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Otto Lilienthal 1848-1896 flying the two surface glider in which he made sustained scientifically documented flights in the e...
Otto Lilienthal 1848-1896 flying the two surface glider in which he made sustained scientifically documented flights in the early 1890s. He died in a failed flight in 1896. LC-DIG-ppmsca-02545
National Flag of Wales flying above the Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales, Wales, United Kin...
National Flag of Wales flying above the Norman Keep, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe
USA, New York State, New York City, Manhattan, High angle view of an aircraft during its first flight, Hall PH-3 Long-Range F...
USA, New York State, New York City, Manhattan, High angle view of an aircraft during its first flight, Hall PH-3 Long-Range Flying Boat
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Dragon spacecraft complete...
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lift off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Dragon spacecraft completed two orbits, then splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX is the first commercial company to successfully return a spacecraft from orbit. Dec. 8, 2010.
The longest Space Shuttle flight in program history begins at 10:53:10 a.m. EDT with a flawless liftoff from Launch Pad 39B. ...
The longest Space Shuttle flight in program history begins at 10:53:10 a.m. EDT with a flawless liftoff from Launch Pad 39B. During the 14 day flight of STS-58, a seven member crew will study extensively the adaptation of the human body to the near-weightless environment of space.
NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft were launched in the 1977 and are still functioning, now 14 and 11.5 light-hours from the S...
NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft were launched in the 1977 and are still functioning, now 14 and 11.5 light-hours from the Sun. Each carries 12-inch gold plated copper disk of recorded sounds and images representing human cultures and life on Earth.
Aerial photograph of the Church of Transfiguration on the summit of mount Tavor in the Lower Galilee
The flight of Muhammad to Medina by A. C. Michael. from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920...
The flight of Muhammad to Medina by A. C. Michael. from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920.
Original Film Title: SUPERMAN, THE MOVIE. English Title: SUPERMAN, THE MOVIE. Film Director: RICHARD DONNER. Year: 1978. Star...
Original Film Title: SUPERMAN, THE MOVIE. English Title: SUPERMAN, THE MOVIE. Film Director: RICHARD DONNER. Year: 1978. Stars: CHRISTOPHER REEVE.
Skylab 3 Astronaut Allen Bean on the ergometer, breathing into the metabolic analyzer. The experiment obtained information on...
Skylab 3 Astronaut Allen Bean on the ergometer, breathing into the metabolic analyzer. The experiment obtained information on astronauts' physiological condition in zero gravity. July 28 to Sept. 25, 1973.
France, Seine Maritime, Ardouval, V1 site of Val Ygot, launching pad facing London with a flying bomb V1 aerial view
Aurora Adolfo de Carolis (1874-1928/Italian) Oil on canvas Gallery of Modern Art Piacenza, Italy
First test flight of a giant Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 4 mission at the Kennedy Space Center. Nov. 8, 1967.
Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot Edwin Aldrin during the lunar landing mission. July 20, 1969.
Detention of Louis XVI at Varennes while traveling abroad to seek help, in June 1791. Brought back to Paris swore allegiance ...
Detention of Louis XVI at Varennes while traveling abroad to seek help, in June 1791. Brought back to Paris swore allegiance to the Constitution, which recognized him as a monarch with limited powers. Engraving.
Orville Wright 1871-1948 in flight over treetops covering a distance of approximately 1 760 feet in 40 1/5 seconds at Huffman...
Orville Wright 1871-1948 in flight over treetops covering a distance of approximately 1 760 feet in 40 1/5 seconds at Huffman Prairie Dayton Ohio. November 16 1904. LC-DIG-ppprs-00616
The First Aerial Voyage Paris France 21 October 1783 From the book Wondeful Balloon Ascents or The Conquest of the Skies publ...
The First Aerial Voyage Paris France 21 October 1783 From the book Wondeful Balloon Ascents or The Conquest of the Skies published c 1870
Aerial photograph of the fortress of Belmont surrounded by the houses of the Ottoman village of Suba
Jesse Miller 1910- 972 Australian aviator was the first women to complete an England to Australia flight in 1927. She flew wi...
