RMW10491–During a ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center, retired Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Kranz listens as he waits to give his recollections of the day almost 50 years ago when the U.S. landed men on the moon. The Mission Control Center was later dedicated after a multi-million dollar restoration effort to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration.
RMT81PR5–Apollo 11 Mission Flight Plan
RM2K7PY6H–Cape Canaveral, United States. 18th Oct, 2022. NASA Apollo 9 prime crew astronauts, left to right, James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickart pose in spacesuits during the Apollo Mission Simulator training at the Kennedy Space Center, February 17, 1969 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. McDivitt commanded the first Gemini spacewalk mission and commanded Apollo 9 during the first crewed orbital flight of a the lunar module, died October 15, 2022 at age 93. Credit: NASA/NASA/Alamy Live News
RM2J3KHDR–NASA officials gather around a console in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC) prior to the making of a decision whether to land Apollo 16 on the moon or to abort the landing. Seated, left to right, are Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Brig. Gen. James A. McDivitt (USAF), Manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program Office, MSC; and standing, left to right, are Dr. Rocco A. Petrone, Apollo Program Director, Office Manned Space Flight (OMSF), NASA HQ.; Capt. John K. Holcomb (U.S. Navy, Ret.), Director of Apollo Ope
RMBB4HKA–Apollo mission profile for a lunar landing and return, outlining the various stages along the mission.
RME0YD6P–Apollo 11 Mission in Space
RME4JR8J–Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, director of the Apollo lunar landing program, reflects on the flight of Apollo 11
RMR5GYBN–Official Navy photograph of Ensign Neil A. Armstrong, future NASA astronaut and first man to set foot on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission, during his Navy service during the Korean War, May 23, 1952.
RMT6YJD0–Photograph of the Mission Control Center flight support team for the Apollo 7 mission, Houston, Texas, December 19, 1968. Image courtesy National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ()
RM2K6G6GM–Moon Buggy Apollo 17 The Last Lunar Manned Flight Final Mission 1972 72 Hc 959
RMG5D563–Crewmen for the Apollo 11 flight pose at the Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas, in front of a mock up of the craft that is scheduled to carry two of them to the surface of the Moon. From left to right; US Air Force Colonel Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin; Neil Armstrong, the civilian who will command the mission, and Lt. Colonel Michael Collins, who will remain in the capsule in lunar orbit during the landing attempt.
RM2K5E3JC–Apollo S-IVB contractor McDonnell Douglas completed factory checkout of the S-IVB-504 flight stage in Huntington Beach, California on 9 December 1966. Used on Apollo 9, the S-IVB stage was developed under the direction of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and was powered by one J-2 engine capable of producing 225,000 pounds of thrust. Here, the S-IVB-505 and S-IVB-211 are shown in the McDonnell Douglas S-IVB Assembly and Checkout Tower. Apollo 8 was the first manned flight of the Saturn V vehicle and the first manned lunar orbit mission. An optimised NASA image: Credit: NASA
RM2A0Y8R0–The Apollo 10 space capsule crewed by astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan on display at the British Science Museum in London
RF2M056A5–Space food packages from the Apollo era. The Cosmos Discovery exhibition in Slovakia.
RFD1YKEB–Lunar lander - CG render of the original Apollo mission space craft
RMCWA9JE–The crew of the first manned Apollo space flight, in training for the Apollo Saturn AS-204 mission (renamed Apollo 1 in their
RMGE4HG6–On the 25th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 (the first moon landing mission) launch, Marshall Space & Flight Center celebrated with a test firing of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) at the Technology Test Bed (TTB). This drew a large crowd who stood in the fields around the test site and watched as plumes of white smoke verified ignition.
RM2FMX4GH–astronautics, mission, Apollo 13, launch of skyrocket type Saturn V, 1970, 1970s, 70s, 20th century, ADDITIONAL-RIGHTS-CLEARANCE-INFO-NOT-AVAILABLE
RMF8XT0C–Apollo 8 Mission Badge from 1968 Moon flight on a White Background
RMW104B4–During a ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center, retired Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Kranz listens as he waits to give his recollections of the day almost 50 years ago when the U.S. landed men on the moon. The Mission Control Center was later dedicated after a multi-million dollar restoration effort to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration.
