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Wernher von Braun and Saturn IB on Launch Pad

Wernher von Braun and Saturn IB on Launch Pad

Dr. Wernher von Braun stands in front of a Saturn IB launch vehicle at Kennedy Space Flight Center. Dr. von Braun led a team of German rocket scientists, called the Rocket Team, to the United States, first to F... More

Thousands of News Reporters Watch Apollo 11 Lift Off

Thousands of News Reporters Watch Apollo 11 Lift Off

Full Description: At the press site, thousands of news reporters from the world over watched, taking many pictures, as the Saturn V launch vehicle (AS-506) lifted off to start Apollo 11 on its historic mission ... More

Apollo Director Phillips Monitors Apollo 11 Pre-Launch Activities

Apollo Director Phillips Monitors Apollo 11 Pre-Launch Activities

Full Description: From the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips monitors pre-launch activities for Apollo 11. The Apollo 11 mission, the ... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Seriousness exudes from launch official Miles Ross (left) of Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) and Major General E.F. O’Conner, director of program management of the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), as they... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Dr. Kurt Debus, director of the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC), participated in the countdown demonstration test for the Apollo 11 mission in firing room 1 of the KSC control center. The Apollo 11 mission, t... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

From the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C. Phillips monitors pre-launch activities for Apollo 11. The Apollo 11 mission, the first lunar landin... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Every console was manned in firing room 1 of the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) control center during the launch countdown for Apollo 11. Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission, launched from KSC in Flor... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Amidst a crowd of other onlookers, U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (right) and former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson watch the Saturn V vehicle roar skyward carrying the Apollo 11 manned spacecraft into th... More

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

Saturn V - Saturn Apollo Program

At the press site, thousands of news reporters from the world over watched, taking many pictures, as the Saturn V launch vehicle (AS-506) lifted off to start Apollo 11 on its historic mission to land on the Mo... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

From the right, NASA administrator, Dr. Thomas O. Paine talks with U.S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew while awaiting the launch of Saturn V (AS-506) that carried the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the Moon for man’s h... More

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 11 - Saturn Apollo Program

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 a... More

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 and safely returned to Earth on July 24, 1969. Astronauts onboard included Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The CM, “Columbia”, piloted by Collins, remained in a parking orbit around the Moon while the LM, “Eagle'', carrying astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin, landed on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong was the first human to ever stand on the lunar surface, followed by Aldrin. During 2½ hours of surface exploration, the crew set up experiments, collected 47 pounds of lunar surface material for analysis back on Earth, planted the U.S Flag, and left a message for all mankind. In this photograph, Armstrong is removing scientific equipment from a storage bay of the LM. The brilliant sunlight emphasizes the U. S. Flag to the left.  The object near the flag is the Solar Wind Composition Experiment deployed by Aldrin earlier. n/a

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the K...

The first manned lunar landing mission, Apollo 11, launched from the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC) in Florida via the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed Saturn V launch vehicle on July 16, 1969 a... More

Apollo 17 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 17 - Saturn Apollo Program

This is the Apollo 17 insignia or logo. The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the Apollo 17, carried a crew of three astronauts: Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module pilot; Eugene ... More

Apollo 17 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 17 - Saturn Apollo Program

In this Apollo 17 onboard photo, Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan adjusts the U.S. flag deployed upon the Moon. The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the Apollo 17, carrying a... More

Apollo 17 - Saturn Apollo Program

Apollo 17 - Saturn Apollo Program

This is a breathtaking moonlit view of Apollo 17 on the Launch Pad at Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC). The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the Apollo 17, carrying a crew of ... More

Shuttle Columbia, a photograph of the space shuttle at Kennedy Space Flight Center, Florida, is MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Wayne W. Specht's submission to the "Pix" section of AIRMAN Magazine. Specht is stationed at Misawa Air Base, Japan

Shuttle Columbia, a photograph of the space shuttle at Kennedy Space F...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Wayne W. Specht Release Status: Rel... More

NASA Space Science. NASA public domain image colelction.

NASA Space Science. NASA public domain image colelction.

In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the integrated Mars Observer/Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS) payload is ready for encapsulation in the Titan III nose fairing. The TOS booster maiden flight was dedicated... More

Space shuttle STS-81. NASA public domain image colelction.

Space shuttle STS-81. NASA public domain image colelction.

Launched: January 12, 1997, 4:27:23 a.m. EST.Landing: January 22, 1997, 9:22:44 a.m. EST, Kennedy Space Flight Center, Florida .Space Shuttle: Atlantis.Crew: Michael A. Baker(Commander), Brent W. Jett, Jr. (Pil... More