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Two Apollo 16 astronauts inspect the Lunar Roving Vehicle before their mission.

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The X-15 rocket powered aircraft taken aloft under the wing of a B-52.

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An astronaut conducts an experiment outside the Shuttle.

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The Vought F-8A, dubbed the TF-8A, was used to test the experimental Supercritical Wing airfoil.

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An insider view of the world's largest wind tunnel which was designed and managed by NACA.

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Apollo 13 astronauts practice their moonwalk at the Kennedy Space Center before the lunar mission.

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The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle simulates a lunar landing from a near maximum altitude over Edwards Air Force Base.

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Navy swimmers assist the Apollo 13 crew after splashdown.

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Dawn breaks as the ASTP Saturn IB launch vehicle undergoes the Countdown Demonstration Test.

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The free world's largest rocket booster is being pushed up Pearl River to a testing facility.

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Puncture rigs were used to measure pressure during irradiation.

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An engineer inspects an aircraft model in the Icing Research Tunnel.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis is connected to Russia's Mir Space Station.

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The Lunar Module Adapter is shown here attached to the Saturn IV-B stage.

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The Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter was retired from military service in the 1970s.

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The Apollo 8 Crew stands in the door of a recovery helicopter.

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Engineers take motion pictures of the thrust augmentor flame.

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A technician mounts an Apollo Launch Escape System model in the Unitary Wind Tunnel.

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An astronaut is pictured on his extravehicular activity on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 mission.

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Two NACA pilots and the X-1-2 aircraft that they flew.

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This research satellite would eventually provide a stable point in the sky to reflect pulses of laser light.

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The Space Shuttle Endeavour is seen atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft No. 911.

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An astronaut holds a sample of lunar soil in a container.
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