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Nimbus B Spacecraft

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 68-H-439

May 1968

NASA's Nimbus B spacecraft at the Western Test Range in California. The Nimbus B was launched into a polar orbit by a Thorad-Agena-D rocket. This Nimbus B weather observatory is the third in a series to carry ten experiments designed to function up to a year. The 1361-lb. spacecraft will carry a number of new sensors to measure the Earth's radiation over wide regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, an image-dissector camera for TV pictures of daytime cloud cover, and an interrogation recording and location system to help determine exact locations of floating platforms and stations on the ground and in aircraft and ships.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint.

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AC-15 And Surveyor 7 Night Lift-Off

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

7 January 1968

NASA No. 68-H-11

Surveyor 7 (G) spacecraft, the last in NASA's series of Soft Lunar Landing Program, was launched by The Atlas-Centaur SLV-3C AC-15 / Centaur D-1A launch vehicle at 1:32 a.m. EST (6:32 GMT) from Complex 36B at KSC.

Landed 10 January 1968, 01:05:36 UT
Latitude 41.01 S, Longitude 348.59 E - Tycho North Rim

This 1968 vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Delta M 536/D63 And INTELSAT III

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

18 December 1968

NASA No. 102-KSC-68P-632

INTELSAT III lifts off Pad 17 at the Cape at 7:32 p.m. EST atop a Thrust Augmented Improved Long Tank Delta launch vehicle. Launched for COMSAT by KSC launch teams, the satellite can transmit 1,200 voice channels on four colour TV channels simultaneously.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG-

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INTELSAT III During Check-Out

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

17 September 1968

NASA No. 68-H-826

The INTELSAT III satellite is seen during check-out in Hangar AE at the Cape. NASA will launch the Intelsat III communications satellite from LC 17 onboard a Thrust Augmented Improved Long Tank Delta rocket. It will be placed in a synchronous orbit over the Equator and will further increase communications coverage of Earth along with others on the series now in orbital positions ringing the Equator.

The satellite is owned by the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (INTELSAT) which consists of more than 60 nations. Comsat acts as manager for INTELSAT.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Thor Delta C1 487/D64 And OSO-V

10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph

21 January 1969

NASA No. 69-H-70

The three stage Delta rocket is being made ready to launch NASA's Orbiting Solar Observatory V (OSO-V) Satellite at Launch Complex 17B at the Cape on the following day, 22 January 1969. OSO-V is designed to continue observations of the sun as part of a continuous program to monitor an 11-year cycle.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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NASA's OSO-V Satellite

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

January 1969

NASA No. 69-H-148

NASA's Orbiting Solar Observatory-V spacecraft undergoes checks in Hangar AE at the Cape, in preparation for its January 22nd launching on the Thor Delta C1 from LC17B at the Cape. The 641 pound spacecraft will carry eight experiments designed to study the sun and its influence on the Earth.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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NASA's OSO-V Satellite #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

January 1969

NASA No. 69-H-54

NASA's Orbiting Solar Observatory-V spacecraft was launched into space on 22 January 1969 onboard a Thor Delta C1 rocket from LC17B at the Cape. The 641 pound spacecraft will carry eight experiments designed to study the sun and its influence on the Earth in a 11 year cycle.

The Orbiting Solar Observatories, developed for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, were designed primarily as stabilized platforms for solar-oriented scientific instruments. The OSOs permitted the first extended study of the sun (from above the earth's filtering atmosphere) with accurate positioning. Experiments on the satellites studied the sun, flares and other solar activities, X-ray, gamma and ultraviolet radiation and radiation from extra-solar sources.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in poor to very good condition as it has a smudge on the upper left corner.

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NASA's OSO-7 Map Of The Sun

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

Released: 3 December 1971

NASA No. 71-H-1822

This is a map of the solar corona obtained by OSO-7 and presented on a computerized colour display. It shows the 'Polar Caps' by the dark area upper left and lower right which may be as much as 1/2 million degrees Kelvin cooler than the surrounding 2 million degrees K. corona. Imbedded in the sun's equatorial corona are hot spots where temperatures may rise to 40 million degrees Kelvin during solar flares. The sun is currently nearing the end of its 11 year cycle, previously thought to be a relatively quiet period.

