Space Mission Collection (page 4)

Moon-Apollo Xi-Armstrong-Aldrin
Picture dated of 1969 showing US Astronauts Neil Armstrong (L) and Buzz Aldrin practicing in a simulator prior to their mission on the moon on the Apollo XI space mission. / AFP PHOTO

Moon-Apollo Xi-Lunar Module-Lm6
Technicians put the finishing touch 26 April 1969 to the Lunar Module of the American Apollo XI space mission. / AFP PHOTO

Us-Space-Apollo Xi-Armstrong
US astronaut Neil Armstrong, who will be the first man to walk on the surface of the moon during Apollo 11 lunar mission, does a rehearsal in Cape Kennedy Space Center 15 July 1969 the day before

Us-Space-Moon-Apollo Xi-Family
Journalists interview US Astronaut Neil Armstrongs wife, Janet, and sons, Eric and Mark, at Kennedy Space Center the day of the Apollo 11 mission liftoff on July 16, 1969

Space-Moon-Apollo Xi-Aldrin-First Step
Apollo 11 space mission US astronaut Buzz Aldrin is seen conducting experiment on the moons surface on a picture taken by Neil Armstrong a while after both climbed down the ladder of the lunar module

Space-Us-History of Manned Space Flight-Apollo
The crew men of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission leave the Kennedy Space Centers (KSC) Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) during the pre-launch countdown in this 16 July 1969 file photo

Us-History of Manned Space Flight-Apollo 17-Schmitt-Moon
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples at the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the moon during the Apollo 17 mission, the most recent human moon-landing

Us-Nasa-Earth-Longest Zday
This 1972 NASA photo shows a view of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 astronauts. NASA announced 22 January, 2002 that all days are not created equal

Usa-Space-Cosmonaut-John Glenn
portrait taken on the 3rd December 1961 at Cape Canaveral, USA of American Cosmonaut John Glenn. AFP PHOTO / AFP

Space-Race-Juno I-Explorer 1
A drawing shows the Juno I rocket which was launched on February 1, 1958 putting Explorer 1 into orbit. Explorer 1 was the first Earth satellite of the United States. AFP PHOTO NASA / AFP PHOTO / NASA

Us-Space-Moon-Apollo Xii-Conrad
This 19 November 1969 file photo released by NASA shows Apollo 12 Astronaut Charles " Pete" Conrad standing by the US flag on the Moon

Us-Space-Moon-Apollo 12
The Saturn V space vehicle lifts off from Launch Complex on November 14, 1969, at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on the Apollo XII United States second manned lunar landing mission

Us-Discovery Launch-C
The Space Shuttle Discovery takes off 02 December 1992 with a five-man crew and a classified Department of Defense payload aboard

Us-Discovery Lifts-Off
The Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off 02 December 1992 carrying five astronauts and a U.S. Department of Defense satellite

US-NEPTUNE
This 1990 NASA file image shows a computer generated montage of Neptune as it would appear from a spacecraft approaching Triton, Neptunes largest moon at 2706 km (1683 mi) in diameter

F-Space shuttle C
The tethered Italian Space Agency satellite (the sphere at (C)) sits in a berth in the Space Shuttle Atlantis cargo bay awaiting deployment 04 August, 1992

Us-Compton Observatory
This NASA file image taken from the Anlike Hubble, Compton, launched from the Space Shuttle Atlantis 05 April, 1991, was not designed to be serviced by astronauts in its 270 mile oSA Internet site 19

US-MARS
This image taken from the NASA Internet site 16 May, 2001 shows the " red" planet Mars taken in March 1999 by the Mars Global Surveyor Spacecraft

The International Space station, close-up

Spherical Vostok descent module, close-up

Soyuz spacecraft, Russias multi-purpose spacecraft close-up

Lunar roving vehicle, close-up

Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour for STS-123 mission to the International Space Station. John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. March 11, 2008

Space Shuttle launch, artwork. The Space Shuttles, used by NASA, the US space agency, are reusable rockets that glide back to the surface after they re-enter Earths atmosphere at the end of each

Terraforming Mars, artwork
Terraforming Mars. Computer artwork of a partially terraformed Mars. Terraforming is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying a planets atmosphere, temperature

Terraformed Mars, artwork
Waning gibbous Moon. Image 19 of 27. Optical image of a waning (decreasing in apparent size) gibbous Moon 19 days into its 28-day cycle

Space shuttle over Earths horizon. Photograph of the space shuttle Endeavour taken by astronauts on board the International Space Station

Martian central-peak crater floor, coloured satellite image. Central-peak craters form when the force of an impact causes the initial crater walls to collapse and produce a central uplift, or peak

Noctis Labyrinthus, Mars. Coloured satellite image of exposed layers on the valley walls of Noctis Labyrinthus on Mars. The white and grey patches (middle right)

Martian impact crater, satellite image
Martian impact crater. Coloured satellite image of an impact crater (centre, middle) on the northern plains of Mars. The terrain surface (red) is pitted with pockets of carbon dioxide frost (white)

Terra Sirenum region, Mars, coloured satellite image. This region, in the southern hemisphere, is heavily cratered. Spectrometer analysis of the rocks show the presence of ancient

Gullies on Mars. Coloured satellite image of gullies on the wall of a crater in the South Aonia Terra region on Mars. The crater rim runs from lower left to middle top

Volcanic blocks, Cerberus Palus, Mars. Coloured satellite image of disrupted terrain in Cerberus Palus, near the equator of Mars. This region is covered with ancient lava

Gullies on a martian sand dune
Gullies on a Martian sand dune. Coloured satellite image of gullies on a sand dune within Russell Crater, Mars. The source of the gullies is not known

Gullies on martian sand dunes
Gullies on Martian sand dunes. Coloured satellite image of Martian sand dunes with gully-like features. The source of the gullies is not known

Layered Martian terrain, satellite image
Layered Martian terrain. Coloured satellite image of layered rocks in Arabia Terra, northern Mars. The rocks have layers of roughly uniform depth

Martian crater rim, satellite image
Martian crater rim. Coloured satellite image of a fractured crater rim in Arabia Terra, northern Mars. It is thought the crater once held a large lake, which deposited sediments

Ice cap erosion on Mars, satellite image
Ice cap erosion on Mars. Coloured satellite image of pits on the south polar ice cap. The ice cap is made from frozen carbon dioxide

Martian sand dune, satellite image
Martian sand dune. Coloured satellite image of a crater-floor sand dune. The blue-grey swirling patterns are trails created by small tornadoes, known as dust devils

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