RMHRP1WF–Apollo 11, Mission Patch
RM2K7PY6R–Cape Canaveral, United States. 18th Oct, 2022. NASA Apollo 9 prime crew astronauts, left to right, James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickart pose by the Saturn V rocket on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, December 18, 1968 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. McDivitt commanded the first Gemini spacewalk mission and commanded Apollo 9 during the first crewed orbital flight of a the lunar module, died October 15, 2022 at age 93. Credit: NASA/NASA/Alamy Live News
RM2J3KHF8–Director of Flight Operations Christopher C. Kraft (left) and Manned Spaceflight Center director Robert R. Gilruth in Mission Control during Apollo 5
RM2HHK0DP–The Apollo 11 Command Module, 'Columbia, living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969
RME0YB82–Oct. 10, 1969 - Preparing for Appolo 12 Lunar Mission. Apollo 12 commander Charles Conrad unstows lunar surface exploration equipment from the Lunar Module's Modular Equipment Stowage Bay (MESA) during a recent simulation of Apollo 12 Lunar surface activity at the Spaceport's Flight Crew Training Building at Kennedy Space Centre, Florida.
RM2H65W29–Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module 'Odyssey' while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz and Glynn S. Lunney.
RMC2DTT9–Apollo 13 Command Module
RMTC40CY–Flight control personnel celebrating the successful conclusion of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission at the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, July 24, 1969. Image courtesy National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ()
RM2CF709W–On the 25th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 (the first moon landing mission) launch, Marshall Space & Flight Center celebrated with a test firing of the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) at the Technology Test Bed (TTB). This drew a large crowd who stood in the fields around the test site and watched as plumes of white smoke verified ignition.
RFT7PF8N–Launch of the Saturn V rocket towards the moon, the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing. Apollo mission 11. Earth and moon in space
RM2K5E3JM–NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center successfully static-fired S-IC-2, the first stage of the second Saturn V flight vehicle. The stage was powered by five F-1 engines, each capable of producing 1.5 million pounds of thrust. The S-IC-2 was one of the first two flight models of the S-IC stage and was used on the Apollo 6 mission. Here, the S-IC-T, a static firing test stage, is installed and awaits the first firing of all five F-1 engines at the Marshall static test stand. June 7, 1966 NASA image / Credit: NASA
RMPM4H3B–Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong is looking over flight plans while being assisted by a spacesuit technician during suiting operations in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) prior to the astronauts' departure to Launch Pad 39A. July 16, 1969. File Reference # 1003 202THA
RF2M0560E–Space food packages from the Apollo era. The Cosmos Discovery exhibition in Slovakia.
RM2HNRCGC–Apollo 1960s mission control equipment on display in Kennedy Space Cente
RF2HF567G–Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag.
RMGE4JCX–(October 10, 1968) Apollo 7 Commander Walter M. Schirra, Jr., left, greets Dr. Wernher Von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center and Dr. Kurt Debus, Right, KSC Director, during a prelaunch mission briefing held at the Florida Spaceport. Image # : 68P-0405
RF2FYT8JN–12 September 1962President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as 'the Bug') sits in background. Standing in back: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel;
RMF8HNXF–Apollo 7 Mission Badge on a White Background
RMW104EA–Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Krantz gives his recollections of the day almost 50 years ago when the U.S. landed men on the moon during ceremonies at NASA outside Houston. The original Mission Control Center was later dedicated after a multi-million dollar restoration effort to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration.
RMHRP1WX–Apollo 13, Mission Patch
RM2K7PY49–Cape Canaveral, United States. 18th Oct, 2022. NASA Apollo 9 prime crew astronauts, left to right, James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickart pose by the Saturn V rocket on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, December 18, 1968 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. McDivitt commanded the first Gemini spacewalk mission and commanded Apollo 9 during the first crewed orbital flight of a the lunar module, died October 15, 2022 at age 93. Credit: NASA/NASA/Alamy Live News
RM2GDJHX6–The Apollo 11 crew await pickup by a helicopter after the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission. They are in a raft next to the Apollo capsule after splashdown.
RM2HHK0A1–The Apollo 11 Command Module, 'Columbia, living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969
RME0Y6ER–Mar. 03, 1969 - Apollo 9 Astronaut Reaches Climax Today: The Apollo 9 mission will reach its climax today when the Moonbug blasts off for a solo flight Rehearsals for a moon landing. Yesterday, astronaut Russell Schweickart, recovered from his sickness, stepped out of 9's lunar module for a 37-minute walk in space. Photo Shows This striking picture shows the 363-foot-high Apollo Saturn V Space Vehicle, being prepared for the launching of Apollo 9 astronauts, James A.McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L
RM2H99J77–Discussion in the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) dealing with the Apollo 13 crewmen during their final day in space. From left to right are Glynn S. Lunney, Shift 4 flight director; Gerald D. Griffin, Shift 2 flight director; astronaut James A. McDivitt, manager, Apollo Spacecraft Program, MSC; Dr. Donald K. Slayton, director of Flight Crew Operations, MSC; and Dr. Willard R. Hawkins, M.D., Shift 1 flight surgeon.
