Image Field Data Title Apollo -- July 1969 Creator NASA Subject Apollo -- July 1969 Description Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module "Eagle" during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph. Date 7/16/08 Identifier main_as _full MediaType Image Year 2008 Who Neil A. Armstrong What Moon What Apollo 11 Collection Name Spacesuit and Spacewalk History Image Gallery

Image Field Data Title Apollo 11 Launch Creator NASA/Stennis Space Center Subject Apollo, moon, Saturn V Description On 16 July 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., in the mammoth-sized Saturn V rocket on their way to the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Cmdr. Armstrong and pilot Aldrin landed the spacecraft, Eagle, on the moon's Sea of Tranquillity. Apollo 11 booster stages were tested at Stennis Space Center. Date 1/1/94 Identifier MediaType Image Year 1994 Who Neil A. Armstrong Who Michael Collins What Saturn What Moon What Apollo 11 Where Stennis Space Center (SSC)

Image Field Data Title Full Earth Full Description View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the Moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica South polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the South polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the Northeastern edge of Africa. The large island off the coast of Africa is the Malagasy Republic. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the Northeast. Date 12/07/1972 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Apollo 17,Earth Science Keywords 17,Apollo,Earth Audience General Public facet_what Apollo 17,Earth,Moon,Polar facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_when facet_when_year 1972 Image # AS original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number AS GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Description As dawn breaks on the horizon, Space Shuttle Endeavour is seen standing ready for launch, targeted for 10:06 p.m. EST tonight on mission STS-97 to the International Space Station. The Rotating Service Structure was rolled back just before dawn. On top of the orange external tank is the Gaseous Oxygen Vent Arm and its vent hood, known as the ?beanie cap.? The hood is raised to clear the external tank 2.5 minutes before launch. The orbiter carries the P6 Integrated Truss Segment containing solar arrays that will be temporarily installed to the Unity connecting module by the Z1 truss, recently delivered to and installed on the Station on mission STS-92. The two solar arrays are each more than 100 feet long. They will capture energy from the sun and convert it to power for the Station. Two spacewalks will be required to install the solar array connections Release Date 11/30/2000 Photo Credit NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration Release National Aeronautics and Space Administration John F. Kennedy Space Center Kennedy Space Center, Florida facet_what Dawn,International Space Station (ISS),Space Shuttle Endeavour,Space Shuttle Orbiter,Sun,Unity facet_where Florida,Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facet_when facet_when_year 2000 Photo Number KSC-00PP-1777 UID SPD-KSCMA-KSC-00PP-1777 original url

Image Field Data Title Backpacking Full Description Mission Specialist Bruce McCandless II ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any previous astronaut ever has. This space first was made possible by the Manned Manuevering Unit or MMU, a nitrogen jet propelled backpack. After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger's payload bay, McCandless went "free-flying" to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. The MMU is controled by joy sticks positioned at the end of the arm rests. Moving the joy sticks left or right or by pulling them fires nitrogen jet thrusters propelling McCandless in any direction he chooses. A still camera is mounted on the upper right portion of the MMU. This stunning view shows McCandless with the MMU out there amongst the black and blue of Earth and space. Date 02/11/1984 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Space Shuttle Keywords Activity Keywords Bruce Keywords EVA Keywords Extravehicular Keywords Jetpack Keywords MMU Keywords Maneuvering Keywords Manned Keywords McCandless Keywords Spacewalk Keywords Unit Audience General Public facet_what Challenger facet_what Earth facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_who Bruce McCandless II facet_when facet_when_year 1984 Image # S original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number S GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Apollo 11 Mission image - Astronaut bootprint on the lunar surface Description Astronaut bootprint on the lunar surface. Image taken at Tranquility Base during the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled S. Film Type: Ektachrome EF SO168 color film on a 2.7-mil Estar polyester base taken with a 60mm lens. Sun angle is Medium. Date 07/20/69 Identifier AS MediaType image MediaType Image Year 1969 What Apollo 11 What Sun

Image Field Data General Description STS-91 Shuttle Mission Imagery Description STS (2-12 June 1998) --- Russia's Mir space station is backdropped over the blue and white planet Earth in this medium range photograph recorded during the final fly-around of the members of the fleet of NASA's shuttles. Seven crew members, including Andrew S.W. Thomas, were aboard the Discovery when the photo was taken; and two of his former cosmonaut crewmates remained aboard Mir. Thomas ended up spending 141 days in space on this journey, including time aboard the Space Shuttles Endeavour and Discovery, which delivered and retrieved him to and from the Mir. image id Photo facet_what Earth facet_what Russian Mir Space Station facet_where Russia facet_when 12 June 1998 facet_when_year 1998 UID SPD-SPFLT-Photo original url

Image Field Data Title A Young Pulsar Shows Its Hand Creator NASA Description A small, dense object only 12 miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years. At the center of this image made by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a very young and powerful pulsar, known as PSR B , or B1509 for short. The pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star which is spewing energy out into the space around it to create complex and intriguing structures, including one that resembles a large cosmic hand. In this image, the lowest energy X-rays that Chandra detects are red, the medium range is green, and the most energetic ones are colored blue. Astronomers think that B1509 is about 1,700 years old and it is located about 17,000 light years away. Neutron stars are created when massive stars run out of fuel and collapse. B1509 is spinning completely around almost 7 times every second and is releasing energy into its environment at a prodigious rate -- presumably because it has an intense magnetic field at its surface, estimated to be 15 trillion times stronger than the Earth's magnetic field. The combination of rapid rotation and ultra-strong magnetic field makes B1509 one of the most powerful electromagnetic generators in the galaxy. This generator drives an energetic wind of electrons and ions away from the neutron star. As the electrons move through the magnetized nebula, they radiate away their energy and create the elaborate nebula seen by Chandra. Image Credits: NASA/CXC/CfA/P. Slane et al. Date 4/7/09 Identifier main_image_1323_full MediaType Image Year 2009

