Space Craft Collection (page 6)

Artwork of exploration module landing on Mars
Mars exploration. Artwork representing the landing of an manned exploration module on Mars. A manned mission to Mars has been a long standing goal of the space community

Mars Sample Return orbiter

Computer art of Voyager spacecraft passing planet
Voyager spacecraft fly-by. Computer artwork depicting a Voyager spacecraft passing by an orange alien planet. Blurring of the image gives the effect of speed

Illustration symbolising Voyager 2s journey
Illustration symbolising the journey of the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Launched from Cape Kennedy on 20 August 1977, Voyager 2 visited Jupiter (July 1979), Saturn (August 1981), Uranus (January 1986)

Mars Polar Lander. Computer illustration of the Mars Polar Lander during its launch. This lightweight spacecraft, seen in the upper part of the rocket carrying it, was launched on January 3 1999

Exploring Europas ocean, artwork
Exploring Europas ocean. Artwork of two probes (centre) using lights to explore below the ice covering the ocean on Europa, a moon of Jupiter

Stardust spacecraft at Comet Wild-2, computer artwork. Stardust passed through the gas and dust cloud (coma) of Comet Wild-2 on 2 January 2004. It collected dust samples to be returned to Earth

Artists impression of Voyager 2 at Uranus
Travelling at more than 64, 000 km/hr, Voyager 2 is less than 6 hours from closest approach to the planet Uranus, on 24/Jan/86, in this artwork by Julian Baum

Artwork showing Voyager 2 nearing Uranus
Artists impression of the encounter of the Voyager 2 spacecraft with the planet Uranus on January 24, 1986. Uranus nine known rings are shown

Artwork of Mars Polar Lander descending onto Mars
Mars Polar Lander. Artwork of the Mars Polar Lander about to land on Mars. This probe is due to be launched in January 1999

Comet spacecraft
Comet exploration spacecraft, computer artwork. The unmanned probe (upper frame) is approaching a comet, a body of ice and dust from the outer parts of the solar system

Huygens probe, descent to Titan
Huygens probe. Computer artwork of the Huygens probe (left) descending by parachute to the surface of Titan from the Cassini spacecraft (right). Titan is the largest moon of the ringed planet Saturn

Diagram showing the route of Voyager 2

Luna 16 spacecraft. Luna 16, also known as Lunnik 16, was the first unmanned space mission that sent out a robotic probe to land on the Moon and collect a sample from it

Venus Express launch. The Venus Express spacecraft was launched in a Fregat vehicle on top of a Soyuz rocket. It lifted off on 9th November 2005 from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan

Evidence of life on earth stored in Voyager 2

SMART-1 lunar spacecraft heading to the Moon. This spacecraft is the first part of the European Space Agency (ESA) SMART (Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology) programme

Deep Space 1 craft
Deep Space 1 spacecraft. Computer illustration of NASAs Deep Space 1 spacecraft, launched on 24th October 1998 to test new technologies

Landing of Martian subsurface probe. Artwork of one of the Deep Space 2 Mars microprobes landing on the surface of Mars. These probes were attached to the Mars Polar Lander that entered the Martian

Artwork of Mars Polar Lander arriving at Mars
Mars Polar Lander. Artwork of the Mars Polar Lander splitting up on arrival at Mars. The Mars Polar Lander (centre) is due for launch in January 1999

COBE satellite
Artists impression of COBE, NASAs Cosmic Background Explorer satellite. Launched on 18 November 1989, COBE is a fundamental astronomy mission to investigate the cosmic background radiation & answer

Diagram of the Soviet Luna-1 spacecraft, which became the first artificial " planet" to orbit the Sun following its launch on January 2nd, 1959

One of the USSRs Venera space probes
View of one of the Soviet Unions Venera series of Venus spaceprobes. Venera 7 landed on Venus in 1970, sending back the first radio messages from the surface

Life on Europa. Computer artwork of a cryobot probe (lower left, silver) discovering life below the ice of Europa, a moon of Jupiter (upper centre)

Soviet Luna 16 spacecraft, 1970
Soviet Luna 16 spacecraft model, showing its launch from the Moon. The Luna 16 unmanned space probe was launched by the Soviet Union on 12th September 1970

