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Apollo 15 Saturn V Launch
Title Apollo 15 Saturn V Launch
Full Description The 363-foot tall Apollo 15 Saturn V is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 9:34:00.79 a.m., July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Note that the launch is reflected in a body of water across from the launch complex.
Date 06/26/1971
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 17 Night Launch
Title Apollo 17 Night Launch
Full Description Liftoff of the Apollo 17 Saturn V Moon Rocket from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 12:33 a.m., December 17, 1972. Apollo 17, the final lunar landing mission, was the first night launch of a Saturn V rocket.
Date 12/07/1972
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo 4 liftoff
Title Apollo 4 liftoff
Full Description The Apollo 4 unmanned mission lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This would be the first flight for the enormous Saturn V rocket that would eventually take humans to the Moon.
Date 11/09/1967
NASA Center Johnson Space Center
Apollo Program Leadership
Name of Image Apollo Program Leadership
Date of Image 1950-01-01
Full Description This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states, ?Our deep appreciation for your outstanding contribution to the success of Apollo 11?, signed ?S?, indicating that it was originally signed by Apollo Program Director General Sam Phillips, pictured second from left. From left to right are, NASA Associate Administrator George Mueller, Phillips, Kurt Debus, Director of the Kennedy Space Center, Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, later renamed the Johnson Space Center, and Wernher von Braun, Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Mating of Lunar Module-1 wit …
Title Mating of Lunar Module-1 with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter-7
Description Lunar Module-1 (LM-1)being moved into position for mating with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA)-7 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. LM-1 and SLA-7 are scheduled to be flown on the Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission.
Date 11.22.1967
Apollo 5 liftoff
Title Apollo 5 liftoff
Description The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m., January 22, 1968.
Date 01.22.1968
Apollo 5 liftoff
Title Apollo 5 liftoff
Description The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m., January 22, 1968.
Date 01.22.1968
Apollo 5 liftoff
Title Apollo 5 liftoff
Description The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m., January 22, 1968.
Date 01.22.1968
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - …
Description KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Before the induction ceremony of five space program heroes into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, astronaut John Young is warmly greeted as he is introduced as a previous inductee. Co-holder of a record for the most space flights, six, he flew on Gemini 3 and 10, orbited the Moon on Apollo 10, walked on the Moon on Apollo 16, and commanded two space shuttle missions, STS-1 and STS-9. Young currently serves as associate director, technical, at Johnson Space Center. The induction ceremony was held at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at KSC. New inductees are Richard O. Covey, commander of the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, Norman E. Thagard, the first American to occupy Russia?s Mir space station, the late Francis R. "Dick" Scobee, commander of the ill-fated 1986 Challenger mission, Kathryn D. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, and Frederick D. Gregory, the first African-American to command a space mission and the current NASA deputy administrator. The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame opened in 1990 to provide a place where space travelers could be remembered for their participation and accomplishments in the U.S. space program. The five inductees join 52 previously honored astronauts from the ranks of the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs.
Release Date 05/01/2004
Artist concept of Apollo Lun …
Title Artist concept of Apollo Lunar Mission
Description Artist concept illustrating the beginning of an Apollo Lunar mission. The huge Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle will be launched from a pad on Merritt Island, Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Date Taken 1966-12-01
Apollo/Saturn 201 launched f …
Title Apollo/Saturn 201 launched from Kennedy Space Center
Description Apollo/Saturn 201 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:12 a.m., February 26, 1966. The instrumented Apollo - command and service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter - was successfully launched on the unmanned suborbital mission by the Saturn 1B to check spacecraft launch vehicle mechanical compatibility and to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity reentry mode.
Date Taken 1966-02-26
Liftoff of Saturn Mission 20 …
Title Liftoff of Saturn Mission 203
Description Liftoff of Saturn Mission 203, the second in the uprated Saturn 1 development mission series, was accomplished from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 37 at 10:53 a.m., July 5, 1966.
Date Taken 1966-07-05
Apollo/Saturn Mission 202 la …
Title Apollo/Saturn Mission 202 launch
Description Apollo/Saturn Mission 202 was launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 12:15 p.m., August 25, 1966. The mission was a step toward qualifying the Apollo command and service modules and the uprated Saturn I launch vehicle for manned flight.
Date Taken 1966-08-25
KSC Launch Complex 34 during …
Title KSC Launch Complex 34 during Apollo/Saturn Mission 202 pre-launch alert
Description Scene at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 during an Apollo/Saturn Mission 202 pre-launch alert. The mission was a step toward qualifying the Apollo Command and Service modules and the uprated Saturn I launch vehicle for manned flight.
Date Taken 1966-08-25
Launching of the Apollo 4 un …
Title Launching of the Apollo 4 unmanned space mission
Description The Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff was at 7:00:01 a.m., November 9, 1967.
