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Origin of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

The German Rocket Team, also known as the Von Braun Rocket Team, poses for a group photograph at Fort Bliss, Texas. After World War II ended in 1945, Dr. Wernher von Braun led some 120 of his Peenemuende Collea More

Oryx - National Parks Gallery - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

The Oryx (Oryx gazella) is actually a native animal of Africa. It was first imported to New Mexico in the 1960s by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to establish a big game population for hunters. Betw More

View of the liftoff of Little Joe II

Description: View of the liftoff of Little Joe II launch vehicle at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico...UID: SPD-JSC-S63-15229

Apollo Boilerplate 12- Liftoff, NASA Gemini program

View of the liftoff of Little Joe II launch vehicle at the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Little Joe II and Boilerplate #6 liftoff at Wallops Island, Virginia

Little Joe II liftoff from the Apollo Little Joe II launch area #3 at White Sands Missile Range, White Sands, New Mexico.

Photograph of Scientists Testing a Laser Beacon for the Gemini Project

Original caption: BLUE-GREEN BEAM: Duane D. Erway (left) and Dr. Paul C. Fletcher of Electro-Optical Systems, Inc., a Pasadena subsidiary of Xerox Crop., adjust blue-green output beam of ionized argon gas laser More

Pathfinder - vertical takeoff / vertical landing launch vehicle concept

The Delta Clipper-Experimental Advanced (DC-XA) is a single-stage-to-orbit, vertical takeoff / vertical landing launch vehicle concept, whose development was geared to significantly reduce launch cost and provi More

A GBU-15 glide bomb mounted on the wing pylon of an F-4 Phantom II aircraft at White Sands Missile Range

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv More

A munitions technician checks Paveway II glide bombs on the wing pylon of an aircraft at White Sands Missile Range

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv More

An AGM-62 Walleye glide bomb mounted on the wing pylon of an A-7 Corsair II aircraft at White Sands Missile Range

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Rel More

A Hawk missile is fired at Launch Complex No. 32

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SPC5 Ed Larkin Release Status: R More

AN air-to-air low angle left view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft in a vertical climb over the White Sands Missile Range at Holloman Air Force Base. Two AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles are mounted on each wing and two AIM-7 Sparrow missiles are on each side of the fuselage. The aircraft is assigned to the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv More

AN air-to-air right side view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft banking to the left over White Sands Missile Range. Two AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles are mounted on each wing and two AIM-7 Sparrow missiles are mounted on each side of the fuselage. The aircraft is assigned to the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t More

AN air-to-air left side view of an F-15 Eagle aircraft in flight over the White Sands Missile Range. Two AIM-9L Sidewinder missiles are mounted on each side of the fuselage. The aircraft is assigned to the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released t More

LANDING - STS-3 - NORTHRUP STRIP, NM

S82-28835 (30 March 1982) --- This unique view of the underside of the space shuttle orbiter Columbia was taken with a handheld camera aboard a T-38 chase plane over the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. More

LANDING - STS-3 - NORTHRUP STRIP, NM

S82-28838 (30 March 1982) --- The space shuttle Columbia (STS-3) touches down on the Northrup Strip at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, marking the first time in its three-flight history that it has touch More

LANDING - STS-3 - NORTHRUP STRIP, NM

S82-28839 (30 March 1982) --- Seconds from touchdown, the space shuttle Columbia (STS-3), with astronauts Jack R. Lousma and C. Gordon Fullerton aboard, comes into view of a large crowd on hand to greet it at t More

A multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) being fired by Operational Test and Evaluation Agency personnel from Fort Bliss, Texas

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Ontiveros Release Status: More

A multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) being fired by Operational Test and Evaluation Agency personnel from Fort Bliss, Texas

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Ontiveros Release Status: More

A missile is fired from a 227 mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) at Launch Complex 33

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Ontiveros Release Status: More

An MGM-31A Pershing 1a missile is fired from a launch pad at the McGregor Range by members of the German air force

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tom Moore Release Status: Releas More

A Copperhead laser-guided anti-tank missile fired from a towed M198 155 mm Howitzer approaches a target tank

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tom Moore Release Status: Releas More

The Mid Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser (MIRACL), for use by the Navy in a series of tests called Sea Lite. The tests will investigate the role a high energy laser might play in defending ships from missile attack. Sea Lite testing will take place at the DOD High Energy Laser National Test Range being developed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

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An artist's concept of the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF), currently under construction at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

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The doors of three Experimental Test Site (ETS) Observa-Domes are open to allow their individual Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) telescopes to aim skyward to track asteroids traveling through space towards Earth. The ETS is located east of Socorro, New Mexico (NM), in the Northern Call-up Area (FIX) on the White Sands Missile Range, NM, and is operated by the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lincoln Laboratory to support the joint US Air Force (USAF) Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) funded Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) Project

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released More

An MIM-104 Patriot missile is test fired

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Trevino Release Status: Re More

Two XMGM-52 Lance missiles are fired from LER-4 by A and C Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Artillery Regiment

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Trevino Release Status: Re More

An MIM-104 Patriot missile is fired by members of Battery B, 8th Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery. Note: Fifth view in a series of five

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Frank Trevino Release Status: Re More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft fires an AIM-9P4 Sidewinder missile at an MQM-107 target drone

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Lochner Release Status: Rel More

A technician demonstrates a phase of the loading procedure for the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tom Moore Release Status: Releas More

Technicians demonstrate a phase of the loading procedure for the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Tom Moore Release Status: Releas More

A view of the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), which is the launch vehicle for the Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele More

Trailing fire and smoke, an Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile ascends during a test launch at Launch Complex 33

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele More

An Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile lifts off from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher at Launch Complex 33

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele More

Smoke billows and fragments fly from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher as the nosecone of an Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile emerges upon lift-off at Launch Complex 33

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele More

Smoke billows and fragments fly from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher as an Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile lifts off at Launch Complex 33

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele More

An Army Tactical Missile System (TACMS) missile is launched from a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) launcher at Launch Complex 33

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Ted Gaskins Release Status: Rele More

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released More

An Air Force Systems Command Armament Division F-16A Fighting Falcon aircraft launches an AIM-120A advanced medium range air-to-air missile (AMRAAM) toward a QF-100 target drone. (Substandard image)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: White Sands Missile Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released More

Daniel Clark from White Sands Missile Range and W. A. Duke of Interstate Electronic Corporation, California, check for the correct parameters for the Global Positioning Pods on the F-15 Eagle. Mr. Clark and Mr. Duke are deployed to Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, in support of ROVING SANDS 97. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a joint environment to hone command and control procedures and integrate new systems in Theater and Air Missile Defense

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operato More

Major Willem Heesbeen, Triple Air Defense Squadron 804, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Eindhoven, Netherlands, during Garner Cup competition at Roving Sands '99, June 18, 1999. The competition tests the abilities of the squadron to deploy their system in accordance to standards. This is one of many events included in Roving Sands 99, a joint theater air and missile defense exercise. It takes place in locations from Fort Bliss, Texas, to White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, through the end of June

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '99 Base: Oro Grande Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator More

A Dutch Patriot Missile battery located on the Oro Grande Range, New Mexico, June 18, 1999. Members of the Triple Air Defense Squadron 804, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Eindhoven, Netherlands are participating in the Garner Cup Competition at Roving Sands '99. The competition tests the abilities of the squadron to deploy their systems in accordance to standards. This is one of many events occuring at Roving Sands 99, a joint theater air and missile defense exercise taking place from Fort Bliss, Texas to White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '99 Base: Oro Grande Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator More

Sergeant First Class Emile Honejet and Corporal Jeroem Schryemberg, both from the Triple Air Defense Squadron 804, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Eindhoven, Netherlands, participate in the Garner Cup Competition at Roving Sands '99 June 18, 1999. The competition tests the abilities of the squadron to deploy and use their system in accordance to standards. This is one of many events occuring during Roving Sands 99, a joint theater air and missile defense exercise taking places at locations between Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '99 Base: Oro Grande Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator More