Astronautics Collection

Astronaut on Moon with Earth

Space-Sputnik Ii-Laika
Picture from the Soviet daily Pravda dated 13 November 1957 of the dog Laika, the first living creature ever sent in space, onboard Sputnik II

Space-Sputnik Ii-Laika
Picture from the Soviet daily Pravda dated 13 November 1957 of the dog Laika, the first living creature ever sent in space, onboard Sputnik II

Space-Sputnik I
Picture of the worlds first artificial satellite Sputnik I, launched by the Soviet Union from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 04 October 1957. / AFP PHOTO / TASS / -

Russia-Us-Space-Tourist
The Russian Soyuz TMA-9 rocket carrying the worlds first female space tourist, Anoushen Ansari, US Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria

Soviet space-walk, artwork
Soviet space-walk. Computer artwork of a Soviet Union cosmonaut performing an extra-vehicular activity (EVA, spacewalk) in orbit over the Earth

Space-Sputnik I-Pravda
(FILES) Picture dated 06 October 1957 shows the frontpage of the Sovietic newspaper Pravda after the launch of worlds first satellite Sputnik I

Space-Us-Apollo 1
Picture dated January 1967 of the Apollo 1 spacecraft, in Cap Canaveral, Florida. The crew of Apollo 1 command module, in which Virgil I. Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B

Usa-Space-Apollo
Picture taken in August 1971 of US astronaut David Scott walking on the moon next to the lunar vehicle during the Apollo 15 lunar mission. / AFP PHOTO / STF

Space-Astronaut-Shepard
The crew of the aircraft carrier U.S.S Lake Champlain watches US astronaut Alan Shepards splash down in the Atlantic Ocean aboard the Mercury capsule on May 5, 1961

Us-Moon-Farside-lunar
This 1968 NASA file image shows a view of the far side of lunar surface as taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea

Spacewalk. Astronaut in a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) spacewalking above the Earth. MMUs are nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled propulsion units used by Nasa on three space shuttle missions in

Kazakhstan-Russia-Us-Canada-Space-Iss-Landing
The Soyuz MS-11 capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew of NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency

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Astropirate
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Hermann Noordung, c1920s. Creator: NASA
Hermann Noordung, c1920s. Hermann Potocnik (1892-1929), also known as Herman Noordung, was an engineer in the Austrian army

The Apollo 8 space vehicle on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center
December 17, 1968 - Ground-level view of the Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Full Moon; view above Earths horizon and airglow
A full moon is visible in this 24 February, 2005 view above Earths horizon and airglow, photographed by an Expedition 10 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS)

Us-Space-Apollo 13-Moon
A NASA picture shows a partial view of the Moon from inside the Apollo 13 lunar module in April 1970. The third Apollo manned mission to the Moon launched on April 11

Us-Space-Apollo 17 30th Anniv. Earth Image
This 07 December 1972 NASA file image obtained 06 December, 2002 shows a view of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew, Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Harrison H

Space-Sputnik II
Combo picture from a Soviet film, presented by the Soviet embassy in London, of the launching of Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, 03 November 1957

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Discovery-Hubble-Space Telescope
The Shuttle Discovery lifts off launch pad, on April 24, 1990, carrying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope. The giant spacecraft is being put in orbit to gather information about a large

Theodore von Karman at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, USA, 1950. Hungarian-born Von Karman came to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

High angle view of the Apollo 4 spacecraft on the launch pad
November 8, 1967 - High-angle view of Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, showing the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned

Artists concept of an Orion-drive battleship; Soviet style

High-angle view of the Apollo 8 spacecraft on the launch pad
December 17, 1968 - High-angle view of the Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida

American orbital weapons platform featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Phobos mission rocket releases spent propellant stage
Once the Phobos mission rocket acquires enough velocity to place it into a Mars-intercepting orbit it releases the empty propellant stage

Asteroid mining outpost
A massive manned mining outpost is built around a rocky near-Earth asteroid about 300 million miles from Earth. In the foreground are arrays of solar photovoltaic panels similar to those currently

SpaceX propels cargo to space station, lands rocket
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from space launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida with a Dragon CRS9 spacecraft on July 18, 2016

Us-Apollo Xi-Footprint
Apollo 11 commander Armstrongs right foot leaves a footprint in the lunar soil 20 July 1969 as he and Aldrin become the first men to set foot on the surface of the moon

Us-Space-Moon-Apollo Xi-Aldrin
(FILES) This photo taken 20 July 1969 of astronaut Edwin " Buzz" E. Aldrin Jr. lunar module pilot walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (ML)

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Retro-Siecle-Apollo XI
(FILES) Photo taken 20 july 1969 of a close-up view of an astronauts foot and foot print in the lunar soil, potographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Aopllo 11 lunar surface activity

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A picture taken on March 13, 1969 in the Ocean, east of the Bahamas, shows the astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L

