Space Shuttle Collection (#3)

Model, Space Shuttle, Delta-Wing High Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of

Model, Space Shuttle, Straight-Wing Low Cross-Range Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of

Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. Creator: Unknown
Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of the vehicles shape

Aviator helmet belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Sierra Engineering Co
Aviator helmet belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Dr. Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew on the STS-7 shuttle mission in 1983

STS-7 Medallion owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Robbins Co
STS-7 Medallion owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1983. This numbered STS-7 Robbins medallion was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. STS-7 was historic for making Ride the first American woman in space

Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Unknown
Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Palapa is the name for a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunication company

National Air and Space Museum STS-7 Medal awarded to Sally Ride, 1980s. This medal was awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride by the Smithsonian National Air

Telescope Module, Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, 1990s. Creator: Johns Hopkins University
Original 36-inch reflecting telescope that flew on the Shuttle twice as part of the ASTRO mission. It employs a medium dispersion spectrometer at a modified prime focus

Model, Sensor, Large Format Camera, ca. 1984. Creator: Unknown
Model, Sensor, Large Format Camera, ca. 1984. The Large Format Camera (LFC) flew on a Space Shuttle mission in 1984, photographing large swaths of the Earths surface

Flight jacket belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Qual-Craft
Flight jacket belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Dr. Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew on the STS-7 shuttle mission in 1983

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal awarded to Sally Ride, 1987. Creator: Unknown
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal awarded to Sally Ride, 1987. This NASA Outstanding Leadership medal and its accessories were awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride on August 13, 1987

Model, Wind Tunnel, Convair Space Shuttle, 2007. Creator: General Dynamics Corporation
Model, Wind Tunnel, Convair Space Shuttle, 2007. This wind tunnel 0.006 scale model set dates from the early Space Shuttle design effort

Model, Space Shuttle, North American Rockwell Final Design, ca 1981. This model represents the final Space Shuttle design that emerged from NASA-industry studies in 1969-1972

Flight suit worn by Charles F. Bolden during his first spaceflight, 1986
African-American astronaut Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born 1946) flew on four Space Shuttle missions. He was also a NASA administrator and a United States Marine Corps Major General

STS-119 Discovery at Launchpad 39A
STS119-S-005 (11 March 2009) --- A nearly full moon sets as the Space Shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 11, 2009

Space Shuttle Atlantis launching from Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis launching from Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Atlantis was in operation between 1985 and 2011

Orbiter Challenger on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle Challenger was the second orbiter of NASAs space shuttle programme

Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery at Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Discovery was in operation between 1984 and 2011

Space Shuttle - artists concept of interior, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle - artists concept of interior, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Manipulator arm deployed during the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Manipulator arm deployed during the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The Canadarm or Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS) is flown in space for the first time

Space Shuttle and space station above Earth, artists impression. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle and space station above Earth, artists impression

Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle atop Boeing 747, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, USA, 1981
Huge external fuel tank, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1981. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by the National Aeronautics

Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s
Space Shuttle Orbiter on launch pad on launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle - artists concept of spacewalk, 1980s. Illustraion of EVA - Extra Vehicular Activity - from the Orbiter space shuttle

Space Shuttle Orbiter on the launch pad, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Aerial view. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Inspecting heat tiles, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, November 1981. The Space Shuttle program, (official name, Space Transportation System or STS)

Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Rocket booster recovery, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The rocket booster is recovered from the sea. The space shuttles solid rocket boosters were reusable

Artists impression of Space Shuttle. Creator: NASA
Artists impression of Space Shuttle. NASAs Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system. It operated between 1981 and 2011

Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle and 747 carrier plane in Mate-Demate Device. Mate-Demate Device (MDD) at NASAs Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, USA

Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976 Creator: NASA
Roll-out of Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise, California, USA, 17 September 1976. The Enterprise (OV-101) was built as part of NASAs Space Shuttle programme to perform atmospheric test flights after

Astronaut Richard Truly, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Astronaut Richard Truly, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. US fighter pilot and astronaut Joe Engle (born 1937) looks at data in zero gravity on the second flight of the Space Shuttle

Shuttle in Vehicle Assembly Building, second Space Shuttle flight, 1981. Creator: NASA
Shuttle in Vehicle Assembly Building, second Space Shuttle flight, 1981. The Space Shuttle being prepared in the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA

Orbiter flight tests, Space Shuttle Enterprise landing, USA, c1975. Creator: NASA
Orbiter flight tests, Space Shuttle Enterprise landing, USA, c1975. The Enterprise (OV-101) was built as part of NASAs Space Shuttle programme to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched

First Space Shuttle flight, Columbia parting from carrier aircraft, April 1981. The moment of parting from the Boeing 747 carrier. The Columbia Orbiter operated between 1981 and 2003

Lift off, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1981
Lift off, second Space Shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, November 1981. STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by NASA

Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1980s
Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery landing at Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Discovery was in operation between 1984 and 2011

Baja California seen from aboard the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Baja California seen from aboard the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The Baja California Peninsula, a state in western Mexico, which protrudes into the Pacific Ocean

Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. US pilot, aeronautical engineer and astronaut Joe Engle (born 1932)

Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen after landing, April 1981. Creator: NASA
Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen after landing, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, April 1981. US astronauts Young and Crippen were the two-man crew aboard the first orbiter, Columbia

Astronaut Joe Engle, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. Creator: NASA
Astronaut Joe Engle, second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. US pilot, aeronautical engineer and astronaut Joe Engle (born 1932) was Commander on the second flight of the Space Shuttle, STS-2

Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981. Creator: NASA
Solid rocket booster separates, first Space Shuttle flight, 12 April 1981. STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first mission of Orbiter Columbia

Space Shuttle Columbia lifting off, Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA, 1980s. Columbia was in operation from 1981 to 2003

India-Pakistan boundary seen from aboard the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. The border between India and Pakistan stretches from the Arabian Sea to the foothills of the Himalayan

President Ronald Reagan speaks to astronauts on the Space Shuttle, 1981. Creator: NASA
President Ronald Reagan speaks to astronauts on the second Space Shuttle flight, Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA, November 1981

Earth from space - the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, seen from the Space Shuttle, 1983
Earth from space - the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, seen from Space Shuttle, 1983. STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission, and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger

The Himalayas between China and Tibet, seen from aboard the second Space Shuttle flight, 1981
The Himalayas between China and Tibet, seen from aboard the second Space Shuttle flight, November 1981. A lake in the Himalayan mountain range

The Tibetan Plateau seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. Creator: NASA
The Tibetan Plateau seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. View of the Tibetan or Himalayan Plateau (known in China as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau or the Qing-Zang Plateau)

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