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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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The Plum Brook reactor complex is viewed from the air.
The research aircraft begins a rocket-powered flight after being launched from the mothership's wing.
This proposed space station concept is shown with the Japanese Experiment Module attached.
A NACA Physicist studying alpha rays in a continuous cloud chamber.
The Skylab experienced a failure that led to a replacement shield to protect against solar heating.
A conception drawing from 1959 of a futuristic spacecraft.
The Apollo 10 astronauts climbing out of the Charlie Brown command module.
The "Flying Pancake" pictured in the full scale wind tunnel.
The tiltrotor research aircraft hovered and converted to forward flight, leading to much needed flexibility for the aviation transportation industry.
An image of the PMMWC which was designed to see through weather.
An image of the "Spider" in ascent stage, after the descent stage had dropped.
An artist's conception of the proposed "Freedom" space station hoped to be a reality in the 1990s.
The Lunar Module known as Spider is in lunar landing configuration.
At the Plum Brook Facility a worker paints the quadrant wall.
NACA Committee member Abe Silverstein demonstrates the ramjet engine model.
The principal pilots are pictured with the HL-10.
This image caught Apollo 8 upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere.
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