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Historical Scientific Imagery

A collection of vintage black-and-white images related to space exploration, experiments, and various scientific observations.

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D723490 MISTY NORTH POST SHOT DIAGNOSTICS K. Glibert (Project Engineer) APRIL 30, 1972 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/30/1972 DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MISTY NORTH TEST; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PIPES; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DIAGNOSTIC PIPE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

With MacMillan's Expedition into the Arctic: Remarkable photographs taken by Donald MacMillan, Arctic Explorer on his most recent expedition into furthermost icy regions of the North. Members of the expedition getting the water supply from an ice-berg. October 24, 1924. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

B732257 U12E DOWNHOLE CABLE RECOVERY CHARLES GULICK (Project Engineer) JUL 20 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/20/1973 CABLE RECOVERY; CABLES; DOWNHOLE; DOWNHOLE CABLE RECOVERY; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HOLES (IN THE GROUND); LADDERS; LADDERS, STEP; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RECOVERY; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Photograph of the first two cyclotron models designed by Ernest Lawrence (1901-1958) and N.E. Edlefsen. Dated 20th Century

Close-Up of Crater Copernicus November 23, 1966 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) This photograph was made as part of the Lunar Orbiter program, a series of five unmanned spacecraft launched into orbit around the Moon in 1966 and 1967. Each spacecraft was equipped with a sophisticated imaging system provided by Eastman Kodak, which consisted of a dual-lens camera, film processing and handling units, and a readout scanner for transmitting the images back to Earth. The main purpose of the program was to select lunar landing sites for NASAs manned Apollo Missions. Over the course of one year, the Lunar Orbiters photographed 99 percent of the Moons surface, producing more than 2,000 images of unprecedented clarity and precision. After the film was processed on board the spacecraft, it was scanned in strips and transmitted to Earth via radio. Technicians at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, New York, created the final images by transferring the strips onto sheets of large-for

Vintage Photograph. Skin Diver geologist using camera in watertight case to photograph specimen on location.

Close-up of a mature man wearing protective eyewear and looking at the sun

The Moon - Crater Copernicus - Closeup. Artist: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Dimensions: Image: 14 in. × 13 7/8 in. (35.5 × 35.2 cm)Mount: 18 × 16 in. (45.7 × 40.6 cm). Printer: Eastman Kodak Co. (American). Date: November 23, 1966.This photograph was made as part of the Lunar Orbiter program, a series of five unmanned spacecraft launched into orbit around the Moon in 1966 and 1967. Each spacecraft was equipped with a sophisticated imaging system provided by Eastman Kodak, which consisted of a dual-lens camera, film processing and handling units, and a readout scanner for transmitting the images back to Earth. The main purpose of the program was to select lunar landing sites for NASA's manned Apollo Missions. Over the course of one year, the Lunar Orbiters photographed 99 percent of the Moon's surface, producing more than 2,000 images of unprecedented clarity and precision. After the film was processed on board the spacecraft, it was scanned in strips and trans

Engineers from the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and its contractors were testing the twin-pole sunshade at the Skylab mockup in the MSFC Building 4619. The Skylab Orbital Workshop (OWS) lost its thermal protection shield during launch on May 14, 1963. Without the heat shield, the temperature inside the OWS became dangerously high, rendering the workshop uninhabitable and threatened deterioration of the interior insulation and adhesive. Engineers from the MSFC, its contractors, and NASA persornel at other centers worked day and night for several days to develop the way to save the Skylab OWS. Eventually, they developed, tested, rehearsed, and approved three repair options. These options included a parasol sunshade and a twin-pole sunshade to restore the temperature inside the workshop, and a set of metal cutting tools to free the jammed solar panel.

Vintage Photograph. Overhead view of hand operating telegraph machine transmitter

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.exampel on two different 35 mm movies, normal film. For more info see: Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1948. p. 1266-1267.

This image of Tempel 1 is a compilation of nine images that were taken on June 15, 2005 by NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft.

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S66-54555 (14 Sept. 1966) --- The Gemini-11 spacecraft is docked to the Agena Target Vehicle in this photograph taken by astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot, as he stood in the open hatch of the Gemini-11 spacecraft during his extravehicular activity (EVA). Note Agena's L-band antenna. Taken during Gemini-11's 29th revolution of Earth, using a modified 70mm Hasselblad camera, with Eastman Kodak, Ektachrome, MS (S.O. 368) color film.

British Contribution TO Tropical Health -- In the Insectory at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical medicine, typical of many in Britain, mosquitos are bred for further research work on malaria, an so yellow fever, both of which diseases they carry to man. Here, Miss Wall is removing an adult mosquito from the cage. She was one of the team of British experts who were responsible for entirely ridding Cyprus on mosquitos, and thus wiping out malaria in the island. May 1, 1951. (Photo by Central Office Of Information Photograph).

Ader's Fanfare: detailed view of the receiver. Demonstrated at the Paris Exposition of 1889.