RF2C65TF8–Postage stamp. International flight of Soyuz and Apollo, USSR 1975
RM2KYW0NM–The prime crew of Apollo 1, Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, Edward H. White, II, and Roger B. Chaffee, during training in Florida. On January 27, 1967, the crew was killed when a fire erupted in their capsule during testing. Apollo 1 was originally designated AS- 204 but following the fire, the astronauts’ widows requested that the mission be remembered as Apollo 1 and following missions would be numbered subsequent to the flight that never made it into space.
RM2CF74TE–Apollo 11 mission officials relax in the Launch Control Center following the successful Apollo 11 liftoff on July 16, 1969. From left to right are: Charles W. Mathews, Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center; George Mueller, Associate Administrator for the Office of Manned Space Flight; Lt. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips, Director of the Apollo Program
RFT29RM0–Launch of the Saturn V rocket towards the moon, the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing. Apollo mission 11. Earth and moon in space
RM2K5E3H9–The Saturn I SA-8 Mission Launches with Pegasus 2 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. SA-8 delivered the second of three Pegasus micrometeoroid detection satellites into low-Earth orbit. The satellites, developed and managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, electronically recorded the size and frequency of particles in space, and compared the performance of protected and unprotected solar cells. The satellites' data informed future Apollo flights to the Moon. May 25, 1965 An optimised NASA image: Credit: NASA
RMB3G8RH–Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 space mission, talking during a conference in 2008
RMW40NPR–A variety of space-themed ephemera on display during the 'Destination Moon' exhibit at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington on July 18, 2019. The objects are part of the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition, presented in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, celebrates the Apollo 11 Mission during the 50th anniversary of the landmark moon landing.
RM2HNRCGP–Apollo 1960s mission control equipment on display in Kennedy Space Cente
RF2HF5651–Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag.
RME8HRWP–This artist concept shows the 70-ton configuration of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) during launch. (Note: artist concept upda
RF2FYT8HP–12 September 1962President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as 'the Bug') sits at left in background. Standing in back: Director of Operations for Project Mercury, Dr. Walter C. Williams; Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RMF8XT0F–Apollo 11 Mission Badge from the first Moon landing in 1969 on a White Background
RMW104ED–Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Kranz gives his recollections of the day almost 50 years ago when the U.S. landed men on the moon during ceremonies at NASA outside Houston. The original Mission Control Center was later dedicated after a multi-million dollar restoration effort to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration.
RMT81PPJ–Apollo 11, Mission Operations Control Room, 1969
RM2K7PY4E–Cape Canaveral, United States. 18th Oct, 2022. NASA Apollo 9 prime crew astronauts, left to right, Russell Schweickart, David Scott, and James McDivitt pose by the Saturn V rocket on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, February 23, 1969 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. McDivitt commanded the first Gemini spacewalk mission and commanded Apollo 9 during the first crewed orbital flight of a the lunar module, died October 15, 2022 at age 93. Credit: NASA/NASA/Alamy Live News
RM2J3KHF7–Three of the four Apollo 13 Flight Directors applaud the successful splashdown of the Command Module 'Odyssey' while Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), and Dr. Christopher C. Kraft Jr., MSC Deputy Director, light up cigars (upper left). The Flight Directors are from left to right: Gerald D. Griffin, Eugene F. Kranz and Glynn S. Lunney.
RM2HHK09F–The Apollo 11 Command Module, 'Columbia, living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969
RME0YX4R–Sep. 09, 1971 - Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 16 mission; Photo Shows The lunar module pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Apollo 16 mission, Astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. pictured when he underwent a final flight suit fit check at the International Latex Corporation's plant at Dover, Delaware.
RM2H65W3J–Deke Slayton (checked jacket) shows the adapter devised to make use of square Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to remove excess carbon dioxide from the Apollo 13 LM cabin. The adapter was devised by Ed Smylie. From left to right, members of Slayton's audience are Flight Director Milton L. Windler, Deputy Director/Flight Operations Howard W. Tindall, Director/Flight Operations Sigurd A Sjoberg, Deputy Director/Manned Spaceflight Center Christopher C. Kraft, and Director/Manned Spaceflight Center Robert R. Gilruth.
