Historic Nuclear Testing Images

Historical images depicting nuclear testing equipment and sites, showcasing technology related to underground testing and instrumentation.

ISS027-E-032089 (18 May 2011) --- This close-up view of the space shuttle Endeavours three main engines was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The station crew member used a digital still camera with an 800mm focal length, as the two spacecraft were approximately 600 feet (180 meters) apart.

NTS A871247 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12P MISSION CYBER MDS A&F BOXES MIKE BURKE (Project Engineer) NOV 9 87 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/9/1987 A&F BOX; A&F BOXES; BOXES; CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT BOX; INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; MDS A&F BOXES; MISSION CYBER; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; P-TUNNEL; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A780971 U12N DIABLO HAWK X-RAY FILM PLACEMENT F. DEAN (Project Engineer) JUL 31 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/31/1978 DEAN, F.; DIABLO HAWK; DIABLO HAWK TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; STATION #2; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY FILM PLACEMENT; X-RAYS; DIABLO HAWK-X-RAY FILM historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A801145 U12G HEATER RECOVERY DAVID R WAYMIRE JUN 28 80 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/28/1980 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; HEATER RECOVERY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; RECOVERING; TEST SITES; U12G; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WAYMIRE, DAVID R.; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; U12G HEATER RECOVERY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

S135-E-007101 (10 July 2011) --- This picture of Atlantis' payload bay, focusing on the docking mechanism, was photographed by one of four STS-135 crewmembers inside the crew cabin. The orbiter boom sensor system and a portion of the remote manipulator system's robot arm are visible in the frame, exposed during a busy third day in space for the astronauts. The photo was made shortly before the shuttle docked with the International Space Station.

NTS A88 922 09-30-88 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12N MISTY ECHO INSTALLED IMM GAGES VASQUEZ (Project Engineer) Publication Date: 9/30/1988 GAGES; INSTALLED IMM GAGES; METAL CONSTRUCTION (INTRICATE); METAL RODS & BEAMS; MISTY ECHO; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; NUTS & BOLTS; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12N; U12N MISTY ECHO; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A780974 U12N DIABLO HAWK X-RAY FILM PLACEMENT F. DEAN (Project Engineer) JUL 31 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/31/1978 DEAN, F.; DIABLO HAWK; DIABLO HAWK TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; STATION #2; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY FILM PLACEMENT; X-RAYS; DIABLO HAWK-X-RAY FILM historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

New renovated NASA Ames Research Center 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel view of test section with LB-435 model installed

ISS027-E-032089 (18 May 2011) --- This close-up view of the space shuttle Endeavours three main engines was provided by an Expedition 27 crew member during a survey of the approaching STS-134 vehicle prior to docking with the International Space Station. As part of the survey and part of every mission's activities, Endeavour performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). The station crew member used a digital still camera with an 800mm focal length, as the two spacecraft were approximately 600 feet (180 meters) apart.

A740100 GENERAL TEST EXPERIMENT ON RACK BROUILLARD (Project Engineer) JAN 8 74 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/8/1974 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RACKS; TEST RACKS; TEST SITES; EXPERIMENT ON RACK historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

New renovated NASA Ames Research Center 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel. View of test section with model LB-435 on RSS, showing lighting & viewing windows

A760483 U12N MIGHTY EPIC IMPACT FUSE AND CIRCUITS PALMER NELSON (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 6 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/6/1976 CIRCUITS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; IMPACT FUSE AND CIRCUITS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; LABELS; MARKED; MIGHTY EPIC; NELSON, PALMER; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; MIGHTY EPIC-IMPACT FUSE & CIRC historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

JSC2000-05368 (7 June 2000) --- Astronaut William Shepherd, ISS Expedition One commander, rehearses an extravehicular activity (EVA) with a full scale training model of the Zvezda Service Module in the Hydrolab facility at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centerin Russia. SCUBA-equipped divers assistin the spacewalk rehearsal, which also included cosmonaut Yuri Gidzenko, Soyuz commander, who is out of frame here.

