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Space Craft Collection (page 2)

Exploring the vastness of space through the lens of history

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Moons surface, Zond 3 image

Moons surface, Zond 3 image
Moons surface. Photocopy of an image taken by the Soviet lunar probe Zond 3, on 1st September 1966, showing the cratered surface of the far side of the Moon

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Spacewalk

Spacewalk. Astronaut in a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) spacewalking above the Earth. MMUs are nitrogen-propelled hand-controlled propulsion units used by Nasa on three space shuttle missions in

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Flight to the Moon by Jules Verne

Flight to the Moon by Jules Verne
Flight to the Moon. Artwork depicting a scene from the science fiction novel From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre a la Lune, 1865) by the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905)

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: VERNE: FROM EARTH TO MOON. Colored engraving from a 19th-century edition of Jules Vernes From

VERNE: FROM EARTH TO MOON. Colored engraving from a 19th-century edition of Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: ATV boosting the ISS, artwork

ATV boosting the ISS, artwork
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV, lower left) boosting the International Space Station (ISS), artwork. An ATV is an unmanned resupply vehicle used by the European Space Agency to supply

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Vostok spacecraft transportation

Vostok spacecraft transportation. Vostok spacecraft being transported beneath a helicopter in 1962. On the 12th April 1961 Yuri Gagarin had become the first human in space in the Vostok 1 spacecraft

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Orbiting Carbon Observatory, artwork

Orbiting Carbon Observatory, artwork
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) in Earth orbit, artwork. A NASA mission, the OCO was designed to make global measurements of levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: M├®li├¿s FILM, 1902. Production still from the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon

M├®li├¿s FILM, 1902. Production still from the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, directed by Georges M├®li├¿s
M├®li├¿s. FILM, 1902. Production still from the 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, directed by Georges M├®li├¿s

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Venus transit, 8th June 2004, TRACE image

Venus transit, 8th June 2004, TRACE image
Transit of Venus. Ultraviolet TRACE image of Venus (black circle) crossing (transiting) the face of the Sun. This image was taken at 06:03 GMT on 8th June 2004. This was the first transit since 1882

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: UFO over Mayan pyramid, illustration

UFO over Mayan pyramid, illustration
Unidentified flying object (UFO) over a Mayan pyramid, illustration

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: UFO over Stonehenge, illustration

UFO over Stonehenge, illustration
Unidentified flying object (UFO) over Stonehenge, illustration

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: UFOs, illustration

UFOs, illustration
Unidentified flying objects (UFOs), illustration

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Alien space ship in outer space, illustration

Alien space ship in outer space, illustration

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: UFO, illustration

UFO, illustration

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Alien space ship through the clouds, illustration

Alien space ship through the clouds, illustration

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Artwork of unidentified flying object

Artwork of unidentified flying object
Artwork of a UFO or unidentified flying object

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Sputnik 1, the first artificial earth satellite, launched by the soviet union on october 4, 1957

Sputnik 1, the first artificial earth satellite, launched by the soviet union on october 4, 1957

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Voyager spacecraft plaque, artwork

Voyager spacecraft plaque, artwork
Voyager spacecraft plaque. Artwork of the Golden Record carried by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft as a message to intelligent life

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Diagram of paths taken by the 2 Voyager spacecraft

Diagram of paths taken by the 2 Voyager spacecraft
Diagram showing the paths taken by the two Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 1 (orange track) was launched on 5 September 1977; it encountered Jupiter on 5 March 1979 & Saturn on 12 November 1980

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Voyager spacecraft, stereo image

Voyager spacecraft, stereo image
Voyager spacecraft, stereo artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (one shown here) were launched in 1977, taking advantage of a rare alignment of the giant outer planets that made it possible to visit them

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Moon landing, 21 July 1969

Moon landing, 21 July 1969. Composite image depicting US astronaut Neil Armstrong (born 1930) descending the ladder of NASAs Apollo 11 lunar module (LM-5 Eagle)

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Space hotel, artwork

Space hotel, artwork
Space hotel. Computer artwork of a satellite that could be put into orbit around the Earth as a space hotel

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Socorro Sighting 1964

Socorro Sighting 1964
Patrolman Lonnie Zamora sees a landed spacecraft, with two aliens standing nearby; they rapidly leave, leaving four scorch-marks where the legs had rested on the ground

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Ufo over Brussels

Ufo over Brussels
Triangle-shaped UFO sighted over the outskirts of Brussels and seen on radar by two F16 jets of the Belgian airforce

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Ufos / Burtoo / Aldershot

Ufos / Burtoo / Aldershot
Alfred Burtoo, fishing at night, is approached by aliens who take him into their spacecraft but decide that he is too old for their purposes

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: VERNE: EARTH TO MOON. The arrival of the projectile at Stones Hill

VERNE: EARTH TO MOON. The arrival of the projectile at Stones Hill. Engraved illustration from a 19th century edition of Jules Vernes From Earth to the Moon

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: The Universe Wreckers, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

