Spacecraft Collection (page 4)

Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Creator: NASA
Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Pictured from the left are astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Vice President George Bush, and Ulf Merbold of West Germany

Roof Space Station Concept, 1984. Creator: NASA
Roof Space Station Concept, 1984. Johnson Space Center " roof" concept for a space station. The " roof" was covered with solar array cells

Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. Creator: NASA
Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. The Space Shuttle Challenger, mission 41-B, makes the first landing on the Kennedy Space Centers landing facility

STS-31 on approach, Edwards Air Force Base, USA, April 29, 1990. Creator: NASA
STS-31 on approach, Edwards Air Force Base, USA, April 29, 1990. Low angle view of the Space Shuttle Discovery as it approaches for landing on a concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base to complete

Model, Space Shuttle, Delta-Wing High Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of

Missile, Surface-to-Air, Lark, 1944. Creator: Convair
The Lark was an early U.S. Navy surface-to-air, liquid-propellant, rocket-propelled missile built by the Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corporation

Command and Service Modules, Apollo #105, ASTP Mockup, 1960s
This Block II Apollo Command and Service Module combination (CSM 105), manufactured by North American Rockwell, was originally used for vibration and acoustic tests

Capsule, Mercury, MA-6, 1962. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
In this historic capsule, John H. Glenn Jr. became the first American to orbit the Earth. Glenns flight was the third manned mission of Project Mercury

Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Apollo Lunar Module Descent Engine, 1966
This is a Descent Engine designed by Space Technology Laboratories as used on the Project Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (LM) to land on the Moon

Lunar Orbiter, Engineering Mock-up, 1960s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
Lunar Orbiter was the project that mapped the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings. A total of five Lunar Orbiters were flown to the Moon

Fuel Cell, Gemini, Cutaway, ca. 1965. Creator: General Electric Company
This fuel cell is a cutaway version of the electric-power generating device used on the two-astronaut Gemini spacecraft during ten missions in 1965-66

Model, Space Shuttle, Straight-Wing Low Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of

Paraglider Research Vehicle (Paresev) 1-A, Gemini, 1960s. Creator: NASA
From 1962 to 1964, NASA used the Paresev to develop the technology for landing the two-man Gemini capsule on land, instead of parachuting into the ocean, as had been done in Project Mercury

Lifting Body, M2-F3, 1960s. Creator: Northrop Norair
This M2-F3 lifting body was a heavyweight, wingless lifting body research craft of the 1960s. This F3 is the F2 re-built after a landing accident seriously damaged the M2-F2

Mercury Capsule, 1959. Creator: NASA
On September 9, 1959, NASA launched this unoccupied Mercury spacecraft from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a suborbital flight that lasted 13 minutes

Satellite, Pioneer I, Reconstructed Replica, 1963. Creator
This is a replica of a Pioneer satellite intended to orbit the moon. Pioneer 1 was launched on October 11, 1958, but the final velocity was insufficient to escape the earths gravity

Capsule, Mercury #15B, ca. 1963. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
This Mercury capsule, number 15B, is one of two left showing the complete one-man spacecraft in its orbital configuration

Cradle, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
This cradle secured Baker, a female squirrel monkey, in her biocapsule during the first flight to recover a primate from space

Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. Creator: Unknown
Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of the vehicles shape

Assembly, Cable Cutter, Skylab. Creator: A. B. Chance Company
When Skylab was launched in May 1973, one of the solar arrays ripped off during launch and the other became jammed under a metal strap

Lunar Lander, Surveyor, ca. 1966. Creator: Hughes Aircraft Co
An engineering model, S-10, used for thermal control tests. It was reconfigured to represent a flight model of Surveyor 3 or later, since it was the first to have a scoop and claw surface sampler

Capsule, Gemini VII, 1965. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell were launched into orbit aboard this spacecraft, Gemini VII, on December 4, 1965

Rocket Sled, Sonic Wind I, 1953-1954. Creator: Northrop Corporation
This is the Sonic Wind 1 rocket sled, which was powered by nine solid fuel rockets with 40, 000 pounds total thrust for five seconds. Air Force Lt. Col

Biocapsule, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
This biocapsule carried Able, a female rhesus monkey, during the first flight to recover a primate from space. On May 28, 1959

Satellite, Pioneer IV, 1959. Creator: Space Technology Laboratories
This object is a flight spare of the Pioneer IV spacecraft, which was launched March 3, 1959, on a Juno II launch vehicle

Rocket, Solid Fuel, Smokeless Powder, R. H. Goddard, 1918. Creator: Robert Goddard
This is a 1-inch solid fuel rocket built and tested by U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard during 1917-1918 for the U.S. Army for potential use as a weapon during World War I

Rocket, Liquid Fuel, Hoopskirt, R. H. Goddard, 1928. Creator: Robert Goddard
American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the Hoopskirt rocket on December 26, 1928, near Worcester, Massachusetts

Navigational Satellite, Transit 5-A, 1960s. Creator: Johns Hopkins University Applied
Beginning in the 1960s, the United States Navy began developing a communications and navigation satellite program to meet the needs of ships at sea and submarines

Aviator helmet belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Sierra Engineering Co
Aviator helmet belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Dr. Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew on the STS-7 shuttle mission in 1983