A870237 U12P MISSION CYBER GSAC SHENK (Project Engineer) FEB 13 87 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/13/1987 BROWN (COLOR); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); GAS SEAL AUXILIARY CLOSURE; GSAC; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MISSION CYBER; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; P-TUNNEL; PIPELINES; SHENK, DALE; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12P; U12P MISSION CYBER; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

ISS028-E-015465 (10 July 2011) --- This is one of a series of images showing various parts of the space shuttle Atlantis in Earth orbit as photographed by one of three crew members -- half the station crew -- who were equipped with still cameras for this purpose on the International Space Station as the shuttle posed” for photos and visual surveys and performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). Seen at the rear of the cargo bay is the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module, packed with supplies and spare parts for the orbiting outpost. A 400 millimeter lens was used to capture this particular series of images.

S134-E-009652 (27 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Michael Fincke participates in the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 24-minute spacewalk, Fincke and astronaut Greg Chamitoff (out of frame), both STS-134 mission specialists, completed the primary objectives for the spacewalk, including stowing the 50-foot-long boom and adding a power and data grapple fixture to make it the Enhanced International Space Station Boom Assembly, available to extend the reach of the space station's robotic arm.

A89925 U12P DISKO ELM GAS SAMPLER ARMING RAY PEABODY (Project Engineer) AUG 24 89 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/10/1989 DISKO ELM; DISKO ELM TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); GAS SAMPLER ARMING; GAS SAMPLERS; GAS SAMPLERS IN PIPE; INSTALLED GAS SAMPLERS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; P-TUNNEL; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; DISKO ELM-GAS SAMPLERS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

S135-E-009330 (18 July 2011) --- As seen through one of the windows on the International Space Station's Cupola, this is a view of the space shuttle Atlantis and its Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module during the final day of being docked with the International Space Station.

A781294 U12N DIABLO HAWK SCATTER ALCOVE J. ALLEN (PROJECT ENGINEER) SEP 6 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/6/1978 ALLEN, J.M.; DIABLO HAWK; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SCATTER X-RAY FILM; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; U12N DIABLO SCATTER ALCOVE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

ISS013E47320 (06 July 2006) -- View of the Orbiter Discovery topside of the forward (FWD) flight deck as imaged during the mapping sequence performed by Expedition 13 NASA Space Station crew during STS-121 R-Bar Pitch Maneuver on Flight Day 3. This image was taken with the 800mm lens prior to rendezvous and docking operations.

ISS015-E-11320 (10 June 2007) --- This is one of a series of images, photographed with a digital still camera using an 800mm focal length, featuring the different areas of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it approached the International Space Station and performed a back-flip to accommodate close scrutiny by eyeballs and cameras. This image shows part of Atlantis' cabin and its docking system, which a short time later was involved in linking up with the orbital outpost. Distance from the station and shuttle at this time was approximately 600 feet.

Astronauts Tamara Jernigan (#1) and David Wolf (#2) are training in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at Marshall Space Flight center with an exercise for International Space Station Alpha. The NBS provided the weightless environment encountered in space needed for testing and the practices of Extravehicular Activities (EVA).

Descent module of the Mars-3 automatic interplanetary station

A model of Sputnik 1, the first human-made object in space. The Earth-orbiting artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. As part of Russia's contribution to the International Geophysical Year, it provided information on the upper atmosphere. Its signal lasted for 22 and it burned up in the Earth's atmosphere on delivered information Jan, 4, 1957.

