
Flying from their training base in Star City, Russia to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition…

Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (left), Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos;…

Expedition 39/40 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA (left in the crew grouping at left side of frame), Soyuz Commander…

The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, approaches touchdown in…

This 26 meter (85 foot) antenna operated in Woomera (Island Lagoon), Australia at Deep Space Station (DSS) 41, established in…

Followed by a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter chase plane, the North American X-15 ship #3 (56-6672) sinks toward touchdown on Rogers…

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson stands next to a mock-up of X-15 number 3 that was later installed at the…

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson is seen here with the mock-up of X-15 #3 that was later installed at the…

Workers install the full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in September 1995.

Workers install the full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in September 1995.