Image Field Data Title Pilot Neil Armstrong and X-15 #1 Full Description Dryden pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 ( ) after a research flight. The X-15 was a rocket- powered aircraft 50 feet long with a wingspan of 22 feet. It was a missile-shaped vehicle with an unusual wedge-shaped vertical tail, thin stubby wings, and unique side fairings that extended along the side of the fuselage. The X-15 was flown over a period of nearly 10 years, from June 1959 to October It set the world's unofficial speed and altitude records. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights, and were manufactured by North American Aviation. X-15-1, serial number , is now located at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. North American X-15A- 2, serial number , is at the United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. X-15-3, serial number , crashed on November 15, 1967, resulting in the death of Major Michael J. Adams. Date 01/01/1960 NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center Subject Category Astronauts Subject Category Top 20 Dryden Aircraft Subject Category X-Series Aircraft Keywords American Keywords Armstrong Keywords Aviation Keywords Center Keywords Flight Keywords NASA Keywords Neil Keywords North Keywords Research Keywords X-15 Audience General Public facet_what Gemini facet_what Mercury facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_where Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) facet_where Mercury facet_where Ohio facet_where United States of America facet_where Washington facet_who Neil A. Armstrong facet_when facet_when June 1959 facet_when November 15, 1967 facet_when October 1968 facet_when_year 1959 facet_when_year 1960 facet_when_year 1967 facet_when_year 1968 Image # E original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center DFRC Center Number E GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data General Description STS-116 Shuttle Mission Imagery Description STS116-S-016 (9 Dec. 2006) --- Against a black night sky, the Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B occurred at 8:47 p.m. (EST) on Dec. 9, 2006 in what was the first evening shuttle launch since The STS-116 crew will link up with the station on Monday, Dec. 11, to begin a complex, week-long stay that will rewire the outpost and increase its power supply. During three spacewalks and intricate choreography with ground controllers, the astronauts will bring electrical power on line generated by a giant solar array wing delivered to the station in September. image id Photo-sts116-s-016 facet_what Earth facet_what International Space Station (ISS) facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_where Kennedy Space Center (KSC) facet_where Washington, D.C. UID SPD-SPFLT-Photo-sts116-s-016 original url

Image Field Data Name of Image STS-43 Onboard Photograph - TDRS-E Full Description The primary payload of the STS-43 mission, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (TDRS-E) attached to an Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) was photographed at the moment of its release from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis. The TDRS-E was boosted by the IUS into geosynchronous orbit and positioned to remain stationary 22,400 miles above the Pacific Ocean southwest of Hawaii. The TDRS system provides almost uninterrupted communications with Earth-orbiting Shuttles and satellites, and had replaced the intermittent coverage provided by globe-encircling ground tracking stations used during the early space program. The TDRS can transmit and receive data, and track a user spacecraft in a low Earth orbit. The IUS is an unmarned transportation system designed to ferry payloads from low Earth orbit to higher orbits that are unattainable by the Shuttle. The launch of STS-43 occurred on August 2, Date of Image Category Space Shuttle Projects term IUS term Inertial Upper Stage term STS-43 term TDRS-E term Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E facet_what Earth facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_what TDRS-E facet_where Hawaii facet_where Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) facet_where Pacific Ocean facet_when August 2, 1991 facet_when_year 1991 Reference Number MSFC-75-SA C MIX # NIX # MSFC MSFC Negative Number UID SPD-MARSH original url

Image Field Data Name Hubble Optical Image of Crab Nebula Description (Credit: NASA/ESA/ASU/J.Hester & A.Loll),This composite image of the Crab Nebula was assembled from 24 individual exposures taken with the NASA Hubble Space Telescope?s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in October 1999, January 2000, and December It is one of the largest images taken by Hubble and is the highest resolution image ever made of the entire Crab Nebula. More Information at Hubble [ ] Scale: facet_what Camera 2,Hubble Space Telescope (HST) facet_when December 2000,January 2000,October 1999 facet_when_year 1999,2000 UID SPD-CHAND-photo/2006/crab/crab_hubble.tif original url

Image Field Data Title Solar System Montage Full Description This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The spacecraft responsible for these images are as follows: the Mercury image was taken by Mariner 10, the Venus image by Magellan, the Earth image by Galileo, the Mars image by Viking, and the Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune images by Voyager. Pluto is not shown as no spacecraft has yet visited it. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, and Mars) are roughly to scale to each other; the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other. Actual diameters are given below: Sun 1,390,000 km Mercury 4,879 km Venus 12,104 km Earth 12,756 km Moon 3,475 km Mars 6,794 km Jupiter km Saturn 120,536 km Uranus 51,118 km Neptune 49,528 km Pluto 2,390 km Date 04/09/1999 NASA Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory Subject Category Planetary Astronomy Subject Category Space Probes Keywords 10 Keywords Earth Keywords Galileo Keywords JPL Keywords Jet Keywords Jupiter Keywords Laboratory Keywords Magellan Keywords Mariner Keywords Mars Keywords Mercury Keywords Neptune Keywords Pluto Keywords Propulsion Keywords Saturn Keywords Sun Keywords Uranus Keywords Venus Keywords Viking Keywords Voyager Audience General Public facet_what Earth facet_what Galileo facet_what Jupiter facet_what Magellan facet_what Mariner facet_what Mariner 10 facet_what Mars facet_what Mars 6 facet_what Mercury facet_what Moon facet_what Neptune facet_what Pluto facet_what Saturn facet_what Sun facet_what Uranus facet_what Venus facet_what Viking facet_what Voyager facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Jupiter facet_where Mars facet_where Mercury facet_where Pluto facet_where Saturn facet_where Uranus facet_where Venus facet_when facet_when_year 1999 Image # PIA01341 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JPL Center Number PIA01341 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Aldrin Performs EVA Full Description Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft performs extravehicular activity (EVA) during the second day of the four day mission in space. Aldrin is positioned next to the Agena work station. Date 11/12/1966 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category EVAs-Spacewalk Subject Category Gemini-Program Keywords 12 Keywords Activity Keywords Aldrin Keywords Buzz Keywords EVA Keywords Edwin Keywords Extravehicular Keywords Gemini Keywords James Keywords Jim Keywords Lovell Keywords Spacewalk Keywords XII Audience General Public facet_what AGENA facet_what Agena facet_what Extravehicular Activity (EVA) facet_what Gemini facet_what Gemini 12 facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_who Buzz Aldrin facet_when facet_when_year 1966 Image # S original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number S GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA James Lovell Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Jupiter Great Red Spot Original Caption Released with Image This dramatic view of Jupiter's Great Red Spot and its surroundings was obtained by Voyager 1 on Feb. 25, 1979, when the spacecraft was 5.7 million miles (9.2 million kilometers) from Jupiter. Cloud details as small as 100 miles (160 kilometers) across can be seen here. The colorful, wavy cloud pattern to the left of the Red Spot is a region of extraordinarily complex end variable wave motion. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Voyager mission for NASA's Office of Space Science. Addition Date Produced By JPL Mission Voyager Spacecraft Voyager 1 Target Name Jupiter Is a satellite of Sol (our sun) Instrument Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle Product Size 895 samples x 848 lines Primary Data Set Voyager EDRs Producer ID P21151 facet_what Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) facet_what Jupiter facet_what Sun facet_what Voyager facet_what Voyager 1 facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Jupiter Image # PIA00014 UID SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00014 original url