Moon-Apollo Xi-Lunar Module
Technicians put the finishing touch to the Lunar Module of the Apollo XI American space mission 07 July 1969 in Houston. The module will give the possibility to astronauts to land on the Moon

Space-Moon-Lem-Apollo Xi-Aldrin-First Step
Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Buzz Aldrin is seen conducting experiments on the moons surface in a picture taken by Neil Armstrong after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module "

Space-Moon-Lem-Apollo Xi-Aldrin
US astronaut Buzz Aldrin climbs down the ladder from the lunar module " Eagle" 15 minutes after Neil Armstrong on July 21, 1969

Space-Moon-Apollo Xi-Aldrin
Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Buzz Aldrin is seen conducting experiments on the moons surface on a picture taken by Neil Armstrong after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module "

Us-Space-Moon-Apollo Xi-Spectators
This NASA handout picture taken on July 16, 1969, shows some of the thousands of people who camped out on beaches and roads adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center to watch the Apollo 11 mission Liftoff

Richard Nixon and vice-President Spiro Agnew with Apollo 11 Astronauts of the
U.S. President Richard Nixon (C) and vice-President Spiro Agnew (R) congratulate, 15 August 1969 in Los Angeles, U.S astronauts of the Apollo 11 lunar mission during which two of them

Apollo 17 lifts off from launch complex on December 07, 1972
The Apollo 17 space vehicle carrying US astronauts Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan and Ronald Evans lifts off from launch complex on December 07, 1972 at Kennedy space center

Us-Space-Apollo XIV
Apollo 14 rocket takes off from launch pad on January 31, 1971. The Apollo XIV mission, the third mission to land on the moon, was launched on January 31, 1971 and landed on the moon on February 5

Us-Moon-Mitchell-Apollo XIV
A picture taken on February 6, 1971 shows Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Apollo 14 lunar module pilot, moving across the lunar surface while looking over a traverse map during extravehicular activity

Astronautics-Launch-Satellite
File picture dated 1957, showing the launch of a Soviet satellite. / AFP PHOTO / DSK

Astronautics-Vostok 2-Titov
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Apollo-Space Capsule
The space command capsule of the first Apollo, 07 July 1968, build by the North American Rockwells Space Division for an orbiter stay during ten days with three men

Moon-Earth-Apollo Xi-1969
An Earth rise is seen on a NASA picture taken from the surface of the Moon during the Apollo XI Mission in July 1969. AFP PHOTO NASA / AFP PHOTO / Ann Ronan Picture Library / NASA

Us-Space-Apollo XII
The spacecraft contaning Apollo 12 astronauts Charles " Pete" Conrad, Jr. commander, Richard F. Gordon, command module pilot, and Alan L

Us-Space-Moon-Apollo XII
This 19 November 1969 file photo released by NASA shows one of the astronauts of the Apollo 12 space mission conducting experiment on the moons surface with a camera

Usa-Space-Apollo VI
A picture taken on February 6, 1968 at the Kennedy Space Center shows Apollo VI, the second and last unmanned space vehicule in the National Aeronautics

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A picture released on January 25, 1968 at the Kennedy Space Center shows the Lunar Module I for the Apollo VI program, the second and last unmanned space vehicule in the National Aeronautics

Hubble-Space Telescope
Picture taken on April 25, 1990 by the STS-31 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, showing the Hubble Space Telescope

Space-Satellite-Rocket
A Delta-2 rocket carrying a German communication satellite blasts off 12 October 1992. The satellite is named " Kopernikus" after the 16th century German-polish astronomer

Russia-Space-Mir-Monitor
Picture taken from the monitor of the Space Mission Control Center in the town of Korolyov, early 23 March 2000, shows one of the last images transmitted from Mir station on its last way down to

Mars base, artwork C018 / 8567
Mars base. Artwork of a base (left) on Mars. A manned base on Mars could be constructed from prefabricated sections brought from Earth or from materials manufactured using resources found on Mars

Angara space-launch vehicle
Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center. Angara launch vehicle with Baikal non-expendable first-stage booster

Moon-Apollo Xi-Astronaut Suit
Picture dated 12 July 1969 showing the suit US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin will use to walk safely on the moon during the Apollo XI space mission. / AFP PHOTO

Space-Moon-Apollo Xi-Insignia
The Apollo 11 Mission insignia shows an eagle holding an olive branch in its claws as it lands on Moons surface with the Earth rising in the background

Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or lunar rover. American Apollo p
Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or lunar rover was a battery-powered four-wheeled rover used on the Moon in the last three missions of the American Apollo program, during 1971 and 1972. Deutches Museum

New Horizons spacecraft approaches dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon
NASAs New Horizons unmanned spacecraft approaches dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon. New Horizons has been en route to Pluto since its launch from Earth in 2006

