Space History Photos

Stephen Bowen remembers seeing Skylab fly overhead. At eight years old, Bowen's experience fueled his interest in spaceflight. Little did he know where that would take him 50 years later.

As a NASA photographer, Taub was there to capture the start of the U.S. space program. A new book reveals Taub's role 'Photographing America's First Astronauts.'

A museum dedicated to the history of Texas aviation now has a "space" devoted to flight even higher than the state's skies. The Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston opened its Space Gallery.

Lego's next set to celebrate humanity's fascination with the cosmos uses the toy to capture the style that inspired exploration. "Tales of the Space Age" builds four postcard-size works of space art.

Launch Complex 14 (LC-14), the long-retired launch pad where John Glenn lifted off to become to the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, has been allocated to Stoke Space.

Former astronaut Chris Cassidy, who spent 378 days in space, is lending his hand to My Hand My Cause, a newly launched photographic, philanthropic fundraiser.

Where does a world-famous beagle go after a touchdown from the moon? To a theme park, of course. Snoopy has landed at Knott's Berry Farm, in an exhibit about the character and the space agency.

Two watch brands are celebrating the historic associations they had with the U.S. space program. Accutron is reviving its "Astronaut" line, while Bulova is continuing its "Lunar Pilot" series.

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will induct two space shuttle pilots: Roy Bridges, who flew at the start of the program, and Mark Kelly, who helped bring it to a close, at a public ceremony in May.

The Space Foundation is recognizing the United States Postal Service (USPS) and its 75 years of space-themed postage with the Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award.

Twenty years ago, seven astronauts were returning home when they were lost on space shuttle Columbia. Like 19 others, the STS-107 crew made the ultimate sacrifice in the pursuit of space exploration.

"There's no question that LBJ's legacy relating to space is under appreciated and undervalued as we look at the history of space exploration."

The first U.S. rocket stage to be recovered after its launch, an artifact from Gemini 5, has landed at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, not far from where it lifted off almost 60 years ago.

Sometime soon, NASA will begin distributing something it has not had in 50 years: new patches, flags and other souvenirs that flew around the moon. A look ahead at the year in space collectibles.

Mirosław Hermaszewski, who was the first, and to date, only citizen of Poland to fly into space, has died at the age of 81. Hermaszewski launched on Soyuz 30 to the Salyut 6 space station in 1978.

A long-lasting rivalry that first reached into outer space almost 60 years ago is bringing NASA's history onto the football field as part of this year's Army-Navy Game.

Snoopy, "the world famous astronaut" who is currently on a flight around the moon, has been assigned his next mission: entertaining and educating visitors at NASA's Florida spaceport.

There are quite a few times in history when crews ran into trouble, and got out again. That's why good training for the extreme environment of space is a must.

The discovery has also revealed star coordinates, meaning Hipparchus was the first to use them for determining the positions of those stars.

Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov, who logged the single longest stay in space, has died at the age of 80. Polyakov launched on two missions to the space station Mir. In total, he was off Earth for 678 days.