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51I-32-059 (27 August 1985) --- The American Satellite Company (ASC) communications satellite rises from the cargo...
In January 1958, a modified Redstone rocket lifted the first American satellite into orbit just 3 months after the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Explorer I, the first American satellite, is scheduled to be launched from Cape...
The crew assigned to the STS-51I mission included (front row left to right) Joe H. Engle, commander; and Richard O....
An artist concept of the Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason 2 Earth satellite. The Ocean Surface Topography...
This is a comparison illustration of the Redstone, Jupiter-C, and Mercury Redstone launch vehicles. The Redstone...
S91-50773 (19 Oct 1991) --- At a processing facility on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Defense Support...
STS044-S-001 (July 1991) --- Designed by the participating crew members, the STS-44 patch shows the space shuttle...
Forests are living, ever changing ecosystems, affected by aging, natural disasters and human interventions. Annual...
ISS017-E-021362 (22 Oct. 2008) --- Astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 flight engineer...
The STS-70 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle Discovery orbiting Earth in the vast blackness of space. The primary...
Explorer 1 atop a Jupiter-C in gantry. Jupiter-C carrying the first American satellite, Explorer 1, was successfully...
Jupiter-C Missile No. 27 assembly at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville,...
ISS017-E-021361 (22 Oct. 2008) --- Astronauts Greg Chamitoff (left), Michael Fincke, Expedition 18 flight engineer...
In 1983, NASA’s Guy Bluford broke barriers and made history as the first African American astronaut in space. Hear...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This orbiter tribute of space shuttle Challenger, or OV-099, hangs in Firing Room 4 of the...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This is a version of space shuttle Challenger's orbiter tribute, or OV-099, which hangs in...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- This is a printable version of space shuttle Challenger's orbiter tribute, or OV-099, which...
Launch of Jupiter-C/Explorer 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 31, 1958. After the Russian Sputnik 1 was...
STS070-S-001 (March 1995) --- Designed by the crew members, the STS-70 crew patch depicts the space shuttle...
Launch of Jupiter-C/Explorer 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 31, 1958. After the Russian Sputnik 1 was...
The STS-52 insignia, designed by the mission’s crew members, features a large gold star to symbolize the crew's...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, technicians in NASA’s AO Building on Cape...
Designed by the mission’s crew members, the STS-57 crew patch depicts the Space Shuttle Endeavour maneuvering to...