Kennedy Space Centre Collection

Spectators wait for launch of Apollo 11, 1969 (b / w photo)
5322847 Spectators wait for launch of Apollo 11, 1969 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center thousands of)

STS-108 touchdown, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, December 17, 2001. Creator: NASA
STS-108 touchdown, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, December 17, 2001. The Space Shuttle Endeavour is about to lower its nose wheel following main gear touchdown on Runway 15 at the Shuttle

Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout, Florida, USA, 1972. The Kennedy Space Center launch team is continuing the checkout of Apollo 17 flight hardware for the final lunar exploration mission of Project

STS-45 Landing, Florida, USA, 1992. Creator: NASA
STS-45 Landing, Florida, USA, 1992. As the sun rises the morning of April 2, it casts a rosy glow over a steller performer, the orbiter Atlantis parked on Runway 33 of the Shuttle Landing Facility

STS-121 landing, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, July 17, 2006. Creator: NASA
STS-121 landing, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, July 17, 2006. Space Shuttle Discoverys STS-121 mission touching down

STS-56 Landing, Florida, USA, 1993. Creator: NASA
STS-56 Landing, Florida, USA, 1993. A four-million-mile journey draws to a flawless ending as the orbiter Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 33

STS 106 Atlantis landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 2000. Creator: NASA
STS 106 Atlantis landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 2000. Upon touchdown on Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility, Atlantiss drag chute opens to help slow the vehicle

STS-80 landing, Florida, USA, December 7, 1996. Creator: NASA
STS-80 landing, Florida, USA, December 7, 1996. Space Shuttle Columbia heads for a landing on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Centers (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)

STS-72 Landing, Florida, USA, 1996. Creator: NASA
STS-72 Landing, Florida, USA, 1996. The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour and its crew of six glide in to Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility after spending nine days in space

STS-88 landing, Florida, USA, December 15, 1998. Creator: NASA
STS-88 landing, Florida, USA, December 15, 1998. Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares to touch down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center to complete an 11-day

Apollo 13 Astronauts Practice Moonwalk at KSC, Florida, USA, 1970. Creator: NASA
Apollo 13 Astronauts Practice Moonwalk at KSC, Florida, USA, 1970. Apollo 13 astronauts James A. Lovell and Fred W. Haise, Jr. during practice moonwalk at Kennedy Space Center

King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium watch Apollo 10 lift off... Florida, USA, 1969. Creator: NASA
King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium watch Apollo 10 lift off, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1969. KSC Deputy Director for Administration, Albert Siepert, seated at left on third row

STS-90 Landing, Florida, USA, 1998. Creator: NASA
STS-90 Landing, Florida, USA, 1998. A flock of birds takes flight as the orbiter Columbia, with its drag chute deployed, touches down on Runway 22 of the Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing

Endeavour on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, March 27, 1997. Creator: NASA
Endeavour on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, March 27, 1997. The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour passes over Kennedy Space Centers Shuttle Landing Facility atop NASAs Boeing 747 Shuttle carrier Aircraft

Endeavour touchdown - STS-123, Kennedy Space Center, USA, March 26, 2008 Creator: NASA
Endeavour touchdown - STS-123, Kennedy Space Center, USA, March 26, 2008. Space Shuttle Endeavour about to touch down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at the end of a 16-day flight to

STS-86 landing, Florida, USA, October 6, 1997. Creator: NASA
STS-86 landing, Florida, USA, October 6, 1997. The main landing gear of the Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down on the Kennedy Space Centers (KSC)

STS-93 landing, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, July 27, 1999. Creator: NASA
STS-93 landing, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, July 27, 1999. Space Shuttle Columbias STS-93 mission was the first to be commanded by a woman, Colonel Eileen M. Collins

STS-86 Landing, Florida, USA, 1997. Creator: NASA
STS-86 Landing, Florida, USA, 1997. The Space Shuttle orbiter Atlantis touches down on Runway 15 of the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)

STS-74 landing, Florida, USA, November 20, 1995. Creator: NASA
STS-74 landing, Florida, USA, November 20, 1995. Space Shuttle Atlantis at the end of its STS-74 mission touches down on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center

Space Shuttle Endeavour night landing, Florida. USA, February 21, 2010. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Endeavour night landing, Florida. USA, February 21, 2010. Endeavour lands on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility, Kennedy Space Center, after 14 days in space

STS-95 Landing, Florida, USA, 1998. Creator: NASA
STS-95 Landing, Florida, USA, 1998. Orbiter Discovery is riding on its main landing gear as it lowers its nose wheel after touching down on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility

STS-91 landing, Florida, USA, June 12, 1998. Creator: NASA
STS-91 landing, Florida, USA, June 12, 1998. The Space Shuttle Discoverys STS-91 mission landing at the Kennedy Space Center

Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Lift off, Florida, USA, 1969. Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B

Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1963. Creator: NASA
Kennedy at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 1963. Dr. George Mueller gives Saturn V orientation to President John F. Kennedy and officials in Blockhouse 37. Front row, left to right: George Low, Dr

Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. Creator: NASA
Space Shuttle Atlantis, Florida, USA, 1998. The Space Shuttle Atlantis atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) returns to the Kennedy Space Center after a ten-month refurbishment