Date Taken 1967-11-09
Apollo 4 unmanned mission la …
Title Apollo 4 unmanned mission launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39
Description Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff was at 7:00:01 a.m., November 9, 1967.
Date Taken 1967-11-09
Apollo 5 liftoff
Title Apollo 5 liftoff
Description The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m., January 22, 1968.
Date Taken 1968-01-22
Apollo 4 unmanned mission la …
Title Apollo 4 unmanned mission launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39
Description Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff was at 7:00:01 a.m., November 9, 1967.
Date Taken 1967-11-09
Apollo 5 liftoff
Title Apollo 5 liftoff
Description The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m., January 22, 1968.
Date Taken 1968-01-22
Apollo Spacecraft 020 Comman …
Title Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module readied for mating with Service Module
Description Apollo Spacecraft 020 Command Module is hoisted into position for mating with Service Module in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Spacecraft 020 will be flown on the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission.
Date Taken 1967-12-06
Apollo 5 liftoff
Title Apollo 5 liftoff
Description The Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 37 at 5:48:09 p.m., January 22, 1968.
Date Taken 1968-01-22
Early morning view of Apollo …
Title Early morning view of Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft on launch pad
Description Early morning view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission ready for launch, with a full moon in the upper left part of the image. The 363-foot tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched at 7:00:01 AM (EST), November 9, 1967.
Date Taken 1967-11-09
Mating of Lunar Module-1 wit …
Title Mating of Lunar Module-1 with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter-7
Description Lunar Module-1 (LM-1)being moved into position for mating with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA)-7 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. LM-1 and SLA-7 are scheduled to be flown on the Apollo 5 (LM-1/Saturn 204) unmanned space mission.
Date Taken 1967-11-22
Early morning view of Apollo …
Title Early morning view of Apollo 4 unmanned spacecraft on launch pad
Description Early morning view of Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned, earth-orbital space mission ready for launch.
Date Taken 1967-11-09
Ascent stage of Lunar Module …
Title Ascent stage of Lunar Module 3 being uncrated and moved
Description The ascent stage of Lunar Module 3 being uncrated and moved to workstand in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Lunar Module 3 will be flown on the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Saturn 504) mission.
Date Taken 1968-06-14
KSC Pad 34 showing erection …
Title KSC Pad 34 showing erection of first stage of Saturn 205 launch vehicle
Description Low angle view of the Kennedy Space Center's Pad 34 showing the erection of the first stage of the Saturn 205 launch vehicle.
Date Taken 1968-04-22
Apollo 6 unmanned space miss …
Title Apollo 6 unmanned space mission launch
Description The Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff of the Apollo 6 occured at 07:00:01.5, April 4, 1968.
Date Taken 1968-04-04
Launch of the Apollo 7 space …
Title Launch of the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968 (48787), Apollo 7 lifts off. Note the tracking antenna on left and pad service structure on right (48788).
Date Taken 1968-10-11
Launch of the Apollo 7 space …
Title Launch of the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968 (48787), Apollo 7 lifts off. Note the tracking antenna on left and pad service structure on right (48788).
Date Taken 1968-10-11
Apollo 8 spacecraft on way f …
Title Apollo 8 spacecraft on way from VAB to Pad A, Launch Complex 39
Description The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle on way from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to Pad A, Launch Complex 39. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a huge crawler-transporter (aerial view, looking toward Pad A).
Date Taken 1968-10-09
Launch of the Apollo 7 space …
Title Launch of the Apollo 7 spacecraft
Description The Apollo 7/Saturn IB space vehicle is launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:03 a.m. October 11, 1968 (48787), Apollo 7 lifts off.
Date Taken 1968-10-11
Nighttime view of Apollo 7 s …
Title Nighttime view of Apollo 7 spacecraft at Launch Complex 34
Description Nighttime view of Launch Complex 34, Kennedy Space Center, showing the Apollo 7 (Spacecraft 101/Saturn 205) stack on pad.
Date Taken 1968-10-10
Erection of the Apollo Servi …
Title Erection of the Apollo Service Module in High Bay #3
Description Erection of the Apollo Service module in High Bay #3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC). This view is of the aft bulkhead showing the high-gain antenna and engine bell.
Date Taken 1968-10-04
Ground level view of Apollo …
Title Ground level view of Apollo 8 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38
Description Ground level view of Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38, Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 8 stack was photographed during a prelaunch alert-mobile service structure pull back. Mobile launch tower is on left and mobile service structure on right.
Date Taken 1968-12-17
Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orb …
Title Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission
Description The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 7:51 a.m., December 21, 1968. This view is from top of mobile launch tower.