RMC2DW38–Donn Fulton Eisele
RM2KYW0NH–Apollo 1 crew prepares for water egress training The prime crew of the first crewed Apollo Space Flight, Apollo/Saturn mission 204 (AS-204), is suited up aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever (MVR) in preparation for Apollo water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico. Left to right, are astronauts Edward H. White II, senior pilot; Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot; and Roger B. Chaffee, pilot. Image Number: S66-58501 Date: October 27, 1966
RM2CF70FK–The American flag heralds the flight of Apollo 11, the first Lunar landing mission. The Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle lifted off with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., at 9:32 a.m. EDT July 16, 1969, from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. During the planned eight-day mission, Armstrong and Aldrin will descend in a lunar module to the Moon's surface while Collins orbits overhead in the Command Module. The two astronauts are to spend 22 hours on the Moon, including two and one-half hours outside the lunar module. They will gather samples of lunar
RFT1WH8G–Space mission, conquest of space. Rocket to the moon. The fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing. Apollo mission 11. Earth and moon in space
RM2K5E3HN–Uprated J-2 Engine Arrives at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center from Rocketdyne. The J-2 was initially rated at 200,000 pounds of thrust, but a higher thrust was needed for the second and third stages of the Saturn V, beginning with AS-504, the Apollo 9 launch vehicle. A cluster of five J-2 engines was employed on the S-II, or second, stage and a single J-2 was utilized on the S-IVB, or third, stage of the Saturn V rocket. Here, a J-2 engine is being processed at Marshall, where the Saturn V rocket was designed. May 6, 1966. An optimised NASA image: Credit: NASA
RMB3GKRX–Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 space mission, talking during a conference in 2008
RF2HTEKEH–Sy Liebergot (Seymour Liebergot) is a retired NASA flight controller, for NASA's Apollo program & part of the team that guided Apollo 13 back to Earth
RM2HNRCGT–Apollo 1960s mission control equipment on display in Kennedy Space Cente
RF2E4M934–CAPE CANAVERAL, FL- APR 28: Apollo 13 LEM capsule displayed at NASA, Kennedy Space Visitor Complex in Florida, April 28, 2014.
RME8HRWT–Artist's concept of NASA's Space Launch System initial crew vehicle launching from the Kennedy Space Center. (Note: artist conce
RF2FYT8HC–12 September 1962President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as 'the Bug') sits in background. Standing in back: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel; Director of Operations for Pr
RM2M74DJW–A vintage Soviet Russian space cover published on 2 June 1963 to commemorate the flight of Mēness-4 (Luna 4). The cover is decorated with a stylized image of the spacecraft heading towards the moon and with the accompanying translated caption, “Accounting for The United States Luna-4“. In competition with the United States’ Apollo space programme, Luna 4, or E-6 No.4 was a Soviet spacecraft launched as part of the Luna program to attempt the first soft landing on the Moon. The spacecraft failed to perform a course correction and as a result it missed the Moon, remaining instead in Earth orbit.
RMW104C8–Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Krantz gives his recollections of the day almost 50 years ago when the U.S. landed men on the moon during ceremonies at NASA outside Houston. The original Mission Control Center was later dedicated after a multi-million dollar restoration effort to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration.
RM2K7R4D4–USS Guadalcanal, United States. 13th Mar, 1969. NASA Apollo 9 mission commander James McDivitt speaks to personnel aboard the USS Guadalcanal following Splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, March 13, 1969 off the coast of Florida. McDivitt commanded the first Gemini spacewalk mission and commanded Apollo 9 during the first crewed orbital flight of a the lunar module, died October 15, 2022 at age 93. Credit: NASA/NASA/Alamy Live News
RM2GDJJ00–The City of Chicago welcomes the three Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin with ticker tape parade
RM2HHK06A–The Apollo 11 Command Module, 'Columbia, living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969
RME12WRH–Feb. 26, 2012 - Apollo 8 Moon flight; Photo Shows An artist's concept shows the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it orbits the Moon. During the mission, A. Anders, Lunar module (LM) pilot, and James A. Lovell, Command Module (CM) Pilot -will photograph the Moon's surface and make landmark sightings and other observations. Space Center on December 21, and is due to go into orbit round the moon on Christmas Eve.