A manned orbital maintenance platform docked with a manned reusable crew capsule
A manned orbital maintenance platform (OMP) docked with a manned reusable crew capsule (RCC) in low Earth orbit ignites an auxiliary liquid-propellant rocket booster in order to lift it to a far

A future generation space shuttle rendezvous with a lunar cycler
A future generation space shuttle prepares for a rendezvous with a lunar cycler for a seven-day journey to the moon

Space shuttle Atlantis and various components
July 18, 2011 - 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

A Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft in low Earth orbit
A three-person manned Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft passes over the Black Sea at an orbital altitude of 200 miles

Illustration of a spacecraft and astronauts at a mining site on Saturns moon Titan
Illustration of a spacecraft and astronauts at a large-scale mining operation site on the surface of Saturns moon Titan. 100 years from now space exploration may have evolved to space exploitation

Chinese orbital weapons platform in Earth orbit
Chinese orbital weapons platform featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey, in Earth orbit

The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the Canadarm2
May 25, 2012 - With the blackness of space and clouds over Earth forming a backdrop, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm at the International Space

View of the space shuttle Discovery crew cabin
February 26, 2011 - View of the space shuttle Discovery crew cabin

Solar array panels on the Russian segment of the International Space Station
February 5, 2014 - Solar array panels on the Russian segment of the International Space Station and a blue and white part of Earth

A crescent moon shines through a monumental launch site
A crescent moon, destination for 27 brave explorers, shines through the launch site of humanitys first and only trips to another world

A manned Asteroid Lander approaches the desolate surface of an asteroid in preparation for landing. Thrusts from reaction control units illuminates the dark side of the lander with a ghostly blue

A command module approaches an awaiting rocket in Earth orbit
An Orion class command module with a crew of three approaches an awaiting rocket in already in Earth orbit destined for Mars moon Phobos

Gondola and telescope operation
A 5, 200-pound balloon gondola hangs from a crane and moves toward the open doors of a building at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in Laurel, Maryland

Fish-eye lens view of a portion of the International Space Station
May 27, 2011 - Fish-eye lens view of a portion of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavour

The Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle docks to the International Space Station
February 24, 2011 - Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earths horizon, the Johannes Kepler Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-2)

The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft in the grasp of the Canadarm2
May 25, 2012 - With clouds and land forming a backdrop, the SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the Canadarm2 robotic arm at the International Space Station. Expedition

Artists concept of the James Webb Space Telescope
The shaded side of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as it may appear later this decade when it is observing from the Eartha'Sun L2 point about 930 thousand miles from the Earth

A Phobos mission rocket ignites its chemical thrusters to propel it away from the Earth into a large solar orbit that will intercept Mars in approximately 7 months

Artists concept of the Dawn spacecraft entering orbit around Ceres
Artists concept of the Dawn spacecraft entering orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. In late November 2015 Dawn will descend to its closest orbit around Ceres at a distance of about 230 miles

Artists concept of a future lunar exploration mission
Lunar prospectors prepare a remote-controlled rover for exploring and drilling into the regolith in search of exploitable resources

The International Space Station and docked space shuttle Endeavour
May 23, 2011 - The International Space Station and docked Space Shuttle Endeavour, backdropped by Earth and the blackness of space

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Astronautics, the captivating realm of space exploration, has witnessed remarkable milestones throughout history. From the groundbreaking launch of Sputnik II carrying Laika, the courageous canine astronaut, to the awe-inspiring image of an astronaut standing on the moon with Earth as a backdrop - these moments have forever etched themselves in our collective memory. The journey began with Sputnik I, a testament to human ingenuity and scientific prowess. As it pierced through Earth's atmosphere, it heralded a new era of possibilities and ignited fierce competition between Russia and the United States. The race for supremacy in space intensified when Sputnik II embarked on its mission with Laika onboard, capturing hearts worldwide. Amidst this rivalry emerged extraordinary feats like Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human to orbit our planet aboard Vostok This triumph was celebrated not only by Russia but also marked a significant milestone for all humankind. Spacewalks became another defining moment in astronautics as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside his spacecraft adorned in an artistic spacesuit. His daring act paved the way for future extravehicular activities that expanded our understanding of outer space. Meanwhile, across continents and oceans lay Apollo 1 tragedy - a somber reminder of the risks involved in pushing boundaries. Yet from this dark chapter arose resilience and determination as NASA continued their pursuit towards landing humans on lunar soil. As time progressed, Pravda unveiled secrets hidden within Sputnik I's walls – revealing astonishing discoveries that further fueled mankind's curiosity about what lies beyond our blue planet. Fast forward to present times; we witness breathtaking images captured by rovers exploring Mars' rugged terrain or glimpses into distant galaxies taken by powerful telescopes stationed above Earth's atmosphere. These advancements remind us that there is still so much left unexplored within our vast universe. Astronautics continues to evolve; private companies now join the ranks of space exploration, offering opportunities for space tourism.