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Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott prepare to board Gemini VIII

Neil Armstrong and David R. Scott prepare to board Gemini VIII

Description (March 16, 1966) Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII. Gemini VIII successfully launched at 11:41 a.m. EST, March 16, 1966. The mission co... More

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Floyd L. Carpenter (second from right), Commander, 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), and dignitaries cut the ribbon officially unveiling the Eighth Air Force Museum's latest acquisition, the SR-71A Blackbird serial number 61-7967. The event was held in conjunction with the 100th Anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first successful powered heavier than air flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC) on December 17, 1903. Wearing a SR-71 full pressure suit, is USAF SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Dave Roberts, CHIEF Education and Training, 917th Wing

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Floyd L. Carpenter (second from righ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: MSG... More

F-100 and George Cooper. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

F-100 and George Cooper. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description (March 27, 1957) North American F-100 Airplane (NACA 709), with Pilot George Cooper.

"Little Joe" NASA history collection

"Little Joe" NASA history collection

Description: (1958) A photo of the X-1E with pilot Joe Walker suited up at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California. The dice and "Little Joe" are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. (L... More

Joe Walker in pressure suit with X-1E

Joe Walker in pressure suit with X-1E

Description: Joe Walker in a pressure suit beside the X-1E at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California. The dice and "Little Joe" are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. (Little Joe is ... More

Alan Shepard suits up, NASA Mercury project

Alan Shepard suits up, NASA Mercury project

(1960) Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) pilot, wearing pressure suit with body parachute. Shepard was the first American to enter space...Image #: G60-02665

Pilot Neil Armstrong with X-15 #1

Pilot Neil Armstrong with X-15 #1

(1960) NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 feet long with a wingspan of 22 feet. It was a missile- s... More

SHEPARD, ALAN B., ASTRONAUT - SUIT

SHEPARD, ALAN B., ASTRONAUT - SUIT

G60-02665 (1960) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) pilot, wearing pressure suit with body parachute. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SUIT - ASTRONAUT S. CARPENTER - PA

SUIT - ASTRONAUT S. CARPENTER - PA

S61-03510 (1961) --- Project Mercury astronaut M. Scott Carpenter smiles, in his pressure suit, prior to participating in a simulated mission run at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronaut Carpenter has been select... More

Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit

Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit

Description (1961) NASA pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here in the cockpit of the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. ..A U.S. Navy pilot in the Korean War who flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2 jet fig... More

Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3 flight

Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3 fligh...

S61-02755 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. is being helped into the lower half of his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Photo credit: N... More

SHEPARD, ALAN - ASTRONAUT - SUIT - CAPE

SHEPARD, ALAN - ASTRONAUT - SUIT - CAPE

S61-03651 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, is being inserted into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Photo credit: NA... More

Ham Tries Out His Life Support System

Ham Tries Out His Life Support System

Ham tries out his combination couch and life support system in preparation for his flight in Mercury Redstone-2 (MR-2). The couch is plugged into the circuit that normally would supply the astronaut's full pres... More

Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3 Flight

Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3 Fligh...

S61-02766 (5 May 1961) --- Side view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet closed, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Photo credit: NAS... More

GRISSOM, GUS - PRESSURE SUIT, NASA Mercury project

GRISSOM, GUS - PRESSURE SUIT, NASA Mercury project

S61-01490 (4 April 1961) --- Astronaut Virgil Grissom photographed in the new Mercury spacesuit, holding his helmet. Photo credit: NASA

ASTRONAUT SHEPARD - PRESSURE SUIT - FREEDOM "7" CAPSULE

ASTRONAUT SHEPARD - PRESSURE SUIT - FREEDOM "7" CAPSULE

S61-02792 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, approaches the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for insertion before the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Photo credi... More

CLOSEUP VIEW - ASTRONAUT SHEPARD, ALAN - PRESSURE SUIT - MERCURY-REDSTONE (MR)-3 - CAPE

CLOSEUP VIEW - ASTRONAUT SHEPARD, ALAN - PRESSURE SUIT - MERCURY-REDST...

