Over 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life. The star’s core collapsed to…
Saturn blockhouse personnel at Launch Complex 37 during the liftoff of the Apollo SA-3 test flight include Center Director Kurt…
Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott operates the battery-powered lunar surface drill during a training exercise at a man-made replica…
The Apollo 15 Saturn V is seen from a camera located at the mobile launcher’s 360-foot level at Launch Pad…
Inside Mercury flight control, Walter C. Williams, associate director for Project Mercury operations (center) listens to Christopher Kraft, flight director…
This artist’s concept depicts a planetary system so compact that it’s more like Jupiter and its moons than a star…
The first space shuttle destined to fly in space moves toward Pad A at Launch Complex 39, where it lifted…
President John F. Kennedy (left) visits Mercury’s Flight Control Area a few days after John Glenn’s flight in February 1962.…
Christopher Kraft, flight director during Project Mercury, works at his console inside the Flight Control area at Mercury Mission Control.