Image Field Data Title ?Spider? attached to S-IVB stage Full Description The Lunar Module ?Spider,? remains attached to the Saturn IVB stage in earth orbit prior to docking with Apollo 9?s Command/Service Module, ?Gumdrop.? The photo was taken following separation of the CSM from the S-IVB stage, and the Spacecraft Lunar Module Adapter (SLA) panels have already been jettisoned. Following a March 3, 1969 launch, Apollo 9?s crew of James McDivitt, Dave Scott, and Rusty Schweickart spent 10 days testing the Lunar Module and Command and Service Modules in Earth orbit. Apollo 9 was the first mission to dock the CSM with the LEM, and the astronauts paved the way for subsequent flights to the moon with the CSM and the LEM. Date 03/03/1969 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Apollo 9 Keywords 9, Keywords Apollo Keywords Dave Keywords IVB, Keywords James Keywords KE:Scott, Keywords LEM, Keywords Lunar Keywords McDivitt, Keywords Module, Keywords Rusty Keywords S-IVB, Keywords Saturn Keywords Schweickart Keywords Spider, Audience General Public facet_what Apollo 9 facet_what Earth facet_what Moon facet_what Saturn facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_where Saturn facet_where Washington, D.C. facet_who James McDivitt facet_who Rusty Schweickart facet_when facet_when March 3, 1969 facet_when_year 1969 Image # as original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number as GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source Digital

Image Field Data Title Ed White First American Spacewalker Full Description On June 3, 1965 Edward H. White II became the first American to step outside his spacecraft and let go, effectively setting himself adrift in the zero gravity of space. For 23 minutes White floated and maneuvered himself around the Gemini spacecraft while logging 6500 miles during his orbital stroll. White was attached to the spacecraft by a 25 foot umbilical line and a 23-ft. tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand Held Self Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU) which is used to move about the weightless environment of space. The visor of his helmet is gold plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. Date 06/09/1965 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Astronauts Subject Category EVAs-Spacewalk Subject Category Gemini-Program Keywords 4 Keywords Activity Keywords EVA Keywords Ed Keywords Edward Keywords Extravehicular Keywords Gemini Keywords HHSMU Keywords Hand Keywords Held Keywords II Keywords IV Keywords Maneuvering Keywords Self Keywords Spacewalk Keywords Tether Keywords Unit Keywords White Audience General Public facet_what Gemini facet_what Sun facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_who James McDivitt facet_when facet_when June 3, 1965 facet_when_year 1965 Image # S original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number S GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA James McDivitt Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title M16: Pillars of Creation Explanation It has become one of the most famous images of modern times. This image [ ], taken with the Hubble Space Telescope [ ap html ] in 1995, shows evaporating gaseous globules [ ] (EGGs) emerging from pillars of molecular hydrogen gas [ ] and dust [ ]. The giant pillars [ ] are light years [ ] in length and are so dense that interior gas contracts gravitationally [ ] to form stars. At each pillars' end [ ], the intense radiation of bright young stars causes low density material to boil away, leaving stellar nurseries [ ] of dense EGGs [ ] exposed. The Eagle Nebula [ ], associated with the open star cluster [ ] M16 [ ], lies about 7000 light years [ ] away. The pillars of creation were imaged recently [ ] by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory [ ], and it was found that most EGGS are not strong emitters of X-rays [ ]. Credit and Copyright J. Hester, P. Scowen (ASU [ ]), HST [ ], NASA [ ] facet_when 1995 facet_where Arizona,Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_what Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO),Hubble Space Telescope (HST) facet_when_year 1995 original url UID SPD-APOD-ap070218

Image Field Data Title Apollo 11 Mission image - View of moon limb,with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region Description View of Moon limb with Earth on the horizon,Mare Smythii Region. Earth rise. This image was taken before separation of the LM and the Command Module during Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled V. Film Type: S0-368 Color taken with a 250mm lens. Foward overlap is 90%. Sun angle is High. Approximate Tilt is 75 degrees. Tilt direction is West (W). Identifier AS MediaType image MediaType Image Year 1969 What Moon What Earth What Apollo 11 What Sun

Image Field Data Title David Scott Creator NASA Description The docked Apollo 9 command and service modules and lunar module conduct the first docking maneuvers in space. This image was taken on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission by lunar module pilot Russell L. Schweickart of David Scott, command module pilot, in the open hatch of the command module. Image Credit: NASA Date 5/6/09 Identifier main_pg43_as _full MediaType Image Year 2009 What Apollo 9 What Earth

Image Field Data Name of Image Space Shuttle STS-75 Columbia launch Full Description The Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-75) cleared the tower following an on-time liftoff from Launch Pad 39B. Visible at lower left is the white room on the orbiter access arm through which the flight crew entered the orbiter earlier. Columbia's mission lasted 14 days and included retesting of the Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R) and the third flight of the United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-3), both of which are managed by scientist at Marshall Space Flight Center. Included in Columbia's flight crew were members of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Mission Specialists Maurizio Cheli, Claude Nicollier and Payload Specialist Umberto Guidoni, respectively. Date of Image Category Space Shuttle Project term Around Marshall term STS Missions term STS-75 launch facet_who Claude Nicollier facet_who Maurizio Cheli facet_who Umberto Guidoni facet_what Columbia facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_what TSS-1R facet_where Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) facet_where United States of America Reference Number MSFC-75-SA C MIX # NIX # MSFC MSFC Negative Number UID SPD-MARSH original url

