CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A C-17 aircraft arrives on the Shuttle Landing ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A C-17 aircraft arrives on the Shuttle Landing Facility parking apron at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft is delivering the MAVEN spacecraft for processing ahead of a ... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, memb...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the news media are briefed on the agency's Space Launch System SLS Program Todd May, program manager for Space Launch Systems SLS at ... More
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft is removed from the Air Force C-17 cargo a...
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft is removed from the Air Force C-17 cargo airplane that brought it from Denver, Colo.., location of the Lockheed Martin plant where the spacecraft was built. Mars Odyssey will be move... More
Mars 1. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: (November 1, 1962) Mars 1 was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11,000 km. It was designed to ima... More
First Image from Mariner 4. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: (July 15, 1965) A "real-time data translator" machine converted Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on strips of paper. Too anxious to wait for the official processed image, employees... More
Mariner Diagram, NASA Mercury project
Description: (1965) A diagram of the Mariner series of spacecraft and launch vehicle. Mariner spacecraft explored Mercury, Venus and Mars.
Zond 2. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: (1965) Zond 2 was an automatic interplanetary station launched from a Tyazheliy Sputnik (64-078A) in Earth parking orbit towards Mars to test space-borne systems and to carry out scientific investi... More
South Polar Cap of Mars as seen by Mariners 9 & 7
(August 1969) This mosaic of Mariner 9 frames (top), taken during the first orbit, shows the remnants of the south polar cap of Mars dimly through the great dust storm. Mariner 7 photographed the same area in A... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, a crane lifts the shipping crate from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The spacecraft arrived May 7 via a U.S. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare to install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft is ready for spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians lower a crane over the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The crane will be used to remove the heat shield from around the Phoenix. The Phoenix mission is t... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane moves the heat shield toward a platform at left. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraf... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the heat shield onto a platform. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft.. The Phoenix ... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the heat shield from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the heat shield for the Phoenix Mars Lander is moved into position for installation on the spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the firs... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft will undergo spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payl... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
An overhead crane lowers the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside toward a spin table for spin testing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's fi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, a crane lifts the shipping crate from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The spacecraft arrived May 7 via a U.S. ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians complete the installation of the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first proje... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The shipping container carrying the MAVEN space...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The shipping container carrying the MAVEN spacecraft departs the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A C-17 aircraft delivered MAVEN for processing ahead o... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians lower a crane over the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The crane will be used to remove the heat shield from around the P... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first op... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians attach a crane to the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The crane will be used to remove the heat shield from around the Ph... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft is maneuvered away from the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III that delivered it. The crate will... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers watch as an overhead crane lowers the heat shield toward a platform. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft is secure on a flat bed truck for transportation to the Payload Hazardous Servi... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Heat Shield Installation
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the backshell wi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The spacecraft is being moved to a spin t... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft will undergo spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers watch as an overhead crane lowers the heat shield toward a platform. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
An overhead crane lifts the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside off its work stand in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The spacecraft is being moved to a spin table (back left) for spin testi... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the cargo hold of this U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III opens to reveal the crated Phoenix spacecraft inside. The Phoenix m... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, media dressed in clean-room garb document the arrival of the Phoenix spacecraft. The spacecraft arrived May 7 ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The unwrapped Phoenix spacecraft is on ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The unwrapped Phoenix spacecraft is on display in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Ma... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed in clean-room garb remove the protective wrapping from around the Phoenix spacecraft. The Phoe... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane moves the heat shield toward a platform at left. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft at right. The Phoenix mission ... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians secure the backshell with the Phoenix Mars Lander inside onto a spin table for spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first ope... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Heat Shield Installation
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians complete the installation of the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly compe... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers move the platform with the Phoenix spacecraft into another room. The Phoenix mission is the first proj... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lan...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This closeup shows the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft nestled inside the backshell. The spacecraft is ready for spin testing on the spin table to which it is attached in the Payl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed pr... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, an overhead crane lifts the heat shield from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's f... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians attach a crane to the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The crane will be used to remove the heat shield from around the Phoenix. The Phoenix mission is th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster II...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III lands at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility carrying the Phoenix spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed pr... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
This closeup shows the spin test of the Phoenix Mars Lander in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. ... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Heat Shield Installation
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. P... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Heat Shield Installation
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the heat shield for the Phoenix Mars Lander is moved into position for installation on the spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openl... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Cent...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After its arrival at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Phoenix spacecraft has been placed on a flat bed truck for transportation to the Payload Hazardous... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Faci...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Kennedy Space Center, workers dressed in clean-room garb begin removing the protective wrapping from around the Phoenix spacecraft. ... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, workers help guide the heat shield onto a platform. The heat shield was removed from the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft.. The Phoenix mission is the first project in... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Heat Shield Installation
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare to install the heat shield on the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed progra... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Processing
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander (foreground) can be seen inside the backshell. In the background, workers are helping place the heat shield, just removed from the Phoenix, o... More
Phoenix Mars Lander Spacecraft Heat Shield Installation
In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed program of Mars Scout missions. P... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Fac...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, the Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft undergoes spin testing. The Phoenix mission is the first project in NASA's first openly competed p... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landi...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- On Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, workers oversee the offloading of the crated Phoenix spacecraft inside the cargo hold of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.... More
Mariner 9 views of shield volcano - Public domain map
(1971) A Martian shield volcano, approximately 25 miles across at the crater, photographed consecutively by Mariner 9 with the wide-angle and telephoto lenses. The summit crater and groves down the flank probab... More
Mariner 9 views Olympus Mons standing above the Martian Dust Storm
(November 27, 1971) In pictures taken early in the Mariner 9 mission, this region, shows a dark mountain standing above the Martian dust storm. This higher resolution photograph shows that the area contains a c... More
Nix Olympica Identified by Mariner 9 on Mars Approach
Description: (May 30, 1971) The most conspicuous feature yet observed on Mars by Mariner 9 is the darkish spot located near the top of this picture. It has been tentatively identified as Nix Olympica, a curious... More
Viking Pre-Launch Test Flight. NASA public domain image colelction.
(January 20, 1974) The Titan booster is a two-stage liquid-fueled rocket, with two additional large, solid-propellant rockets attached. It is a member of the Titan family that was used in NASA's Gemini program.... More
Viking I Spacecraft in Cleanroom
Description: (May 1, 1974) The planetary landing spacecraft Viking, which includes stereo cameras, a weather station, an automated stereo analysis laboratory and a biology instrument that can detect life, is un... More
Artist: Rick Guidice Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteriod Belt: If spacecra...
Artist: Rick Guidice Pioneer 10 Crosses the Asteriod Belt: If spacecraft are to visit the outer Solar System, they must cross the asteroid belt between Mars and Jpiter. The Pioneer mission was faced with the qu... More
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks t...
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, center, talks to Milt Heflin on the USS Anchorage on the first day of Orion Underway Recovery Test 3. Heflin was a former space shuttle flight director and... More
Viking Phase III. NASA public domain image colelction.
Description: (November 1976) With the incredible success of the Viking missions on Mars, mission operations have progressed though a series of phases - each being funded as mission success dictated its potentia... More
Viking 2 Image of Mars Utopian Plain
Description: (September 3, 1976) The boulder-strewn field of red rocks reaches to the horizon nearly two miles from Viking 2 on Mars' Utopian Plain. Scientists believe the colors of the Martian surface and sky ... More
Viking 2 A utopian bright summer afternoon on Mars -- Looking south fr...
Viking 2 A utopian bright summer afternoon on Mars -- Looking south from Viking 2 on September 7, 1976 the orange-red surface of the nearly level plain upon which the spacecraft sits is seen strewn with rocks a... More
Artist: unknown (JPL) Saturn Voyager Mission Artwork depicts the space...
Artist: unknown (JPL) Saturn Voyager Mission Artwork depicts the spacecraft's path on it's journey to Saturn as it passed above the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and around Jupiter.
Artist: unknown (JPL) Saturn Voyager Mission Artwork depicts the space...
Artist: unknown (JPL) Saturn Voyager Mission Artwork depicts the spacecraft's path on it's journey to Saturn as it passed above the orbits of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and around Jupiter.
Artwork: JPL Viking Spacecraft to explore planet Mars ARC-1977-AC77-11...