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Goddard SFC Sun Storm View

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

10 August 1972

NASA No. 72-H-1165

Sun Storm Region, upper right, covering an area of 100,000 miles across, passes over west limb of sun is photographed by the solar telescope at Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, Md. The vast storm, most intense in several years, was first observed by sensors on NASA's OSO-7 on July 26, 1972. Its magnitude was recognized and warnings were issued on July 28thm two days before it became visible to ground based observatories.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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NASA's OSO-7 View Of Solar Storm

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

2 August 1972

NASA No. 72-H-1177

NASA's OSO-7 viewed intense storm activity on the sun August 2, 1972 in ultraviolet light with it spectroheliograph sensor. The picture was received in digital form at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, and was reconstructed by a computer-driven colour television system.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Thorad Agena D And SERT 2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-136

4 February 1970

Space Electric Rocket Test (SERT)

A fine night launch of the Thorad Agena D at the Western Test Range with the spacecraft SERT 2 onboard. SERT 2 was a spacecraft to test electric rocket engines in space. The first long-duration of orbital electron-bombardment ion engines. The engines functioned until 1980.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good condition.

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SERT 2 Mated In Its Shroud

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-134

2 February 1970

Space Electric Rocket Test (SERT)

A shroud is placed over the SERT II spacecraft atop the Thorad Agena D at the Western Test Range. SERT II was a spacecraft to test electric rocket engines in space. The first long-duration of orbital electron-bombardment ion engines. SERT 2 will be placed in a circular orbit 621 statute miles above the Earth and in a plane inclined 99.1 degrees to the Equator. Satisfactory operation for a period of six months or longer will be a milestone in the advancement of electric propulsion. The engines functioned until 1980.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. Slightly bent lower right corner as seen in the scan.

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SERT 2 In Orbit

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 74-H-909

9 October 1974

Space Electric Rocket Test (SERT)

This fine artist's concept shows the SERT II spacecraft in a circular, near polar Earth orbit. Managed by NASA's Lewis Research Centre, the spacecraft was launched into an initial 620-mile high orbit on 3 February 1970, to test the operation of two electron-bombardment ion engines in space.

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Scout B S178C With Frogs Onboard

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-1412

9 November 1970

NASA's Orbiting Frog Otolith (OFO) was launched a 1 a.m. EST from NASA's Wallops Station on Wallops Island, Va. atop the Scout B with two live frogs onboard. The satellite carrying the OFO-A experiment remained in orbit for almost seven days and recovery of the spacecraft was not planned. The payload was the Frog Otolith Experiment Package (FOEP). The objective of the experiment was to investigate the effect of microgravity on the otolith, a sensory organ that responds to changes in an animal's orientation within the Earth's gravitational field. Two bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) were used as experimental subjects in the flight experiment.

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NASA's Orbiting Frogs Otolich

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-1413

November 1970

NASA's Orbiting Frog Otolith (OFO) was launched at 1 a.m. EST from NASA's Wallops Station on Wallops Island, Va. atop the Scout B with two live frogs onboard. The two live bull frogs orbited the Earth every 1-1/2 hours in an experiment aimed at providing new information on how man's inner ear helps him keep his balance. the frogs will be monitored for about five days alternately in weightless condition and periods of partial gravity created by spinning them in the centrifuge that houses them. Shown inserting the space frogs in the spacecraft are Dr. Gualtierotti and Frank Wolf.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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NASA's Orbiting Frogs Otolich #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-1414

November 1970

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Two-Stage Atlas-Centaur SLV-3 And OAO-C

SLV-3C Centaur AC-22/D-1A 5004C

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1169

August 1972

OAO-C will be renamed to OAO-3 after being placed into orbit.

A very similar configuration that launched Mariner 10 into solar orbit, the two-stage Atlas-Centaur is returned to its launch support tower following a three-hour tanking test at KSC's Launch Complex 36B. This Atlas-Centaur will place an Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-3) into a circular orbit 740 kilometres above the Earth. After placement into orbit the OAO-3 will carry one large telescope and three smaller ones to study the composition, density and physical state of matter in interstellar space.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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SLV-3C Atlas Centaur AC-22/D-1A 5004C

And the OAO-C "Copernicus"

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1194

21 August 1972

OAO-C will be renamed to OAO-3 after being placed into orbit.

