Hot-Air Jets/Ceramic Heat Exchangers/ Materials for Nose Cones and Ree...
L57-5383 Hot-air jets employing ceramic heat exchangers played an important role at Langley in the study of materials for ballistic missile nose cones and re-entry vehicles. Here a model is being tested in one ... More
LITTLE JOE 2 - LAUNCH VEHICLES - VA
G61-00030 (4 Nov. 1959) --- Launch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article. The suborbital test flight of the Mercury capsule was to test the escape system. Vehicle function... More
NASA Langley Arc-Heated Scramjet Test Facility
Description: NASA Langley Arc-Heated Scramjet Test Facility: Langley 100-Foot Diameter Vacuum Sphere. This is a photograph of the 100-foot diameter vacuum sphere, located behind Building 1247-B. The photo was t... More
Diagrams of Spacecraft Reaction Control System (RCS) Function
S64-03506 (1964) --- Diagrams shows Gemini spacecraft functions of the thrusters in the Gemini spacecraft's re-entry control system. Thrusters may be fired in various combinations to cause yaw, roll and pitch.
Close-up view of descent vehicle of Soyuz spacecraft training mock-up
S74-24677 (June 1974) --- A close-up view of the descent vehicle of the Soyuz spacecraft training mock-up on display at the Cosmonuat Training Center (Star City) near Moscow. The open hatch reveals the interior... More
Nuclear Weapons Specialists of the 576th Flight Test Squadron (FLTS), ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Karolina Gmyrek, USAF Releas... More
330-PSA-254-60 (164493 AC) (21271222826)
330-PSA-254-60 (164493 AC): The nose cone of a U.S. inter-continental ballistic missile is towed toward the Air Force Missile Test Center’s ocean range vessel “Coastal Crusader” after landing in the South Atlan... More
330-PSA-254-60 (164494 AC) (21109594228)
330-PSA-254-60 (164494 AC): The nose cone of a U.S. inter-continental ballistic missile is brought onboard the Air Force Missile Test Center’s ocean range vessel “Coastal Crusader” after landing in the South At... More
330-PSA-254-60 (164495 AC) (21297464945)
330-PSA-254-60 (164495 AC): The nose cone of a U.S. inter-continental ballistic missile is on board the Air Force Missile Test Center’s ocean range vessel “Coastal Crusader” after landing in the South Atlantic ... More
Missile Maintainer inspects missile guidance system of the LGM-30G Min...
Missile Maintainer inspects missile guidance system of the LGM-30G Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). In the background is the reentry system. Photo was taken at F.E. Warren AFB. Airman 1st C... More
W68 Mk3 reentry body
A W68 thermonuclear warhead in a Mk3 reentry body at the US Missile and Rocket Hallway (Navy) in the unclassified section at the Nuclear Weapons Instructional Museum at Kirtland Airforce Base, New Mexico