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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.
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Workers stand on the lily pad, guiding a crane to remove a shrapnel shield until it is needed again.
Astronaut John Glenn is shown in his silver Mercury spacesuit during pre-flight training at Cape Canaveral.
A display of a turbojet engine is shown during investigation at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of NACA.
The HL-10 lifting body is seen in flight during a test.
A view of firing room #2 during a test for the Apollo 12 launch.
A NACA research aircraft is launched for a test flight.
A NASA technician inspects a transport model between wind tunnel tests at Langley.
This half-scale test craft was pre-flighted by being carried on a truck.
A researcher considers the first full-scale airplane tested in the Propeller Research Tunnel.
The prime recovery ship hoists the Apollo 13 Command Module aboard the ship.
Plum Brook's lily pad area shown with the shrapnel shields removed.
The seven-year journey to Saturn begins.
On a ramp in Edwards, California, the X-36 prototype sits.
This simulator, originally known as the MASTIF, was built at the Lewis Research Center.
The Apollo 14 module is pictured on the moon.
The X-38 sits on the lakebed after a test flight.
Two mechanics pose with Langley's first wind tunnel.
The experimental aircraft pictured in a circling flight path on Rogers Dry Lakedbed.
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