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50 years ago, we tested the capabilities of our Moon landing spacecraft in Earth’s orbit. Commander James McDivitt,...
STS073-230-014 (20 October - 5 November 1995) --- Astronaut Kenneth D. Bowersox, STS-73 mission commander, uses a...
STS79-E-5300 (23 September 1996) --- Astronaut William F. Readdy (foreground), STS-79 commander, bids farewell to...
The Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules photographed through the window from the Lunar Module,"Spider",on the fifth day...
Aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn handed over command of the International Space...
AS17-162-24050 (7-19 Dec. 1972) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan appears to be relaxing in this candid photograph...
STS063-06-027 (3-11 Feb 1995) --- Seated at the commander's station on the Space Shuttle Discovery's flight deck,...
ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli sits on a couch where Archibald Henderson, the 5th Commandant of the Marine Corps passed...
U.S.S. Bennington comes alongside the floating Apollo spacecraft 017 Command Module during recovery operations in...
jsc2025e034100 (March 27, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and commander for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission Zena Cardman is...
S134-E-008751 (23 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, is pictured on the middeck of space...
STS79-E-5008 (17 September 1996) --- Astronaut William F. Readdy, mission commander, floats through tunnel into...
S65-63713 (19 Dec. 1965) --- Astronaut Frank Borman, Gemini-7 command pilot, is using the visual acuity device and a...
S106-E-5088 (11 September 2000) --- Astronaut Terrence W. Wilcutt, mission commander, on the flight deck of the...
Commander Jack Lousma examines Insect Flight Motion Study (Student Experiment) taped to the airlock on the aft...
S134-E-007766 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, is pictured on the middeck of space...
S134-E-007765 (20 May 2011) --- NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander, works on the middeck of space shuttle...
S70-35644 (17 April 1970) --- The Apollo 13 Command Module (CM) splashes down and its three main parachutes...
AS11-36-5365 (21 July 1969) --- A close-up view of the docking target on the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM)...
ISS038-E-068903 (9 March 2014) --- The new commander of the current crew on the International Space Station...
Aboard the International Space Station, Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko handed over command of the space station...
STS004-28-312 (27 June-4 July 1982) --- Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, STS-4 crew commander, prepares a meal in...
In-flight interview between the U.S. Navy's "At The Helm" and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy.
S116-E-05403 (11 Dec. 2006) --- Astronaut Mark L. Polansky, STS-116 commander, occupies the commander's station on...