Space Craft Collection (page 9)

Luna 17 spacecraft. Luna 17 was an unmanned Soviet space mission which landed on the Moon in November 1970. It released a lunar vehicle, Lunokhod 1

Venera 4 Soviet space probe
Venera 4, Soviet Venus space probe. The heat shielding has been removed from the upper section. The Venera series of probes were used to explore the planet Venus

Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft
Luna 9 spacecraft. This Soviet spacecraft made the first soft landing on the Moon, on 3rd February 1966. It sent back numerous photographs of the lunar surface

Luna 3 spacecraft. Replica model of the unmanned Soviet Luna 3 spacecraft. This was launched on 4 October 1959. It was the third spacecraft to visit the Moon

Model of Venera 9 spacecraft
Venera 9. Model of the lander of the Soviet Venera 9 spacecraft. Venera 9 was launched on 8 June 1975 and entered a highly-elliptical orbit around Venus on 22 October

Models of three Soviet lunar probes

Model of Lunokhod 1, remote control lunar rover
Model of Lunokhod 1, the first remote-controlled lunar rover. The Soviet rover was launched aboard the Luna 17 spacecraft on 17 November 1970

Replica of Lunokhod 1, the first remote-controlled lunar rover. The Soviet rover was launched on 17 November 1970 aboard the Luna 17 spacecraft

Artists impression of Lunokhod 1, the first remote-controlled lunar rover, disembarking from the Luna 17 spacecraft. The Soviet rover was launched aboard Luna 17 on 17 November 1970

Vega spacecraft, Russia. In December 1984 an international mission was launched to study Venus and the tail of Halleys Comet. Two identical Soviet spacecraft, Vega 1 and 2, carried the equipment

Artists impression of the Luna 16 spacecraft. The Soviet spacecraft was launched on 12 September 1970; landed on the Moon, in the Sea of Fertility

Artwork of the Soviet interplanetary probe Zond-3
Artists impression of the Soviet interplanetary probe Zond-3

Lunokhod, the unmanned Soviet lunar vehicle
Lunokhod, an unmanned Soviet lunar roving vehicle. Two Lunokhod vehicles were landed on the Moon by the Luna-17 and Luna-21 spaceprobes in November 1970 and January 1973

Artists impression of Luna-17 landing on the Moon
Artists impression of the descent and landing of the Soviet Luna-17 lunar probe. Luna-17 was launched on 10 November 1970 and landed on the moon on 17 November

Technician places Cosmic Dust Analyser in tester
MODEL RELEASED. Cosmic dust analyser testing. Dr Simon Green places the Cosmic Dust Analyser (CDA) in a test chamber. The CDA is designed to collect and analyse interplanetary and interstellar dust

Artwork of Huygens probe on the surface of Titan
Huygens probe at Titan. Artwork of the Huygens probe on the surface of Titan, the largest moon of the ringed planet Saturn (seen in sky)

Artwork of the Cassini spacecraft near Titan
Cassini/Huygens spacecraft. Artwork of the Cassini spacecraft releasing the Huygens probe (bottom right) over Titan, one of the moons of the ringed planet Saturn

Artwork of Cassini with Huygens probe descending

Huygens probe entering Titans atmosphere
Huygens probe at Titan. Artwork of the Huygens probe entering the atmosphere of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn (seen in the sky)

Cassini spacecraft near Titan
Cassini/Huygens spacecraft. Artwork of the Cassini spacecraft approaching Titan, one of the moons of the ringed planet Saturn. The dish-shaped, detachable Huygens probe appears beneath Cassini

Artwork showing NEAR spacecraft
NEAR spacecraft. Artwork depicting the NEAR spacecraft. NEAR (Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) is the first mission in NASAs Discovery programme of small, low-cost spacecraft

Orbits of Galileo spacecraft around Jupiter
Galileo spacecrafts orbital map. Diagram showing the orbital plan for the Galileo spacecraft as it explores Jupiter and its inner moons

Galileos Jupiter probe speeding toward the planet
Galileo atmospheric probe approaching Jupiter. The Galileo spacecraft deployed this small atmospheric probe on July 13 1995. The probe will enter Jupiters atmosphere on 7 December 1995

Artists impression of Magellan radar mapping
Illustration showing the Magellan spacecraft using radar to map the surface of Venus. Magellan was NASAs first planetary mission since the Voyager craft of the late 1970s

Magellan burning up in Venus atmosphere, artwork
Magellan spacecrafts last experiment. Artists impression of the Magellan radar-mapping spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere of Venus

Artwork of Galileo probe in Jupiters atmosphere
Artists impression of the Galileo descent probe drifting through the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter. The Galileo spacecraft is due to be launched by the space shuttle on October 12, 1989

Cryongenic preservation
Cryogenic preservation. Computer artwork of humans in cryogenic capsules. This could represent the freezing of passengers during space travel

Vladimir Lapygin, Soviet rocket engineer
Vladimir Lavrentyevich Lapygin (born 1925), Soviet rocket engineer, talking at a meeting. Lapygin was one of the principal designers of the automatic control units for Soviet missiles and spacecraft

Boris Gubanov, Soviet rocket engineer
Boris Ivanovich Gubanov (1930-1999), Soviet rocket engineer. Gubanov worked at the Yangel design bureau, and was First Deputy Chief Designer and General Designer from 1972 to 1982

Boris Chertok, Russian rocket engineer
Boris Chertok (born 1912), Russian rocket engineer, talking at a meeting. Chertok, in his 90s here, is one of the veterans of the Soviet space programme

Alien civilisation, artwork
Alien civilisation, computer artwork

Space travel, artwork
Space travel. Computer artwork of a spaceship approaching a planet

Plasma in Earths magnetic field, UV image
Earths magnetic field. Ultraviolet image of hot plasma (ionised gas, orange) trapped in the Earths magnetic field. The Earth has been superimposed at centre

ATV space station cargo carrier
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Europes space station cargo carrier, at Thales Alenia Space plant in Turin, Italy. Red, bell-shaped cover protects docking system

Space capsules, artwork

Soyuz spacecraft (gound-test model) in National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC. Part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project display showing the Soyuz orbital module (right)

Spacecraft structure in cleanroom
Spacecraft platform structure on ground support trolley in cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space plant in Turin, Italy

SpaceShipOne in museum
SpaceShipOne, the winner of the Ansari X-Prize competiion (to fly into space on a suborbital trajectory) on display at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC

Corona spy satellite
Corona KH-4B spy satellite on display at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC. Americas first photoreconnaissance satellite, also known by the cover name Discoverer

Space capsule structure model at Thales Alenia Space plant in Turin, Italy

Cygnus pressurised cargo module at Thales Alenia Space plant in Turin, Italy

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project display in National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC. The ASTP mission was flown in July 1975. The spacecraft on display are the CSM-105 Apollo command and service module

Flying saucer cloud

Soyuz cable connectors
Cable connection panel on a Soyuz spacecraft (gound-test model) in the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC. Part of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project display

Vanguard satellite damaged in rocket explosion in December 1957 on display at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC

NetLander mission to Mars, artwork

Ariane 1-4 rockets, artwork

Russian rocket engines on display at the 2011 Paris Air Show

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