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LUNAR SPACE SUITS JSC 272 -
1966
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LUNAR SPACE SUITS JSC 272 - (1966) - 16 Minutes Andy Astronaut, an animated character, introduces the hazards Apollo lunar astronauts will encounter. Identifies and describes each article of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU). Poses problems of extrav |
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1966 |
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Skylab -- May 1973
Two members of the prime cre
7/16/08
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Two members of the prime crew of the first manned Skylab mission assist each other in suiting up in Building 5 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston during a pre-launch training activity. They are scientist-astronaut Joseph P. Kerwin (left), science pilot, and astronaut Paul J. Weitz, pilot. The third member of the crew was astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., commander. |
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7/16/08 |
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Apollo -- January 1970
Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr.,
7/16/08
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Astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., Apollo 13 lunar module pilot, participates in lunar surface simulation training at the Manned Spacecraft Center. It is known today as NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Haise is attached to a Six Degrees of Freedom Simulator. |
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7/16/08 |
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Space Shuttle -- September 1
Astronaut Catherine G. Colem
7/18/08
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Astronaut Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist for STS-73, dons a high-fidelity training version of an Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit at NASA's Johnson Space Center's Weightless Environment Training Facility. |
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7/18/08 |
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Space Station -- August 2004
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Exped
7/18/08
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Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA space station science officer, dons a training version of the Extravehicular Mobility Unit spacesuit. He is about to be submerged in the waters of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to begin a spacewalk rehearsal. Letti Castillo with United Space Alliance assisted Chiao. |
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7/18/08 |
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Making Preparations
STS-128 astronaut Nicole Sto
8/24/09
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STS-128 astronaut Nicole Stott participates in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit fit check in the Space Station Airlock Test Article (SSATA) in the Crew Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Fellow astronaut Jose Hernandez assisted Stott. Stott will join Expedition 20 as a flight engineer after launching to the station with the STS-128 crew. Image Credit: NASA |
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8/24/09 |
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Mercury Astronaut Gordon Coo
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Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper Jr. |
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Mercury Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., in his pressure suit with helmet during Mercury-Atlas 9 prelaunch activities. |
Date |
02/25/1963 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut U.S. Senator John
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Astronaut U.S. Senator John Glenn |
Full Description |
STS-95 crewmember, astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn. Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth and returned to space in 1998 aboard a Space Shuttle flight. |
Date |
04/14/1998 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Mercury Astronaut Wally Schi
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Mercury Astronaut Wally Schirra |
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Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. in Mercury pressure suit with model of Mercury capsule behind him. |
Date |
10/01/1962 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut John Glenn being H
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Astronaut John Glenn being Honored |
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Astronaut John Glenn, Jr. is honored by President John F. Kennedy after his historical first manned orbital flight. The ceremony is being held at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Langley, Virginia. The Center moved to Houston, Texas later that year, where it continues to reside. |
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2/23/1962 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper Egressing "Faith 7
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Cooper Egressing "Faith 7 |
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Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper is assisted in backing out of his Mecury capsule "Faith 7" after a 600,000 mile, 22.9 orbit journey around the Earth. He elected to remain in the spacecraft until it was hoisted to the deck of the Kearsarge, as did Astronaut Walter Schirra during the previous mission. |
Date |
05/16/1963 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Houston, Texas L & C bands
This image of Houston, Texas
6/8/95
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6/8/95 |
Description |
