On Aug. 23, 1966, the world received its first view of Earth taken by a spacecraft from the vicinity of…
This gold aluminum cover was designed to protect the Voyager 1 and 2 "Sounds of Earth" gold-plated records from micrometeorite…
In this photograph from 1962, President John F. Kennedy attends a briefing given by Major Rocco Petrone during a tour…
A new chapter in space flight began in July 1950 with the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral,…
The S-II stage of the Saturn V rocket is hoisted onto the A-2 test stand in 1967 at the Mississippi…
This image of astronaut and Gemini 5 pilot Charles Conrad Jr. inside the spacecraft as it orbited the Earth was…
William H. Pickering, (center) director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, presents a model of the Mariner spacecraft to President John…
In this 1960 photograph, the seven original Mercury astronauts participate in U.S. Air Force survival training exercises at Stead Air…
Astronauts John Young (left) and Virgil "Gus" Grissom took part in training exercises as the back-up crew for the Gemini…
On June 3, 1965, Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go,…