S61-02775 (5 May 1961) --- Close-up view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet opened, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Photo credit:... More

Astronaut Alan Shepard, NASA Mercury project

Astronaut Alan Shepard, NASA Mercury project

(April 20, 1961) Close-up view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet opened, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight...Image #: S61-00220

Astronaut - Shepard - MR-3, NASA Mercury project

Astronaut - Shepard - MR-3, NASA Mercury project

S61-02785 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit is seated in a reclining chair while a technician checks communications equipment in his helmet. He is in the suiting trailer before... More

Astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit with Freedom 7 capsule

Astronaut Alan Shepard in pressure suit with Freedom 7 capsule

S61-02547 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, looks into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for ingress before the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Photo credit:... More

Rear View - Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit

Rear View - Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit

S61-02796 (5 May 1961) --- Rear view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, as he approaches the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for ingress before the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission. A... More

Astronaut John Glenn leaving crew quarters prior to launch

Astronaut John Glenn leaving crew quarters prior to launch

S62-00330 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. (left), Dr. William Douglas, astronauts flight surgeon, and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leave crew quarters prior to Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) mission. Glenn i... More

Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3 Flight

Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone (MR)-3 Fligh...

S61-02757 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. is being helped into his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Photo credit: NASA or National Ae... More

Closeup View - Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redstone ( MR)-3 Flight

Closeup View - Astronaut Alan Shepard - Pressure Suit - Mercury-Redsto...

S61-00220 (20 April 1961) --- Close-up view of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in his pressure suit, with helmet opened, for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American manned spaceflight. Photo cred... More

CLOSEUP - ASTRONAUT SHEPARD, ALAN - PRESSURE SUIT - FREEDOM 7 CAPSULE

CLOSEUP - ASTRONAUT SHEPARD, ALAN - PRESSURE SUIT - FREEDOM 7 CAPSULE

S61-03645 (5 May 1961) --- Close-up of astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his pressure suit and helmet, ingressing into the Freedom 7 capsule in preparation for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) mission. Photo credi... More

Astronaut Grissom climbs into Liberty Bell 7 capsule to begin MR-4 mission

Astronaut Grissom climbs into Liberty Bell 7 capsule to begin MR-4 mis...

S61-02881 (1961) --- Astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, suited up in a newly designed pressure suit, is assisted as he climbs into Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. Behind him backup pilot John Glenn watches the inser... More

Astronaut Grissom dons spacesuit for Mercury-Redstone 4 mission

Astronaut Grissom dons spacesuit for Mercury-Redstone 4 mission

S61-02845 (1961) --- Portrait of astronaut Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom in his pressure suit and wearing his helmet in Hanger S at Cape Canaveral, Florida before the Mercury-Redstone 4 mission. Photo credit: NASA

ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, NASA Mercury project

ASTRONAUT GRISSOM, NASA Mercury project

S61-02897 (21 July 1961) --- Virgil I. (Gus) Grissom, pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) ?Liberty Bell 7? spaceflight, talking on the phone with President Kennedy. Grissom is still wearing his pressure suit... More

John Glenn, Mercury -- February 1962

John Glenn, Mercury -- February 1962

Description: Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., NASA flight surgeon William Douglas and equipment specialist Joseph W. Schmidt leave crew quarters prior to the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit a... More

Astronaut Walter Schirra during water egress training

Astronaut Walter Schirra during water egress training

S62-01379 (1962) --- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., wearing his pressure suit, is seated in a life raft during a portion of his water egress training. Photo credit: NASA

ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN H., JR. - INSERTION PRACTICE - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-6 - FRIENDSHIP "7" - CAPE

ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN H., JR. - INSERTION PRACTICE - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA...

S62-00994 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, practices insertion into the Mercury "Friendship 7? spacecraft, with help of a McDonnell Aircraft Corporation technician, ... More

ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN H., JR. - INSERTION PRACTICE - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-6 - FRIENDSHIP "7" - CAPE

ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN H., JR. - INSERTION PRACTICE - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA...