Copernicus (OAO-3) was launched by the Atlas-Centaur rocket at 6:28 a.m., 21 August 1972. It was placed into a near circular orbit with a high point of 749 km and a low point of 741 km. It circles the earth every 99.8 minutes. Its mission is to study the heavens in ultraviolet and x-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in order to help scientists better understand the evolutionary processes taking place in the universe. It was named in honour of the Polish Astronomer Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543).

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-B)

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph(s)

29 October 1970

NASA Nos. 70-H-1336 & 70-H-1337

70-H-1336 - A fine artist's concepts of the OAO-B, (OAO-3 in Orbit). Weighting in at 4,600 pounds it is the world's largest space telescope (38-inch diameter). The OAO-B was set to observe distant stars and galaxies in the ultraviolet light which never reaches Earth and to learn more about the birth of stars and the future of our galaxy.

70-H-1337 - Labels the main parts of the spacecraft.

This two fine vintage glossy NASA photograph are in very good condition.

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GEP Acceptance Tests And The OAO-B

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-1338

29 October 1970

Goddard Experiment Package (GEP) the world's largest space astronomy telescope undergoes final pre-flight acceptance tests in Hangar AE at the Cape. Weighing over 1,000 pounds and measuring 38-inches in diameter, the GEP will observe distant stars and galaxies, plus the areas from which stars are born (instellar dust), with a precision never before obtainable in space astronomy.

The telescope in OAO-B is named 'Goddard Experiment Package' (GEP) for the late Dr. Robert H. Goddard, 'Father of the modern rocket'.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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"Goddard Experiment Package" OAO-B

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 70-H-1475

16 November 1970

The world's largest space astronomy telescope is being readied by Grumman personnel for orbital flight in Hangar AE at the Cape. After pre-flight checks it will be taken to Launch Complex 36B and mated with the waiting Atlas Centaur SLV-3 launch vehicle which lifted off on 30 November 1970.

The Atlas Centaur SLV-3 launch vehicle was to have put its payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit but the shroud failed to separate and the mission was logged as a failure. If OAO-B would have attained its 466-mile circular orbit it would have been called OAO-3.

The telescope in OAO-B is named 'Goddard Experiment Package' (GEP) for the late Dr. Robert H. Goddard, 'Father of the modern rocket'.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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"Copernicus" OAO-C Pre-Flight In Hangar AE

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1167

11 August 1972

The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-C) is in Hangar AE at the Cape as preparations continue on schedule for the launch of the fourth and final spacecraft in the OAO series.

Copernicus (OAO-C) will be noted as OAO-3 after attaining its geosynchronous transfer orbit on via an Atlas Centaur SLV-3 launch vehicle. It was successfully placed into orbit on 21 August 1972 by the Atlas Centaur SLV-3 - AC-22/D-1A - 5004C Launch Vehicle.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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"Copernicus" OAO-C In Hangar AE #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1168

11 August 1972

A "star tracker" navigational device used on OAO-C to gain reference on known stars to orientate the spacecraft in orbit is tested by Grumman Aerospace Corporation personnel. KSC's Unmanned Launch Operations Directorate is in charge of the launch, to be conducted by employees of General Dynamics / Convair Aerospace.

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Delta 0900 577/D93 And Nimbus E

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

11 December 1972

Nimbus E atop the Delta D93 launch vehicle lifts off from Vandenberg's Launch Complex SLC2 at 7:56 p.m. GMT. Nimbus E is a Environmental research Weather spacecraft. Its primary experiments included a temperature-humidity infrared radiometer (THIR) for measuring day and night surface and cloud-top temperatures as well as the water vapor content of the upper atmosphere, electrically scanning microwave radiometer (ESMR) for mapping the microwave radiation from the earth's surface and atmosphere, infrared temperature profile radiometer (ITPR) for obtaining vertical profiles of temperature and moisture, Nimbus E microwave spectrometer (NEMS) for determining tropospheric temperature profiles, atmospheric water vapour abundances, and cloud liquid water contents, selective chopper radiometer (SCR) for observing the global temperature structure of the atmosphere, and a surface composition mapping radiometer (SCMR) for measuring the differences in the thermal emission characteristics of the earth's surface.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG-