This image of Houston, Texas, shows the amount of detail that is possible to obtain using spaceborne radar imaging. Images such as this -- obtained by the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) flying aboard the space shuttle Endeavor last fall -- can become an effective tool for urban planners who map and monitor land use patterns in urban, agricultural and wetland areas. Central Houston appears pink and white in the upper portion of the image, outlined and crisscrossed by freeways. The image was obtained on October 10, 1994, during the space shuttle's 167th orbit. The area shown is 100 kilometers by 60 kilometers (62 miles by 38 miles) and is centered at 29.38 degrees north latitude, 95.1 degrees west longitude. North is toward the upper left. The pink areas designate urban development while the green- and blue-patterned areas are agricultural fields. Black areas are bodies of water, including Galveston Bay along the right edge and the Gulf of Mexico at the bottom of the image. Interstate 45 runs from top to bottom through the image. The narrow island at the bottom of the image is Galveston Island, with the city of Galveston at its northeast (right) end. The dark cross in the upper center of the image is Hobby Airport. Ellington Air Force Base is visible below Hobby on the other side of Interstate 45. Clear Lake is the dark body of water in the middle right of the image. The green square just north of Clear Lake is Johnson Space Center, home of Mission Control and the astronaut training facilities. The black rectangle with a white center that appears to the left of the city center is the Houston Astrodome. The colors in this image were obtained using the follow radar channels: red represents the L-band (horizontally transmitted, vertically received), green represents the C-band (horizontally transmitted, vertically received), blue represents the C-band (horizontally transmitted and received). ----- Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar(SIR- C/X-SAR) is part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. The radars illuminate Earth with microwaves, allowing detailed observations at any time, regardless of weather or sunlight conditions. SIR- C/X-SAR uses three microwave wavelengths: L-band (24 cm), C-band (6 cm) and X-band (3 cm). The multi-frequency data will be used by the international scientific community to better understand the global environment and how it is changing. The SIR-C/X-SAR data, complemented by aircraft and ground studies, will give scientists clearer insights into those environmental changes which are caused by nature and those changes which are induced by human activity. SIR-C was developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. X-SAR was developed by the Dornier and Alenia Spazio companies for the German space agency, Deutsche Agentur fuer Raumfahrtangelegenheiten (DARA), and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) with the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt fuer luft und Raumfahrt e.V.(DLR), the major partner in science, operations and data processing of X-SAR. ##### |
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Apollo 13 Recovery Area
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Apollo 13 Recovery Area |
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Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., commander, awaits his turn. Astronaut Fred W. Haise, Jr., lunar module pilot, is already aboard the helicopter. In the life raft with Lovell, and in the water are several U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers, who assisted in the recovery operations. The crew was taken to the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship, several minutes after the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:01:44 pm CST on April 17, 1970. |
Date |
04/17/1970 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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APOLLO 14 EVA View
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APOLLO 14 EVA View |
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Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, photographed this sweeping view showing fellow Moon-explorer astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander, and the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM). A small cluster of rocks and a few prints made by the lunar overshoes of Mitchell are in the foreground. Mitchell was standing in the boulder field, located just north by northwest of the LM, when he took this picture during the second Apollo 14 extravehicular activity (EVA-2), on February 6, 1971. While astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit, Shepard and Mitchell descended in the LM to explore the Moon. |
Date |
02/06/1971 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Apollo 8 recovery
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Apollo 8 recovery |
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The Apollo 8 crew stands in the doorway of a recovery helicopter after arriving aboard the carrier U.S.S. Yorktown, recovery vessel for the historic initial manned lunar orbital mission. In left foreground is astronaut Frank Borman, Mission Commander. Behind Borman is astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Command Module pilot, and on the right is astronaut William A. Anders, Lunar Module pilot. Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. (EST), December 27, 1968, in the central Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,000 miles south-southwest of Hawaii. |
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12/27/1968 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Fullerton Suited f
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Astronaut Fullerton Suited for Training Exercises on KC-135 |
