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Space History Photos
The history of space exploration is rich with photos from NASA that detail the history of space travel, breakthrough propulsion systems, groundbreaking astronauts and missions, and robotic exploration. Each weekday, SPACE.com looks back at the history of spaceflight, from the early days of the space race through the space shuttle era, from the years of the first rockets and satellites to the test-flight era that preceded human spaceflight, and of course beyond.
The X-38 research vehicle touches down on Roger...
John Glenn enters the Friendship 7 just before ...
The Paraglider Research Vehicle and tow plane await flight on Rogers dry lakebed.
Pilot and the X-1E are ready for flight.
This image shows the Apollo 1 crew in training.
This image presents the outer area of the Plum Brook Reactor facility.
This image shows the effects of the Icing Research Tunnel.
The MASTIF was designed to train pilots how to pull the space capsule out of a potentially dangerous spin.
This Consolidated B-24 Liberator was modified to study the effect of icing.
An image of Mission Specialist James Newman during the first of three EVAs.
An image of the J-34 engine showing icing after a flight.
The Remote Controlled research staff and several of the lifting body models displayed with the radio controlled mothership.
A female astronaut simulates an emergency egress procedure using the sky genie.
Swimmers prepare the command module to be hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Yorktown.
Technicians make adjustments on the solar-powered, remotely piloted craft before its record-setting flight.
A technician focuses a television camera on a ramjet engine in a wind tunnel.