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Nimbus-E Final Check Out

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1478

30 November 1972

NASA's Nimbus-E (Nimbus-5 in orbit) undergoes final checks at the Centeral Electric Company, Valley Forge, Pa. prior to shipment to the Western Test Range for launching in to orbit.

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Nimbus-E Mating To Delta TAD

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1535

30 November 1972

A wonderful floor level view of NASA's Nimbus-E (Nimbus-5 in orbit) as seen being mated to the Thrust-Augmented Delta at the Western Test Range.

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Nimbus-4 View Of Tropical Storm Laura

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 71-H-1766

17 November 1971

Nice view taken by Nimbus-4 over Florida as Tropical Storm Laura whirls past, The arrow is pointing to Lake Okeechobee, Fla.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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Nimbus-E Final Check Out

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

November 1971

Artist rendering of Nimbus-4 in orbit.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition.

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Thorad Agena D And The IMP

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 73-H-1061

26 October 1973

The tenth and last in a series of Interplanetary Monitoring Platforms (IMP) designed to investigate the Earth's radiation environment over an entire solar cycle was launched from Complex 17B at the Cape. The flight of the Thorad Agena launch vehicle will mark the end of a 13-year cycle of solar activity and a return to the Quiet Sun period with which NASA began its IMP exploration in 1963.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+

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Titan 3E Centaur

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

11 February 1974

From Launch Complex 41 the maiden test flight of the 3E booster with a Space Plasma High Voltage Interaction Experiment as a payload lifts off from the Cape.

This fine vintage NASA photograph is in near mint condition.

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Delta 101 #2914 And WESTAR-A

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 102-KSC-74P-90

13 April 1974

WESTAR-A, The U.S. first domestic communications satellite, was launched from Complex 17B atop the Delta 101 at 7:33 p.m. EDT.

It was positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Americas at 99 deg W in 1974-1982; over the Americas at 100 deg W in 1982; over the Americas at 97 deg W in 1982; over the Americas at 79 deg W in 1982-1983 As of 5 September 2001 located at 85.83 deg W drifting at 1.372 deg W per day. As of March 10th 2007 it was located at 89.54E drifting at 1.381W degrees per day.

This fine vintage NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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WESTAR-A Check Out

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 74-H-203

15 March 1974

Check out of WESTAR-A, The U.S. first domestic communications satellite, at Kennedy Space Centre before its taken to Launch Complex 17B and mated to the Delta 101 launch vechicle .

This satellite is being launched for Western Union by NASA on a reimbursable basis. It will be placed in a hovering orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to the west of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. There will be two additional spacecrafts in the WESTAR series.

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WESTAR-A Mating To Delta 101

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 74-H-262

9 April 1974

WESTAR-A, The U.S. first domestic communications satellite, is seen being encapsulated inside a payload shroud atop the Delta 101 at Launch Complex 17B at the Cape.

This satellite is being launched for Western Union by NASA on a reimbursable basis. It will be placed in a hovaring orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to the west of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. There will be two additional spacecrafts in the WESTAR series.

This very fine vintage NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Titan IIIC 23C-9 And ATS-6

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 130-KSC-74P-127

30 May 1974

Application Technology Satellite (ATS); experimental communications satellite.

The purpose of the ATS-6 flight experiment was to demonstrate north-south station-keeping of a geosynchronous satellite using two caesium ion engine systems. Thrusters development tests included a life test of 2614 hours and 471 cycles. Thrusters input power was 0.15 kW, which resulted in a thrust of 4.5 mN at a specific impulse of 2500 s. One of the ion engines operated for about one hour and the other for 92 hours. Both of the engines failed to provide thrust on restart due to discharge chamber caesium flooding.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. Some of the text on the back can be seen in the bright white of the rockets smoke on the front of the photograp.