Image Field Data Title Flight Day 10 Creator NASA Description The International Space Station is photographed soon after the space shuttle Atlantis and the station began their post-undocking separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:53 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 25, Image credit: NASA Nov. 25, 2009 Date 11/30/2009 Identifier main_fd10_full.jpg MediaType image MediaType Image Collection NASA STS 129 Gallery Year 2009 What International Space Station (ISS) What Space Shuttle Orbiter

Image Field Data Title Apollo 16 Landing Creator NASA Description This section of a panoramic photograph consisting of 27 separate frames taken by Charles Duke shows the Apollo 16 landing site in the lunar highlands, April 23, Image Credit: NASA Date 5/6/09 Identifier main_pg18-19_jsc2007e045380_full MediaType Image Year 2009 What Apollo 16

Image Field Data Title Static Inflation Test of 135 foot satellite Description Series showing inflation test of Echo I in Weeksville, N.C. L shows Echo team, Wm. J. O'Sullivan is tallest, in center, Walter Bressette is to his left. (this inflation took place in 1958, LaRC copied the photos from Schjendahl Co. in 1961.) L : ECHO 1 was America's first passive communications satellite, a 100 foot diameter aluminized Mylar plastic balloon that reflected radio signals beyond Earth's curvature. Photograph published in Winds of Change, 75th Anniversary NASA publication (page 79), by James Schultz. Date Credit NASA Langley Research Center (NASA-LaRC) [ ] facet_what Earth,Echo 1 facet_where Langley Research Center (LaRC) facet_when ,1958,1961 facet_when_year 1958,1961 Media IMAGE ID L Other ID L UID SPD-NIX-EL original url

Image Field Data Title Total Eclipse of the Sun Creator NASA Description On December 3, 2002, people in Australia received a rare 32-second celestial show as the moon completely obscured the sun, creating a ring of light. Solar eclipses provide experts an opportunity to study the sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona. This total eclipse was the first to cover Australian shores since The next is not predicted to occur for several more decades. While people in Australia were observing the solar eclipse, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft also had its eye on the sun. From its unique vantage point in space, scientists have been able to monitor the explosions on the sun that can impact us here on Earth. This image combines a photograph of the solar eclipse (showing the halo-like corona) with data taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope instrument aboard SOHO (showing the green inner regions). Image credit: NASA/ESA Text credit: NASA's Earth Observatory Date 6/9/08 Identifier main_sohoeclipse_HI_full MediaType Image Year 2008 What Moon What Opportunity What SOHO What Sun What Earth What Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Where Australia

Image Field Data Title Variable Density Tunnel Full Description The Variable Density Tunnel arrives by rail on February 3, 1922 from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The Tunnel was installed at Langley. Date 04/16/1990 NASA Center Langley Research Center Subject Category Wind Tunnels-Exterior Keywords Density Keywords Langley Keywords NACA Keywords Tunnel Keywords Variable Audience General Public facet_where Langley Research Center (LaRC) facet_where Washington, D.C. facet_when facet_when February 3, 1922 facet_when_year 1922 facet_when_year 1990 Image # L original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center LARC Center Number L GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NACA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Original 7 Astronauts in Spacesuits Full Description Project Mercury Astronauts, whose selection was announced on April 9, 1959, only six months after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formally established on October 1, Front row, left to right, Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donald K. Slayton, John H. Glenn, Jr., and M. Scott Carpenter; back row, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom and L. Gordon Cooper. Date 09/13/1968 NASA Center Langley Research Center Subject Category Mercury-Astronaut Keywords Alan Keywords Astronauts Keywords Carpenter Keywords Cooper Keywords Deke Keywords Donald Keywords Glenn Keywords Gordo Keywords Gordon Keywords Grissom Keywords Gus Keywords John Keywords Mercury Keywords Schirra Keywords Scott Keywords Shepard Keywords Slayton Keywords Virgil Keywords Wally Keywords Walter Audience General Public facet_what Mercury facet_where Langley Research Center (LaRC) facet_where Mercury facet_who Gordon Cooper facet_who Scott Carpenter facet_when facet_when April 9, 1959 facet_when October 1, 1958 facet_when_year 1958 facet_when_year 1959 facet_when_year 1968 Image # L original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center LARC Center Number L GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Orville Wrights Test His Gilder at Kitty Hawk, NC Full Description A photograph of Orville Wright in his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in On October 24, 1911 Orville tested a new glider and broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring and staying in flight for 9 minutes and 45 seconds. His record lasted for over a decade. Date 1911 NASA Center Headquarters Publication Information Please note that the image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is for GRIN database purposes only. Subject Category Early Aerospace-Pioneers Subject Category Unique Aircraft Keywords Carolina Keywords Glider Keywords Hawk Keywords Kitty Keywords North Keywords Orville Keywords Wright Audience General Public facet_when 1911 facet_when October 24, 1911 facet_when_year 1911 Image # wrightglider-1911 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center HQ Center Number wrightglider-1911 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Blue Marble - A Seamless Image Mosaic of the Earth (WMS) Instrument Terra/MODIS Description Blue Marble image of the whole earth. Abstract This spectacular 'Blue Marble' image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. Much of the information contained in this image came from a single remote-sensing device-NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS. Flying over 700 km above the Earth onboard the Terra satellite, MODIS provides an integrated tool for observing a variety of terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric features of the Earth. The land and coastal ocean portions of these images are based on surface observations collected from June through September 2001 and combined, or composited, every eight days to compensate for clouds that might block the sensor's view of the surface on any single day. Two different types of ocean data were used in these images: shallow water true color data, and global ocean color (or chlorophyll) data. Topographic shading is based on the GTOPO 30 elevation dataset compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center. Completed Credit *Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Studio SVS Animator Eric Sokolowsky (Lead) Scientist Michael King (NASA/GSFC) Series WMS DEPC Metadata *DEPC Metadata* is available here. Keywords Blue Marble Keywords DLESE Keywords EARTH SCIENCE Keywords GCMD Keywords Land Surface Keywords Landforms Keywords Physical geography Keywords SVS Keywords Spectral/Engineering Keywords Topography Keywords Visible Imagery Keywords Visible Wavelengths note More Information on this topic available at stories/isabel_ /index.html Web Map Service *This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ ]* Web Map Service *This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ ]* Web Map Service *This product is available through our Web Map Service. Click here to learn more. [ ]* facet_where Earth facet_where Goddard Space Flight Center facet_when September 2001 facet_what Blue Marble facet_what Earth facet_what Terra facet_what WMS facet_when_year 2001 Animation Number 2915 UID SPD-SCIVS- original url

