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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.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Propelled by an estimated 7 million pounds of thrust from two solid rocket boosters and three main eng...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Propelled by an estimated 7 million pounds of thrust from two solid rocket boosters and three main engines, space shuttle Endeavour races to orbit from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station was at 4:14 a.m. EST. This was the second launch attempt for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-130 crew and the final scheduled space shuttle night launch. The first attempt on Feb. 7 was scrubbed due to un
Cygnus X_1 is a famous binary star system, consisting of a black hole in orbit around a blue supergiant called HDE 226868. Th...
Cygnus X_1 is a famous binary star system, consisting of a black hole in orbit around a blue supergiant called HDE 226868. The blue star is of spectral class O9, has a temperature of around 30, 000K, and is 30 to 40 times the mass of the Sun and 25 times
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen as it is moved between the Vehicle Assembly Building and Orbiter Processing Facility to un...
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen as it is moved between the Vehicle Assembly Building and Orbiter Processing Facility to undergo final preparations for its transfer to the Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex museum following its retirement at the end of the shuttle program.
Cutaway view of Skylab, the first Earth orbit space station. The top level is the work area and utility storage. The middle l...
Cutaway view of Skylab, the first Earth orbit space station. The top level is the work area and utility storage. The middle level held crew living area and facilities for experiments. The lowest level of the station included a large waste tank, propellant tanks for maneuvering jets, and a heat radiator. 1972.
Satellite view of a space shuttle with earth in the background, Space Shuttle Discovery, July 28, 2005
Space shuttle Atlantis atop the mobile launcher platform, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA
An Atlas V (Atlas 5) Rocket lifts off from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, with the classified NRO L...
An Atlas V (Atlas 5) Rocket lifts off from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, with the classified NRO L-38 payload onboard for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the agency in charge of the nation's fleet of spy satellites.
Night lights from the Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor. At left is western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto , Mo...
Night lights from the Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor. At left is western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto , Montreal is at near center. The atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear intertwined. Jan. 29, 2012.
ORBITAL SHOPPING CENTRE, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, OVERALL VIEW, AUKETT FITZROY ROBINSON
USA, Florida, Cape Canaveral, View of space shuttle taking off, A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V (Atlas 5) rocket launc...
USA, Florida, Cape Canaveral, View of space shuttle taking off, A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V (Atlas 5) rocket launches the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) unmanned space plane on its third mission on December 11, 2012.
ANATOMY, EYE. Anatomic model of the human right eye three_quarter view. The eye, lying on the orbital fat in yellow, is enclo...
ANATOMY, EYE. Anatomic model of the human right eye three_quarter view. The eye, lying on the orbital fat in yellow, is enclosed in the orbit. This cavity is delimited mainly by the frontal orbital apex and side wall, sphenoid behind, zygomatic medial wall, t
Olympic Stadium, London Olympics 2012, Stadium, Europe, United Kingdom,2012, Populous . Exterior.
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.
Atomic structure. Conceptual computer artwork of electron orbit paths as rings around the central nucleus yellow of an atom.
USA, Florida, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, View of space shuttle taking off, An Atlas V (Atlas 5) rocket launches fr...
USA, Florida, Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center, View of space shuttle taking off, An Atlas V (Atlas 5) rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying NASA's next-generation Tracking & Data Relay System satellite, TDRS-K, into geosynchronous orbit, January 30, 2013.
Epsilon Eridani is a warm system with a sun quite like our own. Astronomers have detected a large jovian planet that may harb...
Epsilon Eridani is a warm system with a sun quite like our own. Astronomers have detected a large jovian planet that may harbor many moons and the potential for life.
festival internazionale della mongolfiere, chateau d´oex, svizzera. Breitling orbiter, Balloons museum, Chateau d´Oex, Switze...
festival internazionale della mongolfiere, chateau d´oex, svizzera. Breitling orbiter, Balloons museum, Chateau d´Oex, Switzerland
A Mars cycler swings by the Earth and onward to Mars while two astronauts in manned maneuvering units (AKA, MMUs) watch from ...
A Mars cycler swings by the Earth and onward to Mars while two astronauts in manned maneuvering units (AKA, MMUs) watch from afar
England, London, Stratford Olympic Park Detail of the Orbit by Anish Kapoor seen from within the Stadium.
A nadir view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was photographed by a member of the Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Sp...
A nadir view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was photographed by a member of the Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station as the two spacecraft were nearing their much-anticipated link-up in Earth orbit. June 10, 2007
International Space Station in 2001. Photo made from the Space Shuttle Discovery after joint mission and an crew exchange. Ma...
