Hardware I designed, built, and tested visible on the exterior of the ISS as seen during the EVA as part of Expedition 66. My hardware is the two tower-like objects in the circle1yr ⋅ TinySpacecraft ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Its job complete, Perseverance's skycrane flies away, clearing the area before impacting the ground [1280x1024]2yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
At Mach 4.49, this is the Schlieren Image of TSM, a student-designed and built rocket that will be launching to space in December!2yr ⋅ masa_rockets ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
A Soyuz spacecraft seen outside the flight deck windows of Atlantis on STS-71, the first shuttle mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir [3568x2245]1yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
British Scientists' estimation of what Vostok 1 looked like from 1964, using open-source intelligence including postage stamps from the USSR celebrating Gagarin.1yr ⋅ Corvid187 ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Schmitt stands beside the flag in what is likely the last photograph of an Apollo astronaut on the Moon [960 × 964]1yr ⋅ Bernard_Hunor_Deak ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite. Each of the two American spacecraft, launched in 1960 and 1964, was a Mylar balloon satellite. The Satelloon was inflated in orbit, acting as a passive reflector of microwave signals. Echo 2 had a diameter of 41.1 m -135ft) [1536x1423]3yr ⋅ paulhammond5155 ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Mars 2020 Perseverance rover being prepared for encapsulation in the United Launch Alliance Atlas V payload fairing on June 18, 2020 [5904x3322] Credit: NASA/Christian Mangano3yr ⋅ paulhammond5155 ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Douglas Hurley is helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he and NASA astronaut Robert Behnken landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, August 2, 2020 [3982 x 2928px]3yr ⋅ paulhammond5155 ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Space Shuttle reentry, as seen from Discovery's flight deck on STS-51I [3566x2156]4yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Edward H. White II, Gemini IV pilot, is photographed onboard the Gemini spacecraft during the four-day Earth-orbital mission on June 5, 1964.3yr ⋅ paulhammond5155 ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
STS-7 Mission Specialist 2 Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. [3070x2044]4yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Apollo 11 lifts off for its historic mission to the Moon [827 x 1280]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Snecma Vulcain II, main stage liquid oxygen engine of Ariane V3yr ⋅ CitoyenEuropeen ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
NASA KRUSTY is a big-ass RTG concept, potential applications include nuclear electric propulsion [1271 × 1440]3yr ⋅ CitoyenEuropeen ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Hurricane Florence, as captured from inside the ISS by Alexander Gerst [2784x1856]5yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Space Shuttle Columbia upon delivery in 1979, missing numerous tiles. Some hadn't been applied yet, some fell off in transit. [952x646]5yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Falcon 9 space junk, Tahiti Beach, Abacos islands, Elbow Cay, Bahamas [960x720]4yr ⋅ CitoyenEuropeen ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Wingtip vortices trail from STS-2 (Space Shuttle Columbia) as it lands at Edwards Air Force Base (Nov. 14, 1981) [6857 × 6840]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
All of humanity in one picture except for Michael Collins. Apollo 11, July 1969 [4095 x 4095]6yr ⋅ piponwa ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Soviet Spaceshuttle BURAN transported to science museum in Speyer, Germany [1000x666]6yr ⋅ earthmoonsun ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Japan’s HTV-7 resupply vessel captured by the Canadarm against the blackness of Earth's dark side [2048 x 1150]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Wow, space shuttles lift-off are often great posters ! This is Challenger space shuttle starting one of its 9 successfull mission. Unfortunately, the 10th mission reminded us that being an astronaut is so dangerous 😢 Pic by NASA [937x1171]4yr ⋅ fromspacewlove ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The charred upper portion of a recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage [3000x2000]6yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Leaking reaction control system jet R2U during STS-72 [1600 x 1007]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
NASA testing a 1.3% scale model of SLS in a wind tunnel. The novel technique uses pressure-sensitive paint that changes in brightness. [5533 x 3639]6yr ⋅ piponwa ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Vapor forms around Space Shuttle Atlantis as she rockets to space during the STS-106 mission [1600 x 1261]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Silhouetted over Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen in a configuration in October of 2000 [3072 x 3072]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Gemini-7 spacecraft taken from the hatch window of the Gemini-6 spacecraft during rendezvous and station keeping maneuvers at an altitude of approximately 160 miles on Dec. 15, 1965. [3000 x 3000]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Fifty years ago on Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at 7:51 a.m. ES). [3000 x 4408]4yr ⋅ FillsYourNiche ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Buzz Aldrin descends the ladder of the Eagle, 48 years ago today. [1833x1849]6yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Falcon 9 first stage standing tall at LZ-1 after the first successful SpaceX landing [768x1024]8yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A on mission STS 41-B on February 3, 1984 [5699 x 5699]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
A Falcon 9 lifts off to deliver 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit. [2000 x 3000]6yr ⋅ Rinzler9 ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
