Historical Transportation Views

A collection of vintage images showcasing significant transportation scenes from the 1960s and 1970s, featuring bridges and delivery aircraft in varied atmospheric conditions.

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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 57 crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11 and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station.

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Fly Over - 26-HK-297-18. Hurricane Katrina

Car on the Dirt Road on the Foggy Day Car drives down a dirt road in Bulgaria on a foggy day in the fall Copyright: xZoonar.com/vicspacewalkerx 5514696

Cairo, Egypt Jan 26, 2025 A view of cars on the highway to Alexandria through the desert.

Vehicles in snowstorm driving on road SC AK winter scenic

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Discovery makes its way to the Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, in darkness at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Its move from the Vehicle Assembly Building got under way at 5 a.m. EDT.At the SLF, Discovery will be hoisted onto a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the aid of a mate-demate device. The SCA, a modified Boeing 747 jet airliner, is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17, after which the shuttle will be placed on permanent public display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.

Aerial view of a dark winter night where the golden glow of streetlights paints warm streaks on the snow-covered roads, Salla, Lappi, Finland.

Barge on the Grand Canal of Alsace in France Winter

Schooner anchored off coast in Brazil

The Soyuz MS-04 spacecraft is rolled out to the launch pad by train on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for April 20 and will carry Expedition 51 Soyuz Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Jack Fischer of NASA into orbit to begin their four and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Street lamps and a bench along a cobbled path under a stormy sky, Baltrum, ostfrielsand, north sea, germany

View of the Shuttle Landing Facility

A serene view of highway leading to Paithan in Maharashtra ; India

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - The sun rises over Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to reveal NASAs Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mated to Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket, making its way from Orbitals processing hangar to the “hot pad,” located on the ramp adjacent to the runway on. At the hot pad, the rocket will be attached beneath Orbitals L-1011 carrier aircraft.The duo will be flown from Vandenberg to the U.S. Army's Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The Pegasus and its NuSTAR payload will be launched June 13 from the carrier aircraft 117 nautical miles south of Kwajalein at latitude 6.75 degrees north of the equator. The high-energy X-ray telescope will conduct a census of black holes, map radioactive material in young supernovae remnants, and study the origins of cosmic rays and the extreme physics around collapsed stars.

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A convoy of trucks delivers solid rocket motors for a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Delta II is slated to launch NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2 spacecraft in July 2014.OCO-2 will collect precise global measurements of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere. Scientists will analyze this data to improve our understanding of the natural processes and human activities that regulate the abundance and distribution of this important atmospheric gas.

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Caterpillars treating the ski slope at night, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Verkehr auf der Seven-Mile-Brücke, Florida Keys, USA Traffic on Overseas Highway crossing Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Keys, USA LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/cxJeannettexTasx 23283269

Orbiter Atlantis arrival at SLF.

Harvesting by combines at sunset. Agricultural machinery in operation.. Harvesting by combines at sunset.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The convoy command and SCAPE vehicles are in position at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the event of a return-to-landing-site is needed after launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-127 mission. NASA managers postponed todays space shuttle launch because of lightning and thunderstorms within the 20-nautical-mile circle around the launch pad. The fifth launch attempt for the STS-127 mission was scrubbed at 6:39 p.m. EDT. The first two launch attempts on June 13 and June 17 were scrubbed when a hydrogen gas leak occurred during tanking due to a misaligned Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate. Mission managers also decided to delay tanking on July 11 for a launch attempt later in the day to allow engineers and safety personnel time to analyze data captured during lightning strikes near the pad on July 10. The fourth attempt on July 12 was scrubbed due to weather concerns as well.

Road crossing in the fog at night a street with a bright street lamps and a traffic light crossing at night and in the fog.

Severe Winter Driving Seward Hwy Southcentral AK

Cars in the fog. Bad winter weather and dangerous automobile traffic on the road. Light vehicles in fog.