Image Field Data Title Skylab and Earth Limb Full Description An overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during the final fly-around by the CSM before returning home. The space station is contrasted against the pale blue Earth. During launch on May 14, 1973, some 63 seconds into flight, the micrometeor shield on the Orbital Workshop (OWS) experienced a failure that caused it to be caught up in the supersonic air flow during ascent. This ripped the shield from the OWS and damaged the tie downs that secured one of the solar array systems. Complete loss of one of the solar arrays happened at 593 seconds when the exhaust plume from the S-II's separation rockets impacted the partially deployed solar array system. Without the micrometeoroid shield that was to protect against solar heating as well, temperatures inside the OWS rose to 126 degrees fahrenheit. The gold "parasol" clearly visible in the photo, was designed to replace the missing micrometeoroid shield, protecting the workshop against solar heating. The replacement solar shield was deployed by the Skylab I crew. This enabled the Skylab Orbital Workshop to fulfill all its mission objects serving as home to additional crews before being deorbited in Date 02/08/1974 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Skylab Keywords Apollo Keywords Array Keywords Command Keywords Micrometeoroid Keywords Module Keywords Orbital Keywords Parasol Keywords S-II Keywords Service Keywords Shield Keywords Skylab Keywords Solar Keywords Workshop Audience General Public facet_what Earth facet_what PARASOL facet_what Skylab facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_when facet_when 1978 facet_when May 14, 1973 facet_when_year 1973 facet_when_year 1974 facet_when_year 1978 Image # SL original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number SL GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title X-15 Mounted to B-52 Mothership Pylon in Flight Full Description This photo illustrates how the X-15 rocket powered aircraft was taken aloft under the wing of a B-52. Because of the large fuel consumption, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at 45,000 ft and a speed of about 500 mph. This photo was taken from one of the observation windows in the B-52 shortly before dropping the X-15. The X-15 was flown over a period of nearly 10 years -- June 1959 to Oct and set the world's unofficial speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 ft in a program to investigate all aspects of manned hypersonic flight. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs, and also the Space Shuttle program. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights, and were manufactured by North American Aviation. X-15-1, serial number , is now located at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC. North American X-15A- 2, serial number , is at the United States Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The X-15-3, serial number , crashed on November 15, 1967, resulting in the death of Major Michael J. Adams. Date 01/01/1965 NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center Subject Category Top 20 Dryden Aircraft,X-Series Aircraft Keywords American,Aviation,B-52,Boeing,Dryden,North,X-15 Audience General Public facet_what Gemini,Mercury facet_where Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC),Mercury,Ohio,United States of America,Washington facet_when ,June 1959,November 15, 1967 facet_when_year 1959,1965,1967 Image # EC original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center DFRC Center Number EC GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data title Kennedy Giving Historic Speech to Congress description President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the Congress, on May 25, 1961 declared, "...I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This goal was achieved when astronaut Neil A. Armstrong became the first human to set foot upon the Moon at 10:56 p.m. EDT, July 20, Shown in the background are, (left) Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and (right) Speaker of the House Sam T. Rayburn. *Image Credit*: NASA date keywords JPL,Jet Propulsion Laboratory,NASA,National Aeronautics and Space Administration,Planets,SSE,Solar System Exploration,Space facet_what Earth,Moon facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory,Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_when ,July 20, 1969,May 25, 1961 facet_when_year 1961,1969 facet_who Lyndon B. Johnson,Neil A. Armstrong UID SPD-SLRSY-1766 original url

Image Field Data Title View of the ISS during Flyaround Full Description Backdropped against white clouds and blue ocean waters, the International Space Station (ISS) moves away from the Space Shuttle Discovery. The U.S.- built Unity node (top) and the Russian-built Zarya or FGB module (with the solar array panels deployed) were joined during a December 1998 mission. A portion of the work performed on the May 30 space walk by astronauts Tamara E. Jernigan and Daniel T.Barry is evident at various points on the ISS, including the installation of the Russian-built crane (called Strela). Date 06/03/1999 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category International Space Station Subject Category Space Shuttle Keywords 1 Keywords FGB Keywords ISS Keywords International Keywords Node Keywords STS-96 Keywords Space Keywords Station Keywords Unity Keywords Zarya Audience General Public facet_what International Space Station (ISS) facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_what Unity facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_who Tamara E. Jernigan facet_when facet_when December 1998 facet_when_year 1998 facet_when_year 1999 Image # STS original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number STS GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer ISS Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Apollo 11 Mission image - View of Moon Description View of the Moon sphere, nearside surface, taken 10,000 nautical miles from the moon. Image was taken after the transearth insertion as the Apollo 11 crew traveled back to Earth. Original film magazine was labeled V. Film Type: S0-368 Color taken with a 250mm lens. Principal Latitude is 10 degrees North,Longitude is 68 degrees East. Sun Angle is High. Identifier AS MediaType image MediaType Image Year 1969 What Moon What Apollo 11 What Earth What Sun