STS-134 - Space shuttle Endeavour approaches Runway 15 on the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time marking the 24th night landing of NASA's Space Shuttle Program [3000 x 1996]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Dec. 6, 1998, International Space Station Assembly Begins [8478 x 6327]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Space shuttle Atlantis, docked to the International Space Station, photographed by an STS-132 spacewalker during the mission's first session of extravehicular activity. 17 May 2010 [4288 x 2929]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronauts Steven L. Smith, and John M. Grunsfeld, appear as small figures in this wide scene photographed during the 3rd Hubble Servicing Mission [2046 x 2030]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Space Shuttle Discovery, docked to the Destiny laboratory of International Space Station during the STS-114 mission [3032 × 2064]6yr ⋅ TampaRay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The early ISS - The Russian Zarya module and the Unity node [1600 x 1096]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The crew of STS-51L, the final flight of the Challenger, sits aboard a space shuttle simulator a month before their fatal accident, which occurred 31 years ago today. [2880x1863]6yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Endeavour's rendezvous and docking with the International Space Station on February 9, 2010. [1600 x 1200]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon, shortly after an exhausting spacewalk on Gemini IX-A [2300x2205]6yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti points out the window of the ISS's Cupola [4423 x 2947]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Ron Evans performs a deep space EVA as Apollo 17 coasts back to Earth [3000x3006]7yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Space Shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission launched from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on July 8, 2011. [2832 x 3540]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The wardroom deck of the Orbital Workshop, showing the living quarters arrangement, 1971 [3000 x 2073]5yr ⋅ girusatuku ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Rocketdyne F-1 Rocket Engine Test Stand at Edwards Air Force Base [2230 x 3000]7yr ⋅ KetoEater ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
VSS Unity glides for the first time, after being released from WhiteKnightTwo (VMS Eve). Taken today. [2048×1152]7yr ⋅ TampaRay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Sunken Liberty Bell 7 capsule from Mercury-Redstone 4 launch, 15,000 feet below the surface [800 x 600]7yr ⋅ expeditionwriter ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Expedition 53 Launches to the International Space Station [3082 x 3082]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Snapshot from space of our galaxy and our home world posing together beyond the orbital outpost [1600 x 1065]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Anne McClain's First Voyage to the Space Station [2448 x 3264]4yr ⋅ FillsYourNiche ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station for docking [3032 × 2064]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Gemini-7 spacecraft photographed from the Gemini-6 spacecraft during their rendezvous mission in space [3766 x 3810]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
STS-43 Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, soars toward space after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex Pad 39A at 11:02:00 am [4271 x 5413]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Having done its job, the Falcon 9 first stage just prior to touch down (and subsequent topple) on the ASDS [1600x1066]8yr ⋅ TampaRay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Russian spacewalker Oleg Kononenko works outside the International Space Station over 250 miles above Earth to inspect the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft [4928 x 2768]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Apollo 8 re-entry photograph taken by a U.S. Air Force Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) camera mounted on a KC-135-A aircraft flown at 40,000 feet [5719 x 5866]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
A fresh apple floating freely near a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station [4288 x 2848]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
NASA astronaut Scott Tingle captured this view of a sunrise from the International Space Station. [5568 x 3712]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Russian spacewalkers Oleg Kononenko (suit with red stripes) and Sergey Prokopyev (suit with blue stripes) work outside the International Space Station over 250 miles above Earth to inspect the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft [4928 x 2768]4yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
(13 Nov. 1966) --- Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., pilot of the Gemini-12 spaceflight, took this picture of the Gemini-12 spacecraft during standup extravehicular activity (EVA) with the hatch open [3000 x 3000]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
An excellent view of the expended S-IVB second stage of the Skylab 3/Saturn 1B space vehicle is seen in this photograph taken from the Skylab 3 Command and Service Module (CSM) in Earth orbit [3868 x 3858]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Skylab photographed by the astronauts of Skylab-2 as they left the space station and departed for Earth on June 22, 1973 [2700 x 2700]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Mir space station from Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-71) - 1995. [2391 × 1867]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Steven L. Smith, payload commander, retrieves a power tool while standing on the mobile foot restraint at the end of the remote manipulator system [2048 x 2016]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Dick Gordon's hand reflected in the window of Gemini XI, 724 miles above Australia [2205x2300]6yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The International Space Station from Shuttle Atlantis [4256 x 2832]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Space shuttle Columbia on Pad 39A watches the picture-perfect ascent of sister ship Discovery during its liftoff on STS-31. [3000 × 2400]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