Model of the Venera 3 spacecraft. This Soviet unmanned spacecraft was launched on 16 November 1965. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet

Jupiter probe
Galileo probe falling through the atmosphere of Jupiter. This small probe was deployed from the Galileo spacecraft on July 13 1995

Computer art of probes drilling into Europas ice

Descent module of the Cassini Huygens probe
Huygens probe testing. View of the Huygens probe during testing in a servicing facility. Huygens will be carried on the Cassini mission to Saturn, and will land on Titan, Saturns largest moon

Huygens probe landing on Titan
Huygens probe. Computer artwork of the Huygens probe landing on the surface of Titan, the largest moon of the ringed planet Saturn (left)

Cassini spacecraft. Computer artwork of the Cassini spacecraft approaching Titan, Saturns largest moon. Cassini was launched in October 1997 and will reach Saturn in July 2004

Artwork of the Mars Climate Orbiter orbiting Mars
Mars Climate Orbiter. Artwork of the Mars Climate Orbiter over Mars. The Mars Climate Orbiter is due for a launch in December 1998

Artwork of Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter above Mars
Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter. Artwork of the Mars Surveyor 2001 Orbiter in orbit around Mars. This probe is due for launch in March 2001

Phobos, spacecraft image. Phobos, the larger of the two moons orbiting the planet Mars, is an irregularly shaped, heavily cratered, airless chunk of rock. It measures 19 by 21 by 27 kilometres

Saturns moon Rhea, Cassini image. Rhea is the second largest moon of Saturn, with a diameter of around 1530 kilometres. It orbits just over 527, 000 kilometres from the giant planet

Space ship orbiting Mars
Mars exploration. Computer artwork of a spaceship orbiting the planet Mars. Mars is the fourth planet away from the Sun and is the most similar to Earth in environment

1950s Orion nuclear rocket, artwork
1950s Orion nuclear rocket. Artwork of the nuclear pulse propulsion rocket proposed by NASA in the 1950s as part of Project Orion. The rocket is shown orbiting Saturn (seen in background)

Apollo-Soyuz Project tests, Russia, 1974
Apollo-Soyuz Project tests on 11 September 1974. Engineers and scientists in the USSR working to test the docking mechanisms for the Apollo-Soyuz Project

Soviet-French space crew, 1981
French-Soviet space mission training. Clockwise from right are French astronaut Patrick Baudry, and Soviet cosmonauts Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyov

X-43A aircraft. Computer artwork of the unpiloted X-43A aircraft, or Hypersonic Experimental Vehicle (Hyper-X), in flight high in the atmosphere

Artists impression of Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Global Surveyor. Artists impression of the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft in orbit around the red planet. After launch in November 1996, MGS will cruise on a direct trajectory to Mars

Martian subsurface probe. Artwork of one of the Deep Space 2 Mars microprobes on the surface of Mars. These probes were attached to the Mars Polar Lander that entered the Martian atmosphere on 3

GSLV-D2 space rocket
Space rocket on the launch pad. This is the Indian Space Research Organisations Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) D2. It was 49 metres tall, and had a lift-off weight of 414 tonnes

Space shuttle and Earth. Computer artwork of space shuttle Atlantis in flight over Earth. Atlantis was the fourth space shuttle built. Its first flight was in 1985

Apollo-Soyuz Project crew, 1975
Apollo-Soyuz Project crew in July 1975. This was a joint project between the USA and the USSR (flags at left and right). The Soviet cosmonauts (green suits), commander Alexei Leonov (born 1934)

Artists impression of Mars 96 Orbiter surveying
Mars 96 Orbiter. Artists impression of the Mars 96 Orbiter spacecraft surveying the surface of the red planet. The Orbiter carries 12 instruments for studying the Martian surface and atmosphere

Ariane 44L rocket launch, artwork
Ariane 44L rocket launch, computer artwork. North America is seen on the Earth at lower left. The Ariane 4 was a rocket launching system designed by CNES (the French space agency)

1951 space shuttle design. Plans drawn up in Germany in 1951 for a reusable spacecraft. The idea of a vehicle that could be used more than once for space missions

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