The Universe Wreckers, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS - Astronauts repair their spacecraft wearing their spacewalker suits Date: 1930

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Aliens

Aliens
Humanoid aliens, computer artwork

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Giotto spacecraft at Halleys Comet

Giotto spacecraft at Halleys Comet. Artwork of the European Space Agencys (ESA) Giotto probe as it approached Comet Halley in 1986

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Saturn V rocket, computer artwork

Saturn V rocket, computer artwork
Saturn V rocket. Computer artwork of a Saturn V rocket that was used by NASA to launch Apollo and Skylab missions. Saturn V was a disposable design, each rocket being used only once

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: X-43B aircraft

X-43B aircraft. Computer artwork of NASAs X-43B or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle (Hyper-X) in flight. The Hyper-X programme was started in 1996 to test the scramjet-powered jet engine

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Space monkey

Space monkey. Rhesus macaque in a space probe simulator during training for the Soviet-American Bion space programme. The monkey is being made accustomed to the environment of a space capsule

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Mars, composite satellite image

Mars, composite satellite image
Mars. Composite satellite image of the surface of Mars, showing the north polar cap (white), a mixture of ice and dust that extends to the 80 degree latitude circle

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Model of the Luna 3 spacecraft

Model of the Luna 3 spacecraft. This Soviet unmanned spacecraft was launched on 4 October 1959. It was the first spacecraft to return pictures of the previously unseen far side of the Moon

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Luna 2 spacecraft

Luna 2 spacecraft. This unmanned Soviet spacecraft was launched on 12 September 1959. On 13 September 1959 it became the first spacecraft to impact the Moon

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Space tourism, composite image

Space tourism, composite image

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Apollo spacecraft thrusters

Apollo spacecraft thrusters
A reaction control system (RCS) thruster quad on the Apollo service module in the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Alien contact in the 1940s, artwork

Alien contact in the 1940s, artwork
Alien contact. Computer artwork of aliens and alien spacecraft over a desert on Earth in the 1940s. Several such incidents are alleged to have taken place

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Painting by Aleksei Leonov

Painting by Aleksei Leonov
Vostok Spacecraft in Orbit, painting by cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov. Leonov (b.1934) was the first man to perform a spacewalk, which he did on March 18 1965 during the Voskhod 2 mission

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Apollo command module hatch

Apollo command module hatch. This hatch was redesigned after the Apollo 1 preflight test fire, to make it easier to open. The fire killed all 3 crew members on board

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Sputnik 2, Soviet spacecraft

Sputnik 2, Soviet spacecraft. This was the second spacecraft to orbit the Earth, doing so on 3 November 1957. This cone-shaped spacecraft was 4 metres high and 2 metres across at the base

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: F1 engine on the Saturn V rocket

F1 engine on the Saturn V rocket in the Apollo/Saturn V Center, at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The Saturn V was the launch vehicle for NASAs Apollo program of manned missions to the Moon

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Soviet cosmonaut pavel popovich in the cabin of vostok 4 demonstrating weightlessness by floating

Soviet cosmonaut pavel popovich in the cabin of vostok 4 demonstrating weightlessness by floating a pen

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Illustration of female astronaut recording pictures of Planet Earth from window of space craft

Illustration of female astronaut recording pictures of Planet Earth from window of space craft

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: The 1966 USA spacecraft Gemini 8

The 1966 USA spacecraft Gemini 8

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: Futuristic space station and space craft

Futuristic space station and space craft

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: New Horizons spacecraft approaches dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon

New Horizons spacecraft approaches dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon
NASAs New Horizons unmanned spacecraft approaches dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon. New Horizons has been en route to Pluto since its launch from Earth in 2006

Background imageSpace Craft Collection: New Horizons spacecraft over dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon

New Horizons spacecraft over dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon
NASAs New Horizons unmanned spacecraft over dwarf planet Pluto and its moon Charon. New Horizons has been en route to Pluto since its launch from Earth in 2006




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Exploring the vastness of space through the lens of history and imagination ✨🚀✨ From Leonov's breathtaking 'Sunrise in Space' to the enigmatic 'Palenque Xtraterrestrial', these captivating images transport us beyond our earthly boundaries. Witnessing the Coyne Helicopter/UFO encounter leaves us questioning what lies beyond our comprehension, while gazing at Jupiter and Io captured by New Horizons fills us with wonder. Reliving the monumental first US manned space flight in 1961 reminds us of humanity's relentless pursuit of knowledge. Gemini 7 gracefully orbits above, a testament to human ingenuity. Step inside Apollo Lunar Module and experience its interior, where dreams were turned into reality. Behold an artwork depicting Apollo spacecraft at the Moon, reminding us that even art can capture cosmic aspirations. UFOs hovering over statues ignite curiosity about extraterrestrial presence among ancient civilizations. Cubesat satellite showcases technological advancements propelling exploration forward. The Cassini-Huygens probe at Saturn takes our breath away as we marvel at its beauty through artistic interpretation.