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Astronauts (L to R) USAF Lt. Col. Virgil "Gus" Ivan Grissom, USAF Lt. Col. Edward Higgins "Ed" White, II and USN Lt. CMDR. Roger Bruce Chaffee, pose in front of Launch Complex 34-A which is housing their first "Apollo 1" / "Saturn-1B" mission vehicle.
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The original "Apollo 13" prime crew. From left to right are Commander, James A. Lovell, Command Module pilot, Thomas K. Mattingly and Lunar Module pilot, Fred W. Haise.
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Apollo 1 - Astronauts for NASA's Apollo missions Virgil I. Grissom, command pilot for first Apollo mission, R. Walter Cunningham and Russell L. Schweickart, backup navigators for the first Apollo mission are undergoing tests at the North American Avia
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The crew of Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L pose for their official portrait on November 15, 1985.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin wore these spacesuits when they climbed down from their lunar module Eagle in July 1969 to become the first humans to walk on the Moon.
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin wore these spacesuits when they climbed down from their lunar module Eagle in July 1969 to become the first humans to walk on the Moon.
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Alan B. Shepard, one of the original “Mercury 7,” wore this suit on the first flight of an American astronaut in 1961.
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Alan B. Shepard, one of the original “Mercury 7,” wore this suit on the first flight of an American astronaut in 1961.
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An x-ray of Alan Shepard’s Apollo 14 spacesuit allows curators and conservators to “see” inside space clothing—a task that had previously been done by peering through the neck or the wrist with a flashlight.
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An x-ray of Alan Shepard’s Apollo 14 spacesuit allows curators and conservators to “see” inside space clothing—a task that had previously been done by peering through the neck or the wrist with a flashlight.
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This 1964 A4-H “Universal” helmet, designed for more than one suit. The x-ray reveals ball bearings in the neck ring that allowed the helmet to move right and left without restriction.
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This 1964 A4-H “Universal” helmet, designed for more than one suit, could fit on more than one suit. The x-ray reveals ball bearings in the neck ring that allowed the helmet to move right and left without restriction.
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Astronaut L. Gordon 'Gordo' Cooper in white room, waiting for Terminal Countdown Demonstrations Test (TCDT) activities to resume in preparation for his Mercury- Atlas 9 launch.
