NASA RARE ARCHIVE SPACE PHOTOS STAMPS

NAVY HELICOPTER HOISTED ABOARD FROM THE DECK OF USS NOA, PART OF PROJECT MERCURY ASTRONAUT JOHN L. GLENN, JR.'S RETRIEVAL AFTER HIS HISTORIC THREE-ORBIT FLIGHT AROUND THE EARTH ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962. GLENN WAS RETRIEVED BY THE NOA WHEN HIS SPACECRAFT WAS HOISTED BY A CRANE AND LIFTED TO THE DECK OF THE NOA, JUST 21 MINUTES AFTER LANDING IN THE ATLANTIC NEAR GRAND TURK ISLAND.

MEL GIBSON ON THE BEACH COLOR IMAGE PRINT - SIGNED IN AN INTERVIEW AT FOUR SEASONS HOTEL 1995

ARCO SHUTTLE CHALLENGER NASA HARDCOVER BOOK - AN AVIATION CLASSIC

COSMO SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER AIRCRAFT MODEL

APOLLO SPACECRAFT APPROACHING ITS DOCKING MODULE, STILL ATTACHED TO THE UPPER STAGE OF THE SATURN IV-B ROCKET. THE IMAGE REPRESENTS A KEY MOMENT FROM THE APOLLO-SOYUZ TEST PROJECT, THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT MISSION, WHICH AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE AMERICAN AND SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMS. THE DOCKING MANEUVER, PART OF THE MISSION'S HISTORIC SUCCESS, SYMBOLIZED A MAJOR STEP TOWARD COOPERATION IN SPACE EXPLORATION DURING THE COLD WAR

B/W NASA PHOTO: HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT EXPERIMENT ON THIRD SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT BY ROBERT MOULTON - THIS BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPH CAPTURES TODD E. NELSON, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT FROM ROSE CREEK, MINNESOTA, AS HE OBSERVES A NASA PHOTOGRAPHER ADJUSTING THE DATA ACQUISITION CAMERA FOR HIS EXPERIMENT ABOARD THE THIRD SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT, SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 22. NELSON'S EXPERIMENT, SPONSORED BY HONEYWELL AND OVERSEEN BY ENGINEER DR. ROBERT PETERSON, AIMED TO STUDY INSECTS IN FLIGHT IN ZERO-G GRAVITY. NELSON EARNED THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY HIS EXPERIMENT AFTER WINNING A SPOT IN THE 1981 SHUTTLE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT PROJECT, AN INITIATIVE MANAGED BY NASA IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, ABOARD A HIGH-FIDELITY SHUTTLE MOCKUP TRAINER

NEW SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER COSMO AIRCRAFT MODEL