Jesse Miller 1910- 972 Australian aviator was the first women to complete an England to Australia flight in 1927. She flew with another pilot Captain William Lancaster. LC-USZ62-122212
Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright on the porch steps of their house in Dayton Ohio. 1909. LC-USZ62-65478
Space shuttle Atlantis re-entry flight path resembles a bean sprout against clouds and city lights. Photograph by the Expedit...
Space shuttle Atlantis re-entry flight path resembles a bean sprout against clouds and city lights. Photograph by the Expedition 28 crew in the International Space Station. May 23, 2011.
With the Comte de Lambert, at the controls of one of his biplanes, at a French aviation meeting - possibly at Pau Date: 1909
Apollo 11 Earth view from space. View of the western Pacific Ocean and Baja Mexico. July 17, 1969.
Flight into Egypt, by attributed Amadeo Giovanni Antonio, 1495 - 1500, 15th Century, marble. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Parma: Na...
Flight into Egypt, by attributed Amadeo Giovanni Antonio, 1495 - 1500, 15th Century, marble. Italy: Emilia Romagna: Parma: National Gallery of Art. Whole artwork. Flight escape Egypt donkey/ass Madonna Virgin Mary Jesus Child Joseph angels castle
Antonov_2 biplane, celebration of the 100th anniversary of the airfield, in Lueneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Balloon ascent outside the Palace of Versailles Paris 19th September 1783 From the book Wondeful Balloon Ascents or The Conqu...
Balloon ascent outside the Palace of Versailles Paris 19th September 1783 From the book Wondeful Balloon Ascents or The Conquest of the Skies published c 1870
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, sculpture of an eagle, West Potomac Park, Washington, DC, USA
Posters, 20th century. Jean Beraud (1849-1935), Illustration of an airplane flight, New York Herald, 1909.
Egypt, North Africa, New Kalabsha island, Ramses II Temple, Gerf Hussein, near Aswan High dam, travel, trip, African,
Artwork of the next generation NASA spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, approaching the International Space Stati...
Artwork of the next generation NASA spacecraft, the Orion crew exploration vehicle, approaching the International Space Station in Earth orbit. Orion will be similar in shape to the Apollo spacecraft, but larger. The conical form is best for re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. October 2006.
Leon D. Cuddeback of United Airlines takes off in his Swallow airplane from Boise, Idaho with 202 pounds of mail in the first...
Leon D. Cuddeback of United Airlines takes off in his Swallow airplane from Boise, Idaho with 202 pounds of mail in the first scheduled airline flight in history, April 6, 1926
The Pitts Special S-1C “Little Stinker,” hanging upside-down overhead in the entrance of the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, Chan...
The Pitts Special S-1C “Little Stinker,” hanging upside-down overhead in the entrance of the Steven F Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia
Fly higher, further and faster than anyone! by Golub, Pyotr Semyonovich (1913-1953)/ Russian State Library, Moscow/ 1946/ Rus...
Fly higher, further and faster than anyone! by Golub, Pyotr Semyonovich (1913-1953)/ Russian State Library, Moscow/ 1946/ Russia/ Colour lithograph/ Soviet political agitation art/ History,Poster and Graphic design
Aerial photograph of the church of nativity in the modern town of Bethlehem after snow fall
Space Shuttle Endeavor docked to the International Space Station. Photo taken from a departing Soyuz spacecraft, whose crew c...
Space Shuttle Endeavor docked to the International Space Station. Photo taken from a departing Soyuz spacecraft, whose crew completed a 159 day space mission. May 23, 2011.
Space shuttle Challenger disaster. Grey-brown smoke on the right side of the Solid Rocket Booster, line directly across from ...
Space shuttle Challenger disaster. Grey-brown smoke on the right side of the Solid Rocket Booster, line directly across from the letter 'U' in United States, was the first visible sign a joint breach occurred. Jan. 28, 1986.
Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea, UK, England, Europe, in flight, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, sea, bird,
England, North Yorkshire, Scarborough. Plaque to commemorate the birthplace of Sir George Cayley 'The Father of Aeronautics'.
Refugees in Kozari Potevi camp near Zagreb during the Bosnian war, Zagreb, Croatia, Europe
Long Island, Out Islands, Bahama Islands, An aerial view of Long Island where Columbus reputedly landed.
Flight of Loth and the destruction of Sodom, miniature from Genesis of Vienna, manuscript 6th Century.
Long Island, Out Islands, Bahama Islands, An aerial view of Long Island where Columbus reputedly landed.
Aerial warfare by Anonymous / Russian State Library, Moscow/ 1914/ Russia/ Colour lithograph/ Soviet political agitation art/...
Aerial warfare by Anonymous / Russian State Library, Moscow/ 1914/ Russia/ Colour lithograph/ Soviet political agitation art/ History,Poster and Graphic design
Rocket Garden, John F Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, near Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, USA
Control room of the Wind Tunnel at Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. TV monitors show the aircraft models during wind tunne...
Control room of the Wind Tunnel at Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. TV monitors show the aircraft models during wind tunnel tests. Oct. 17, 1955.
Jackdaw juvenile Corvus Monedula Shropshire England GB Great Britain UK United Kingdom British Isles Europe EU This baby jack...
Jackdaw juvenile Corvus Monedula Shropshire England GB Great Britain UK United Kingdom British Isles Europe EU This baby jackdaw on a maiden flight ended up in the middle of a stream
A magnificent African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) with a small cichlid fish in one of its talons heads for a tree to eat ...
A magnificent African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) with a small cichlid fish in one of its talons heads for a tree to eat its catch. Although territorial, fish eagles are very numerous at the southern end of Lake Malawi where cichlid fish abound in the clear, shallow waters.
Glenn Martin (1886-1955), delivering newspapers in his airplane. He built his first airplane in 1909, and his first airplane ...
Glenn Martin (1886-1955), delivering newspapers in his airplane. He built his first airplane in 1909, and his first airplane factory in 1912 in Los Angeles, California. He successfully promoted his airplanes by stunt flying, and other attention getting gimmicks. Ca. 1911.
The lighthouse at Punta del Fenaio, with and man walking, and Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) flying overhead, Giglio island...
The lighthouse at Punta del Fenaio, with and man walking, and Herring gulls (Larus argentatus) flying overhead, Giglio island, National Park of the Tuscany archipelago, Italy, May 2010
Gemini 8 spacecraft approaching the Agena Target Docking vehicle. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft i...
Gemini 8 spacecraft approaching the Agena Target Docking vehicle. The mission conducted the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. March 16, 1966.
Angelholm, Sweden - North American P-51 Cavalier Mustang with Supermarine Spitfire Mk. XVIII and Mk. XVI fighter warbirds.
American transport helicopter Sikorsky S_58C during a flight demonstration, Europe´s largest meeting of vintage planes at Hah...
American transport helicopter Sikorsky S_58C during a flight demonstration, Europe´s largest meeting of vintage planes at Hahnweide, Kirchheim_Teck, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
Old british trainer biplane De Havilland DH-82c Tiger Moth in flight Epinal, France, Europe
Old office building of Boeing airplane Co.from left side, The Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington, WA, USA
The crew of the first manned Apollo space flight, in training for the Apollo Saturn AS-204 mission (renamed Apollo 1 in their...
The crew of the first manned Apollo space flight, in training for the Apollo Saturn AS-204 mission (renamed Apollo 1 in their honor). All three were killed in a fire at Cape Canaveral. L-R: Virgil I. Grissom, Roger B. Chaffee, Edward H. White II, 1966.
Apollo 11 Earth rise over the Moon. Earth on the horizon in the Mare Smythii Region of the Moon. Image 17 of a NASA sequence ...
