbiting laboratory, one ... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

This image illustrates major areas of emphasis of the Skylab Program. In an early effort to extend the use of Apollo for further applications, NASA established the Apollo Applications Program (AAP) in August of... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) served as the first marned astronomical observatory in space. It was designed for solar research from Earth orbit aboard the Skylab. This image is a cutaway illustration of the ... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), one of four major components comprising Skylab, was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center. Power to operate the ATM's instruments and experiments was colle... More

Artist's concept of Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit

Artist's concept of Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit

S71-52192 (1971) --- An artist's concept of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth's orbit. The cutaway view shows astronaut activity in the Orbital Workshop (OWS). The Skylab cluster is composed of the OWS,... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was one of four major components comprising the Skylab. The ATM housed the first marned scientific telescopes in spa... More

Space Flower Antenna Application Technology Satellite (ATS)

Space Flower Antenna Application Technology Satellite (ATS)

(October 13, 1972) "Space Flower" was the first of the 9-meter (30-foot) diameter antennas for the Application Technology Satellites (ATS). The ATS program was initiated in 1966 to demonstrate the feasibility a... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

This artist's concept is a cutaway illustration of the Skylab with the Command/Service Module being docked to the Multiple Docking Adapter. In an early effort to extend the use of Apollo for further application... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center, was one of four major components comprising the Skylab. The ATM housed the first marned scientific telescopes in spa... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was one of four major components of Skylab (1973-1979) that were designed and developed at the Marshall Space Flight Center. In this picture, an ATM solar wing prototype is show... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and served as the primary scientific instrument unit aboard Skylab (1973-1979). The ATM consisted of eight scienti... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The final version of the Marshall Space Flight Center managed Skylab consisted of four primary parts. One component was the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) that housed the first marned scientific telescopes in spa... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM), one of four major components comprising Skylab, was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center. Power to operate the ATM's instruments and experiments was colle... More

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab. NASA Skylab space station

The Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA), designed and constructed under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center, was one of four principal sections comprising Skylab. The MDA provided the means by which th... More

Apollo Telescope Mount Spar Unit

Apollo Telescope Mount Spar Unit

The Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) was designed and developed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and served as the primary scientific instrument unit aboard Skylab (1973-1979). This photograph shows the spar uni... More

Skylab 3 Close-Up. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab 3 Close-Up. NASA Skylab space station

(July 28, 1973) A closeup view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background from the Skylab 3 Command/Service Module during station keeping maneuvers prior to docking. The Ilba Grande de... More

Skylab 3 Close-Up. NASA Skylab space station

Skylab 3 Close-Up. NASA Skylab space station

(July 28, 1973) A closeup view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background from the Skylab 3 Command/Service Module during station keeping maneuvers prior to docking. The Ilba Grande de... More

Skylab -- August 1973, NASA Space suits history

Skylab -- August 1973, NASA Space suits history

On a spacewalk, astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit. NASA Identifier: 257812main_SL3-115-01837_full

Deployment of "Parasol" solar shield

Deployment of "Parasol" solar shield

S73-26773 (26 May 1973) --- The deployment of the ?parasol? solar shield, a sunshade to help cool the overheated Orbital Workshop of the Skylab 1 space station cluster in Earth orbit, can be seen in the reprodu... More

Skylab 3,Skylab as the CM moves in for docking

Skylab 3,Skylab as the CM moves in for docking

SL3-114-1683 (28 July 1973) --- A close-up view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background from the Skylab 3 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during station-keeping maneuvers prior to... More

View of the Skylab space station cluster photographed against black sky

View of the Skylab space station cluster photographed against black sk...

A close-up view of the Skylab space station cluster photographed against a black sky background from the Skylab 3 command module during the "fly around" inspection prior to docking. Note the one solar array sys... More

SL3-115-01837. NASA Skylab space station

SL3-115-01837. NASA Skylab space station

SL3-115-1837 (August 1973) --- Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit. Garriott’s was a s... More

CENTAUR EQUIPMENT MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL TEST IN THE SPACE POWER CHAMBER SPC NO. 2

CENTAUR EQUIPMENT MODULE FOR STRUCTURAL TEST IN THE SPACE POWER CHAMBE...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 4/2/1975 Photographer: MARTIN BROWN Keywords: c1975_01200s 1975_01216.jpg Larsen Scan Location Building No: 7 Photographs Relating to Agency Activit... More

Artist: Rick Guidice Space Colonization - Bernal Sphere - The residential area  is in the central sphere. Farming regions are in the 'tires.' Mirrors reflect sunlight into the habitat and farms. The large flat panels radiate away extra heat into space, and panels of solar cells provide electricity. Factories and docks for spaceships are at either end of the long central tube. (NOTE: art printed in Book 'Space Colony - Frontier of the 21st Century by Franklyn M. Branley) ARC-1976-AC76-0965

Artist: Rick Guidice Space Colonization - Bernal Sphere - The resident...

Artist: Rick Guidice Space Colonization - Bernal Sphere - The residential area is in the central sphere. Farming regions are in the 'tires.' Mirrors reflect sunlight into the habitat and farms. The large flat ... More

High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)

High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)

Managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center and designed by TRW, the first High Energy Astronomy Observatory was launched August 12, 1977 aboard an Atlas Centaur rocket. HEAO-1, devoted to the study of X-rays i... More

OAST OFFICE OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY SPACE PROPULSION EXHIBIT

OAST OFFICE OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY SPACE PROPULSION EXHIB...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 2/8/1978 Keywords: c1978_00300s 1978_00391.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

OAST OFFICE OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY SPACE PROPULSION EXHIBIT

OAST OFFICE OF AERONAUTICS AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY SPACE PROPULSION EXHIB...

The original finding aid described this as: Capture Date: 2/8/1978 Keywords: c1978_00300s 1978_00392.jpg Larsen Scan Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel

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

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

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base,  Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from Stanford University, hold one of the small gyroscopes used in the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  The GP-B towers behind them.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, Dr. Francis Everitt, principal investigator, and Brad Parkinson, co-principal investigator, both from St... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with two solar array panels installed.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with two solar array panels installed. Installing each array is a... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a worker checks the installation of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, a worker checks the installation of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing ... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with all four solar array panels installed.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Gravity Probe B spacecraft is seen with all four solar array panels installed. Installing each array... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility o...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - In the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base, workers prepare to attach the top of a solar array panel onto the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day pro... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. -  Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fa...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base attach a solar array panel on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each array is a 3-day pr... More

Space Station. NASA public domain image colelction.

Space Station. NASA public domain image colelction.

In the late 1970s, NASA, the Marshall Space Flight Center, and its contractors began focusing on designs for Shuttle-tended space platforms capable of extended periods in space and utilizing a variety of tempor... More

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base work on a solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft.  Installing each array is a 3-day process and includes a functional deployment test.  The Gravity Probe B mission is a relativity experiment developed by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, Stanford University and Lockheed Martin.  The spacecraft will test two extraordinary predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity that he advanced in 1916: the geodetic effect (how space and time are warped by the presence of the Earth) and frame dragging (how Earth’s rotation drags space and time around with it).  Gravity Probe B consists of four sophisticated gyroscopes that will provide an almost perfect space-time reference system.  The mission will look in a precision manner for tiny changes in the direction of spin.

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing fac...

VANDENBERG AFB, CALIF. - Workers in the NASA spacecraft processing facility on North Vandenberg Air Force Base work on a solar array panel to be installed on the Gravity Probe B spacecraft. Installing each arr... More

A magnetic satellite is taken into space by a Scout standard launch vehicle. This vehicle is launched by the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing Activities

A magnetic satellite is taken into space by a Scout standard launch ve...

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

STS079-322-016 - STS-079 - Mir Space Station

STS079-322-016 - STS-079 - Mir Space Station

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Mir Space Station taken by the STS-79 crew while orbiter Atlantis was docked to the station. View taken from shuttle window. Subject Terms:... More

STS091-353-006 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround

STS091-353-006 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station exter...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Kvant module. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) MIR SPACE STATION SURVEYS Cat... More

STS061-04-024 - STS-061 - HST is manuevered into the payload bay by the RMS arm

STS061-04-024 - STS-061 - HST is manuevered into the payload bay by th...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is manuevered into the payload bay by the STS-61 Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm. Views are against the... More

STS061-05-003 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-003 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

STS091-408-006 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-006 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Spektr module; damaged solar array and brace visible. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (... More

STS069-707-010 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-010 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying over the Earth's horizon. S... More

STS091-408-012 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-012 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Spektr module; damaged solar array and brace visible. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (... More

STS069-707-011 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-011 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying over the Earth's horizon. S... More

41D-37-059 - STS-41D - Syncom IV satellite in orbit after deployment

41D-37-059 - STS-41D - Syncom IV satellite in orbit after deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant photos depicting the Syncom IV satellite in Earth's orbit after being deployed from the payload bay of the shuttle Discovery by the STS-41D crew... More

STS069-707-002 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-002 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN attached to the end effector of the remote m... More

STS069-707-014 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-014 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying with the earth as a backgrou... More

STS069-707-001 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-001 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN attached to the end effector of the remote m... More

STS091-380-030 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-380-030 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station durin...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround. Priroda module exterior. Subject Terms: STS-91 MIR SPACE STATION SURVEYS MODULES Categories: M... More

STS116-301-027 - STS-116 - View of the ISS taken during undocking of STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery

STS116-301-027 - STS-116 - View of the ISS taken during undocking of S...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the ISS over an Earth limb taken during undocking of STS-116 Space Shuttle Discovery. Subject Terms: Discovery (Orbiter), STS-116 Categories: ... More

S111E5013 - STS-111 - View of the ISS against the blackness of space as photographed by an STS-111 UF-2 crewmember

S111E5013 - STS-111 - View of the ISS against the blackness of space a...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The International Space Station (ISS) as photographed against the blackness of space by a mission STS-111 UF-2 crewmember on approach for docking.\n\nDo... More

STS091-366-031 - STS-091 - Earth observations from the shuttle Discovery during STS-91 mission