Date Taken 1968-12-21
First stage of Saturn launch …
Title First stage of Saturn launch vehicle in KSC Vehicle Assembly Building
Description The first (S-1C) stage of the Saturn 505 launch vehicle being prepared for erection in the high bay area of the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Saturn 505 is the launch vehicle for the Apollo 10 mission.
Date Taken 1968-12-03
Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orb …
Title Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission
Description The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 7:51 a.m., December 21, 1968.
Date Taken 1968-12-21
Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orb …
Title Launch of Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission
Description The Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 7:51 a.m., December 21, 1968. In this view there is water in the foreground and seagulls.
Date Taken 1968-12-21
Ground level view of Apollo …
Title Ground level view of Apollo 8 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38
Description Ground level (at dusk) view of Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38, Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 8 stack was photographed during a prelaunch alert-mobile service structure pull back.
Date Taken 1968-12-17
Aerial view of Apollo 8 spac …
Title Aerial view of Apollo 8 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38
Description Aerial (at dusk) view of Apollo 8 (Spacecraft 103/Saturn 503) space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 38, Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 8 stack was photographed during a prelaunch alert-mobile service structure pull back.
Date Taken 1968-12-17
Lunar Module 4 moved for mat …
Title Lunar Module 4 moved for mating with Lunar Module Adapter at KSC
Description Lunar Module 4 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg being moved into position for mating with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) 13 (17809);Lunar Module 4 being moved for mating with the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Lunar module 4 will be flown on the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Saturn 505) lunar orbit mission (17810).
Date Taken 1969-01-13
Lunar Module 4 moved for mat …
Title Lunar Module 4 moved for mating with Lunar Module Adapter at KSC
Description Lunar Module 4 in the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg being moved into position for mating with Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) 13 (17809);Lunar Module 4 being moved for mating with the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Lunar module 4 will be flown on the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Saturn 505) lunar orbit mission (17810).
Date Taken 1969-01-13
Lunar Module 4 moved for mat …
Title Lunar Module 4 moved for mating with Lunar Module Adapter at KSC
Description Lunar Module 4 being moved for mating with the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter in the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. Lunar module 4 will be flown on the Apollo 10 (Spacecraft 106/Saturn 505) lunar orbit mission.
Date Taken 1969-01-13
Aerial view of Apollo 9 spac …
Title Aerial view of Apollo 9 space vehicle on way from VAB to Pad A
Description Aerial view of Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a huge crawler-transporter (view looking toward Pad A).
Date Taken 1969-01-03
Portrait of the Apollo 9 pri …
Title Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew
Description Portrait of the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) prime crew in their space suits. Left to right are Astronauts James A. McDivitt, commander, David R. Scott, command module pilot, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. In the background is the Apollo 8 space vehicle on Pad A, Launch complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. Gaseous liquid oxygen is venting from the vehicle's first (S-1C) stage during a countdown demonstration test. Mcdivitt holds a U.S. flag.
Date Taken 1968-12-18
Interior view of KSC's Manne …
Title Interior view of KSC's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building
Description Interior view of the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building showing Apollo Spacecraft 106 Command/Service Module being moved to integrated workstand number one for mating to Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) 13. Spacecraft 106 will be flown on the Apollo 10 (Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space mission.
Date Taken 1969-01-31
Interior view of KSC's Manne …
Title Interior view of KSC's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building
Description Interior view of the Kennedy Space Center's Manned Spacecraft Operations Building showing Apollo Spacecraft 106 Command/Service Module being moved to integrated workstand number one for mating to Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) 13. Spacecraft 106 will be flown on the Apollo 10 (Lunar Module 4/Saturn 505) space mission.
Date Taken 1969-01-31
Hi-Bay 2 of KSC's Vehicle As …
Title Hi-Bay 2 of KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building with Apollo spacecraft 106
Description High-angle view in Hi-Bay 2 of the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) showing Apollo Spacecraft 106 Command/Service Module being moved into position for mating to the Saturn 505 launch vehicle.
Date Taken 1969-02-06
Liftoff of the Apollo 9 spac …
Title Liftoff of the Apollo 9 space vehicle
Description The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969. This view shows birds flying as the launch vehicle lifts off (25863), Launch view of the Apollo 9 space vehicle. In this view the vehicle is almost totally obscured by clouds of smoke from the launch (25864).
Date Taken 1969-03-03
Liftoff of the Apollo 9 spac …
Title Liftoff of the Apollo 9 space vehicle
Description The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 11 a.m., March 3, 1969. This view shows birds flying as the launch vehicle lifts off (25863), Launch view of the Apollo 9 space vehicle. In this view the vehicle is almost totally obscured by clouds of smoke from the launch (25864).
Date Taken 1969-03-03
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