Space Shuttle Collection (#4)

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)

Baja California and the Sea of Cortes, seen from aboard the first Space Shuttle flight, April 1981. The Baja California Peninsula, a state in western Mexico, which protrudes into the Pacific Ocean

The crew of Space Shuttle Mission STS-31, 1990. Artist: NASA
The crew of Space Shuttle Mission STS-31, 1990. STS-31 was the thirty-fifth mission of the American Space Shuttle program

John Watts Young (b1930), NASA astronaut, c1990s. Artist: NASA
John Watts Young (b1930), NASA astronaut, c1990s. John Watts Young is a former NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon on April 21 1972, during the Apollo 16 mission

NASA Langley Magnetic Suspension / Balance System
A shuttle model is magnetically suspended in the transparent hexagonal test section of the MIT/NASA Langley 6 inch MSBS. Massive power supplies are required to drive electromagnets for model position

Toy rocket

Discovery-Hubble-Space Telescope
The Shuttle Discovery lifts off launch pad, on April 24, 1990, carrying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope. The giant spacecraft is being put in orbit to gather information about a large

Cross-section and details of the inner workings of the Space Shuttle Columbia developed by NASA. Illustration, 1981
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA. Cross-section and details of the inner workings of the Space Shuttle Columbia developed by NASA. Illustration, 1981

CFD Orbiter Model
This is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computer generated Space Shuttle model. CFD has supplanted wind tunnels for many evaluations of aircraft

STS-28 Rollout
The Space Shuttle Columbia arrives at Pad 39B early in the morning after being rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building the night before

First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Creator: NASA
First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Space Shuttle Columbia and STS-1 lift off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center, marking the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program

Space Shuttle Close-Up

Space Shuttle Columbia on launch pad and the setting sun

A space station in orbit above earth

A satellite orbiting above earth

The open cargo bay of the space shuttle orbiting above earth

Elevated view of the space shuttle orbiting above the earth with its cargo bay open

The launch of a space rocket

A satellite in orbit above earth

Night launch of the space shuttle

Launch of the Space shuttle

Shuttle on the Launch Pad

Columbia Space shuttle preparing for launch

Space shuttle launching

Space shuttle orbiting earth, satellite view

Space shuttle Discovery

A view from inside the flight deck of Space Shuttle Atlantis
May 15, 2009 - Solar panels on the Hubble Space Telescope make for unique window shades in this scene photographed from the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Atlantis

Illustration of an orbiter cutaway view of a space shuttle
This illustration is an orbiter cutaway view with callouts. The orbiter is both the brains and heart of the Space Transportation System (STS)

Us-Space-Apollo 9-Scott
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323232-USA-SPACE-APOLLO 9-LANDING
A picture taken on March 13, 1969 in the Ocean, east of the Bahamas, shows the astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L

Us-X-38 Flight
This 10 July NASA image shows the X-38 prototype being released from NASAs B-52 mothership over the Edwards Air Force Base range in Californias Mojave Desert during the second free-flight test of

Usa-Space-Apollo VI
A picture taken on February 6, 1968 at the Kennedy Space Center shows Apollo VI, the second and last unmanned space vehicule in the National Aeronautics

313913-Usa-Space-Apollo Vi-Lunar Module
A picture released on January 25, 1968 at the Kennedy Space Center shows the Lunar Module I for the Apollo VI program, the second and last unmanned space vehicule in the National Aeronautics

Us-Space Shuttle Columbia-Mission Sts-87
In preparation for space shuttle mission STS-87, the space shuttle Columbia is lifted into high bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this 24 October 1997

Cutaway view showing all of the components of a NASA space shuttle. Illustration, 1981
SPACE: SPACE SHUTTLE, 1981. Cutaway view showing all of the components of a NASA space shuttle. Illustration, 1981

Us-Earths Moon
This 09 December, 1990 color image of the Moon was taken by NASAs Galileo spacecraft at a range of about 350, 000 miles. At the upper right is the large

Us-Spacewalk to Hubble
Endeavor astronauts Jeff Hoffman (L) and Steve Musgrave work on the aft section of the Hubble Space Telescope 05 December 1993. This is the first of five planned spacewalks to repair the telescope

STS-66 Atlantis Landing and Chute Deployment at Edwards
The Space Shuttle Atlantis lands with its drag chute deployed on runway 22 at Edwards, California, to complete the STS-66 mission dedicated to the third flight of the Atmospheric Laboratory for

STS-66 Atlantis Landing Approach at Edwards
The Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches runway 22 at Edwards, California, to complete the STS-66 mission dedicated to the third flight of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-3

Hurricane Florence. NASA photograph taken from the Space Shuttle Atlantis from 165 nautical miles above the Earth

Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1985. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 4 April 1997. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) viewed from space. Aurorae are caused by the interaction of the particles in the solar wind with the Earths magnetic field

Aurora Australis, April 1994. The curtain form of the Aurora Australis viewed from the Space Shuttle Endeavour, part of which can be seen in top right foreground

Astronaut on Shuttle mission 41-C, 1984. Shuttle astronaut with Solar Maximum Satellite in the hold of the Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Astronaut on EVA, 1980s
Space Shuttle astronauts on EVA, 1980s. Two astronauts are shown during Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) in the open cargo bay of Shuttle

Space Shuttle Orbiter mounted on top of a Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, 1977. The Shuttle Orbiter is often transported this way from landing site to launch site

Space Shuttle Columbia on Earth, 1980s. Rear of Columbia, at Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, showing Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME)

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