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Overflight - Potter - Pilottown and North - 26-HK-211-93. 36.629N 089 52.902W; Grounded Barges. Hurricane Katrina

Panoramic view of car on road against sky, Kverkfjöll, Iceland

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Le Havre, or elsewhere. Series on the city of Le Havre celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Many festivities are organized even if the context is not very favorable because the port, gradually losing ground compared to its competitors in northern Europe, is likely to be gently stripped of the striped map. Le Havre, ou ailleurs. Série sur la ville du Havre qui fête ses 500 ans cette année. De nombreuses festivités sont organisées même si le contexte y est peu propice car le port, perdant peu à peu du terrain par rapport à ses concurrents du Nord de lEurope, risque dêtre doucement rayé de la rayé de la carte.

Orlunda (Motala) Långvågsstation, 1965.

View of Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia from the airport freeway.

STS135-S-184 (21 July 2011) --- Space shuttle Atlantis' three main engines glow a red hue in the spacecraft's tail end as it touches down on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time. Securing the space shuttle fleet's place in history, Atlantis marked the 26th nighttime landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program and the 78th landing at Kennedy. Main gear touchdown was at 5:57:00 a.m. (EDT) on July 21, 2011, followed by nose gear touchdown at 5:57:20 a.m., and wheelstop at 5:57:54 a.m. Onboard are NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists. On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station, STS-135 delivered more than 9,400 pounds of spare parts, equipment and supplies in the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module that will sustain station operations for the next year. STS-135 was the 33rd and final flight for Atlantis, which has spe

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Schoolbus on Foggy Morning

Aerial view of a highway cutting through a landscape of green fields and sparse buildings under a hazy sky, Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan.

The Soyuz rocket is seen as it approaches the launch pad by train, Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 60 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of Roscosmos, flight engineer Andrew Morgan of NASA, and flight engineer Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) are scheduled to launch aboard their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft at 12:28 p.m. Eastern time (9:28 p.m. Baikonur time) , on Saturday, July 20.

A Northrop NF-5B during the landing at the Twenthe airbase.

Military Aviat Kodiak Launch Facility AIT-2 atmospheric interceptor technology rocket liftoff

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, or SCA, with the space shuttle Endeavour mounted atop, flies over the Vehicle Assembly Building after takeoff for its ferry flight to California. A runway wind sock is in the foreground.The SCA, a modified 747 jetliner, will fly Endeavour to Los Angeles where it will be placed on public display at the California Science Center. This is the final ferry flight scheduled in the Space Shuttle Program era.

Germany, Hamburg, Port of Hamburg, Harbour crane and fog

Old abandoned vehicle in the autumn field at sunset Old abandoned and rusty vehicle in the autumn field at sunset Copyright: xZoonar.com/SvetlanaxFootex 14478913

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media representatives participate in a Now and Future Tour at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here, they make a stop at the Shuttle Landing Facility's midfield to learn about the potential for private companies and government agencies to use the runway for a diversity of launch systems, including orbital and suborbital flights. Other stops along the tour included Launch Pad 39B and Orbiter Processing Facility-2 (OPF-2). Pad B is being restructured for future use. Its new design will feature a "clean pad" for rockets to come with their own launcher, making it more versatile for a number of vehicles. OPF-2 is where shuttle Discovery is being prepared for future public display at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.

blurry view from the car on a road trip

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media surround Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to photograph space shuttle Atlantis after completing its historic final journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building. Atlantis was secured or "hard down," at its seaside launch pad at 3:29 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 1.The milestone move, known as "rollout," paves the way for the launch of the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station, targeted for July 8. STS-135 will be the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

Stop sign along rural road and farm, near Cadillac, Saskatchewan, Canada.

The sun rises behind the Soyuz launch pad as the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sept. 23, 2014. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for Sept. 26 and will carry Expedition 41 Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA, and Flight Engineer Elena Serova of Roscosmos into orbit to begin their five and a half month mission on the International Space Station.

Rotterdam harbour petrochemical industry at night with road in the Netherlands

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