Apollo 11 Earth rise over the Moon. Earth on the horizon in the Mare Smythii Region of the Moon. Image 17 of a NASA sequence of 18. July 20, 1969.
The San Diego Natural History Museum hosted an exhibit on feathered dinosaurs. Dr. Czerkas Stephen is at the center of the d...
The San Diego Natural History Museum hosted an exhibit on feathered dinosaurs. Dr. Czerkas Stephen is at the center of the debate on where dinosaurs end and birds begin. The deinonycus behind him is his own life-size sculpture of the winged but flightless proto-bird. He directs the Dinosaur Museum, Blanding, Utah.
Aerial view of the battlefield at the Horn of Hattin in the Lower Galilee after a snow storm
Vickers-Vimy bomber flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown on the first trans-Atlantic non-stop flight, June 14-15, 19...
Vickers-Vimy bomber flown by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown on the first trans-Atlantic non-stop flight, June 14-15, 1919
The Soyuz TMA-18 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It carried an international crew of the Expediti...
The Soyuz TMA-18 rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It carried an international crew of the Expedition 30 to the International Space Station on Apr. 2, 2010.
Fire in the Pampa and the flight of the indigenous people, painting by Franklin Rawson (1819 or 1820-1871).
Jean-Pierre Blanchard andDr John Jefferies leave Doveron their cross-Channel flightwhich makes them the firstpeople to cross ...
Jean-Pierre Blanchard andDr John Jefferies leave Doveron their cross-Channel flightwhich makes them the firstpeople to cross from Englandto France by air Date: 7 January 1785
Gaston and Albert Tissandier ascending in their hot-air balloon ZENITH on September 26 1876. LC-DIG-ppmsca-02309
Biplane at the festival on the airfield celebrating 100 years of flying in Lueneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Apollo 11 crew in Spacesuits travel to launch site. R-L: Lead by Neil Armstrong, mission Commander, Command Module Pilot Mich...
Apollo 11 crew in Spacesuits travel to launch site. R-L: Lead by Neil Armstrong, mission Commander, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module pilot Edwin Aldrin. July 16, 1969.
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module. The LM has separated from the Command Module and beginning it's descent to the Moon's surface. Ju...
The Apollo 11 Lunar Module. The LM has separated from the Command Module and beginning it's descent to the Moon's surface. July 20, 1969.
Historical scene, US_American history, 18th century, Paul Revere, 1735 _ 1818, an American freedom fighter
Apollo 11 Earth rise over the Moon. Earth on the horizon in the Mare Smythii Region of the Moon. Image 7 of a NASA sequence o...
Apollo 11 Earth rise over the Moon. Earth on the horizon in the Mare Smythii Region of the Moon. Image 7 of a NASA sequence of 18. July 20, 1969.
Space Shuttle Columbia on a pillar of exhaust as it begins its ten-day mission on Oct.22, 1992.
Model ´Rohrbach Roland´ Trimotor 1927 Iberia: Madrid-Barcelona-Madrid (Dec 4th, 1927). Spain
Aerial photograph of the ancient synagogue of En Gedi in the Judean Desert near the Dead sea
Wright, Orville (Dayton, 1871-1948). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's f...
Wright, Orville (Dayton, 1871-1948). American aviator. With his brother is credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
Apollo 11 Earth view from space. African and the Middle East from more than 100,000 miles. July 17, 1969.
Hindenburg crash at Lake Hurst, New Jersey. The skeleton of the still burning Zeppelin on the ground after bursting in flames...
Hindenburg crash at Lake Hurst, New Jersey. The skeleton of the still burning Zeppelin on the ground after bursting in flames while landing. May 6, 1937.
Futuristic view of air travel over Paris as people leave the Opera. The imagined aircraft include buses and limousines with p...
Futuristic view of air travel over Paris as people leave the Opera. The imagined aircraft include buses and limousines with police patrolling the skies and women pilots. 1882 print by Albert Robida 1848-1926 . LC-DIG-ppmsca-13553
History of Spain. Nineteenth century. Regency of Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine (1885-1902). The queen regent (1885-1902...