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NASA's ATS-F Final Checks

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

The world's most advanced communications satellite, (ATS-F), is shown in its flight configuration while undergoing final tests at the Germantown, Maryland, facilities of the prime contractor, Fairchild Space and Electronica Company, a division of Fairchild Industries. Seen from left to right, John Thole, NASA's ATS-F Project Director; William A. Johnston, Fairchild Ind. ATS-F Program Manager; and William Kamachaitis, Fairchild Ind. ATS-F Spacecraft Director.

After achieving orbit ATS-F will be renamed ATS-6.

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Scout D-1 And Explorer 48

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 72-H-1453

16 November 1972

Lift off of NASA's Scout D-1, configuration S170CR. from the San Marco Range off the coast of Kenya with the small Astronomy Satellite-B (Explorer 48) on board. The launch marked the 26th consecutive success for the NASA Scout Launch Vehicle. A new record for the U.S. space program. The mission of the Explorer 48 was to study gamma-rays in space using a spark chamber telescope.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG-

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Scout D-1 And Aeros B

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 74-H-663

16 July 1974

NASA's Scout D-1, configuration S186C, was launched from Vandenberg's Scout Launch Complex 5 with the Aeros B spacecraft on board at 4:51 a.m. PDT for Germany.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG-

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Titan-Centaur 5 And Helios-B

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 101-KSC-76P-4

15 January 1976

The Titan-Centaur-5 (TC-5), carrying the Helios-B spacecraft that will orbit nearer the sun than any previous man-made object, is launched at 12:34 a.m. EST from the Cape's Complex 41 on 15 January 1976.

This fine vintage NASA photograph is in Near mint condition.

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Helios-A In Space Simulator

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 74-H-659

30 July 1974

A outstanding view of Helios-A spacecraft shown in a 25-foot space simulator at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., prior to testing under simulated space conditions of a vacuum, the cold space and a solar intensity of 11 suns. The spacecraft is shown reflected in a huge mirror at the top of the chamber. The mirror concentrates light from a battery of lamps to simulate the radiation of the sun.

This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. Some slight signs of aging on the white borders only. The image is in excellent condition.

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Helios Encapsulated In Its Fairing

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

NASA No. 101-KSC-74P-222

27 September 1974

A Helios spacecraft prototype stands ready as its payload fairing is hoisted up and lowered down encapsulating it in the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF) at the Cape. This prototype will then be moved to Launch Complex 41 for mating with the Titan/Centaur launch vehicle for a Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. After the test it will be removed from the Titan/Centaur and returned to SAEF.

Helios is a Solar probe and two were launched by the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany in a heliocentric solar orbit, Helios A & B and each were launched by a Titan/Centaur launch vehicle from LC 41 at the Cape. Helios-A was launched on 10 December 1974 and Helios-B on 15 January 1976.

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Delta 2914 And GOES A

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

16 October 1975

Lift off of the Delta 2914 #116 with the ESA's G0ES 1 a Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite on board. It was Positioned in geosynchronous orbit over the Atlantic Ocean at 55 deg. W. Mover several times over the years and as of 9 March 2007 it was located at 81.95W drifting at 0.055W degrees per day.

This fine vintage NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Delta 2914 And ESA - GEOS 1

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

20 April 1977

Lift off of the Delta 2914 #130 with the ESA's GEOS 1 Magnetosphere Spacecraft on board.

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Titan-Centaur And Voyager 1

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

5 September 1977

Voyager 2 was launched August 20, 1977, sixteen days before Voyager 1 aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket. Their different flight trajectories caused Voyager 2 to arrive at Jupiter four months later than Voyager 1, thus explaining their numbering. The initial mission plan for Voyager 2 specified visits only to Jupiter and Saturn. The plan was augmented in 1981 to include a visit to Uranus, and again in 1985 to include a flyby of Neptune. After completing the tour of the outer planets in 1989, the Voyager spacecraft began exploring interstellar space. The Voyager mission has been managed by NASA's Office of Space Science and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This fine vintage colour NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Titan-Centaur And Voyager 1

10 x 8 Black & White NASA Photograph

5 September 1977

This fine vintage NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Atlas Centaur 43 And Intelsat

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. 77-H-631

29 September 1977

The Atlas Centaur 43, carrying a Intelsat Communications Satellite, was launched from Complex 36 at the Cape. About 55 seconds into the mission there was a failure of the Atlas stage and shortly thereafter the space vehicle destructed itself.

This fine vintage colour NASA photograph is in very good condition.

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Atlas Centaur 43 And Intelsat #2

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 101-KSC-77P-249

29 September 1977

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Atlas Centaur 48 And Intelsat IV

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 101-KSC-78P-51

31 March 1978

The Atlas Centaur 48, carrying a Intelsat IV-AF6 is seen lifting off from Complex 36 at the Cape a 6:36 EST on 31 March 1978.

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Atlas Centaur SLV-3D AC-51 & Pioneer 13

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 101-KSC-78P-176

8 August 1978

The Atlas Centaur 51 was successfully launched from the Cape's Launch Complex 36A a 3:33 a.m. to send the Pioneer 13 Spacecraft on its way to Venus with it multi probe payload

The Pioneer Venus Multiprobe consisted of a bus which carried one large and three small `atmospheric probes. The large probe was released on November 16, 1978 and the three small probes on November 20. All four probes entered the Venus atmosphere on December 9, followed by the bus. The small probes were each targeted at different parts of the planet and were named accordingly.

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Delta 144 and ISEE-3 Lift Off

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. 78-HC-455

12 August 1978

The Delta 144 was successfully launched from complex 17 at the Cape today at 11:12 a.m. EDT to send the third in a trio of International Sun Earth Explorer (ISEE) spacecraft on its way to a unique orbit suspended between Earth and Sun. In its halo orbit 900,000 miles toward the sun, ISEE-3 will study the Earth's magnetosphere and its interactions with the Sun.

This fine vintage colour NASA photograph is in near mint condition.

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Atlas Centaur AC-68 And FltSatCom F-8

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 89-H-516

25 September 1989

A wonderful night view of the Atlas Centaur AC-68 with the FltSatCom F-8 communications satellite aboard. Launch of the AC-68 occurred at 4:56 a.m. from Complex 36 at the Cape. The FltSatCom spacecraft will provide communications for ships and submarines at sea, planes in the air and military ground units throughout the world. It will also provide instant communications between the President and commanding officers anywhere in the world.

This was the final NASA launch of the Atlas Centaur program.

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AC-66 & FltSatCom F-8 Blockhouse Activity

10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. 87-H-8

22 January 1987

A fine overall view inside the Blockhouse at Launch Complex-36 at the Cape of activities during the Atlas Centaur-66 launch of FltSatCom #7 on Jauuary 22, 1987.

The FltSatCom spacecraft will provide communications for ships and submarines at sea, planes in the air and military ground units throughout the world. It will also provide instant communications between the President and commanding officers anywhere in the world.

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Titan 3C7 Art Concept

10 x 8 Colour NASA Photograph

NASA No. PL-62-79600

1962

A very nice concept of the Titan III launch vehicle. As the Titan 3C7 never flew and it has 7 segment sold motors, I feel that this was intended to be the 3C7. I can count seven segments on each of the solid rocket motors in this fine painting.

The text on the back only reads: "Artwork of 624 A Missile"

Seems to me that the 624 would refer to the LV number .. anyone have any ideas ???

This very fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in mint condition and printed on "A Kodak Paper".

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Unidentified Titan 3C (SLV-5) Launch #1

10 x 8 Black & White Photograph

A wonderful view of a Titan IIIC Launch but unfortunately I have not been able to identify this one as yet.

This fine vintage photograph is in near mint condition and printed on 'A Kodak Paper'.

£7.95

Unidentified Delta

10 x 8 Colour Glossy Photograph

This fine vintage colour glossy photograph is in very good condition and printed on 'A Kodak Paper'.

£7.95

Unidentified Atlas Agena

10 x 8 Colour Glossy Photograph

This fine vintage colour glossy photograph is in fair condition.

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Thank you for viewing - I will be adding more Vintage Unmanned Mission photographs soon.

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