An Ariane 5 solid rocket booster floating intact in the Atlantic Ocean while recovery teams get to work [892×1230]7yr ⋅ TampaRay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Glow phenomenon surrounding the vertical stabilizer and OMS pods [4096 x 2692]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Ribbons of steam and smoke trail space shuttle Atlantis as it nears touchdown on the Shuttle Landing Facility's Runway 15 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the final time [3000 x 1996]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The wondrous interplay of the lightning below and heavens above [2048 x 1544]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The International Space Station deployed this small satellite for the NanoRacks-Remove Debris investigation, designed to demonstrate an approach to reduce the risks presented by orbital debris or space junk. [5568 x 3712]5yr ⋅ FillsYourNiche ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Lunar Module Spider ascent stage is photographed from the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. March 7th, 1969. [3000 x 3000]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Backdropped against the waters of Cook Strait near New Zealand's South Island, Russia's Mir Space Station is seen from the aft flight deck window of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. [4095 × 4095]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. [4288 x 2848]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev hand-deploys one of four nano-satellites just outside of the Pirs docking compartment airlock during a spacewalk that lasted 7 hours 46 minutes. Aug. 15, 2018. [4928 x 2768]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Neil Armstrong and David Scott sit in their Gemini 8 capsule during recovery operations after an abort from orbit [2722x2722]8yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronat Dale A. Gardner achieves a hard dock with the previously spinning Westar VI satellite. Gardner uses a stinger device to stabilize the communications satellite. [2632 x 3989]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The periscope on the Soyuz capsule that permits manual docking [2832 x 4256]7yr ⋅ piponwa ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Endeavour touching down on runway after wrapping up mission STS-72 [5768 × 3784]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Expedition 48 Crew Launches to the International Space Station [4170 × 3280]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The GRACE Follow-On spacecraft launched onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Tuesday, May 22, 2018. [3286 x 2723]5yr ⋅ FillsYourNiche ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Orbital ATK Antares rocket, with the Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen at launch Pad-0A, Saturday, May 19, 2018, at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.5yr ⋅ FillsYourNiche ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut George Nelson capturing the Solar Maximum Mission spacecraft during STS-41C [3000x2643]5yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
With the Earth below, space shuttle Endeavour approaches the International Space Station during the STS-126 rendezvous and docking [3072 × 2098]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
From 220 miles above Earth, one of the Expedition 25 crew members on the International Space Station took this night time photo featuring the bright lights of Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt on the Mediterranean coast [4256 x 2913]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Earth, at a calculated altitude of 75,800 km photographed from Apollo 8 [4400 x 4600]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Space Station View of Smoke from California Wildfires [5568 x 3712]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, photographs fellow moon-explorer astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., mission commander, and the Apollo 14 Lunar Module [3925 x 3925]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Earth seen by Apollo 13 during its trans-Earth journey home [4095 x 4095]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Orbital ATK Cygnus resupply ship with its cymbal-like UltraFlex solar arrays approaches the International Space Station's robotic arm, Canadarm2, as both spacecraft fly into an orbital sunrise. November 14th, 2017 [4928 x 3280]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Emerging through the smoke and steam, the Boeing Delta II rocket carrying NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft lifts off from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla [3000 × 2068]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
View of a music CD, The Memory Of Trees by Enya, floating in front of a window in the Cupola Module during Expedition 27 / STS-134 joint operations. [4288 x 2929]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
NASA Instagram post: After a series of test maneuvers inside and above Challenger's payload bay, McCandless went free-flying to a distance of 320 feet away from the Orbiter. [3000x3000]6yr ⋅ johnnybiggles ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
A close-up view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background from the Skylab 3 Command and Service Modules (CSM) during station-keeping maneuvers prior to docking [6444 x 6287]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
John Glenn climbs aboard Friendship 7 before becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. Godspeed, John Glenn. [1536x1084]7yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Eugene A. Cernan, Commander, Apollo 17 salutes the flag on the lunar surface [3000 × 3000]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Peggy Whitson is photographed sitting in front of the Cupola windows during the final Crew Autonomous Scheduling Test (CAST) session. [3280 x 4928]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Canadarm 2 reaches out to grapple a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the International Space Station [4928 x 2884]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Astronaut Scott Kelly peers out of the ISS cupola. Last night he returned to Earth after 340 days in space. [1024x683]7yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Gene Cernan, last person to set foot on the moon, inside his bubble helmet [1240x1417]5yr ⋅ yatpay ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
At 3:46 a.m. Eastern Time on April 21, 2018, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite acquired this image of the aurora borealis over North America. [2196 x 2434]5yr ⋅ FillsYourNiche ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Earth was photographed by the Apollo 15 crewmen as they sped toward the fourth lunar landing [4096 x 4096]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Shuttle Endeavour during the backflip maneuver while approaching the ISS during STS-118 [3032 x 2064]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the CSM [4074 x 4095]5yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
The Space-X Dragon CRS-2 being guided into ISS dock by the station’s Canadarm [4256 × 2832]6yr ⋅ RyanSmith ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
Three Apollo astronauts in survival training clothed with parachute fabric. (1967) [4176 × 4176]7yr ⋅ piponwa ⋅ r/spaceflightporn
