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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Among the many special NASA STS-83 launch guests who witnessed the liftoff of the...
AS17-140-21493 (13 Dec. 1972) --- The Apollo 17 Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is photographed near a large lunar...
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria signs the door of a hotel room at the Cosmonaut Hotel the morning of...
Expedition 16 backup Commander Michael Fincke, right, photographs Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight...
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria dons his Russian Sokol suit the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Monday, Sept. 18,...
AS17-134-20473 (13 Dec. 1972) --- Earth appears in the far distant background above the hi-gain antenna of the Lunar...
ISS036-E-000004 (13 May 2013) --- From inside the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-07M undocking was...
S98-E-5051 (9 February 2001) --- Astronaut William M. (Bill) Shepherd (left foreground), Expedition One commander,...
AS16-114-18421 (16-27 April 1972) --- This picture of the lunar surface was photographed by astronaut John W. Young...
AS14-64-9118 (6 Feb. 1971) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, photographed this overall view of a field...
AS16-107-17473 (22 April 1972) --- The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) appears to be parked in a deep lunar depression,...
AS11-40-5902 (20 July 1969) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon...
AS17-137-20910 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Earth (far distant background) is seen above a large lunar boulder (foreground)...
Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, right, having donned his Russian Sokol suit at the Baikonur...
STS102-322-003 (10 March 2001) --- The STS-102 crew members huddle on the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery...
S71-39357 (July 1971) --- A photographic replica of the plaque which the Apollo 15 astronauts will leave behind on...
AS11-36-5355 (17 July 1969) --- Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular...
ISS036-E-000002 (13 May 2013) --- From inside the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-07M undocking was...
ISS036-E-000003 (13 May 2013) --- From inside the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-07M undocking was...
S69-40945 (August 1969) --- This is a core tube sample under study and examination in the Manned Spacecraft Center?s...
AS15-92-12424 (31 July-2 Aug. 1971) --- Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, uses a scoop in making a...
AS14-66-9233 (5 Feb. 1971) --- Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 14 lunar landing...
At a 50th anniversary gala capping a year-long celebration of 50 years of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Air...
ISS039-E-020710 (13 May 2014) --- NASA astronaut Steve Swanson, Expedition 39 flight engineer about to become...