S62-00993 (1962) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) mission, practices insertion into the Mercury "Friendship 7" spacecraft during MA-6 preflight training activity at Cape Cana... More

ASTRONAUT GLENN - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-6 FLIGHT - HANGAR "S" - CAPE

ASTRONAUT GLENN - MERCURY-ATLAS (MA)-6 FLIGHT - HANGAR "S" - CAPE

S62-00379 (20 Feb. 1962) --- View of astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., Dr. William Douglas, astronauts' flight surgeon, and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leaving Operations and Checkout Building prior to the Merc... More

Astronaut John Glenn leaving crew quarters prior to launch

Astronaut John Glenn leaving crew quarters prior to launch

S62-00222 (20 Feb. 1962) --- View of astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and equipment specialist Joe Schmitt leaving crew quarters prior to Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) mission. Glenn is in his pressure suit and is carrying... More

Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit

Gordon Cooper in Helmet and Pressure Suit

Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper in white room, waiting for Terminal Countdown Demonstrations Test (TCDT) activities to resume in preparation for his Mercury- Atlas 9 launch...Image # : 63-MA9-76 .April 30, 1963

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-V - TEST - CAPE

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-V - TEST - CAPE

S65-41955 (12 July 1965) --- Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr. receives assistance with his pressure suit during suiting up and ingress test activity at Pad 16, Cape Kennedy, Florida in preparation for the Gemini-5 ... More

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-9- TRAINING - AEROSPACE FLIGHT SIMULATOR - PILOT - TX

GEMINI-TITAN (GT)-9- TRAINING - AEROSPACE FLIGHT SIMULATOR - PILOT - T...

S66-27990 (March 1966) --- Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot for the Gemini-9 spaceflight, works out procedures for his historic space excursion in a unique manned Aerospace Flight Simulator at LTV Corp. at Dal... More

Wernher von Braun leaving the suiting-up van wearing a pressure suit

Wernher von Braun leaving the suiting-up van wearing a pressure suit

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director, Dr. von Braun, is shown leaving the suiting-up van wearing a pressure suit prepared for a tryout in the MSFC Neutral Buoyancy Simulator (NBS). Weighted to a neutral... More

Neil Armstrong On The Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.

Neil Armstrong On The Moon. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description (July 20, 1969) Apollo 11 astronauts trained on Earth to take individual photographs in succession in order to create a series of frames that could be assembled into panoramic images. This frame fro... More

Mission Accomplished, NASA Apollo program

Mission Accomplished, NASA Apollo program

Description (July 20, 1969) Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 Commander, inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the lunar surface after completion of his historic moonwalk...Image Credit: NASA.Image # as11-37-5528

Portrait of Apollo 11 crewmembers

Portrait of Apollo 11 crewmembers

Description (May 1, 1969) The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission crew, pictured from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.... More

Beginning the Mission, NASA Apollo program

Beginning the Mission, NASA Apollo program

Description (July 16, 1969) The Apollo 11 crew leaves Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building during the pre-launch countdown. Mission commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael... More

Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 mission

Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 missio...

(July 1, 1969) Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing mission in his space suit, with his helmet on the table in front of him. Behind him is a large photograph of the ... More

A pilot wears a pressure suit while sitting in the cockpit of a YF-16 aircraft

A pilot wears a pressure suit while sitting in the cockpit of a YF-16 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Roger L. Cazier Release Status:... More

Test subject models uprated Apollo A6L pressure suit

Test subject models uprated Apollo A6L pressure suit

Description: Test subject models the uprated Apollo A6L pressure suit manufactured by International Latex Corporation, under contract to NASA. The suit incorporates changes recommended by the Apollo Review Boar... More

Technicians test a pressure suit worn by Representative Beverly B. Byron, Democrat-Maryland, prior to her demonstration flight aboard an SR-71 aircraft

Technicians test a pressure suit worn by Representative Beverly B. Byr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Castle Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to ... More

STS-26 launch and entry crew equipment demonstration at Naval Weapons Center

STS-26 launch and entry crew equipment demonstration at Naval Weapons ...

S88-25408 (8 Dec 1987) --- James O. Schlosser (left), JSC crew systems branch employee responsible for crew equipment development, gives a briefing on the crew equipment baselined for STs-26 as astronaut James ... More

STS-26 LES donning/doffing aboard KC-135 NASA 930 parabolic flight aircraft

STS-26 LES donning/doffing aboard KC-135 NASA 930 parabolic flight air...