Image Field Data Title U.S.N.S. Kingsport, the first satellite communication ship Full Description In 1962, the United States Navy built the first satellite communications ship, the U.S.N.S. Kingsport. The picture shows a 53- foot white plastic dome protecting a 30-foot stabilized parabolic antenna. This ship served as a surface-based station for tracking and communications for NASA's Project Syncom. Project Syncom's objective was to demonstrate the technology for synchronous orbit communication satellites. The first Syncom was launched on February 14, Date 01/29/63 NASA Center Headquarters Subject Category Communication-Satellites Keywords Kingsport Keywords Navy Keywords Syncom Keywords U.S.N.S. Audience General Public facet_where United States of America facet_when facet_when 1962 facet_when February 14, 1963 facet_when_year 1962 facet_when_year 1963 Image # 63-SYNCOM-8 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center HQ Center Number 63-SYNCOM-8 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title First Meeting of the NACA 1915 Full Description The first meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA.) in the Office of The Secretary Of War April 23, Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven was elected as the temporary Chairman of the NACA and Dr. Charles D. Walcott (not pictured), Secretary of the Smithsonian, was elected Chairman of the NACA Executive Committee. After the Wright Brothers historic first flight in 1903, the United States began to fall behind in aeronautical research. With the beginning of World War I the nation realized it needed a center for aeronautical research as a means of catching up technologically with Europe. On March 3, 1915 the legislation creating the NACA passed and the NACA was born. For 43 years the NACA worked to advance aviation research until it was eventually absorbed into the new space agency, NASA, in Seated from Left to Right: Dr. William Durand, Stanford University, California. Dr. S.W. Stratton, Director, Bureau of Standards. Brig.Gen. George P. Scriven, Chief Signal Officer, War Dept. Dr. C.F. Marvin, Chief, United States Weather Bureau Dr. Michael I Pupin, Columbia University, New York. Standing: Holden C. Richardson, Naval Instructor. Dr. John F. Hayford, Northwestern University, Illinois. Capt. Mark L. Bristol, Director of Naval Aeronautics. Lt. Col. Samuel Reber, Signal Corps. Charge, Aviation Section Also present at the First Meeting: Dr. Joseph S. Ames, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Hon. B. R. Newton, Asst. Secretary of Treasury. Date 04/23/1915 NASA Center Ames Research Center Subject Category NACA-ARC Subject Category NASA Management Keywords Advisory Keywords Aeronautics Keywords Ames Keywords Committee Keywords Durand Keywords Joseph Keywords NACA Keywords National Keywords William Keywords for Audience General Public facet_what Columbia facet_what National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) facet_where Ames Research Center (ARC) facet_where California facet_where Illinois facet_where New York facet_where United States of America facet_when facet_when 1903 facet_when 1958 facet_when April 23, 1915 facet_when March 3, 1915 facet_when_year 1903 facet_when_year 1915 facet_when_year 1958 Image # A-6786 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center AMES Center Number A-6786 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NACA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Atlantis departing Mir Full Description A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis departing the Mir Russian Space Station. This image was taken during the STS-71 mission by cosmonauts aboard their Soyuz TM transport vehicle. The scene is backdropped by the Earth's limb. Date 07/04/1995 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Shuttle-Mir Subject Category Space Shuttle Keywords Anatoliy Keywords Atlantis Keywords Budarin Keywords Mir Keywords Nikolai Keywords Russian Keywords STS-71 Keywords Solovyev Keywords Soyuz Keywords Space Keywords Station Keywords TM Keywords Transport Keywords Vehicle Audience General Public facet_what Earth facet_what Orbiter Atlantis facet_what Russian Mir Space Station facet_what Soyuz TM facet_what Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_when facet_when_year 1995 Image # STS071-S-075 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number STS071-S-075 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer Unknown Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title D Dropped from B-29 Mothership Full Description The D #2 is launched from the P2B-1 in this 1956 NACA High-Speed Flight Station photograph. The D-558 Phase Two aircraft was quite different from its Phase One predecessor, the Skystreak. German wartime aeronautical research records, reviewed in 1945 by Douglas Aircraft Company personnel, pointed to many advantages gained from incorporating sweptback wing design into future research aircraft. These findings along with wind tunnel studies performed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, resulted in the modification of the straight wing D Skystreak contract to include investigation of sweptback wings. Three redesigned aircraft were built by Douglas Aircraft Company under a contract from the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and named D Skyrocket. Originally all three were designed for ground take-off and used mixed power propulsion systems, consisting of a turbojet engine for take-off and a rocket engine, for greater speed in flight. The early flight tests were made using only the turbojet engine with the rocket engines added, when available. As the flight program evolved, only one D ended-up powered by a mixed rocket and turbo-jet propulsion system. From the experience gained during the X-1 rocket program and from Skyrocket mixed propulsion flights, the Navy and the NACA proceeded to have all three of the D aircraft modified for air launching from a Navy-operated P2B-1 Superfortress (Navy version of the Air Force B-29), later becoming NACA 137. Although not designated an "X vehicle," the D was essentially an X-vehicle aircraft in design and function, and contributed much to aeronautics research. Date 01/01/1956 NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center Subject Category Top 20 Dryden Aircraft Subject Category X-Series Aircraft Keywords Air Keywords Base Keywords D Keywords Douglas Keywords Edwards Keywords Flight Keywords Force Keywords High-Speed Keywords NACA Keywords Research Keywords Skyrocket Keywords Station Audience General Public facet_where Douglas facet_where Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) facet_when facet_when 1945 facet_when_year 1945 facet_when_year 1956 Image # E-2478 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center DFRC Center Number E-2478 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NACA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Apollo 16 Recovery Full Description The Apollo 16 command module, with astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke Jr. aboard, nears splashdown in the central Pacific Ocean to successfully conclude a lunar landing mission. This overhead picture was taken from a recovery aircraft seconds before the spacecraft hit the water. The splashdown occurred at 290:37:06 ground elapsed time at 1:45:06 a.m. (CST), April 27, 1972, at coordinates of 00:43.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island. Date 04/27/1972 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Apollo 16 Subject Category Spacecraft Landings Keywords 16 Keywords Apollo Keywords Recovery Keywords Splashdown Audience General Public facet_what Apollo 16 facet_where Christmas Island facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_where Pacific Ocean facet_when facet_when April 27, 1972 facet_when_year 1972 Image # S original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number S GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer unknown Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Saturn V Third Stage LM Adapter Full Description Attached to the Saturn IV-B stage, the Lunar Module Adapter's four panels are retracted to the fully open position. This is where the Lunar Module (LM) is stored during launch. On missions requiring the use of a LM, the four panels would be retracted and jettisoned before rendezvous and docking. This photo was taken during the Apollo 7 mission, when no Lunar Module was carried. The SIV-B stage flew as the second stage on a Saturn IB rocket. It is also used as the third stage on the Saturn V. The Apollo 7 mission was designed to test the Apollo Command and Service Module spacecraft systems specifically. Apollo 9 was the first mission to fly the Lunar Module. Date 10/11/1968 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Apollo 7 Subject Category Saturn V Keywords 7 Keywords Apollo Keywords IV-B Keywords Saturn Keywords Stage Audience General Public facet_what Apollo 7 facet_what Apollo 9 facet_what Saturn facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_where Saturn facet_when facet_when_year 1968 Image # AS original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number AS GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Lunarama Full Description An extraordinary lunar panorama at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing Geologist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted the orange soil. Shorty Crater is to the right. The peak in the center background is Family Mountain. A portion of South Massif is on the horizon at the left edge. Date 12/12/1972 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Apollo 17 Subject Category EVAs-Moonwalk Keywords 17 Keywords Apollo Keywords Crator Keywords Harrison Keywords Jack Keywords Moonwalk Keywords Schmitt Keywords Shorty Keywords Taurus-Littrow Audience General Public facet_what Apollo 17 facet_what Crater facet_what Taurus facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_when facet_when_year 1972 Image # AS original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number AS GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Eugene Cernan Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Description AS (December 1972) --- Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, is photographed next to the deployed United States flag during lunar surface Extravehicular Activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The highest part of the flag appears to point toward our planet Earth in the distant background. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) to explore the Moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. image id Photo-as facet_what Apollo 17 facet_what Earth facet_what Moon facet_what Taurus facet_where United States of America facet_when December 1972 facet_when_year 1972 UID SPD-SPFLT-Photo-as original url