Artwork: JPL Viking Spacecraft to explore planet Mars Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Artwork: JPL Spacecraft Vikings Explore Planet Mars ARC-1977-AC77-1159
Artwork: JPL Spacecraft Vikings Explore Planet Mars Public domain photograph of a spacecraft, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After the dust settles at Space Launch ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After the dust settles at Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the ruins of the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39-B are visible. The tower is on... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and dust rising from the ground ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and dust rising from the ground of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station signifies the destruction of the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This panoramic view of Space Launch Com...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- This panoramic view of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station shows the two mobile service towers on the ground after their demolition. The old towers are bei... More
Solar System Montage, Voyager Program, NASA/JPL Photo
This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, S... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and dust rising from the ground ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Smoke and dust rising from the ground of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station signifies the destruction of the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The destruction of the 209-foot-tall mo...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The destruction of the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39-B at Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station kicks up a wall of dust. The tower is one of ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Cana...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 36-B has been identified for demolition. The old towers are being to... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Cana...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 36-B crashes to the ground. It is one of two that were identified fo... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The 209-foot-tall mobile service tower...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39-A of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station careens to the left after 122 pounds of explosives eliminated th... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Within sight of the KSC Vehicle Assembl...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Within sight of the KSC Vehicle Assembly Building (at left on the horizon), the 209-foot-tall mobile service tower on Pad 39-A of Space Launch Complex 36 on Cape Canaveral Air For... More
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
This image is the first full picture showing both asteroid 243 Ida and...
This image is the first full picture showing both asteroid 243 Ida and its newly discovered moon to be transmitted to Earth from NASA's Galileo spacecraft--the first conclusive evidence that natural satellites ... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC, installation is under way of the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The MOC is one of a suite of... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC, installation is under way of the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The MOC is one of a suite of... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC, installation is under way of the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The MOC is one of a suite of... More
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facil...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - In the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at KSC, installation is under way of the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. The MOC is one of a suite of... More
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation F...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Jet Propulsion Laboratory technicians are closing up the metal "petals" of the Mars Pat... More
NASA Space Science. NASA public domain image colelction.
Workers at the Jet Propulsion Research Lab (JPL) in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) prepare the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft for transfer to the launch pad by placing it in a protective canis... More
NASA Space Science. NASA public domain image colelction.
The journey back to Mars begins with a liftoff of the Mars Global Surveyor atop a Delta II 7925A expendable launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Station. After an approximate 10-month interplanetary odyss... More
First Photograph Taken On Mars Surface
This is the first photograph ever taken on the surface of the planet Mars. It was obtained by Viking 1 just minutes after the spacecraft landed successfully early today [July 20, 1976]. The center of the image ... More
Mars Global Surveyor Spacecraft - NASA Mars images
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) workers in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) prepare the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft for transfer to the launch pad by placing it in a protective canister. The ... More
First Color Image From Viking Lander 1
First Color Image From Viking Lander 1 NASA/JPL Public domain photograph of a solar system, planet, space exploration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mars Global Surveyor Approach Image
This image is the first view of Mars taken by the Mars Global Surveyor Orbiter Camera (MOC). It was acquired the afternoon of July 2, 1997 when the MGS spacecraft was 17.2 million kilometers (10.7 million miles... More
Rover, Airbags & Martian Terrain, Mars Pathfinder Images
This picture from Mars Pathfinder was taken at 9:30 AM in the martian morning (2:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time), after the spacecraft landed earlier today (July 4, 1997). The Sojourner rover is perched on one of ... More
Nancy Warren, supervisor of stamp distribution for the U.S. Post Offic...
Nancy Warren, supervisor of stamp distribution for the U.S. Post Office, unveils the $3 commemorative Mars Pathfinder postage stamp at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor Complex on the second day of its issue. The ... More
Mars Climate Orbiter. NASA public domain image colelction.
(May 27, 1998) The Mars Surveyor '98 Climate Orbiter is shown here during acoustic tests that simulate launch conditions. The orbiter was to conduct a two year primary mission to profile the Martian atmosphere ... More
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing F...
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft arrives at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 cargo plane early this morning following its flight from the Lockheed Martin Astronautics plant in Denver, ... More
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved into the Spacecraft Assem...
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved into the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2) in KSC's industrial area. It arrived at the Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 carg... More
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved onto a flatbed for transp...
The Mars Climate Orbiter spacecraft is moved onto a flatbed for transport to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility-2 (SAEF-2). It arrived at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility aboard an Air Force C-17 ... More