STS091-366-031 - STS-091 - Earth observations from the shuttle Discove...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Earth observation views taken from the shuttle Discovery during STS-91 mission docked with the Mir Space Station. The Spektr module is in the foreground... More

STS091-380-002 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-380-002 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station durin...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround. Front side of Spektr solar panel (SP) #1 with the brace visible. Subject Terms: STS-91 MIR SPAC... More

41D-32-017 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in orbit over the Earth

41D-32-017 - STS-41D - Syncom IV-1 satellite in orbit over the Earth

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant views of the Syncom IV-1 satellite in orbit over the Earth after being launched from the Discovery's payload bay. Subject Terms: SPACE SHUTTLE ... More

STS091-408-036 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-036 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Base Block and Kvant. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) MIR SPACE STATION SURVE... More

STS091-380-026 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-380-026 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station durin...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir Space Station during flyaround. Soyuz spacecraft. Subject Terms: STS-91 MIR SPACE STATION SURVEYS MODULES Categories: Mir Stat... More

STS061-05-022 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-022 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

STS091-408-025 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-025 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Priroda SAR antenna. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) MIR SPACE STATION SURVEY... More

STS091-353-002 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround

STS091-353-002 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station exter...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Progress supply ship. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) MIR SPACE STATION SURV... More

STS061-05-018 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-018 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

STS069-707-016 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-016 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying with the earth as a backgrou... More

STS069-707-018 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-018 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying with the earth as a backgrou... More

STS069-707-007 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-007 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying over the Earth's horizon. S... More

STS091-353-005 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround

STS091-353-005 - STS-091 - Survey views of the Mir Space Station exter...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey views of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Kvant module. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) MIR SPACE STATION SURVEYS Cat... More

41D-37-058 - STS-41D - Syncom IV satellite in orbit after deployment

41D-37-058 - STS-41D - Syncom IV satellite in orbit after deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant photos depicting the Syncom IV satellite in Earth's orbit after being deployed from the payload bay of the shuttle Discovery by the STS-41D crew... More

STS091-377-021 - STS-091 - Documentation of Mir Space Station interior

STS091-377-021 - STS-091 - Documentation of Mir Space Station interior

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Documentation of Mir Space Station interior. Interior of Kvant module. TEF-2 (Thermo Electric Freezer). Subject Terms: STS-91 MIR SPACE STATION HARDWA... More

STS069-707-006 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

STS069-707-006 - STS-069 - View of SPARTAN 201 during STS-69 mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 satellite includes SPARTAN 201 free flying over the Earth's horizon. S... More

STS091-408-004 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-004 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Spektr module; damaged solar array and brace visible. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (... More

STS061-05-017 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-017 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

41D-37-060 - STS-41D - Syncom IV satellite in orbit after deployment

41D-37-060 - STS-41D - Syncom IV satellite in orbit after deployment

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Distant photos depicting the Syncom IV satellite in Earth's orbit after being deployed from the payload bay of the shuttle Discovery by the STS-41D crew... More

STS079-322-018 - STS-079 - Mir Space Station

STS079-322-018 - STS-079 - Mir Space Station

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Mir Space Station taken by the STS-79 crew while orbiter Atlantis was docked to the station. View taken from shuttle window. Subject Terms:... More

STS091-408-005 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-005 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Spektr module; damaged solar array and brace visible. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (... More

STS079-322-013 - STS-079 - Mir Space Station

STS079-322-013 - STS-079 - Mir Space Station

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Mir Space Station taken by the STS-79 crew while orbiter Atlantis was docked to the station. View taken from shuttle window. Subject Terms:... More

STS061-05-012 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-012 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

S125E007826 - STS-125 - View of HST taken during STS-125 Mission

S125E007826 - STS-125 - View of HST taken during STS-125 Mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: View of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) -V2 Solar Array Drive Mechanism (SADM) and Bays 9, 10, and 11on the Support Systems Module (SSM) Equipment Se... More

STS061-05-002 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-002 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

STS061-04-022 - STS-061 - HST is manuevered into the payload bay by the RMS arm

STS061-04-022 - STS-061 - HST is manuevered into the payload bay by th...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is manuevered into the payload bay by the STS-61 Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm. Views are against the... More

STS091-408-027 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during flyaround

STS091-408-027 - STS-091 - Survey view of the Mir Space Station during...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Survey view of the Mir Space Station exterior during flyaround. Base Block. Subject Terms: STS-91 DISCOVERY (ORBITER) MIR SPACE STATION SURVEYS MODULES... More

STS061-05-005 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

STS061-05-005 - STS-061 - HST in the Endeavour's payload bay

The original finding aid described this as: Description: The Hubble Space Telescope (side -V3) photographed in the Endeavour's payload bay against the darkness of space. Subject Terms: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,... More

S125E007829 - STS-125 - View of HST taken during STS-125 Mission

S125E007829 - STS-125 - View of HST taken during STS-125 Mission

The original finding aid described this as: Description: -V2 view of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) forward shell showing a scuff plate and the High Gain antennas. Photo taken during the STS-125 mission. ... More

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