STS-26 Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103, Mission Specialist (MS) George D. Nelson practices donning and doffing new (navy blue) partial pressure suit (launch and entry suit (LES)) aboard KC-135 NASA 930 duri... More

A 17th Reconnaissance Wing ground crewman wearing biological-chemical-protective gear helps the pilot of a TR-1 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with his pressure suit prior to a flight

A 17th Reconnaissance Wing ground crewman wearing biological-chemical-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Alconbury Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Linda Manuel Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military... More

STS-26 Commander Hauck with launch and entry suits (LESs) on OV-103's middeck

STS-26 Commander Hauck with launch and entry suits (LESs) on OV-103's ...

STS026-05-022 (5 Oct 1988) --- Astronaut Frederick H. (Rick) Hauck, commander, rehearses the donning of the new orange partial pressure suit which he and the other four crewmembers will put on just prior to t... More

Newly designed launch and entry suit (LES) modeled by technician

Newly designed launch and entry suit (LES) modeled by technician

Space shuttle orange launch and entry suit (LES), a partial pressure suit, is modeled by a technician. LES was designed for STS-26, the return to flight mission, and subsequent missions. Included in the crew es... More

SGT Monte Guerin, a member of the 17th Reconnaissance Wing's Physiological Support Division, runs a check on CPT Pete Szyjka's pressure suit prior to the pilot's flight in a TR-1 high-altitude tactical reconnaissance aircraft

SGT Monte Guerin, a member of the 17th Reconnaissance Wing's Physiolog...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Alconburg Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

A member of the 17th Reconnaissance Wing's Physiological Support Division works on a pressure suit worn by pilots of the TR-1 high-altitude tactical reconnaissance aircraft

A member of the 17th Reconnaissance Wing's Physiological Support Divis...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Raf Alconbury Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mili... More

STS-37 Commander Nagel in commanders seat on OV-104's flight deck

STS-37 Commander Nagel in commanders seat on OV-104's flight deck

STS037-13-036 (5-11 April 1991) --- Astronaut Steven R. Nagel talks to ground controllers from the commander's station on the space shuttle Atlantis. He is wearing the special partial pressure suit used by spa... More

Astronaut Linda Godwin poses with spacesuit she wore for launch

Astronaut Linda Godwin poses with spacesuit she wore for launch

STS059-32-016 (20 April 1994) --- Astronaut Linda M. Godwin, STS-59 payload commander, poses with the spacesuit she wore for launch. She will eventually wear the partial pressure suit for the entry phase of th... More

Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy in middeck during launch/entry training

Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy in middeck during launch/entry trainin...

S94-40081 (23 June 1994) --- Wearing a training version of a partial pressure suit, Jean-Francois Clervoy, STS-66 international mission specialist, secures himself on a collapsible seat on the middeck of a Shut... More

STS-63 crewmembers during egress training

STS-63 crewmembers during egress training

S94-41838 (Nov 1994) --- Wearing training versions of the orange partial pressure suit used for shuttle ascent and entry, five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut assemble for an STS-63 training session. Th... More

Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall is suited up prior to her U-2 Dragonlady flight. STAFF SGT. Andrew McLean, an aerospace physiologist specialist, integrates the full pressure suit

Secretary of the Air Force Sheila Widnall is suited up prior to her U-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Elizabeth Weinberg Rele... More

ISS Phase One Activities and Manufacturing in Russia, France and Italy

ISS Phase One Activities and Manufacturing in Russia, France and Italy

Photographs documenting International Space Station (ISS) Phase One activities at the Russian Space Agency's (RSA) Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, Korolov Mission Control Center and Zvezda; and ISS and Soyuz... More

STS081-372-012 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian pressure suit

STS081-372-012 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jerry Linenger performs a suit check on his Russian pressure suit (launch and entry suit) while on the Mir space station. Views inclu... More

STS081-372-021 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian pressure suit

STS081-372-021 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jerry Linenger performs a suit check on his Russian pressure suit (launch and entry suit) while on the Mir space station. Views inclu... More

STS081-372-013 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian pressure suit

