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Apollo 9 Splashdown
Apollo 9 Splashdown

The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, approaches touchdown in…

Space Communications Antenna Supported Early NASA Missions
Space Communications Antenna Supported Early NASA Missions

This 26 meter (85 foot) antenna operated in Woomera (Island Lagoon), Australia at Deep Space Station (DSS) 41, established in…

X-15 #3 with F-104A Starfighter Chase Plane
X-15 #3 with F-104A Starfighter Chase Plane

Followed by a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter chase plane, the North American X-15 ship #3 (56-6672) sinks toward touchdown on Rogers…

X-15 Pilot Milt Thompson and X-15 #3 Replica
X-15 Pilot Milt Thompson and X-15 #3 Replica

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson stands next to a mock-up of X-15 number 3 that was later installed at the…

X-15 Pilot Milt Thompson and X-15 #3 Replica
X-15 Pilot Milt Thompson and X-15 #3 Replica

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson is seen here with the mock-up of X-15 #3 that was later installed at the…

Full-scale Mock up of X-15 #3 Installed
Full-scale Mock up of X-15 #3 Installed

Workers install the full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in September 1995.

Full-scale Mock up of X-15 #3 Installed
Full-scale Mock up of X-15 #3 Installed

Workers install the full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in September 1995.

X-15 #3 Replica
X-15 #3 Replica

The full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 was installed September 1995 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

X-15 Pilot Major Robert M. White
X-15 Pilot Major Robert M. White

Major Robert M. White is seen here next to the X-15 aircraft after a research flight.

X-15 Pilots
X-15 Pilots

The X-15 flight crew, left to right: Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, NASA…