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Photographed on: 08 05 1958. -- Impact test conducted by Langley's Hydrodynamics Division. The Division conducted a...
S61-03645 (5 May 1961) --- Close-up of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, ingressing...
S61-02547 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, looks into the Freedom 7...
S62-06108 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Close-up view of Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) astronaut Walter Schirra Jr. being removed from...
S62-06144 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Wide angle view of Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) astronaut Walter Schirra Jr. being removed...
S62-06148 (3 Oct. 1962) --- Close-up view of Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) astronaut Walter Schirra being removed from his...
Scale model of Mercury capsule shape A, indicating the position of the astronaut.
Scale model of Mercury capsule shape A, indicating the position of the astronaut.
Scale model of Mercury capsule shape A, indicating the position of the astronaut.
Orion Capsule and Launch Abort System (LAS) installed in the NASA Glenn 8x6 Supersonic Wind Tunnel (SWT) for...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) researchers install a small-scale model of the capsule for...
S62-01004 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) mission, participates in...
Technicians inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building power on the Orion crew module for the...
The Orion space capsule is seen as it rolls down Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade honoring President...
The Orion space capsule is seen as it rolls down Pennsylvania Avenue during the inaugural parade honoring President...
The Expedition 10 crew is seen inside the Soyuz capsule in this view made by looking through the capsule window...
From left to right: Charles Donlan, deputy head, and Robert Gilruth, head of STG, look at a scale model of a Mercury...
The Apollo 11 mission, the first manned lunar mission, launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida via the...
S61-02888 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up and ready to climb into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft,...
S88-31380 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., strides across the deck of the U.S. Navy Carrier Champlain...
S61-03941 (26 April 1961) --- A mock-up of the Mercury space capsule is held suspended above the water aboard the...
The Orion parachute system enters another phase of its descent after an air launch from a C-17 aircraft on...
This animation illustrates the path the Stardust return capsule will follow once it enters Earth atmosphere.
This movie shows rehearsal of the initial processing of the sample return capsule when it is taken to a temporary...