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Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton, STS-3 pilot, gets a preview of what it might be like in space during a flight aboard NASA's KC- 135 "zero-gravity" aircraft. A special parabolic pattern flown by the aircraft provides shore periods of weightlessness. These flights are nicknamed the "vomit comet" because of the nausea that is often induced. Fullerton's suit is an extravehicular mobility unit (EMU), used by astronauts when leaving the Shuttle orbiter to go outside and perform tasks in space. There was no EVA on the STS-3, but crewmembers are trained in that area in the event of the necessity to perform chores in space that for some reason could not be done remotely. Fullerton donned his suit during a parabola and took the opportunity to float around in the absence of gravity. |
Date |
07/1981 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Gibson Shakes Hand
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Astronaut Gibson Shakes Hands with Cosmonaut Dezhurov |
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Astronaut Robert L. Gibson, STS-71 mission commander, shakes the hand of cosmonaut Vladimir N. Dezhurov, Mir-18 commander. The historic handshake took place two and a half weeks prior to the 20th anniversary of a similar in-space greeting between cosmonauts and astronauts participating in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). On July 17, 1975, astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, NASA's ASTP commander, greeted his counterpart, Aleksey A. Leonov, in a docking tunnel linking the Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft. |
Date |
06/29/1995 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Owen Garriott Perf
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Astronaut Owen Garriott Performs EVA During Skylab 3 |
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Scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, is seen performing an extravehicular activity at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit, photographed with a hand- held 70mm Hasselblad camera. Garriott had just deployed the Skylab Particle Collection S149 Experiment. The experiment is mounted on one of the ATM solar panels. The purpose of the S149 experiment was to collect material from interplanetary dust particles on prepared surfaces suitable for studying their impact phenomena. Earlier during the EVA Garriott assisted astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, in deploying the twin pole solar shield. |
Date |
08/06/1973 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Grissom Climbs into Liberty
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Grissom Climbs into Liberty Bell 7 |
Full Description |
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom climbs into "Liberty Bell 7" spacecraft the morning of July 21, 1961. Backup Astronaut John Glenn assists in the operation. The Mercury-Redstone 4(MR-4) successfully launched the Liberty Bell 7 at 7:20 am EST on July 21, 1961. MR-4 was the second in a series of successful U.S. manned suborbital flights. |
Date |
07/21/1961 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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John Glenn OK
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John Glenn OK |
Full Description |
Astronaut John Glenn and technicians inspect artwork that will be painted on the outside of his Mercury spacecraft. John Glenn nicknamed his capsule "Friendship 7". On February 20, 1962 astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
Date |
02/02/1962 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Corps, STS-4 vehic
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Astronaut Corps, STS-4 vehicle integration test team and other personnel |
Description |
Members of the JSC astronaut corps., STS-4 vehicle integration test team (VITT) and other personnel pose for a photograph at the completion of a countdown demonstration test (CDDT) at Launch pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center. Participants are, from the left: Wilbur J. Etbauer, engineer with the VITT, Mission Specialist/Astronaut James D. van Hoften, Terry Stanford, engineer from JSC's flight operations directorate, Mission Specialist/Astronaut Steven A. Hawley, Astronaut Richard N. Richards, Astronaut Michael J. Smith, Richard W. Nygren, head of the VITT, Mission Specialist/Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., STS-4 pilot, Mary Haynes, a co-op student participating with the VITT, Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II., STS-4 commander, and Astronaut Donald E. Williams. |
Date Taken |
1982-06-14 |
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Astronaut Corps, STS-4 vehic
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Astronaut Corps, STS-4 vehicle integration test team and other personnel |
Description |
Members of the JSC astronaut corps., STS-4 vehicle integration test team (VITT) and other personnel pose for a photograph at the completion of a countdown demonstration test (CDDT) at Launch pad 39A, Kennedy Space Center. Participants are, from the left: Wilbur J. Etbauer, engineer with the VITT, Mission Specialist/Astronaut James D. van Hoften, Terry Stanford, engineer from JSC's flight operations directorate, Mission Specialist/Astronaut Steven A. Hawley, Astronaut Richard N. Richards, Astronaut Michael J. Smith, Richard W. Nygren, head of the VITT, Mission Specialist/Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan, Astronaut Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., STS-4 pilot, Mary Haynes, a co-op student participating with the VITT, Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II., STS-4 commander, and Astronaut Donald E. Williams. |
Date Taken |
1982-06-14 |
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Carr and Pogue in Skylab
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Carr and Pogue in Skylab |
