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In 1965… Watching the Apollo SA-3 Liftoff
In 1965… Watching the Apollo SA-3 Liftoff

Saturn blockhouse personnel at Launch Complex 37 during the liftoff of the Apollo SA-3 test flight include Center Director Kurt…

Moon Bound – Apollo 15
Moon Bound – Apollo 15

Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott operates the battery-powered lunar surface drill during a training exercise at a man-made replica…

Moon Bound – Apollo 15
Moon Bound – Apollo 15

The Apollo 15 Saturn V is seen from a camera located at the mobile launcher's 360-foot level at Launch Pad…

Mercury Mission Control
Mercury Mission Control

Inside Mercury flight control, Walter C. Williams, associate director for Project Mercury operations (center) listens to Christopher Kraft, flight director…

Compact Planetary System
Compact Planetary System

This artist's concept depicts a planetary system so compact that it's more like Jupiter and its moons than a star…

Shuttle Era Begins: Columbia Moves Toward Pad A
Shuttle Era Begins: Columbia Moves Toward Pad A

The first space shuttle destined to fly in space moves toward Pad A at Launch Complex 39, where it lifted…

Presidential Visit
Presidential Visit

President John F. Kennedy (left) visits Mercury's Flight Control Area a few days after John Glenn's flight in February 1962.…

Mercury Mission Control
Mercury Mission Control

Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control.

Brilliant Sub-scale Solid Rocket Motor Test
Brilliant Sub-scale Solid Rocket Motor Test

It was three-two-one to brilliant fire as NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center tested a small solid rocket motor designed to…

Project Gemini Mission Control Center
Project Gemini Mission Control Center

For the Gemini program, a few changes were made to the Mission Control Flight Control Area layout. One change was…