STS081-372-013 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jerry Linenger performs a suit check on his Russian pressure suit (launch and entry suit) while on the Mir space station. Views inclu... More

STS081-372-015 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian pressure suit

STS081-372-015 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jerry Linenger performs a suit check on his Russian pressure suit (launch and entry suit) while on the Mir space station. Views inclu... More

STS081-372-011 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian pressure suit

STS081-372-011 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jerry Linenger performs a suit check on his Russian pressure suit (launch and entry suit) while on the Mir space station. Views inclu... More

STS081-372-022 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian pressure suit

STS081-372-022 - STS-081 - MS Linenger performs suits check on Russian...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Mission specialist Jerry Linenger performs a suit check on his Russian pressure suit (launch and entry suit) while on the Mir space station. Views inclu... More

IVA prep for the Mir 24 crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

IVA prep for the Mir 24 crew. NASA public domain image colelction.

Various views of activities surrounding the Mir 24 crew's preparation for an intravehicular activity (IVA) in the Mir space station. Views include: Mir 24 crew in the Orlan suits in the Soyuz spacecraft (012-3,... More

Every buckle, snap, zipper and lace is checked and rechecked on Captain Christopher Burn's pressure suit by technicians STAFF Sergeants David Nelson and Richard Hay before his first solo high-flight in the U-2. AIRMAN Magazine article describes the U-2 as still being a major player in the nation's reconnaissance mission despite its 1950s' design and first flight in 1955. Capable of then flying over 70,000 feet, and now even higher thanks to a new F-118-101 engine and upgraded avionics the aircraft was awarded the Collier Trophy in 1998 by the National Aeronautic Association and named the U-2S. The U-2S now has digital capabilty and can transmit data instantaneously to analysts at Beale ...

Every buckle, snap, zipper and lace is checked and rechecked on Captai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Every buckle, snap, zipper and lace is checked and rechecked on Captain Christopher Burn's pressure suit by technicians Staff S... More

An interior, straight on medium shot as Tom Bowen (Left), Technical Director of the 9th Physiological Support Squadron for Beale AFB, CA, presents Gary Powers Jr. a pressure suit and helmet during a dinner held in Honor of Francis Gary Powers Sr. at Beale AFB, California, on May 29, 2000. Powers Jr. is the son of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers Sr. who was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over the former Soviet Union on May 5, 1960. The suit dates back to the time when Francis Gary Powers Sr. flew the U-2

An interior, straight on medium shot as Tom Bowen (Left), Technical Di...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Johnny Saldivar, USAF Release Sta... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Hank Webb, USAF, (center) and STAFF Sergeant Erin Manley,, USAF, both Aerospace Physiological Support specialists from the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron (Black Cats), Osan Air Base, Korea, adjust the straps on the pressure suit of U-2R Dragon Lady pilot Captain Michael Wheeler before a mission. Because of the altitudes that the aircraft can reach, a U-2R pilot has to wear a full-pressure suit similar to those worn by astronauts

SENIOR AIRMAN Hank Webb, USAF, (center) and STAFF Sergeant Erin Manley...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military ... More

STS112-337-033 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 crew on middeck

STS112-337-033 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 crew on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 crew on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for their return to KSC at the end of the mission. Visible in the image... More

STS112-337-027 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus on forward flight deck

STS112-337-027 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus o...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy - in her orange pressure suit - at her station on the orbiter Atlantis forward flight deck making preparatio... More

STS112-337-032 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

STS112-337-032 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Mission specialist Dave Wolf - in his orange pressure suit - on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for hisreturn ... More

STS112-337-028 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 crew on middeck

STS112-337-028 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 crew on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 crew on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for their return to KSC at the end of the mission. Visible in the image... More

STS112-337-030 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

STS112-337-030 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Mission specialist Dave Wolf - in his orange pressure suit - on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for hisreturn ... More

STS112-337-034 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 crew on middeck

STS112-337-034 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 crew on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 crew on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for their return to KSC at the end of the mission. Visible in the image... More

STS112-337-025 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus on forward flight deck

