Saturn IB mockup
#otd Dr. Wernher von Braun explains a detail from a Saturn IB mockup and engine to President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon...
Orbiter Atlantis OV-104
We look back (Dec. 2003) at Orbiter Atlantis OV-104 being prepared for launch in September 2004 on the first return-to-flight mission,...
STS-64 Launch
#otd With a crew of six NASA astronauts aboard, Orbiter Discovery OV-103 launches for STS-64, its nineteenth Earth-orbital mission....
Voyager 1 Launch
#otd NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft launched atop its Titan/Centaur-6 launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex in Florida...
STS-39 & STS-41
#otd This rare view on September 5 1990, shows on adjacent Launch Complex 39 pads with the Rotating Service Structures retracted. The...
Stars over the Vomit Comet
We got to spend a night with the Vomit Comet KC-135 63-7998 N931NA at Pima Air and Space. #kc135 #vomitcomet #nasa #pimaairandspacemuseum...
Discovery OV-103 Touching Down (1985)
#otd Orbiter Discovery OV-103 lands on Runway 23, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, to successfully complete STS-51-I mission, 3 September...
Space Shuttle mock-up Pathfinder (1978)
A look back at the space shuttle mock-up, dubbed Pathfinder, performs a lift test in the Vehicle Assembly Building on May 31, 1978. The...
SOFIA Sunday
It’s #sofiasunday and we had a beautiful sunrise at Pima Air and Space this morning. SOFIA is in good company. #nasa #nasasofia #sofia...
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Flashback to July 1975, with a nighttime view of Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the ASTP Apollo/Saturn 1B space...