Image Field Data Title Gemini 10 launch time exposure Full Description A time-exposure photograph shows the configuration of Pad 19 up until the launch of Gemini 10. Onboard the spacecraft are John W. Young and Michael Collins. The two astronauts would spend almost three days practicing docking with the Agena target vehicle and conducting a number of experiments. Date 07/18/1966 NASA Center Johnson Space Center Subject Category Gemini Keywords 10, Keywords Collins Keywords Gemini Keywords John Keywords Michael Keywords Titan, Keywords Young, Keywords exposure, Keywords launch, Keywords time Audience General Public facet_what AGENA facet_what Agena facet_what Gemini facet_what Gemini 10 facet_what Titan facet_where Johnson Space Center (JSC) facet_who Michael Collins facet_when facet_when_year 1966 Image # s original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center JSC Center Number s GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source Digital

Image Field Data Title Nixon Telephones Armstrong on the Moon Full Description Composite photo of President Richard M. Nixon as he telephoned "Tranquility Base" and astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. The President: "... For one priceless moment in the history of man, all of the people on this Earth are truly one, one in their pride in what you have done and one in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth." Astronaut Armstrong: "...Thank You, Mr. President. It is a great honor and privilege for us to be here representing not only the United States, but men of peaceable nations, men with an intrest and curiosity, and men with a vision for the future. It is an honor for us to be able to participate here today. Date 01/01/1969 NASA Center Headquarters Subject Category Apollo 11 Subject Category Presidents Keywords 11 Keywords Aldrin Keywords Apollo Keywords Armstrong Keywords Buzz Keywords Moonwalk Keywords Neil Keywords Nixon Keywords President Keywords Richard Audience General Public facet_what Apollo 11 facet_what Earth facet_what Moon facet_who Neil A. Armstrong facet_who Richard M. Nixon facet_when facet_when_year 1969 Image # 69-H-1400 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center HQ Center Number 69-H-1400 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Europa's Synthetic Subsurface Heat Transport (Version 2) Description A close-up shot of Europa. Abstract Encounters with Jupiter's moon Europa by the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft indicated that a liquid salty ocean might exist below a layer of surface ice that is up to 10 kilometers thick. An ocean general circulation model developed to study the earth's oceans was used to investigate the tidally-forced ocean circulations on Europa. The orbit of Europa is 'gravity locked' so that the same side of Europa always faces Jupiter as is the case with the earth's moon. The icy surface of Europa heaves up and down 50 meters due to the strong tidal forces. This visualization shows the temperature changes induced from the flow fields calculated for a European ocean 50 kilometers deep. The warmest temperatures tend to be near the equator, not because of heating by the sun, but because the currents in the European ocean move the warmest waters to that location. Understanding the thermal and flow fields from these model runs will help to interpret observations from future missions to Europa such as the Jupiter's Icy Moons Orbiter mission proposed for launch in Completed Credit *Please give credit for this visualization to* NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Studio SVS Animator Alex Kekesi (Lead) Animator Marte Newcombe Scientist David Adamec (NASA/GSFC) facet_where Earth facet_where Europa facet_where Goddard Space Flight Center facet_where Jupiter facet_where Moon facet_where Sun facet_when 2012 facet_what Earth facet_what Europa facet_what Galileo facet_what Jupiter facet_what Moon facet_what Sun facet_what Voyager facet_when_year 2012 Animation Number 2946 UID SPD-SCIVS- original url