ISS014-E-14451 (22 Feb. 2007) --- A close-up view of the Kurs antenna on the Progress vehicle docked to the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module was photographed during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) on Feb. 22, 2007. During the 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk, astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (out of frame), Expedition 14 commander and NASA space station science officer; and cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (out of frame), flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, were able to retract the stuck antenna which did not properly retract when the Progress docked to the station on Oct. 26, 2006. Moving the antenna was necessary to ensure it would not interfere with the undocking scheduled in April.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The fairing for Deep Space 1 nears the top of the Mobile Service Tower before being attached to the Boeing Delta 7326 rocket that will launch on Oct. 15, 1998. The first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program, Deep Space 1 is designed to validate 12 new technologies for scientific space missions of the next century. Onboard experiments include an ion propulsion engine and software that tracks celestial bodies so the spacecraft can make its own navigation decisions without the intervention of ground controllers. Deep Space 1 will complete most of its mission objectives within the first two months, but will also do a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid, 1992 KD, in July 1999

ISS009-E-05019 (29 April 2004) --- As seen through a window on the International Space Station (ISS), the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule departs from the Station carrying astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer; cosmonaut Alexander Y. Kaleri, flight engineer representing Russias Federal Space Agency; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andre Kuipers of the Netherlands. Undocking occurred at 3:52 p.m. (CDT) on April 29.

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NTS A871407 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12P MISSION CYBER PRE-ARMING AIR SAMPLER RAY PEABODY (Project Engineer) NOV 28 87 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/28/1987 AIR SAMPLERS; CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; MISSION CYBER; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; P-TUNNEL; PRE-ARMING AIR SAMPLER; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

ISS032-E-020856 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, moved the Strela-2 cargo boom from the Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya module to prepare Pirs for its eventual replacement with a new Russian multipurpose laboratory module. The two spacewalking cosmonauts also installed micrometeoroid debris shields on the exterior of the Zvezda service module and deployed a small science satellite.

A750330 U12E DINING CAR POST SHOT DAMAGE JOHN ALLEN (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 14 75 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/14/1975 ALLEN, JOHN; DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; DAMAGED; DINING CAR TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEUTRON WHEELS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; POST SHOT DAMAGE; POST SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS; ROPES BY USAGE; SHEETS (BEDDING); TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; DINING CAR-POST SHOT DAMAGE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

"RD-119" Liquid Rocket Engine the second stage engine of the Kosmos rocket.

C-141 KAO Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, FAR-IR Camera

The five STS-74 astronauts aboard the space shuttle Atlantis look out overhead windows on the aft flight deck toward their counterparts aboard the Mir Russian space station, with which they had just rendezvoused.

Though very close to the International Space Station, the majority of Discovery's underside is visible in this frame. The image was captured by one of the Expedition 13 crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the STS-121 Rotating Pitch Maneuver (RPM) survey prior to docking of the two spacecraft.

A91590 U12P DISTANT ZENITH BEAM DEFINATION EXPERIMENT ROD SHEAR (Project Engineer) SEP 10 91 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/10/1991 BEAM DEFINATION; BEAM DEFINATION EXPERIMENT; BEAM EXPERIMENT; DEFINATION; DISTANT ZENITH; DISTANT ZENITH TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; P-TUNNEL; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; DISTANT ZENITH-BEAM DEFINATION historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

This image of the deck of NASA's InSight lander - where the camera's rectangular calibration target can be seen in the middle - was taken by the Instrument Deployment Camera during the assembly, test and launch operations phase at Lockheed Martin Space, Denver. The Instrument Deployment Camera is attached to the spacecraft's robotic arm. For more on the calibration target see

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Inside the Astrotech payload processing facility near NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians line up the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, or RBSP, spacecraft A over an electromagnetic source in order to perform a magnetic swing test. The magnetic swing test is performed to characterize the magnetic signature of the spacecraft so that when it is taking measurements with its sensors in space scientists can subtract out background noise from the spacecraft itself. NASAs RBSP mission will help us understand the suns influence on Earth and near-Earth space by studying the Earths radiation belts on various scales of space and time. RBSP will begin its mission of exploration of Earths Van Allen radiation belts and the extremes of space weather after its launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Launch is targeted for Aug. 23.

ISS015-E-10043 (30 May 2007) --- Cosmonaut Oleg V. Kotov, Expedition 15 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA). Among other tasks, Kotov and cosmonaut Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (out of frame), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, retrieved the "Christmas tree" bundle of three packages of 17 protective debris panels for installation around the forward cone of the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station and to install the first set of those panels. The aluminum debris protection panels are designed to shield the module from micro-meteoroids.

