Missions Image List



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This is an image of the Freedom 7. Alan Shepard made the first U.S. manned space flight in Freedom 7 on May 5, 1961. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is the flight system design for the proposed Venus Geophysical Network Pathfinder mission. (Courtesy of Michael Malin, Malin Space Science Systems, Inc.)

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This is an image of Magellan shown oribiting Venus. It arrived at Venus in August 1990. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is the same image. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an image of the Surveyor 3 television camera which landed on the moon on April 20, 1967. (Courtesy of National Air and Space Museum)

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This is an image of astronaut Alan Bean retrieving the Surveyor 3 camera on the moon. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an image of a model of the Voyager spacecraft. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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Another image of the Voyager spacecraft. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is a photo based on Jules Verne's description of a spacecraft in the late 19th century. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is an image of the Saturn F-1 engine for the Saturn V rocket which was the world's largest rocket in the 1960's. (Courtesy of National Air and Space Museum)

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This is a mock-up of the interior of a Lunar Module. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is an image of the Lunar Roving Vehicle. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is an image of the Surveyor spacecraft which examined the lunar surface. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is a photo of a lunar orbiter which provided maps of the moon's surface. (Courtesy of National Air and Space Museum)

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This is an image of the Apollo 11 spacecraft Command Module being lifted onto the U.S.S. Hornet on July 24, 1969. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an aerial view of Apollo 11 spacecraft on launch pad A taken on July 1, 1969. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is a photo of the Skylab 1. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is a display showing the Apollo Command and Service Module docked with the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is a model of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) (© 1993 Smithsonian Institution)

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This is an image of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) taken by the astronauts during the servicing mission in December 1993. (Courtesy of NASA)

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Another image of the HST. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an image of Launch Complex 39's Pad A and Pad B. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an image of the Mercury-Atlas spacecraft. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is a view of the Mercury Spacecraft instrument control panels taken on October 1, 1961. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an image of Mariner 2 which was launched August 27, 1962 and reached Venus in December. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an image of the Mariner 4 which was launched November 28, 1964 on a mission to Mars. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is a full-size model of the Surveyor robotic lunar spacecraft on the beach in California. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is a model of the Viking spacecraft which was a mission to Mars. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an artist's conception of the Galileo probe as it enters Jupiter's atmosphere. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is a drawing of Galileo showing locations of many components. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is a photograph of the Galileo spacecraft. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is a photograph of the Atlantis lift off with Galileo on board. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an image showing the deployment of Galileo from the space shuttle Atantis on October 18, 1989. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an artist's conception of the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an image of a space shuttle before the launch. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an artist's conception of a satellite viewing Pluto and Charon. (Courtesy of NASA/JPL)

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This is an image of Airbags and the Rover on the mission to Mars. (Courtesy of NASA)

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This is an image of the Hubble Space Telescope. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the HST and Earth. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the HST panels opening. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the HST on the shuttle arm. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the space shuttle Discovery launch. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the space shuttle Columbia launch. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the space shuttle Columbia lift-off. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the space shuttle Columbia launch. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of a space shuttle's front view touchdown. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the space shuttle Atlantis take-off. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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Another image of the space shuttle Atlantis take-off. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an image of the space shuttle Atlantis touchdown. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is a front-view image of the space shuttle Atlantis. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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This is an artist's conception of a space shuttle over the Earth with the Moon in the background. (Courtesy of Aris Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. 1994)

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