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SRB Test Vehicle First Release from B-52 Stratofortress
SRB Test Vehicle First Release from B-52 Stratofortress

Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) first release from NB-52B.

August /September 1977 – Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 Launched
August /September 1977 – Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 Launched

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and traveled to explore the outer planets. Telemetry from…

Captive Carry SRB Test Vehicle on B-52 Stratofortress
Captive Carry SRB Test Vehicle on B-52 Stratofortress

Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop Test Vehicle (SRB-DTV) captive flight on NB-52B.

Bill Dana and his Legendary Pink Boots after the Final X-24B Landing
Bill Dana and his Legendary Pink Boots after the Final X-24B Landing

NASA test pilot Bill Dana, resplendent in pink boots and pressure suit, was all smiles following the last powered flight…

Bill Dana and his Legendary Pink Boots after an X-24B Landing
Bill Dana and his Legendary Pink Boots after an X-24B Landing

A TV reporter interviews NASA test pilot Bill Dana, wearing his infamous pink boots with yellow daisy decals, after the…

September 1975 – Viking 2 Launched
September 1975 – Viking 2 Launched

The Viking 2 Lander and Orbiter were launched from a Titan IIIE-Centaur. They separated when they reached the planet and…

August 1975 – Viking 1 Launched
August 1975 – Viking 1 Launched

The Viking 1 Lander and Orbiter were launched from a Titan IIIE-Centaur and traveled towards Mars. They separated when they…

July 1975 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Demonstrated
July 1975 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Demonstrated

The first international partnership in space was the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. An American Apollo spacecraft docked with the Russian Soyuz…

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Crews Tour Kennedy
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Crews Tour Kennedy

Feb. 10, 1975 - The Soviet and American crews for the July Apollo Soyuz Test Project addressed personnel assembled in…

Symphonie-A Solar Panels Undergo Checkout
Symphonie-A Solar Panels Undergo Checkout

The solar panels of Symphonie-A, a Franco-German communications satellite to be launched aboard a Delta rocket in December, undergo checkout…