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NASA image: Recovery of the Little Joe 5A spacecraft
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Mar 18, 1961

Recovery of the Little Joe 5A spacecraft

S61-01398 (18 March 1961) --- View of the recovery of the Little Joe-5A spacecraft which lifted off on March 18,...

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NASA image: Little Joe II and Boilerplate #6 liftoff at Wallops Island, Virginia
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Aug 28, 1963

Little Joe II and Boilerplate #6 liftoff at Wallops Island, Virginia

Little Joe II liftoff from the Apollo Little Joe II launch area #3 at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New...

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NASA image: LITTLE JOE 5B - SPACECRAFT #14 - CAPE
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Apr 28, 1961

LITTLE JOE 5B - SPACECRAFT #14 - CAPE

S61-01690 (28 April 1961) --- View of the launch of the Little Joe-5B spacecraft from Wallops Island on April 28,...

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NASA image: LITTLE JOE 5B - S/C #14
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Apr 23, 1961

LITTLE JOE 5B - S/C #14

S61-01663 (23 April 1961) --- View of the mating of Little Joe-5B launch vehicle with Mercury capsule #14. Photo...

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NASA image: LITTLE JOE II - LIFTOFF - WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (WSMR), NM
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Aug 28, 1963

LITTLE JOE II - LIFTOFF - WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (WSMR), NM

S63-15701 (28 August 1963) --- All seven motors of Little Joe II, ignited simultaneously at launch, with a total...

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NASA image: Little Joe drop test
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May 14, 1959

Little Joe drop test

Water drop and recovery from shore-based crane at Langley's back river.

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NASA image: Little Joe drop test
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May 14, 1959

Little Joe drop test

Water drop and recovery from shore-based crane at Langley's back river.

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NASA image: Little Joe drop test
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May 14, 1959

Little Joe drop test

Water drop and recovery from shore-based crane at Langley's back river.

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NASA image: LITTLE JOE 2 - LAUNCH VEHICLES - VA
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Apr 13, 1961

LITTLE JOE 2 - LAUNCH VEHICLES - VA

G61-00030 (4 Nov. 1959) --- Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article. The...

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NASA image: Drawing of proposed Pig Capsule Little Joe first shot
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Oct 22, 1963

Drawing of proposed Pig Capsule Little Joe first shot

S63-19319 (October 1963) --- Pen and ink drawing of a proposed arrangement for a Pig Capsule in Little Joe capsule...

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NASA image: Mating of Little Joe 5B vehicle with Mercury Capsule #14
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Apr 23, 1961

Mating of Little Joe 5B vehicle with Mercury Capsule #14

S61-01673 (23 April 1961) --- View of the mating of Little Joe-5B launch vehicle with Mercury capsule #14. Photo...

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NASA image: Launch of Little Joe I-B from Wallops Island
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Jan 21, 1960

Launch of Little Joe I-B from Wallops Island

B60-00364 (4 Nov. 1959) --- Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article. The...

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NASA image: RHESUS MONKEY - SAM - POSTFLIGHT - LITTLE JOE II (LJ-2) SPACECRAFT
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Oct 23, 1963

RHESUS MONKEY - SAM - POSTFLIGHT - LITTLE JOE II (LJ-2) SPACECRAFT

S63-19199 (4 Dec. 1959) --- Sam, the Rhesus monkey, and his handler after his ride in the Little Joe 2 (LJ-2)...

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NASA image: Rhesus Monkey - Miss Sam - Fiberglass Couch - Little Joe (LJ)-1B Flight - Prep
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Dec 4, 1959

Rhesus Monkey - Miss Sam - Fiberglass Couch - Little Joe (LJ)-1B Flight - Prep

B59-00828 (21 Jan. 1959) --- The test subject, a rhesus monkey named Miss Sam, is seen encased in a model of the...

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NASA image: Apollo Boilerplate 12- Liftoff
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Aug 28, 1963

Apollo Boilerplate 12- Liftoff

View of the liftoff of Little Joe II launch vehicle at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

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NASA image: ARTIST CONCEPT - BIG JOE
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Sep 1, 1963

ARTIST CONCEPT - BIG JOE

S63-19317 (October 1963) --- Pen and ink views of comparative arrangements of several capsules including the...

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NASA image: Joe Walker in pressure suit with X-1E
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Jan 27, 1958

Joe Walker in pressure suit with X-1E

Joe Walker in a pressure suit beside the X-1E at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards,California. The dice...

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NASA image: LITTLE JOE 5A - CAPSULE 14
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Jan 1, 1961

LITTLE JOE 5A - CAPSULE 14

S61-01372 (21 Feb. 1961) --- Launch of the unmanned Mercury-Atlas 2 (MA-2) vehicle for a suborbital test flight of...

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NASA image: Comet NEOWISE Over Rocket Park
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Jul 22, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Over Rocket Park

Comet NEOWISE passing over the Little Joe II rocket at NASA Johnson Space Center’s Rocket Park on July 22nd, 2020.

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NASA image: g60-02552
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Jan 18, 2007

g60-02552

G60-02552 (8 Nov. 1960) --- Little Joe-5 prelaunch fittings shot before flight from Wallops Island. The suborbital...

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NASA image: "Rocket Park" - exhibits
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Dec 20, 1979

"Rocket Park" - exhibits

Overall view at JSC lookin west from atop of Bldg. 1 showing rockets, parking lot and all threee stages of Saturn V....

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NASA image: Expedition 31 Soyuz TMA-04M Docking to ISS
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May 17, 2012

Expedition 31 Soyuz TMA-04M Docking to ISS

View from the balcony of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a little more than an hour before the...

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NASA image: Expedition 31 Soyuz TMA-04M Docking to ISS
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May 17, 2012

Expedition 31 Soyuz TMA-04M Docking to ISS

View from the balcony of the Russian Mission Control Center in Korolev, Russia a little more than an hour before the...

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NASA image: Expedition 31 Ready For Launch
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May 15, 2012

Expedition 31 Ready For Launch

The sun rises a little more than two and half hours before the Soyuz spacecraft with Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander...

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How many images does NASA have?+
NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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