International Space Station in 2001. Photo made from the Space Shuttle Discovery after joint mission and an crew exchange. March 18, 2001.
NEW HAMPSHIRE - FEBRUARY 24: Senator John Glenn campaigning on February 24, 1984 in New Hampshire. (Photo by Michael Grecco)
Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 Mission specialists, participate in the Atlantis...
Astronauts Patrick Forrester and Steven Swanson (out of frame), both STS-117 Mission specialists, participate in the Atlantis mission's first planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA). June 13, 2007
The extrasolar planet Tau Bo_tis b reigns over the airless, baked and battered terrain of a hypothetical moon
Globe surrounded by Saturn rings. The rings are made from music notation, music samples and sound waves.
The Apollo command module AS201 is prepared by frogmen to be hoisted aboard the USS Boxer. AS-201 was a successful unmanned s...
The Apollo command module AS201 is prepared by frogmen to be hoisted aboard the USS Boxer. AS-201 was a successful unmanned sub orbital Apollo/Saturn 1B Mission 201 test flight. An instrumented Apollo Command/Service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter was launched from Kennedy Space Center by a Saturn 1B to check spacecraft and launch vehicle mechanical compatibility, the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mode, and the service module propulsion system.
Olympic Stadium, London Olympics 2012, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Populous , 2012. Exterior.
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.
Space Shuttle Endeavour is in place to launch, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
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.
Illustration from Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius, plate representing location of Earth surrounded by celestial ci...
Illustration from Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius, plate representing location of Earth surrounded by celestial circles, published in Amsterdam, 1660
Planet clock throwing planets into their orbits, acrylic picture, artist Gerhard Kraus, Kriftel, Germany
STS110-S-046 8 April 2002 --- A low-angle still photo captures the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifting off from KSC´s Launch Compl...
STS110-S-046 8 April 2002 --- A low-angle still photo captures the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifting off from KSC´s Launch Complex 39 at 4:44:19 p m EDT, April 8, 2002 Seven astronauts were en route to the International Space Station ISS for a week of work on the orbital outpost, including the installation of the S0 S-zero truss--centerpiece of the station´s main truss
S135-E-011914 19 July 2011 --- This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlant...
S135-E-011914 19 July 2011 --- This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011 Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander, Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers, Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all f
A NASA Langley Research Center HL-20 Docked at Space Station Freedom. HL-20 will Transport Astronauts to/from Low Orbit
NEW HAMPSHIRE - FEBRUARY 24: Senator John Glenn campaigning on February 24, 1984 in New Hampshire. (Photo by Michael Grecco)
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley exits the hatch of the orbiter Atlantis during the STS-135 Crew Equipment Interface Test CEIT in t...
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley exits the hatch of the orbiter Atlantis during the STS-135 Crew Equipment Interface Test CEIT in the Orbiter Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Florida
Astronauts Jim Reilly and John Danny Olivas (visible in Reilly's helmet reflections), STS-117 mission specialists, participat...
Astronauts Jim Reilly and John Danny Olivas (visible in Reilly's helmet reflections), STS-117 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first planned session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The crew cabin and nose of Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to the station is visible in the back. June 11, 2007
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.
A 4 minute, 38 second exposure showing 'streak' of Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-130 launched from pad 39A at Kennedy Sp...
A 4 minute, 38 second exposure showing 'streak' of Space Shuttle Endeavour during STS-130 launched from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The image shows the parabolic arc of the Shuttle, from when it lifts off from the pad and gains altitude as it heads east to begin orbit.
The first Minotaur 1 rocket launches from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Island, Virginia, ...
The first Minotaur 1 rocket launches from the new Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at NASA's Wallops Island, Virginia, facility. It is the first orbital space launch from the island in a generation. Here, the yellow 'banana-peel' thermal insulation rips off the vehicle at liftoff. Onboard are the Tacsat-1 satellite for the US Air Force and GeneSat-1 spacecraft for NASA.
Planet clock throwing planets into their orbits, acrylic picture, artist Gerhard Kraus, Kriftel, Germany
This illustration depicts a concept for NASA's Mars Telecommunications Orbiter in flight around Mars
The Orbit, London 2012 Olympics, Sculpture, Europe, United Kingdom,2012, Anish Kapoor. View from below.
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner having just completed the major portion of his second extravehicular activity (EVA) period in three...
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner having just completed the major portion of his second extravehicular activity (EVA) period in three days holds up a For Sale sign refering to the two satellites Palapa B-2 and Westar 6 that they retrieved from orbit after their Payload Assist Modules (PAM) failed to fire.
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