RME4JR8B–Flight controllers Charles Duke (Capcom), Jim Lovell (backup CDR) and Fred Haise (backup LMP) during lunar module descent
RMC2DW2J–Portrait of Alan L. Bean
RM2AJC366–Katherine Johnson, pictured here at NASA Langley Research Center in 1983, was one of NASA's 'human computers' featured in the movie Hidden Figures. She was a mathematician and physicist who performed complex calculations that enabled humans to successfully achieve space flight. In 1953 Katherine began working at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ (NACA’s) Langley laboratory in the all-black West Area Computing section. In her career at NASA (formerly NACA), Johnson worked on the Apollo, Space Shuttle, and Mission to Mars programs.
RM2CF742M–The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project Apollo. A mission simulation to check out the lunar roving vehicle and all its systems was successfully carried out. Participating in the test, conducted in conjunction with the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, were prime crew members Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module Pilot, left, and Eugene A. Cernan, Commander. Rollout of the Apollo 17 space vehicle to Complex 39's Pad A is scheduled for August 28. The lunar module which will carry Cernan
RFRY9EHN–Launch of the Saturn V rocket towards the moon, the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing. Apollo mission 11. Earth and moon in space. 3d rendering
RM2K5E3P6–Apollo 6 launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on 4 April 1968. Pictured here is the Apollo 6 launch vehicle as it leaves Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building on the transporter heading to launch pad 39-A. The uncrewed mission was the final qualification flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle and the Apollo spacecraft. Credit: NASA
RMB3GKKJ–Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who walked on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 space mission, talking during a conference in 2008
RF2ABRDCT–Teleclip - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project - 'Vance Brand - Command Module Pilot' subtitles; - Soyuz 19 docked with Apollo CSM-111 - photo taken directly from color TV screen in the UK - by 'Harry' (the unknown photographer) during the live broadcasts in July 1975. The Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) (Russian: Экспериментальный полёт «Аполлон» – «Союз» (ЭПАС), Eksperimentalniy polyot Apollon-Soyuz, lit. 'Experimental flight Apollo-Soyuz', commonly referred to by the Soviets as Soyuz–Apollo), conducted in July 1975.
RM2HNRCGA–Apollo 1960s mission control equipment on display in Kennedy Space Cente
RMKJ1GK6–Astronaut, Captain, John Watts Young (born September 24, 1930) is an American former astronaut, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer, who became the ninth person to walk on the Moon as Commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972, and was commander of the first orbital flight of the Space Shuttle on STS-1
RMGE4FHN–(July 16, 1969) Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA, follows the progress of the Apollo 11 mission. This photo was taken on July 16, 1969 in the Launch Control Center at the Spaceport on the morning of the launch. Image # : 108-KSC-69P-647
RF2FYT8HK–12 September 1962President John F. Kennedy (at lectern) delivers remarks, following a tour of spacecraft displays inside a hangar at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. President Kennedy holds a scale model of the Apollo command module, presented to him by Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Dr. Robert Gilruth; a mock-up of the lunar lander (also known as 'the Bug') sits in background. Standing in back: Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Dr. James E. Webb; Governor of Texas, Price Daniel;
RMBTJFMJ–The crew of the first manned Apollo space flight, in training for the Apollo Saturn AS-204 mission (renamed Apollo 1 in their ho
RMW104CR–Apollo 11 Flight Director Gene Krantz gives his recollections of the day almost 50 years ago when the U.S. landed men on the moon during ceremonies at NASA outside Houston. The original Mission Control Center was later dedicated after a multi-million dollar restoration effort to coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration.
RMHRJP0W–Apollo 8, Lunar Orbit Mission, 1968
RM2K7PY4C–Houston, United States. 18th Oct, 2022. NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander of the Apollo 9 space mission, relaxes on the deck of the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever prior to water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico, November 5, 1968 in Houston, Texas. McDivitt commanded the first spacewalk mission and took part in the first crewed orbital flight of a the lunar module, during Apollo 9 died October 15, 2022 at age 93. Credit: NASA/NASA/Alamy Live News
RM2J3KHGT–The actual Apollo 13 lunar landing mission prime crew from left to right are: Commander, James Lovell, Command Module pilot, John Swigert, and Lunar Module pilot, Fred Haise. Apollo 13 was the mission that suffered a malfuncttion in flight and is famous for its understated 'Houston, we have a problem'
RM2HHK0E2–Interior view of the crew compartment of the Apollo 11 Command Module 'Columbia', living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first crewed lunar landing mission in July 1969
Download Confirmation
Please complete the form below. The information provided will be included in your download confirmation