Image Field Data Title The Orion Nebula Full Description This spectacular color panorama of the center the Orion nebula is one of the largest pictures ever assembled from individual images taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The picture, seamlessly composited from a mosaic of 15 separate fields, covers an area of sky about five percent the area covered by the full Moon. The seemingly infinite tapestry of rich detail revealed by Hubble shows a churning turbulent star factory set within a maelstrom of flowing, luminescent gas. Though this 2.5 light-years wide view is still a small portion of the entire nebula, it includes almost all of the light from the bright glowing clouds of gas and a star cluster associated with the nebula. The mosaic reveals at least 153 glowing protoplanetary disks (first discovered with the Hubble in 1992, and dubbed "proplyds") that are believed to be embryonic solar systems that will eventually form planets. (Our solar system has long been considered the relic of just such a disk that formed around the newborn Sun). The proplyds that are closest to the Trapezium stars (image center) are shedding some of their gas and dust. The pressure of starlight from the hottest stars forms "tails" which act like wind vanes pointing away from the Trapezium. These tails result from the light from the star pushing the dust and gas away from the outside layers of the proplyds. In addition to the luminescent proplyds, seven disks are silhouetted against the bright background of the nebula. Located 1,500 light-years away, along our spiral arm of the Milky Way, the Orion nebula is located in the middle of the sword region of the constellation Orion the Hunter, which dominates the early winter evening sky at northern latitudes. Date 11/20/1995 NASA Center Hubble Space Telescope Center Subject Category Deep Space Studies Subject Category Hubble Keywords HST Keywords Hubble Keywords Nebula Keywords Orion Keywords Space Keywords Telescope Keywords Trapezium Audience General Public facet_what Hubble Space Telescope (HST) facet_what Moon facet_what Orion facet_what Sun facet_when facet_when 1992 facet_when_year 1992 facet_when_year 1995 Image # PR95-45A original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center HSTI Center Number PR95-45A GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA, C.R. O Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title X-15 Mated to B-52 Captive Flight Full Description One of three X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft being carried aloft under the wing of its B-52 mothership. The X-15 was air launched from the B-52 so the rocket plane would have enough fuel to reach its high speed and altitude test points. For flight in the dense air of the usable atmosphere, the X-15 used conventional aerodynamic controls. For flight in the thin air outside of the appreciable Earth's atmosphere, the X-15 used a reaction control system. Hydrogen peroxide thrust rockets located on the nose of the aircraft provided pitch and yaw control. Those on the wings provided roll control. The X-15s made a total of 199 flights over a period of nearly 10 years and set world's unofficial speed and altitude records of 4,520 miles per hour (Mach 6.7) and 354,200 feet. Information gained from the highly successful X-15 program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo manned spaceflight programs and also the Space Shuttle program. Date 01/01/1959 NASA Center Dryden Flight Research Center Subject Category Top 20 Dryden Aircraft,X-Series Aircraft Keywords B-52,Boeing,Center,Flight,NASA,Research,X-15 Audience General Public facet_what Earth,Gemini,Mercury,Space Shuttle Orbiter facet_where Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC),Mercury facet_when facet_when_year 1959 Image # E-4935 original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center DFRC Center Number E-4935 GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer NASA Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title Mars Exploration Rover, Vertical Original Caption Released with Image December 15, 2003 An artist's concept portrays a NASA Mars Exploration Rover on the surface of Mars. Two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, will reach Mars in January Each has the mobility and toolkit to function as a robotic geologist. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Mars Exploration Rover Project for the NASA Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. Image Credit NASA/JPL/Cornell University/Maas Digital Produced By JPL Mission Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Spacecraft Mars Exploration Rover 1 Spacecraft Mars Exploration Rover 2 Product Size 2500 samples x 3400 lines facet_what Mars facet_what Mars Exploration Rover (MER) facet_what Mars Exploration Rover 1 facet_what Mars Exploration Rover 2 facet_what Opportunity facet_what Spirit facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory facet_where Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) facet_where Mars facet_where Washington facet_where Washington, D.C. facet_when December 15, 2003 facet_when January 2004 facet_when_year 2003 facet_when_year 2004 Image # PIA04928 UID SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04928 original url

Image Field Data Title Amelia Earhart Full Description Amelia Earhart standing in front of the Lockheed Electra in which she disappeared in July Born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, Amelia Earhart did not begin flying until after her move to California in After taking lessons from aviation pioneer Neta Snook in a Curtiss Jenny, Earhart set out to break flying records, breaking the women altitude records in Earhart continually promoted women in aviation and in 1928 was invited to be the first women to fly across the Atlantic. Accompanying pilots Wilmer Stultz and Louis Gordon as a passenger on the Fokker Friendship, Earhart became an international celebrity after the completion of the flight. In May 1932 Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across in the Atlantic. In 1935 she completed the first solo flight from Hawaii to California. In the meantime Earhart continued to promote aviation and helped found the group, the Ninety-Nines, an organization dedicated to female aviators. On June 1, 1937, Earhart and navigator, Fred Noonan, left Miami, Florida on an around the world flight. Earhart, Noonan and their Lockheed Electra disappeared after a stop in Lae, New Guinea on June 29, Earhart had only 7,000 miles of her trip remaining when she disappeared. While a great deal of mystery surrounds the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, her contributions to aviation and womens issues have inspired people over 80 years. Date UNKNOWN NASA Center Headquarters Publication Information The image number assigned to this image is not an official NASA number. It is a Smithsonian Institution photo number. Credit for this image should be attributed to the Smithsonian Institution. Subject Category Women Keywords Amelia Keywords Earhart Keywords Electra Keywords Lockheed Audience General Public facet_what Electra facet_where California facet_where Florida facet_where Guinea facet_where Hawaii facet_where Kansas facet_when 1897 facet_when 1920 facet_when 1922 facet_when 1928 facet_when 1935 facet_when July 1937 facet_when June 1, 1937 facet_when June 29, 1937 facet_when May 1932 facet_when_year 1897 facet_when_year 1920 facet_when_year 1922 facet_when_year 1928 facet_when_year 1932 facet_when_year 1935 facet_when_year 1937 Image # SI-A original url UID SPD-GRIN-GPN Center HQ Center Number SI-A GRIN DataBase Number GPN Creator-Photographer Smithsonian Institution Original Source DIGITAL

Image Field Data Title X-1A Creator NASA Description E This photo of the X-1A includes graphs of the flight data from Maj. Charles E. Yeager's Mach 2.44 flight on December 12, This was only a few days short of the 50th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first powered flight. After reaching Mach 2.44, then the highest speed ever reached by a piloted aircraft, the X-1A tumbled completely out of control. The motions were so violent that Yeager cracked the plastic canopy with his helmet. He finally recovered from a inverted spin and landed on Rogers Dry Lakebed. Among the data shown are Mach number and altitude the two top graphs. The speed and altitude changes due to the tumble are visible as jagged lines. The third graph from the bottom shows the G-forces on the airplane. During the tumble, these twice reached 8 Gs or 8 times the normal pull of gravity at sea level. At these G forces, a 200-pound human would, in effect, weigh 1,600 pounds if a scale were placed under him in the direction of the force vector. Producing these graphs was a slow, difficult process. The raw data from on-board instrumentation recorded on oscillograph film. Human computers then reduced the data and recorded it on data sheets, correcting for such factors as temperature and instrument errors. They used adding machines or slide rules for their calculations, pocket calculators being 20 years in the future. 12 Dec 1953 NASA Photo / NASA photo Date 12/12/1953 Identifier main_E-24911_full MediaType image MediaType Image Collection NASA_Dryden_Multimedia_X-1A_Image_Gallery Year 1953