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Aerial Photography of JSC. Overall view of JSC.
Helicopter view showing west area, south San Francisco Bay in background
S62-08046 (1961) --- Aerial view of the future site of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. NOTE: The...
ISS024-E-007521 (8 July 2010) --- In the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut...
ISS024-E-007527 (8 July 2010) --- In the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut...
ISS024-E-007525 (8 July 2010) --- In the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut...
ISS024-E-007526 (8 July 2010) --- In the International Space Station’s Zvezda Service Module, Russian cosmonaut...
S65-34673 (3-7 June 1965) --- This photograph shows the north end of the Gulf of California at the mouth of the...
Aerial view of the NASA hangar and a line-up of the NASA T-38 trainer aircraft used by the astronauts at Ellington...
Air to air views of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105, transported via the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), NASA...
One of NASA's F/A-18 Hornets on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California at dawn August 6,...
The F-18 simulator at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Simulators offer a safe and...
Aerial views of the STS-5 launch from T-38 chase aircraft Nov. 11, 1982. Shuttle Columbia can be seen as a small...
STS064-S-044 (9 Sept. 1994) --- Passing through some of the trailer clouds of an overcast sky which temporarily...
STS030-S-128 (8 May 1989) --- Space Shuttle Atlantis? landing gear has just appeared and the spacecraft, with five...
S90-47653 (7 Sept. 1990) --- This aerial photograph of NASA's Johnson Space Center includes the entire 1625-acre...
STS059-S-066 (9 April 1994) --- The liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour is backdropped against clouds at the...
STS030-S-126 (8 May 1989) --- The space shuttle Atlantis, as seen in a low angle view on its glide in from Earth...
STS030-S-123 (8 May 1989) --- The Space Shuttle Atlantis glides toward a landing on the Mojave Desert after spending...
STS030-S-124 (8 May 1989) --- Its landing gear fully deployed, Space Shuttle Atlantis is lined up for its approach...
An airborne view of a T-38 taken from the Atlantis (STS-36) while landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California...
An aerial view of the complete Johnson Space Center facility. Part of Clear Lake can be seen at the top of the view.
S26-S-026 (29 Sept. 1988) --- The STS-26 launch was captured on film from the NASA Shuttle Training Aircraft,...
41C-3029 (6 April 1984) --- The space shuttle Challenger and its five-member astronaut crew leave the launch pad at...