E. Muybridge "Animal locomotion", plate

Atomic Energy in France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A woman has multiple placements of iridium implants or 'seeds' as a type of radiation therapy to treat for breast cancer. Drawing by Donald Gates.

Gaultheria specimen, circa 1922, by Dr Leonard Cockayne F.R.S.

S66-50749 (15 Sept. 1966) --- The Gemini-11 spaceflight is concluded as the Gemini-11 spacecraft, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot, aboard, touches down in the Atlantic Ocean 1.5-2 statute miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Guam. Gemini-11 splashed down at 9 a.m. (EST), Sept. 15, 1966, to conclude a three-day mission in space.

Dragon Fly. March 19, 1934.

S61-04623 (1961) --- Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. looks into a Celestial Training Device (globe) during training in the Aeromedical Laboratory at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A chambered and twisted wing-body. Arrow wing hypersonic model tested in the 6x6 foot wind tunnel at the NASA Ames Research Center.

Space Flight Charts, Space Capsule

V 6598. Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogshamn (depicted, City)

A770449 U12G HYDRA FRAC BILL VOLLENDORF(Project Engineer) FEB 22 77EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/22/1977 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EVALUATION XC 4; FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; G-TUNNEL; HYDRA FRAC; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MARKED; MARKINGS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SIGNS; TEST SITES; TUNNELS; TUNNELS BY USAGE; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VOLLENDORF, BILL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Copy Negative of Sequence Photo Shuttle Model

Draftsmen in the Materials and Stresses Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory create a template for a compressor using actual compressor blades. The Compressor and Turbine Division contained four sections of researchers dedicated to creating better engine components. The Materials and Thermodynamics Division studied the strength, durability, heat transfer characteristics, and physical composition of various materials. The two divisions were important to the research and development of new aircraft engines. The constant battle to increase the engines thrust while decreasing its overall weight resulted in additional stress on jet engine components, particularly compressors. As speed and maneuverability were enhanced, the strain on the engines and inlets grew. For decades NACA Lewis researchers continually sought to improve compressor blade design, develop stronger composite materials, and minimize flutter and inlet distorti

Clem Walton's Geiger counter clicked over a "hot" stone and the uranium field called Mary Kathleen, at Mt. Isa, had been found. How much of the ore is there is unknown. January 28, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Lunar eclipse. At night. January 29, 1953

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as lecture material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1948-1958.exampel on sound photography - audio film.Bäckström, Helmer. Photographic manual. Other revised edition. Nature and Culture. Stockholm. 1948. p. 1294-1310.

Visitors view skeletons of people and animals in the reconstructed theatrum anatomicum; Leiden University exhibition 400..

Anefo photo collection. Electron microscope Philips. June 25, 1947

Vintage Photograph. Skin diver geologist with grease pencil and plastic slate makes underwater notes.

Project 40-11 - Operation Buster/Jangle (Nevada Test Site) Detonation. SUGAR detonation. Series of 6 aerial views showing fireball & cloud (3 of 5). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

High school students screen crystals of various proteins that are part of the ground-based work that supports Alexander McPherson's protein crystal growth experiment. The students also prepared and stored samples in the Enhanced Gaseous Nitrogen Dewar, which was launched on the STS-98 mission for delivery to the ISS. The crystals grown on the ground will be compared with crystals grown in orbit. Participants include Joseph Negron (shown), of Terry Parker High School, Jacksonville, Florida; Megan Miskowski, of Ridgeview High School, Orange Park, Florida; and Sam Swank, of Fletcher High School, Neptune Beach, Florida. The proteins are placed in plastic tubing that is heat-sealed at the ends, then flash-frozen and preserved in a liquid nitrogen Dewar. Aboard the ISS, the nitrogen will be allowed to evaporated so the samples thaw and then slowly crystallize. They will be analyzed after return to Earth.

Computer player is standing in the hallway and is aiming at a collimator scope. Mixed media

E. Muybridge "Animal locomotion", plate

A780524 AREA 5 NEST CONTAINMENT TEST EUGENE W ZUCUSKIE APR 21 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/21/1978 AREA 5; BUILDING & STRUCTURAL FEATURES; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEST CONTAINMENT TEST; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; TESTING; TESTS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; ZUCUSKIE, EUGENE W; AREA 5 - NEST CONTAINMENT TEST historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

FILMING OF RECREATION OF MICHELSON'S VELOCITY OF LIGHT EXPERIMENTS ON MT. WILSON.

Forensic Investigator Collecting Crime Scene Evidence

The passengers enter the second stage rocket and are seated in cylindrical plastic "bowls" for comfort, these bowls are located near the centre of gravity of the plane. November 12, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Drug Symposium of the Royal Dutch Society Ter. Speaker speaking. March 30, 1971. The Hague, South Holland

Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Test Activities. Observers & cameramen as they view YUCCA event (not shown). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Protection - In the nuclear age of submarines, constant vigil is kept against harmful radiation. Here a medical orderly checks with a detection aid in the pharmacy of the Triton, world's biggest atomic-powered submarine. June 1, 1955.