STS-84 landing, Florida, USA, May 24, 1997. Creator: NASA
STS-84 landing, Florida, USA, May 24, 1997. Framed by the Vehicle Assembly Building in the distance, at left, and the Mate-Demate Device

Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Creator: NASA
Vice President Bush with Spacelab Astronauts, Florida, USA, 1982. Pictured from the left are astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Vice President George Bush, and Ulf Merbold of West Germany

Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. Creator: NASA
Challenger landing, Florida, USA, February 11, 1984. The Space Shuttle Challenger, mission 41-B, makes the first landing on the Kennedy Space Centers landing facility

Shuttle in Vehicle Assembly Building, second Space Shuttle flight, 1981. Creator: NASA
Shuttle in Vehicle Assembly Building, second Space Shuttle flight, 1981. The Space Shuttle being prepared in the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, USA

Apollo 15 on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1971. Artist: NASA
Apollo 15 on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 13th July 1971

The lift off of Apollo 15, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1971. Artist: NASA
The lift off of Apollo 15, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 26th July 1971

The launch of Skylab 2, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1973. Artist: NASA
The launch of Skylab 2, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1973

Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 1985. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Launch of Space Shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, 4 April 1997. The Space Shuttle, the worlds first partially reusable launch vehicle

Space Shuttle Columbia on Earth, 1980s. Rear of Columbia, at Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, showing Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME)

Launch of the Apollo 17 mission, 1972. Apollo 17 was the last Apollo moon landing mission and the only one to be launched at night

Apollo 9 Saturn V rocket, 1969. This rocket, shown here on its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre, Cape canaveral, Florida, USA, launched Apollo 9 on 3 March 1969

Atlas-Agena rocket launch for Gemini 8. The Atlas booster was used to propel the Gemini Agena target vehicle (GATV) into space at 15:00 UTC on 16th March 1966

First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Creator: NASA
First Space Shuttle Mission launches, Florida, USA, April 12, 1981. Space Shuttle Columbia and STS-1 lift off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center, marking the first flight of the Space Shuttle Program

Apollo director Phillips monitors Apollo 11 pre-launch activities, Florida, USA, 1969. From the Kennedy Space Flight Center control room, Apollo Program Director Lieutenant General Samuel C

Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, 1969. Creator: Unknown
Alligator at Kennedy Space Center, 1969. [Harold O Connor, manager of the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, watches a 10-foot-long alligator inch its way toward a busy highway at the Kennedy Space

Saturn V rocket tank. This is the second stage propellant tank for a Saturn V rocket. This rocket was used to launch the Apollo and Skylab spacecraft

Ares I-X test rocket launch. View of NASAs Ares I-X test rocket being launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, on 28th October 2009

Explorer 1 launch. Explorer 1, Americas first successful artificial satellite, being launched by a Jupiter-C rocket from Cape Canaveral (now Kennedy Space Centre), Florida, USA, on 31 January 1958

Explorer 4 launch. Explorer 4 being launched by a Jupiter-C rocket from Cape Canaveral (now Kennedy Space Centre), Florida, USA, on 26 July 1958

Space shuttle main engines. Also seen are the reaction control system thruster pod (white with black circles), the rudder and speed brake (top centre)

NASA vehicle assembly building. This building was built in the 1960s to assemble Saturn V rockets for the Apollo programme and now stores the space shuttle fleet

NASA vehicle assembly building. This building was built in the 1960s to assemble Saturn V rockets for the Apollo programme and now stores the space shuttle fleet

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"Journeying through History: The Kennedy Space Centre" Step back in time to witness the awe-inspiring moments that unfolded at the Kennedy Space Centre. In this captivating black and white photo, spectators eagerly await the launch of Apollo 11 in 1969, a monumental event that would forever change our understanding of space exploration. Fast forward to December 17, 2001, when STS-108 gracefully touched down at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This historic moment marked another successful mission for NASA as they continued their quest to unlock the mysteries of outer space. The year was 1972 when Apollo 17 Flight Hardware Checkout took place at KSC. NASA engineers meticulously inspected every component before sending it off into orbit, ensuring the safety and success of future missions. In a breathtaking image captured in 1992, we witness STS-45 making its landing on Florida soil. The shuttle's return symbolized not only scientific achievement but also human determination and perseverance. July 17th, 2006 saw yet another triumphant touchdown as STS-121 returned home safely to Kennedy Space Center. This remarkable feat showcased humanity's ability to conquer new frontiers while pushing boundaries beyond imagination. STS-56 made its graceful descent onto Floridian grounds in 1993—a testament to NASA's commitment towards exploring uncharted territories and expanding our knowledge of the universe. The year was 2000 when Atlantis landed at KSC after completing an extraordinary mission during STS-106. This momentous occasion highlighted mankind's relentless pursuit of discovery amidst vast cosmic wonders. December 7th, 1996 witnessed STS-80 returning home safely from its journey through space—an accomplishment that exemplified teamwork and dedication within NASA's ranks. STS-72 left an indelible mark on history with its landing at KSC in Florida during another successful mission conducted by NASA in collaboration with international partners—showcasing global unity in the pursuit of scientific advancement.