Space Exploration Footage

Vintage footage of rockets and space shuttles, highlighting preparation for launches and technological advancements in space missions.

1971 - NASA engineers work on the nose cone of the Apollo 14 spacecraft at night, as it is docked at the Kennedy Space Center.

S85-E-5044 (12 August 1997) --- View of the payload bay of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery looking toward the shuttle's vertical stabilizer with clouds in the background. Easily recognized is the Manipulator Flight Demonstration (MFD), which is sponsored by Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). MFD will evaluate the use of the Small Fine Arm (SFA) that is planned to be part of the future Japanese Experiment Module's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the International Space Station (ISS). The photograph was taken with the Electronic Still Camera (ESC).

A840227 U12T MIDAS MYTH EXPERIMENT RECOVERY IVARS GALS (Project Engineer) MAR 15 84EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/15/1984 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); EXPERIMENT RECOVERY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MIDAS MYTH; MIDAS MYTH TEST; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RECOVERY; T-TUNNEL; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; MIDAS MYTH-EXPERIMENT RECOVERY historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Alabama Huntsville United States may 1970 U S Space & Rocket Center in 70 s

A early prototype of the Lunar Module (LM) is photographed sitting on a simulated lunar surface at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center.

Anechoic chamber technician Robert Rhodes and electronics engineer Sam Osman (left to right) discuss a test microwave antenna. The antenna is in the Electronic Warfare Anechoic Chamber, part of the Avionics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command. Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (28 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

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