STS112-337-025 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus o...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy - in her orange pressure suit - at her station on the orbiter Atlantis forward flight deck making preparatio... More

STS112-337-024 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus on forward flight deck

STS112-337-024 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus o...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy - in her orange pressure suit - at her station on the orbiter Atlantis forward flight deck making preparatio... More

STS112-337-031 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

STS112-337-031 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Mission specialist Dave Wolf - in his orange pressure suit - on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for hisreturn ... More

STS112-337-026 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus on forward flight deck

STS112-337-026 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Magnus o...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy - in her orange pressure suit - at her station on the orbiter Atlantis forward flight deck making preparatio... More

STS112-337-036 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Wolf on forward flight deck

STS112-337-036 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Wolf on ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy - in her orange pressure suit - at her station on the orbiter Atlantis forward flight deck making preparatio... More

STS112-337-029 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

STS112-337-029 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of STS-112 MS Wolf on middeck

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Mission specialist Dave Wolf - in his orange pressure suit - on the orbiter Atlantis middeck making preparations for hisreturn ... More

STS112-337-035 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Wolf on forward flight deck

STS112-337-035 - STS-112 - Fish-eye view of PLT Melroy and MS Wolf on ...

The original finding aid described this as: Description: Fisheye view of STS-112 Pilot Pamela Melroy - in her orange pressure suit - at her station on the orbiter Atlantis forward flight deck making preparatio... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeff Gilbert, physiological support division Technician assigned to the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, assists USAF Major (MAJ) John Long, a U-2 Dragon Lady aircraft Pilot assigned to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, into his 1034 pressure suit in preparation for a mission in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Jeff Gilbert, physiological ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) John Long, a Pilot assigned to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, is assisted by Airmen from the Physiological Support Division, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), as he dons his 1034 pressure suit at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) John Long, a Pilot assigned to the 99t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Gilkey, Physiological Support Division Technician assigned to the 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), inspects the helmet for a1034 pressure suit after a reconnaissance mission at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jason Gilkey, Physiological Su...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) John Long, a Pilot assigned to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, is assisted by Airmen from the Physiological Support Division, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), as he dons his 1034 pressure suit at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) John Long, a Pilot assigned to the 99t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Shannon Ledgewood (left), Supervisor, Physiological Support Division, 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS), 363rd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), assist USAF Major (MAJ) John Long, a Pilot assigned to the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, with his 1034 pressure suit, before conducting a mission at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Shannon Ledgewood (left)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Charlie Morgan (right), Performance Planner, 917th Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB), Louisiana (LA), addresses the crowd gathered to witness the dedication of the 8th Air Force (AF) Museum's latest acquisition, the SR-71A Blackbird, serial number 61-7967, and to honor the 100th Anniversary of Flight. LCOL Morgan served as a Reconnaissance System Officer on the SR-71 from 1984 -1986. Accompanying him wearing a SR-71 full pressure suit, is USAF SENIOR MASTER Sergeant (SMSGT) Dave Roberts, CHIEF Education and Training, 917th Wing

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Charlie Morgan (right), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: A1C... More

A NASA WB-57 crew stopped at Robins Air Force Base

A NASA WB-57 crew stopped at Robins Air Force Base

A NASA WB-57 crew stopped at Robins Air Force Base Oct. 3 to track Hurricane Joaquin. Don Darrow, the sensor equipment operator, was responsible for the operation of all payloads on the aircraft as well as assi... More

A man in a space suit holding a gun. John herschel glenn jr astronaut american aviator, science technology.

A man in a space suit holding a gun. John herschel glenn jr astronaut ...

Astronaut in a space suit / Astronaut wearing a space suit in the space mission / Public domain space exploration photo.

Tim Williams, a research test pilot with NASA's HyspIRI Preparatory Airborne Campaign, is helped into his pressure suit prior to an ER-2 Earth Resources aircraft flight.

Tim Williams, a research test pilot with NASA's HyspIRI Preparatory Ai...

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (Feb. 02, 2018) Tim Williams, a research test pilot with NASA's HyspIRI Preparatory Airborne Campaign, is helped into his pressure suit prior to an ER-2 Earth Resources aircraft flight. The ... More