NASA Archives

NASA technicians wear cleanroom attire to inspect the Pioneer III probe prior to its trip to Cape Canaveral, FL.

Two astronauts prepare to leave Discovery's airlock for a spacewalk.

This panoramic image is the first photograph taken of Mars by Voyager 1's Camera 1 in 1976.

JPL's Space Flight Operations Facility began with tracking the Ranger 7 mission in 1964 and later collected the tracking and scientific information for the Deep Space Network.

Voyager 2, arriving at Jupiter four months after Voyager 1, was actually launched 16 days before its mate.

Dr. Robert Goddard, namesake for the Goddard Space Flight Center, is known as a pioneer in American Rocketry.

An artist's conception of the ACTS just after release from the space shuttle's cargo bay in September of 1993.

A technician checks the soil sampler before the Viking Lander goes to Mars.

The FIDO Rover undergoes field test to prepare for conditions on Mars.

Two people get a unique perspective of the environment during a zero gravity flight.

An image shows the orange-soil discovered during the second Apollo 17 EVA and the gnomon, a geology hand tool used by astronauts.

The Deep Space 1 Technology Demonstrator features many new technologies, but none so high-tech as the ion propulsion system.

From above, a dramatic view as a space shuttle orbiter is lifted from its stack.

Astronaut Kathy Thornton prepares to release the damaged Hubble Space Telescope array after removing it.

The Mars Surveyor Climate Orbiter undergoes testing to simulate launch conditions.

The Ranger fleet of spacecraft enabled live transmissions of the moon from lunar orbit.

Viking, the planetary landing spacecraft, is under assembly.

The five-member crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-74 peer at Mir.

The three men who designed, built, and operated the Explorer I satellite celebrate.

An astronaut prepares to install protective covers on the Hubble Space Telescope.

The Lunar Module Spider is attached to the Saturn IVB in Earth orbit.

For the first time, a single crew member attempts to capture the Intelsat VI.

A seamstress, with assistance from three others, creates a possible replacement sunshade for the Skylab Orbital Workshop.

Astronaut Michael Gerhardt stands on the Manipulator Foot Restraint during his STS-69 Extravehicular Activity.

NASA engineers test multi-lobed air bags to protect the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft.