Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

by Lynne C. Murphy

Solid rocket motors being jettisoned during launch of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-1.

View from right-hand seat of Gemini 8 spacecraft when docked with Agena target vehicle.

Artist’s conception of Viking Mars lander as it heads for touch down.

Agena target vehicle seen from Gemini 11 after tether drop.

View of Skylab Orbital Workshop photographed by Skylab 2 crew.