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Apollo 11 Launch
Recapture some moments in NASA history by viewing these photographs of iconic spacecraft and aircraft taking flight.
These photos are taken from NASA's new Commons page on Flickr. For more information, read "NASA brings historic photos to Flickr Commons."
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Apollo 10 Liftoff
Albert Siepert points out highlights of Apollo 10 Liftoff to Belgium King and Queen.
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Liftoff of Space Shuttle Endeavour
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Workers at Cape Kennedy watched a Saturn 1B lift off
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Titan IVB/Centaur
Liftoff of a Titan IVB/Centaur carrying the Cassini orbiter and its attached Huygens probe.
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Bumper V-2 Launch
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DC-8 during takeoff in Kiruna, Sweden
This was the second flight of the SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment (SOLVE).
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Russian Tu-144LL SST Flying Laboratory
Takeoff at Zhukovsky Air Development Center.
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X-34 mated to modified L-1011
During takeoff on first captive carry flight.
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Hermes A-1 Test Rockets
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First JATO assisted Flight
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Soyuz TMA-8
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Spirit Launch
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Launches
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Magnetic Launch Assist Demonstration Test
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Magnetic Launch Assist System Demonstration Test
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First Saturn (SA-1) Launch
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Return to Flight
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Guppy
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The Atlas V Clears the Tower
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Lighting Up the Night
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Lunar Prospector
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Mars Climate Orbiter
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Delta II rocket with the Mars Polar Lander
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C-8A Buffalo Augmentor Wing Jet STOL Research Aircraft
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X-43A and its booster rocket tucked under B-52B wing
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X-15 #2 just after launch
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SR-71 Takeoff with Afterburner Showing Shock Diamonds in Exhaust
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Perseus A High Altitude Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Being Towed in Flight.
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Theseus Take-off from Rogers Dry Lake
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X-36 Carried Aloft by Helicopter
Taken during Radio and Telemetry Tests.
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Eclipse program F-106 aircraft
Takeoff from airport in Mojave, California.
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X-38 Ship #2 in Free Flight
After Release from B-52 Mothership.
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Solar-powered Gossamer Penguin in flight
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Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) in flight
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Helios Prototype flying wing
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NASA's modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
With the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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Ling-Temco-Vought XC-142A
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Paresev 1-B in Tow Flight
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Ham Launch
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Carpenter Launch
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Launch of Mercury-Atlas
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Apollo 11 liftoff
Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff.
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Liftoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission
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Orbiter Atlantis (STS-110) Launch
With New Block II Engines.
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Space Shuttle Discovery
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The First Redstone Rocket Firing
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F-100A Super Sabre Airplane
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The second X-43A hypersonic research aircraft
And its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerate.
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Shuttle Endeavour Mated to 747 SCA Takeoff
For Delivery to Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
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Eclipse project QF-106 and C-141A takeoff
On first tethered flight December 20, 1997.
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One of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Flying over the Dryden Flight Research Center.
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XV-15 tilt rotor takeoff
The first NASA Dryden flight.
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Little Joe (LJ6) Launch
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HL-10 on Lakebed with B-52 flyby
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STS-31 Launch
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Launch of Friendship 7
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Vertol VZ-2 (Model 76)
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Expedition 13
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Launch of Apollo 4
Activity in the Mission Control Room during launch of Apollo 4.
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Early moments of the Apollo 11 launch
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STS-121 Shuttle Mission
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STS-112 Shuttle Mission
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Delta II rocket - ICESat and CHIPSat
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WB-57f takeoff
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STS-131 Discovery Launch
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Kepler Launches
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Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis
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Soaring Spaceward
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Moonfest
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Delta Liftoff
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Monitoring the Launch
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Apollo 11 Pre-Launch Activities
Apollo Director Phillips Monitors Apollo 11 Pre-Launch Activities.
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Apollo 11 Launched Via Saturn V Rocket
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Apollo 11 Launched
Apollo 11 Launched Via the Saturn V Rocket-High Angle View.
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STS-96 Launch
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HL-10 in flight after launch
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D-558-2 launch from B-29 mothership
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Dryden Aerospike Rocket Test
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X-15 contrail after launch
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Pegasus Engine Ignites
After Drop from B-52 Mothership.
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SR-71B - Mach 3 Trainer in Flight at Sunset
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X-33 air drop model
Takeoff with mothership.
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XB-70A #1 liftoff with TB-58A chase aircraft
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X-24A in Powered Flight
After Drop from B-52 Mothership.
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STS-1 Launch
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Apollo 11 Lift Off
Thousands of News Reporters Watch Apollo 11 Lift Off.
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Gemini 8 Launched by Titan Booster
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Ikhana
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Scout Project
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Viking 1 Launch
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Nixon and Paine at Apollo 12 Launch
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Apollo 16 television transmission
Apollo 16 television transmission of lunar module ascent stage liftoff.
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Apollo 11 Launch Spectators
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The Launch of Mercury-Redstone
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Apollo 11 Launch Spectators
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Apollo Project
Liftoff of Lunar Orbiter III.
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Apollo 11 Launch
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Gemini-Titan 11 Launch
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Apollo 11 Launch Spectators
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After Apollo 11 Liftoff
Apollo 11 Mission Official Relax After Apollo 11 Liftoff.
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View of the liftoff of Little Joe II
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Inside the Launch Control Center
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Scout Project
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Apollo 11 Launch
Recapture some moments in NASA history by viewing these photographs of iconic spacecraft and aircraft taking flight.These photos are taken from NASA's new Commons page on Flickr. For more information, read "NASA brings historic photos to Flickr Commons."
All photos, titles, and captions are courtesy of NASA.
By Sonja Thompson
Sonja Thompson started at TechRepublic in October 1999. She is a former Senior Editor at TechRepublic.