History of Spain. Nineteenth century. Regency of Maria Cristina of Habsburg-Lorraine (1885-1902). The queen regent (1885-1902) out of Congress. Engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration" (1886).
German Buecker Bue_131 Lerche biplane, first flight in 1934, Europe´s largest meeting of vintage aircraft in Hahnweide, Kirch...
German Buecker Bue_131 Lerche biplane, first flight in 1934, Europe´s largest meeting of vintage aircraft in Hahnweide, Kirchheim_Teck, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
Australia, Northern Territory, Uluru_Kata Tjuta National Park listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Ayers Rock or Uluru , sands...
Australia, Northern Territory, Uluru_Kata Tjuta National Park listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Ayers Rock or Uluru , sandstone rock sacred place for the Aboriginal people from an helicopter during a scenic flight aerial view
Apollo 13 crew. L-R: Commander, James Lovell, Command Module pilot, Thomas Mattingly, and Lunar Module pilot, Fred Haise. Mat...
Apollo 13 crew. L-R: Commander, James Lovell, Command Module pilot, Thomas Mattingly, and Lunar Module pilot, Fred Haise. Mattingly was replaced by Jack Swigert for medical reasons. Dec. 11, 1969.
Samuel Franklin Cody, Texan aviator, and his Cody Cathedral: he made the first British flight in 1908
Piloto con traje de presión parcial modelo GSch-4 MS. Unión Soviética, 1966. Los pilotos del bloque oriental llevaban trajes ...
Piloto con traje de presión parcial modelo GSch-4 MS. Unión Soviética, 1966. Los pilotos del bloque oriental llevaban trajes de presión como éste, entre 1963-1985 para protegerse de las caidas de presión durante los vuelos. Deutsches Museum (Museo de la Ciencia y la Tecnología). Munich. Alemania. Europa.
American fighter_bombers Douglas A_1 Skyraider and North American P_51 Mustang during a flight demonstration, Europe´s larges...
American fighter_bombers Douglas A_1 Skyraider and North American P_51 Mustang during a flight demonstration, Europe´s largest meeting of vintage planes at Hahnweide, Kirchheim_Teck, Baden_Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe
Palazzo dei Cavalieri, Pisa, by Vasari Giorgio, 1562, 16th Century, . Italy: Tuscany: Pisa: Piazza dei Cavalieri. Whole artwo...
Palazzo dei Cavalieri, Pisa, by Vasari Giorgio, 1562, 16th Century, . Italy: Tuscany: Pisa: Piazza dei Cavalieri. Whole artwork. Exterior Palazzo dei Cavalieri city Pisa concave facade graffito decoration two flights of stairs/steps cornice
Yuri Gagarin before his historic 108-minute orbital flight of April 12, 1961. He was the first human in space. Behind him is ...
Yuri Gagarin before his historic 108-minute orbital flight of April 12, 1961. He was the first human in space. Behind him is backup Cosmonaut German Titov.
Egypt, North Africa, Fatimid cemetery, Mausoleum, Aswan, travel, trip, African, Architecture, Egyptian, ancient, Old,
Jerrie Cobb, in U.S. Air Force flight gear in 1960. In spite of gender discrimination she worked in aviation throughout her v...
Jerrie Cobb, in U.S. Air Force flight gear in 1960. In spite of gender discrimination she worked in aviation throughout her varied career as a pilot, aviation executive, and even entered NASA astronaut training during the Mercury Program. 1960.
Jean-Marie-Joseph Coutelle,1748 -1835 French engineer, scientist and pioneer of ballooning
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1641, by Aniello Falcone (1607-1656), oil on canvas, cm 126x92, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assun...
Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1641, by Aniello Falcone (1607-1656), oil on canvas, cm 126x92, Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Naples (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1995), Campania. Italy, 17th century.
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