Lightning strikes in the distance as the Space Shuttle Discovery receives post-flight processing in the Mate-Demate Device.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440052/free-photo-image-lightning-space-center-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseEnterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441633/free-photo-image-nasa-aerial-view-afrcFree Image from public domain licenseSpace Shuttle Endeavour Mated to 747 SCA Takeoff for Delivery to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 1991. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440002/free-photo-image-palmdale-spacelab-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Atlantis centered in the Mate-Demate Device at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440049/free-photo-image-shuttle-atlantis-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Atlantis atop NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) during takeoff for a return ferry flight to the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440034/free-photo-image-plane-ship-operationFree Image from public domain licenseThe Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440389/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-astronautsFree Image from public domain licenseThe Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser flight vehicle is prepared for 60 mile per hour tow tests on taxi and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440408/free-photo-image-aircraft-dream-space-shuttle-flightFree Image from public domain licenseEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – ED09-0253-108) Space shuttle Discovery and its modified 747 carrier aircraft lift off… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440979/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-discovery-flight-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseEnterprise - Free Flight after Separation from 747, 26 September 1977. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441452/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-flight-aerodynamicsFree Image from public domain licenseThe X-38 Crew Return Vehicle descends under its steerable parafoil over the California desert in its first free flight at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441500/free-photo-image-march-1998-b-52-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseThe X-38 Crew Return Vehicle descends under its steerable parafoil over the California desert in its first free flight at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441502/free-photo-image-desert-nasa-march-1998Free Image from public domain licenseNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440041/free-photo-image-nasa-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Atlantis lands with its drag chute deployed on runway 22 at Edwards, California. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439994/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida for the Mission STS-26 on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440062/free-photo-image-spacelab-astronaut-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440076/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-florida-landingFree Image from public domain licenseLong-time NASA Dryden research pilot and former astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying career… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440747/free-photo-image-vehicle-fighter-jets-plane-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Discovery suspended from a sling held by two cranes. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439885/free-photo-image-airport-crane-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseSpace shuttle Discovery is towed into position at the mate-demate device, at the Shuttle Landing Facility, at NASA’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440339/free-photo-image-florida-aircraft-carrier-cape-canaveralFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Discovery suspended from a sling held by two cranes. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439923/free-photo-image-nasa-space-shuttle-space-discoveryFree Image from public domain licenseTwo NASA F/A-18 #845 flying over the horizon. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439899/free-photo-image-army-military-apolloFree Image from public domain licenseSpace shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), is seen as it takes off for New York from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439917/free-photo-image-747-flight-airportFree Image from public domain licenseNASA space shuttle Columbia hitched a ride on a special 747 carrier aircraft for the flight from Palmdale, California, to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439989/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Struts on the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, attach the orbiter Atlantis for the piggyback… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440905/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-americaFree Image from public domain licenseKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Struts on the shuttle carrier aircraft, or SCA, attach the orbiter Atlantis for the piggyback… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440891/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-americaFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439947/free-photo-image-shuttle-plane-landing-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft with the Space Shuttle Atlantis on top lifts off from Edwards Air Force… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439952/free-photo-image-space-boeing-internationalFree Image from public domain licenseDream Chaser at Sunrise - RELEASED, Sept 28th, 2017. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440000/free-photo-image-dream-chaser-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe wingless, lifting body aircraft sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at what is now NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441663/free-photo-image-desert-international-space-station-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is cast in morning shadows as it backs away from the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441527/free-photo-image-palmdale-space-shuttle-columbia-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseAt Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket is ready for mating to the AIM… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440878/free-photo-image-aim-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseA Shuttle Training Aircraft piloted by NASA astronaut Chris Ferguson. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440338/free-photo-image-astronaut-nasa-military-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThis picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in the early hours of July… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441348/free-photo-image-iss-satellite-shuttle-atlantisFree Image from public domain licenseThis picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in the early hours of July… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441358/free-photo-image-satellite-station-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseEndeavour's vertical stabilizer and cargo bay, 17 May 2011. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441300/free-photo-image-nasa-sensor-technologyFree Image from public domain licenseDryden B-52 Launch Aircraft on Edwards AFB Runway. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441456/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseSpace shuttle Enterprise, mounted atop a NASA 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft seen behind the Statue of Liberty, Friday, April… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439914/free-photo-image-new-york-statue-liberty-empire-state-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseSurvey of the Mir Space Station.Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441784/free-photo-image-earth-nasa-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe payload bay of the orbiting space shuttle Endeavour with an area of the Pacific Ocean northeast of Hawaii in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441561/free-photo-image-aerospace-space-shuttle-astronautFree Image from public domain licenseNASA's C-9 aircraft takes off ahead of the space shuttle Endeavour, mounted atop NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft or SCA at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440390/free-photo-image-nasa-plane-take-off-airplaneFree Image from public domain licenseA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft parked on the apron of the runway at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440364/free-photo-image-airplane-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis as the orbiting complex and the shuttle… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441337/free-photo-image-technology-astronaut-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew recorded a series of 35mm and 70mm fly around survey photos of Russia's Mir Space… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441329/free-photo-image-nasa-space-station-earth-orbitFree Image from public domain licenseThe Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2010. Original from NASA . Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440806/spacecraft-spaceFree Image from public domain licenseThe Orbiter 101 "Enterprise" separates from the NASA 747 carrier aircraft S77-28931 to begin its first "tailcone-off"… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441567/free-photo-image-plane-space-shuttle-usaFree Image from public domain licenseFull views of Mir Space Station after undocking during flyaround. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440676/free-photo-image-satellite-nasa-spaceFree Image from public domain licenseThe space shuttle Endeavour appears to be in a waiting mode as the STS-134 astronauts inside her crew cabin await the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441286/free-photo-image-iss-cabin-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseThis aerial view shows the 15,000-foot long Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440337/free-photo-image-military-aircraft-runway-shuttle-discoveryFree Image from public domain licenseThis is an aerial view of the long Shuttle Landing Facility SLF runway at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440344/free-photo-image-aviation-airplane-armyFree Image from public domain licenseEarth’s thin line of atmosphere and a starry sky just off the port wing of the docked space shuttle Endeavour are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440848/free-photo-image-astronaut-earth-discovery-spaceFree Image from public domain licenseThe Mir Space Station rapidly approaches the NASA-Mir link-ups., 24 January 1998. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441555/free-photo-image-spacecraft-nasa-mir-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseFollowing undocking from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, Russia's Mir Space Station is backdropped against dark blue water on… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441590/free-photo-image-nasa-mir-shuttle-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Soyuz TMA-11 on approach to the ISS. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440838/free-photo-image-spaceship-satellite-astronautFree Image from public domain licenseThe Space Shuttle Discovery approaches Russia's Mir space station in this 70mm photograph taken from the Mir. Original from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440499/free-photo-image-rocket-space-shuttleFree Image from public domain licenseThe SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft is grappled by the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm. Oct… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440219/free-photo-image-spaceship-spacex-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseOn Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a new 7-inch quick disconnect is installed on the ground… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441034/free-photo-image-astronaut-blast-off-cape-canaveralFree Image from public domain licenseEngineers will use a backscatter device to examine space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441036/free-photo-image-engine-space-shuttle-discoveryFree Image from public domain licenseNASA Dryden Flight Research Center's Lear 24, tail number 805, in flight. Original from NASA . Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441478/free-photo-image-aviation-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2010. Original from NASA . Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440803/free-photo-image-satellite-nasa-spaceshipFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441325/free-photo-image-army-jet-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseLockheed ER-2 #809 cockpit. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441533/free-photo-image-nasa-army-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseView of the SPARTAN satellite during its release into orbit. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441594/free-photo-image-nasa-astronaut-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseSR-71 with the Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment on the rear fuselage as seen from above. Original from NASA . Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441510/free-photo-image-jet-aerospike-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA SR-71 refuels with an Edwards Air Force Base KC-135 during the first flight of the NASA/Rocketdyne/ Lockheed Martin… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441482/free-photo-image-nasa-aerospike-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA SR-71 successfully completed its first flight 31 October 1997 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441495/free-photo-image-nasa-aerospike-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA SR-71 made its successful first flight Oct. 31 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441507/free-photo-image-nasa-military-aerospikeFree Image from public domain licenseRussia's Mir Space Station is backdropped against blue and white Earth near its horizon, 29 June 1995. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441568/free-photo-image-mir-space-station-astronomy-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseLaunch of Little Joe-2 from Wallops Island carrying Mercury spacecraft test article. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418670/free-photo-image-nasa-rocket-astronautFree Image from public domain licenseThe Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft departs from the International Space Station Zvezda Service Module and heads toward a landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418613/free-photo-image-space-stationFree Image from public domain licenseWinglet flight research carried out on a KC-135 during 1979 and 1980 by Dryden Flight Research Center. Original from NASA .… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441680/free-photo-image-army-air-force-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe Aero Commander arrival to NASA Flight Research Center. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441659/free-photo-image-airplane-nasa-aero-commanderFree Image from public domain licenseEclipse project QF-106 and C-141A takeoff on first tethered flight December 20, 1997. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441517/free-photo-image-eclipse-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe docked Russian Mir Space Station is partially visible through the Spacehab viewing port. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441604/free-photo-image-spaceship-science-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441276/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA Dryden Flight Research Center F/A-18 852 aircraft performs a roll during June 2011 flight tests of a Mars landing… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440505/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe single-seat F-16XL, NASA 849, joins up with an SR-71A, NASA 844, as crews set up for one of the flights in the recent… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440044/free-photo-image-ship-nasa-aerialFree Image from public domain licenseBoeing's X-48B in flight. 2006-10-24. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440730/free-photo-image-army-nasa-t-34Free Image from public domain licenseNASA's two modified F-15B research aircraft joined up for a fly-over of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439995/free-photo-image-jet-soldier-air-forceFree Image from public domain licenseWith landing gear down, space shuttle Endeavour nears touchdown on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441379/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe Gemini-12 spacecraft during standup extravehicular activity with the hatch open. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418677/the-gemini-12-spacecraftFree Image from public domain licenseThe launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 on May 15, 1963, carrying astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418680/free-photo-image-spaceship-aerospace-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseA NASA aircraft arrives at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440404/free-photo-image-nasa-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseView of the SPARTAN satellite during its release into orbit. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441613/free-photo-image-satellite-nasa-satellite-antennaFree Image from public domain licenseFireworks celebrate the arrival of the space shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex following a 10… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440471/free-photo-image-space-shuttle-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseF-8 DFBW in flight. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441396/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseA group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441403/free-photo-image-nasa-plane-flightFree Image from public domain licenseD-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441429/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseD-558-2 Aircraft on lakebed. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441402/free-photo-image-space-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseNorth American Aviation A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center to the NASA Flight Research Center. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440070/free-photo-image-aviation-nasa-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseASA's Dryden Flight Research Center operates this Beechcraft B-200 King Air N7NA for both pilot proficiency and mission… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/439966/free-photo-image-aircraft-carrier-armyFree Image from public domain licenseThe Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418643/free-photo-image-kazakhstan-universe-space-shipFree Image from public domain licenseA-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD, on December 19, 1962. Original from NASA.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441638/free-photo-image-air-force-aircraft-carrierFree Image from public domain licenseThe Agena Target Docking Vehicle seen from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Original from NASA. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418681/free-photo-image-technology-vehicle-astronautFree Image from public domain licenseThe Agena Target Docking Vehicle seen from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Original from NASA . Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418679/free-photo-image-nasa-flight-aerospaceFree Image from public domain licenseEclipse project F-106 under tow on January 23, 1998. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441493/free-photo-image-space-under-sky-planeFree Image from public domain licenseThe huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 11 space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, July 16… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/418684/free-photo-image-space-galaxy-rocket-launch-2021Free Image from public domain licenseOne of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center's two Beechcraft King Air mission support aircraft shows off its lines over… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/440754/free-photo-image-aviation-nasa-aircraftFree Image from public domain licenseX-5 at the South Base of Edwards Air Force Base. Original from NASA. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/441395/free-photo-image-space-plane-nasaFree Image from public domain licenseViews from the IMAX camera taken during the STS-74 mission. Original from NASA. 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