Photographed on: 08 05 1958. -- Impact test conducted by Langley's Hydrodynamics Division. The Division conducted a series of impact studies with full scale and model capsules of the original capsule shape A. Joseph Shortal wrote (Vol. 3, p. 16): The basic design of the capsule was made by M.A. Faget and his coworkers at PARD during the winter of 1957-1958. It was natural, then, that extensive use was made of the facilities at Wallops during the development of the spacecraft. The tests at Wallops consisted of 26 full-size capsules, either launched from the ground by rocket power or dropped from airplanes at high altitude and 28 scaled models, either rocket boosted or released from balloons. Emphasis in the Wallops program was on dynamic stability and aerodynamic heating of the capsule, and effectiveness of the pilot-escape and parachute-recovery systems. The biggest part of the Wallops program was the series of full-size capsules, rocket launched with the Little Joe booster, developed

MSC Flight Crew visit Lowell Observatory at Flagstaff, AZ

S61-E-006 (5 Dec 1993) --- The robot arm controlling work of Swiss scientist Claude Nicollier was photographed with an Electronic Still Camera (ESC), and down linked to ground controllers soon afterward. With the mission specialist's assistance, Endeavour's crew captured the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) on December 4, 1993. Four of the seven crew members will work in alternating pairs outside Endeavour's shirt sleeve environment to service the giant telescope. Electronic still photography is a relatively new technology which provides the means for a handheld camera to electronically capture and digitize an image with resolution approaching film quality. The electronic still camera has flown as an experiment on several other shuttle missions.

Toy helicopters, 1889. The helicopter with two metal wings. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

S71-41842 (July 1971) --- Newsmen put questions to Gerald D. Griffin, left at lectern, a flight director for the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission, during a change of shift briefing in the small briefing room in Building One at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Representing Public Affairs Office at the briefing is Terry White, right at lectern.

Vintage photograph. Geologist Carol Pearson studying well cutting samples delivered from the drilling site to the exploration department laboratory of Shell Oil Company's Midland, Texas plant

Astronauts Conrad and Bean at Lunar Landing Research Facility. Alan Bean was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. He served as backup astronaut for the Gemini 10 and Apollo 9 missions.In September of 1962, Mr. Conrad was selected as an astronaut by NASA. His first flight was Gemini V, which established the space endurance record and placed the United States in the lead for man-hours in space. As commander of Gemini XI, Mr. Conrad helped to set a world's altitude record. He then served as commander of Apollo XII, the second lunar landing. On Mr. Conrad's final mission, he served as commander of Skylab II, the first United States Space Station.

Element Si Silicon, Mineral Vitamin complex dietary supplement, rugged, silver background

E. Muybridge "Animal locomotion", plate

Sinuous Muscular Male Reclining in Studio Pose c.1953

B742004 F&S REPORT TO SANDIA DRILL RIGS & BITS BOB LITTLEJOHN APR 16 74EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/16/1974 BITS, DRILL; DRILLING; DRILLING MACHINE PARTS; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLING TOOLS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; LITTLEJOHN, BOB; MACHINERY PARTS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; W7R-2J; F&S REPORT TO SANIDA-DRILL RIG historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

S66-50713 (12 Sept. 1966) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., Chief, MSC Astronaut Office, shields his eyes from the sun as he follows the Gemini-11 liftoff. Onboard were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., command pilot, and Richard F. Gordon Jr., pilot, scheduled for a three-day mission in space. Liftoff was at 9 42 a.m. (EST), Sept. 12, 1966.

S81-30479 (April 1981) --- Astronauts John W. Young, second from left, and Robert L. Crippen, left, discuss photography from their recent STS-1 mission with astronauts Joe H. Engle, right, and Richard H. Truly during a post-mission debriefing session. Engle and Truly were backup crewmen for STS-1 and they have been named as prime crew members for STS-2, scheduled for a Sept. 30, 1981 liftoff.

This archival picture shows what greeted visitors to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in December 1957, before NASA was created and the lab became one of its centers.

Each of the eight haunch access doors located in the mobile launcher platform contains an inspirational quote related to space travel. The quotes are from John F. Kennedy, H.G. Wells and Werner Von Braun, among others. The heavy metal doors will be bolted in place to protect electrical and support systems during liftoff of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.

S70-34900 (14 April 1970) --- Mrs. Mary Haise receives an explanation of the revised flight plan of the Apollo 13 mission from astronaut Gerald P. Carr in the viewing room of the Mission Control Center (MCC), Building 30, at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). Her husband, astronaut Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot for the Apollo 13 mission, was joining fellow crew members, astronauts James A. Lovell Jr., and John L. Swigert Jr. in making correction in their spacecraft following discovery of an oxygen cell failure several hours earlier.

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