Vintage Space Exploration Footage

Historical footage related to early space missions, including rocket launches and astronaut activities onboard spacecraft.

S66-25774 (16 March 1966) --- The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini-8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Agena is approximately 1,000 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left).

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S66-25774 (16 March 1966) --- The Agena Target Docking vehicle seen from the Gemini-8 spacecraft during rendezvous in space. The Agena is approximately 1,000 feet away from the nose of the spacecraft (lower left).

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Magnetic Suspension/Balance System

PA084 SOLAR THERMAL PROPULSION, BLDG 4590, STROFIO THERMAL BALANCE TEST, CLOSE UP VIEW OF TEST CHAMBERVIEW

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A771162 U7AE STRAKE SLIFER INSTALLATION JOHN BROUILLARD (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 13 77 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/13/1977 BROUILLARD, JOHN; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MEASURED; MEASUREMENT & RELATIONSHIP; MEASURING DEVICES (EXC UTENSIL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SLIFER INSTALLATION; STRAKE; TAPE MEASURES; 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.

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National Air and Space MuseumWashington, D.C.USA

13-13-31-18: (13 Sept. 2014) --- At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is seen inside the Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft Sept. 13 performing test procedures during the first of two fit check” dress rehearsal activities. Serova, NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore and Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos will launch on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in the Soyuz to begin a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. Serova will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space.

A scientist looks at DNA sequencing gels. Photo by John Crawford.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In the clean room of the Payload Hazardous Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, a worker from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center uses black light inspection for a thorough cleaning of the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, or COS. Black light inspection uses UVA fluorescence to detect possible particulate microcontamination, minute cracks or fluid leaks. The COS will be installed on the Hubble Space Telescope on space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission. COS will be the most sensitive ultraviolet spectrograph ever flown on Hubble and will probe the "cosmic web" - the large-scale structure of the universe whose form is determined by the gravity of dark matter and is traced by galaxies and intergalactic gas. The COS far-ultraviolet channel has a sensitivity 30 times greater than that of previous spectroscopic instruments for the detection of extremely low light levels. Launch of Atlantis on the STS-125 mission is targeted for Oct. 8.

Close-up of scientist hand adjusting human brain slide on microscope at laboratory

Juno sattelite orbiting Jupiter Juno sattelite orbiting Jupiter Copyright: xZoonar.com/StanislavxRishnyakx 14238505

Father Josset's telescope with his restorer in observatory

A visitor explores the Journey to Tomorrow exhibit at the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration on the National Mall, Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Washington. Apollo 11 was the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon and launched on July 16, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.

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