Full Description |
Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Commander for the Skylab 4 mission, jokingly demonstrates weight training in zero-gravity as he balances astronaut William R. Pogue, pilot, upside down on his finger. |
Date |
02/01/1974 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cernan Photographed Inside G
Title |
Cernan Photographed Inside Gemini 9A |
Full Description |
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot of the Gemini 9A mission is photographed inside the spacecraft by the command pilot, astronaut Thomas P. Stafford during flight. |
Date |
06/03/1966 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cooper Inside Faith 7 After
Title |
Cooper Inside Faith 7 After Hatch is Blown |
Full Description |
Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr., has a smile for the recovery crew of the U.S.S. Kearsarge, after he is on board from a successful 22 orbit mission of the Earth in his Mercury spacecraft "Faith 7." Cooper is still sitting in his capsule, with his helmet off. |
Date |
05/16/1963 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Shepard Hoisted into Recover
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Shepard Hoisted into Recovery Helicopter |
Full Description |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is hoisted aboard a U.S. Marine helicopter after splashdown of his "Freedom 7" Mercury space capsule. |
Date |
05/05/1961 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Shepard on Deck of Champlain
Title |
Shepard on Deck of Champlain after Recovery |
Full Description |
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen on the deck of the U.S.S. Lake Champlain after the recovery of his Freedom 7 Mercury space capsule. |
Date |
05/05/1961 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Structures in Space
Title |
Structures in Space |
Full Description |
Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, anchored to the foot restraint on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS), approaches the tower-like Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) device. The structure was just deployed by Ross and astronaut Sherwood Spring as the Atlantis flies over white clouds and blue ocean waters of the Atlantic. |
Date |
12/01/1985 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Grissom Onboard the USS Rand
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Grissom Onboard the USS Randolph |
Full Description |
Astronaut Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, pilot of the Mercury spacecraft, "Liberty Bell 7" arrives aboard the recovery ship, U.S.S. Randolph, following his 15 minute 37 seconds suborbital space mission. He is flanked by military medical officers. Grissom's capsule sank soon after splashdown and was not recovered until nearly forty years later. |
Date |
07/21/1961 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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The Astronauts of Skylab 3
Title |
The Astronauts of Skylab 3 |
Full Description |
The crewmembers of Skylab 3: astronaut Alan L. Bean, foreground, commander, scientistastronaut Owen K. Garriott, left, science pilot, and astronaut Jack R. Lousma, pilot. This crew spent 59 days and 11 hours in orbit. |
Date |
02/02/1972 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Group Three
Title |
Astronaut Group Three |
Full Description |
Astronaut Group Three announced on October 18, 1963. They are (seated, left to right) Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., William A. Anders, Charles A. Bassett II, Alan L. Bean, Eugene A. Cernan, and Roger B. Chaffee. Standing (left to right) are Michael Collins, R. Walter Cunninham, Donn F. Eisele, Theodore C. Freeman, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott and Clifton C. Williams Jr. |
Date |
02/19/1963 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut Groups 1 and 2
Title |
Astronaut Groups 1 and 2 |
Full Description |
Astronaut Groups 1 and 2. The original seven Mercury astronauts selected by NASA in April 1959, are seated (left to right): L. Gordon Cooper Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, M. Scott Carpenter, Water M. Schirra Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr., and Donald K. Slayton. The second group of NASA astronauts, which were named in September, 1962, are standing (left to right): Edward H. White II, James A. McDivitt, John W. Young, Elliot M. See Jr., Charles Conrad Jr., Frank Borman, Neil A. Armstrong, Thomas P. Stafford, and James A. Lovell Jr. |
Date |
01/01/1963 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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NASA TV's This Week at NASA,
* With skies overcast skies,
01/22/2010
Description |
* With skies overcast skies, the next space shuttle crew set down their T-38s at the Kennedy Space Center, eager to begin their launch dress rehearsal, or Terminal Countdown Demonstration test. The crew will fly aboard space shuttle Endeavour bringing the Tranquility node and its cupola for installation on the International Space Station. The STS-130 mission is scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, February 7, at 4:39 a.m. Eastern. * The scheduled launch of NASA's new Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, is drawing near. Its prelaunch briefing, conducted at NASA headquarters in Washington and the Kennedy Space Center, gave media a look at SDO's unprecedented mission to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. * JSC: The next International Space Station crew briefed reporters on their upcoming mission. NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson was joined by Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skyorsov and Mikhail Kornlenko to discuss their upcoming Expedition 23 mission. * Members of the STS-129 crew continued their whirlwind tour of NASA centers. Five members of the space shuttle Atlantis crew thanked employees at the Stennis Space Center for their part in a safe STS-129 mission to the International Space Station in November. * The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity this week celebrates six years of exploration and research on the surface of the red planet. * The most powerful camera aboard the NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public. |