Prior to its launch in April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) went through years of development and testing. The HST was the first of its kind and the scientific community could only imagine the fruits of their collective labors. However, prior to its launch, more practical procedures, such as astronaut training, had to be developed. As the HST was to remain in orbit for years, it became apparent that on-orbit maintenance routines would have to be developed. The best facility to develop these maintenance practices was at the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS) at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The NBS provided mock-ups of the HST (in sections), a Remote Manipulator System (RMS), and a shuttle's cargo bay pallet. This real life scenario provided scientists, engineers, and astronauts a practical environment to work out any problems with a plarned on-orbit maintenance mission. Pictured are two astronauts training at MSFC's NBS. One astronaut is using a foot restraint system a

A89453 U12P DISKO ELM FRONT-END EXP. MAIN BLOCK SCHWARZ (Project Engineer) MAY 4 89 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/4/1989 BLOCKS; DISKO ELM; DISKO ELM TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); FRONT-END EXP. MAIN BLOCK; FRONT-END EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MAIN BLOCK; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; P-TUNNEL; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DISKO ELM-FRONT END EXPERIMENT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Vintage Photograph. Hayden Planetarium display at New York City. Frame 2.

This close-up photograph taken at the Payload Interoperability Testbed at the University of Arizona, Tucson, shows the motorized rasp protruding from the bottom of the scoop on the engineering model of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's Robotic Arm.

Boeing LGM-30F Minuteman II. American silo-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the second generation of the Minuteman ICBM family (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile). Produced by Boeing, it was designed to attack ground targets with a range of 12,500 km. The missile had a length of 18.2 m. The Minuteman II development program began in October 1963, entering service in 1965 after several successful tests during 1964. It was equipped with a solid-fuel engine and a digital on-board computer. It incorporated an improved guidance system, which allowed the selection of multiple targets. After the Soviet Union's collapse in December 1991, the United States began retiring the Minuteman IIs. All missiles were rendered non-operational by 1995. Minuteman II missile silo at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Box Elder, South Dakota, United States.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The U.S. Lab, a component of the International Space Station, is moved to the vacuum chamber in the Operations and Checkout Building for testing. The 32,000-pound scientific research lab, named Destiny, is the first Space Station element to spend seven days in the renovated vacuum chamber for a leak test. Destiny is scheduled to be launched on Shuttle mission STS-98, the 5A assembly mission, targeted for Jan. 18, 2001. During the mission, the crew will install the Lab in the Space Station during a series of three space walks. The STS-98 mission will provide the Station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities. The U.S. Lab module continues a long tradition of microgravity materials research, first conducted by Skylab and later Shuttle and Spacelab missions. Destiny is expected to be a major feature in future research, providing facilities for biotechnology, fluid physics, combustion, and life sciences res

S85-26185 (24 Jan 1985) --- The Space Shuttle Discovery was photographed following engine ignition with a 35mm camera on the nearby service structure, as the vehicle headed for its third mission in Earth orbit. The five member STS-51C crew aboard consisted of astronauts Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, Loren J. Shriver, James F. Buchli and Ellison S. Onizuka of NASA; and Gary E. Payton of the USAF.

ISS016-E-032414 (12 March 2008) --- An underside view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour was provided by Expedition 16 crewmembers on the International Space Station (ISS). Before docking with the station, astronaut Dominic Gorie, STS-123 commander, flew the shuttle through a roll pitch maneuver or basically a backflip to allow the space station crew a good view of Endeavour's heat shield. Using digital still cameras equipped with both 400 and 800 millimeter lenses, the ISS crewmembers took a number of photos of the shuttle's thermal protection system and sent them down to teams on the ground for analysis. A 400 millimeter lens was used for this image.

View of STS Discovery

This image shows fine sand from Mars that was filtered by NASA's Curiosity rover as part of its first 'decontamination' exercise.

