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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.
Technicians make adjustments on the solar-power...
A technician focuses a television camera on a r...
The Mock-Up Reactor core as seen from the Plum Brook Facility control room.
The parafoil undergoes testing in the world's largest wind tunnel.
A view of the instrumentation inside the A-29 during a research flight.
The Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76) had over a year of research before going back to the manufacturer.
Wingless lifting body aircraft are sitting on Rogers Dry Lakebed.
Albert Siepert sits with Belgium royalty for the Apollo 10 Liftoff.
The X-34 demonstrator is delivered to Dryden Flight Research Center.
Technicians adjust parts of the Atmospheric Entry Simulator.
A view from the air shows the NASA AMES Research Center.
The director of the Lewis Research Center addresses the importance and uses of nuclear propulsion.
This non-flying, full-scale version of the HL-20 lifting body was used for various tests of maintainability and human factors considerations.
A technician works atop the Saturn V rocket which is being prepared for the first manned lunar landing mission.
A NACA staff testing the chemical properties of substances at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory.
An unmanned hypersonic research aircraft being tested in the wind tunnels.
The remote piloted research aircraft sits on the ramp, awaiting a test flight.