STS-7 Medallion owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Robbins Co
STS-7 Medallion owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1983. This numbered STS-7 Robbins medallion was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. STS-7 was historic for making Ride the first American woman in space

Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Unknown
Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Palapa is the name for a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunication company

National Air and Space Museum STS-7 Medal awarded to Sally Ride, 1980s. This medal was awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride by the Smithsonian National Air

Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. Creator: Unknown
Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system

Lunar Module #2, Apollo, ca. 1969. Creator: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back

Pioneer 10 / 11, reconstructed full-scale mock-up, 1972
For over 30 years, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent photographs and scientific information back to Earth. Launched March 2, 1972, it reached speeds of 52, 100 kilometers (32)

Model, Lunar Probe, Ranger. Creator: Unknown
Model, Lunar Probe, Ranger. This is a 1/24th scale model of Ranger 1 and 2, the spacecraft series that sought to gather knowledge about the Moon in the first yearsof the space age

Engineering model, Mariner 2, July 1, 1976 to present. Creator: NASA
On December 14, 1962, useful scientific information was radioed to Earth from the vicinity of another planet for the first time

Telescope Module, Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, 1990s. Creator: Johns Hopkins University
Original 36-inch reflecting telescope that flew on the Shuttle twice as part of the ASTRO mission. It employs a medium dispersion spectrometer at a modified prime focus

Communications Satellite, Echo 1, 1960. Creator: G. T. Schjeldahl Co
Launched in 1960, Echo 1 was designed to explore the new field of communications via space. Its design was remarkably simple: Essentially a large balloon, measuring 30 meters (100 feet) across

Lander, Mars, Viking, Proof Test Article, ca. 1964. Creator: Martin Marietta
This is the proof test article of the Viking Mars Lander. For exploration of Mars, Viking represented the culmination of a series of exploratory missions that had begun in 1964 with Mariner 4

Missile, Surface-to-Surface, Pershing-II, ca. 1983. Creator: Martin Marietta
The Pershing II was a mobile, intermediate-range ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Army at American bases in West Germany beginning in 1983. It was aimed at targets in the western Soviet Union

Model, Sensor, Large Format Camera, ca. 1984. Creator: Unknown
Model, Sensor, Large Format Camera, ca. 1984. The Large Format Camera (LFC) flew on a Space Shuttle mission in 1984, photographing large swaths of the Earths surface

Command Module, Skylab 4, 1973. Creator: North American Rockwell
This is the Skylab 4 Command Module, which served as the crew cabin for going to and from Skylab, the first U.S. space station

Rocket, Liquid Fuel, 4 May 1926, Goddard, 1926. Creator: Robert Goddard
This device is the oldest surviving liquid-propellant rocket in the world. It was designed and built by U.S. rocket experimenter Robert H. Goddard in Worcester, Massachusetts

Spacecraft, Mariner 10, Flight Spare, 1973. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
Mariner 10 was the seventh successful launch in the Mariner series and the first spacecraft to use the gravitational pull of one planet (Venus) to reach another (Mercury)

Missile, Cruise, Air-launched, AGM-86B, 1982. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
This is the AGM-86B, the second version of the U.S. Air Forces air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) and built by Boeing. Launched from B-52 bombers, the missile had a nuclear warhead

Lunar Roving Vehicle, Qualification Test Unit, 1970s. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was a battery powered " dune buggy" taken to the moon on Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17

Flight jacket belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Qual-Craft
Flight jacket belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Dr. Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew on the STS-7 shuttle mission in 1983

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"Exploring the Final Frontier: A Journey through Spacecraft" Skylab in orbit above Earth at the end of its mission, 1974. Creator: NASA Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn and its moon Titan. The Gemini 7 spacecraft in Earth orbit, capturing the beauty of our planet from above. Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, embarking on a new adventure. Witnessing history as Gemini V spacecraft is launched by a Titan II on August 21st. Four moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - enchant us with their celestial dance in 1979. Voyager 1 spacecraft boldly ventures into interstellar space, leaving our solar system behind. A lone Star Fighter pilot looks around the alien landscape after a crash landing – an explorer amidst unknown realms. Space shuttle Atlantis twin solid rocket boosters ignite to propel the spacecraft towards infinite possibilities. Space-Us-Apollo 1: Remembering those who bravely paved the way for future space exploration endeavors. Saturn V rocket launch depicted through captivating artwork – a symbol of mankind's ambition reaching for the stars. Immerse yourself in fantastic adventures with stunning Sci-Fi magazine covers featuring imaginative fantasy spacecraft. Embarking on these incredible journeys aboard various spacecraft has allowed humanity to push boundaries and expand our understanding of the universe we inhabit. From Skylab's final moments gracefully circling Earth to Cassini's mesmerizing encounters with Saturn and its moon Titan; from Gemini missions showcasing breathtaking views of our home planet to voyages beyond our solar system with Voyager 1 – each milestone represents humanity's insatiable curiosity and relentless pursuit of knowledge. Even amidst fictional landscapes like that witnessed by a lone Star Fighter pilot or illustrated on Sci-Fi magazine covers depicting fantasy spacecraft, we find inspiration to dream beyond the confines of our own world.