Bios-Primat Capsule was a complex technical device designed to accomodate monkeys during space flights by the Soviet Union

A781525 U12G PENETRATOR PRE-SHOT B. BENJAMIN (PROJECT ENGINEER) DEC 6 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 12/6/1978 BENJAMIN, BENJAMIN CODY; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PENETRATOR PRE-SHOT; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

New Mexico, Sunspot: National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Peak Richard B. Dunn Solar Telescope (b.1969) Technician (R)

Skylab's success proved that scientific experimentation in a low gravity environment was essential to scientific progress. A more permanent structure was needed to provide this space laboratory. President Ronald Reagan, on January 25, 1984, during his State of the Union address, claimed that the United States should exploit the new frontier of space, and directed NASA to build a permanent marned space station within a decade. The idea was that the space station would not only be used as a laboratory for the advancement of science and medicine, but would also provide a staging area for building a lunar base and manned expeditions to Mars and elsewhere in the solar system. President Reagan invited the international community to join with the United States in this endeavour. NASA and several countries moved forward with this concept. By December 1985, the first phase of the space station was well underway with the design concept for the crew compartments and laboratories. Pictured are two

Vintage Photograph. Hayden Planetarium display at New York City. Frame 1.

ISS015-E-21344 (10 Aug. 2007) --- This is one of a series of images photographed with a digital still camera using an 800mm focal length featuring the different areas of the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it approached the International Space Station and performed a back-flip to accommodate close scrutiny by eyeballs and cameras. This image shows the nose cone of Endeavour and surrounding area. Distance between the station and shuttle at this time was approximately 600 feet.

Usa, California, Los Angeles, 'Telescope Detail, Griffith Park Observatory'

View of Installation with Pete Zell, Tom Aiken (In Cap) and Felton Smith and Richard McLimoil (In Shadow). Wright Flyer Replica Test-40-0047 40 x 80 ft. Wind Tunnel.

A771938 U12N DIABLO HAWK PRESSURE GAUGES CHARLES GULLICK JR.(Project Engineer) NOV 7 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 11/7/1977 DIABLO HAWK; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; GULICK, CHARLES; N-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PRESSURE GAUGES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

This photograph shows a rear view of a folded configuration of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) No. 2. The LRV was built to give Apollo astronauts a greater range of mobility during lunar exploration. It was an open-space and collapsible vehicle about 10 feet long with large mesh wheels, anterna, appendages, tool caddies, and camera. An LRV was used on each of the last three Apollo missions; Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. It was built by the Boeing Company under the direction of the Marshall Space Flight Center.

A89187 U12P DISKO ELM SLIFER INSTALLATION JOHN BROUILLARD (PROJECT ENGINEER) FEB 22 89 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/22/1989 DISKO ELM; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SLIFER INSTALLATION; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; U12P DISKO ELM SLIFER INSTALLA historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A870400 U12N MIDDLE NOTE STUBS & SSD'S ALLEN (Project Engineer) MAR 12 87 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/12/1987 ALLEN, JOHN; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; MIDDLE NOTE; N-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ORANGE (COLOR); STUBS & SSD'S; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; U12N; U12N MIDDLE NOTE; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Corrective propulsion system of automatic interplanetary stations, Venera-3, Venera-4, Venera-7. The multiple-engined propulsion system was used to correct the orbit of automatic interplanetary stations and to brake before entering the atmosphere of Venus from 1965 to 1970. Developed in the Design Bureau of Chemical Engineering. A.M. Isaev in 1963-1964

This image is a wide-angle view of the Orbital Workshop waste management compartment. The waste management facilities presented a unique challenge to spacecraft designers. In addition to collection of liquid and solid human wastes, there was a medical requirement to dry all solid human waste products and to return the residue to Earth for examination. Liquid human waste (urine) was frozen for return to Earth. Total quantities of each astronaut's liquid and solid wastes were precisely measured. Cabin air was drawn into the toilet, shown on the wall at right in this photograph, and over the waste products to generate a flow of the waste in the desired direction. The air was then filtered for odor control and antiseptic purposes prior to being discharged back into the cabin.

An astronaut participates in a session of extravehicular activity.

