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Photographed are models of early rocketry: The Atlas Mercury, Atlas Centaur, and Atlas Agena.
Juno II (AM-14) on the launch pad just prior to launch, March 3, 1959. The payload of AM-14 was Pioneer IV,...
Jupiter (AM-18), suborbital primate flight with Able and Baker as its payload, being ready for launch, May 28, 1959
A Titan booster launched the Gemini 8 spacecraft on March 16, 1966 from launch complex 19 Cape Kennedy, Florida. The...
Jules Verne published his first science fiction novel in 1865 called "From the Earth to the Moon." As shown here in...
Explorer 1 satellite. This photo was taken during the installation of Explorer-1, the first United States'...
The first known proposal for a marned-satellite appeared in a story by Edward Everett Hale entitled "The Brick...
Photographed is a model of early rocketry, the Atlas Mercury.
Installing Pioneer IV, payload for AM-14 (Juno II) onto the fourth stage on the cluster before a spin test, February...
Juno II was a part of America's effort to increase its capability to lift heavier satellites into orbit. One payload...
Less interested in the scientific fundamentals of rocketry, many writers of popular literature and science fiction...
Wernher von Braun and his team were responsible for the Jupiter-C hardware. The family of launch vehicles developed...
On December 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, named Wilbur and Orville Wright, were successful in flying an...
In this photograph, the lunar and planetary exploration satellite, Pioneer III, is being prepared for installation...
Installation of a Jupiter Missile in ABMA (Army Ballistic Missile Agency) West Test Stand, Jan. 16, 1957. Jupiter...
In this photograph from the fall of 1943, German technicians wire vehicles for mobile V-2 batteries in an abandoned...
This image is a cutaway illustration of the Explorer I satellite with callouts. The Explorer I satellite was...
Ever since humans first saw birds soar through the sky, they have wanted to fly. The ancient Greeks and Romans...
A squirrel monkey, Able, is being ready for placement into a capsule for a preflight test of Jupiter, AM-18 mission....
The ignition of Juno II (AM-19A). Juno II (AM-19) successfully placed a physics and astronomy satellite, Explorer...
On March 16, 1966, an Atlas booster launched an Agena Target Vehicle for the Gemini 8 mission. The flight crew for...
The modified Jupiter C (sometimes called Juno I), used to launch Explorer I, had minimum payload lifting...
Monkey Baker, payload of Jupiter (AM-18), poses on a model of the Jupiter vehicle, May 29, 1959
The capsule ready to be installed in the nose cone of Jupiter, AM-18, for pre-flight test, May 18, 1959. The capsule...