Date |
01/22/2010 |
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1990 astronaut candidates Ch
Title |
1990 astronaut candidates Chiao and Cockrell examine T-38A cockpit controls |
Description |
Inside an Ellington Field hangar, 1990 astronaut candidates Leroy Chiao, seated in the rear cockpit, and Kenneth D. Cockrell, standing next to the fuselage, examine T-38A NASA 919 controls during familiarization training. Chiao, a mission specialist astronaut candidate, gets some guidance from Cockrell, a pilot astronaut candidate. The two are among the 23 astronaut candidates of the 1990 Group 13 who began a year's training and evaluation program recently. T-38A is one of the jet trainers in the NASA fleet based at Ellington Field. Cockrell is approved for piloting the jets. |
Date |
08.08.1990 |
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Alan Shepard in Space Suit b
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Alan Shepard in Space Suit before Mercury Launch |
Full Description |
Profile of astronaut Alan Shepard in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed as he prepares for his upcoming Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) launch. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule flew a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes 22 seconds. His spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean where he and Freedom 7 were recovered by helicopter and transported to the awaiting aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain. |
Date |
07/28/1961 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Aldrin Looks Back at Tranqui
Title |
Aldrin Looks Back at Tranquility Base |
Full Description |
Astronaut Edwin E."Buzz" Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module pilot, is photographed during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity on the Moon. He has just deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package (EASEP). In the foreground is the Passive Seismic Experiment Package (PSEP), beyond it is the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LR-3), in the center background is the United States flag, in the left background is the black and white lunar surface television camera, in the far right background is the Lunar Module "Eagle". Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. |
Date |
07/20/1969 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Apollo 11 Crew During Traini
Title |
Apollo 11 Crew During Training Exercise |
Full Description |
Two members of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission participate in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the Moon during a training exercise on April 22, 1969. Astronaut Buzz (Aldrin Jr. on left), lunar module pilot, uses a scoop and tongs to pick up a soil sample. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander, holds a bag to receive the sample. In the background is a Lunar Module mockup. |
Date |
04/22/1969 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Neil Armstrong On The Moon
Title |
Neil Armstrong On The Moon |
Full Description |
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo ll mission commander, at the modular equipment storage assembly (MESA) of the Lunar Module "Eagle" on the historic first extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. took the photograph with a Hasselblad 70mm camera. Most photos from the Apollo 11 mission show Buzz Aldrin. This is one of only a few that show Neil Armstrong (some of these are blurry). |
Date |
07/20/1969 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Astronaut John Swigert with
Title |
Astronaut John Swigert with "Mailbox |
Full Description |
Astronaut John L. Swigert, Jr., Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot, holds the "mailbox" a jerry-rigged arrangement which the Apollo 13 astronauts built to use the Command Module lithium hydroxide canisters to purge carbon dioxide from the Lunar Module. Lithium hydroxide is used to scrub CO2 from the spacecraft atmosphere. Since there was a limited amount of lithium hydroxide in the Lunar Module, this arrangement was rigged up using the canisters from the Command Module. The "mailbox" was designed and tested on the ground at the Manned Spacecraft Center before it was suggested to the problem-plagued Apollo 13 crewmen. Because of the explosion of an oxygen tank in the Service Module, the three astronauts had to use the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat. |
Date |
04/17/1970 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Cernan Driving the Rover
Title |
Cernan Driving the Rover |
Full Description |
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 mission commander, makes a short checkout of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the early part of the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This view of the "stripped down" Rover is prior to loadup. This photograph was taken by Geologist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Lunar Module pilot. The mountain in the right background is the East end of South Massif. |
Date |
12/10/1972 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Satellites For Sale
Title |
Satellites For Sale |
Full Description |
Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, having just completed the major portion of his second extravehicular activity (EVA) period in three days, holds up a "For Sale" sign refering to the two satellites, Palapa B-2 and Westar 6 that they retrieved from orbit after their Payload Assist Modules (PAM) failed to fire. Astronaut Joseph P. Allen IV, who also participated in the two EVAs, is reflected in Gardner's helmet visor. A portion of each of two recovered satellites is in the lower right corner, with Westar 6 nearer Discovery's aft. |
Date |
11/14/1984 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Schirra, Stafford and Gemini
Title |
Schirra, Stafford and Gemini on Deck |
Full Description |
Astronaut Walter H. Schirra Jr. (on right), Command pilot, climbs from his Gemini VI spacecraft as he and Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (not in view) arrive aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp. They are assisted by various McDonell Douglas technicians. The Gemini VI spacecraft splashed down in the western Atlantic recover area at 10:29 a.m. (EST) December 16, 1965, after a successful 25 hr. 52 minute mission in space. |
Date |
12/16/1965 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Scott Gives Salute
Title |
Scott Gives Salute |
Full Description |
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed U.S. flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA-2. The Lunar Module "Falcon" is partially visible on the right. Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately 4,000 meters (about 13,124 feet) above the plain. The base of the mountain is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3 statute miles) away. This photograph was taken by Astronaut James B. Irwin, Lunar Module pilot. |
Date |
08/01/1971 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Scott on Slope of Hadley Del
Title |
Scott on Slope of Hadley Delta |
Full Description |
Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, with tongs and gnomon in hand, studies a boulder on the slope of Hadley Delta during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) or Rover is in right foreground. View is looking slightly south of west. "Bennett Hill" is at extreme right. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, took this photograph. |
Date |
08/01/1971 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Driving on the Descartes
Title |
Driving on the Descartes |
Full Description |
Astronaut John W. Young, Apollo 16 mission commander, drives the "Rover", Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) to its final parking place near the end of the third extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot, took this photograph looking southward. The flank of Stone Mountain can be seen on the horizon at left. The shadow of the Lunar Module "Orion" is visible in the foreground. |
Date |
04/23/1972 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Shepard Hoisted from Mercury
Title |
Shepard Hoisted from Mercury Capsule |
Full Description |
A U.S. Marine helicopter recovery team hoists astronaut Alan Shepard from his Mercury spacecraft after a successful flight and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. On May 5th 1961, Alan B. Shepard Jr. became the first American to fly into space. His Freedom 7 Mercury capsule flew a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes 22 seconds. His spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean where he and his capsule were recovered by helicopter and transported to the awaiting aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain. |
Date |
07/20/1961 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Duke on the Craters Edge
Title |
Duke on the Craters Edge |
Full Description |
Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Lunar Module pilot of the Apollo 16 mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background. |
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04/21/1972 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Shepard Plants Flag
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Shepard Plants Flag |
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Apollo 14 Commander, stands by the U.S. flag on the lunar Fra Mauro Highlands during the early moments of the first extravehicular activity (EVA-1) of the mission. Shadows of the Lunar Module "Antares", astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module pilot, and the erectable S-band Antenna surround the scene of the third American flag planting to be performed on the lunar surface. |
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02/05/1971 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Glenn at the Cape
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Glenn at the Cape |
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Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. in his silver Mercury spacesuit during pre- flight training activities at Cape Canaveral. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
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02/27/1964 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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Glenn Enters his Mercury Cap
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Glenn Enters his Mercury Capsule |
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Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. enters his Mercury capsule, "Friendship 7" as he prepares for launch of the Mercury-Atlas rocket. On February 20, 1962 Glenn lifted off into space aboard his Mercury Atlas 6 (MA-6) rocket and became the first American to orbit the Earth. After orbiting the Earth 3 times, Friendship 7 landed in the Atlantic Ocean 4 hours, 55 minutes and 23 seconds later, just East of Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas. Glenn and his capsule were recovered by the Navy Destroyer Noa, 21 minutes after splashdown. |
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02/20/1962 |
NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
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