S117-E-07623 (15 June 2007) --- Astronauts Jim Reilly (on robot arm) and John "Danny' Olivas join up forces with their colleagues inside the shuttle and station and flight controllers in Houston to complete the delicate process of folding an older solar array so that it can be moved from its temporary location to its permanent home during a shuttle mission this fall. This was part of the 7-hour, 58-minute spacewalk by the two mission specialists, who successfully worked through a very busy agenda.

S131-E-005919 (5 April 2010) --- Space shuttle Discoverys external fuel tank (ET) is featured in this image photographed by the umbilical well camera aboard Discovery shortly after separating from the shuttle following launch.

Rotary Entry Vehicle model in NASA Ames Reseach Center 12ft Pressure Wind Tunnel

NTS A871000 SANDIA NATIONAL LABS U12P MISSION CYBER SCOPE SIMULATOR 2C-1 MIKE BURKE (Project Engineer) SEP 3 87 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/3/1987 CABLES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; MISSION CYBER; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; P-TUNNEL; SCOPE SIMULATOR 2C-1; SCOPE SIMULATORS; SIMULATORS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Pad 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Station, a solid rocket booster is raised to a vertical position for mating with the Delta II rocket carrying the Mars Polar Lander. The rocket will be used to launch the Mars Polar Lander on Jan. 3, 1999. The lander is a solar-powered spacecraft designed to touch down on the Martian surface near the northern-most boundary of the south pole in order to study the water cycle there. The lander also will help scientists learn more about climate change and current resources on Mars, studying such things as frost, dust, water vapor and condensates in the Martian atmosphere. It is the second spacecraft to be launched in a pair of Mars '98 missions. The first is the Mars Climate Orbiter, to be launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Complex 17A in December 1998

Testing of the Ascent Thrust Vector Control System in support of the Ares 1-X program at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This image is extracted from a high definition video file and is the highest resolution available

A831164 U12N MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR GAUGE INSTALLATION JOHN ALLEN (Project Engineer) AUG 10 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/10/1983 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); GAUGE INSTALLATION; GAUGES; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR; MIDNIGHT ZEPHYR TEST; N-TUNNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS (MISCELLANEOUS); TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; WIRES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

ISS040-E-008471 (9 June 2014) --- This close-up view shows the docking mechanism of the ISS Progress 53 resupply craft as it undocks from the International Space Stations Zvezda Service Module aft port at 9:29 a.m. (EDT) on June 9, 2014.

NASA's Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths (ASTHROS), seen in this illustration, is a high-altitude balloon mission for studying astrophysical phenomena. Scheduled to launch no earlier than December 2023 from the agency's Long Duration Balloon Camp near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, ASTHROS will aim to fly for 21 to 28 days at an altitude of about 130,000 feet (24.6 miles or 40 kilometers). At that altitude, ASTHROS can observe wavelengths of light blocked by Earth's atmosphere. When fully inflated, the 40 million-cubic-foot helium balloon will be about 400 feet (150 meters) wide, or roughly the size of a football stadium. The ASTHROS telescope features a lightweight 8.4-foot (2.5-meter) primary mirror to collect far-infrared light - one of the largest to ever fly on a high-altitude balloon mission. Balloon missions typically cost less than space missions and take less time to move from early planning to deploymen

iss014e14541 (2/22/2007) --- A view of the BTN-ME experiment, also called BTN-Neutron experiment, attached to the Zvezda Service module as seen by the Expedition 14 crew during Russian EVA 17A. The BTN-ME experiment builds a physical model for generation of charged and neutral particles during solar flares. It also develops a physical model of neutron albedo of the earth atmosphere with regard to helio- and geophysical environment, measurement point longitude and altitude effects, time of the day and lighting conditions, atmosphere conditions. Also it develops a physical model of neutron background in the vicinity of the ISS in different flight conditions, as well as recording space gamma bursts.

S93-30237 (5 Mar 1993) --- Wearing training versions of Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMU), astronauts Thomas D. Akers (red stripe) and Kathryn C. Thornton use the spacious pool of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F) to rehearse for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) servicing mission. They are working with part of a full-scale mockup of HST.

