Yuri Gagarin: The journey that shook the world
50 Years Of Human Spaceflight
Apollo Moon Plaques 1969 – 1972
Closeup view of the plaque which the Apollo 11 astronauts left behind on the moon. The plaque is made of stainless steel measuring nine by seven and five-eighths inches, and one-sixteenth inch thick. The plaque was attached to the ladder on the landing gear strut on the descent stage of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. During flight, the plaque was covered with a thin sheet of stainless steel that was removed on the lunar surface.
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Astronauts wanted – no bad breath
Would-be astronauts competing for China’s next space programme must comply with 100 rules – excluding those with bad breath or a runny nose.
Hubble’s final servicing mission
In this close-up scene featuring astronaut John Grunsfeld performing a spacewalk to work on the Hubble Space Telescope, the reflection in his helmet visor shows astronaut Andrew Feustel taking the photo as he is perched on the end of the Canadian-built remote manipulator system arm.
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
SLOVAKIA – TATRA MTS., SNOW, FOR., AGR.
The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth (1961 – present) .