A760595 U12N MIGHTY EPIC SCATTER ALCOVE PALMER NELSON (PROJECT ENGINEER) MAY 10 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/10/1976 CABLES, COAXIAL; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MIGHTY EPIC; NELSON, PALMER; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SCATTER ALCOVE; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; MIGHTY EPIC-SCATTER ALCOVE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Launch Pad 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Station, workers maneuver part of the fairing (viewed from the inside) to encapsulate Deep Space 1. Targeted for launch aboard a Boeing Delta 7326 rocket on Oct. 25, Deep Space 1 is the first flight in NASA's New Millennium Program, and is designed to validate 12 new technologies for scientific space missions of the next century, including the engine. Propelled by the gas xenon, the engine is being flight-tested for future deep space and Earth-orbiting missions. Deceptively powerful, the ion drive emits only an eerie blue glow as ionized atoms of xenon are pushed out of the engine. While slow to pick up speed, over the long haul it can deliver 10 times as much thrust per pound of fuel as liquid or solid fuel rockets. Other onboard experiments include software that tracks celestial bodies so the spacecraft can make its own navigation decisions without the intervention of ground controllers. Deep Space 1 will complete

March 10, 2009 - Close-up image of the Expose-R experiment, reinstalled a short while earlier on the outside of the Russian segment of the International Space Station. The European experiment is equipped with three trays which contain a variety of biological samples.

101210-N-0000X-001 DAHLGREN, Va. (Dec. 10, 2010) High-speed camera image of the Office of Naval Research Electromagnetic Railgun located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, firing a world-record setting 33 mega-joule shot, breaking the previous record established Jan. 31, 2008. The railgun is a long-range, high-energy gun launch system that uses electricity rather than gunpowder or rocket motors to launch projectiles capable of striking a target at a range of more than 200 nautical miles with Mach 7 velocity. A future tactical railgun will hit targets at ranges almost 20 times farther than conventional surface ship combat systems.

This image from NASA's Curiosity rover shows the cover on an inlet that will receive powdered rock and soil samples for analysis. The image also shows sand and angular and rounded pebbles that were deposited on the rover deck when it landed.

A891146 U12P DISKO ELM AIR SCATTER EXPERIMENTS SCOTT RIPPLE (Project Engineer) SEP 10 89 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 9/10/1989 AIR SCATTER EXPERIMENTS; DISKO ELM; DISKO ELM TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL LEARNING; EXPERIMENTATION; EXPERIMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; P-TUNNEL; SCATTER EXPERIMENTS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPONS EFFECTS; WIRE & CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A760672 U12N MIGHTY EPIC SCATTER ALCOVE PALMER NELSON (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 29 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/29/1976 CABLES (NON ELECTRIC COMPANY); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MIGHTY EPIC; MIGHTY EPIC TEST; NELSON, PALMER; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; POST SHOT SCATTER ALCOVE; PRE-SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS; SCATTER ALCOVE; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; MIGHTY EPIC-SCATTER ALCOVE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Orion's launch abort system separates on its first flight test, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1), on December 5, 2014.

A750638 U12T HUSKY PUP STATION # 4 PLATES MCILMOYLE (PROJECT ENGINEER) OCT 15 75 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/15/1975 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; HUSKY PUP; HUSKY PUP TEST; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MCILMOYLE, J.; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PLATES; STATION # 4; STATION # 4 PLATES; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; HUSKY PUP-STATION #4 PLATES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

ISS028-E-015127 (10 July 2011) ---This is one of a series of images showing various parts of the space shuttle Atlantis in Earth orbit as photographed by one of the six crewmembers on the International Space Station as the shuttle posed” for photo and visual surveys and performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver (RPM). An 800 millimeter lens was used to capture this particular series of images.

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket with its NuSTAR spacecraft after attachment to the L-1011 carrier aircraft known as "Stargazer." The Pegasus will launch NuSTAR into space where the high-energy x-ray telescope will conduct a census for black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars.

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