Birthday letter to Chuck Berry - Public domain document scan
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan wish Chuck Berry a happy 60th birthday. They note that his music "will live forever" because his performance of "Johnny B. Goode" are included on the Voyager interstellar records attac... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, D...
Significance: Building 120 appears to have been used as a materials test lab and compatibility testing facility. The structure was believed to be built about 1960, as part of the Apollo missions. There is som... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
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Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Leuhma...
Significance: Since its inception, the AFRL has been devoted to the advancement of rocket technology in support of U.S. military weapons and space flight superiority. Unlike any other facility associated with ... More
NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...
Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Mechanical Testing Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood B...
Significance: Building 127 supported the Downey site as a mechanical testing laboratory. Survey number: HAER CA-310-N Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1960... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Maintenance Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...
Significance: Building 10 appears to have been primarily used as a maintenance facility in all but its original function. The core structure was built in 1929 as part of the EMSCO aircraft manufacturing plant.... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Material Conservation & Storage Facility, 12214...
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Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 206, NASA Glenn Resea...
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NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...
Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...
Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...
Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...
Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More
Space Transportation System, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA...
Significance: The Orbiter Discovery, OV-103, is considered eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the context of the U.S. Space Shuttle Program (1969-2011) under Criterion A ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland,...
Significance: NASA began construction of the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) in 1955 on land that was formerly part of the Cleveland Municipal Airport. In 1940, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland,...
Significance: NASA began construction of the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) in 1955 on land that was formerly part of the Cleveland Municipal Airport. In 1940, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland,...
Significance: NASA began construction of the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) in 1955 on land that was formerly part of the Cleveland Municipal Airport. In 1940, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland,...
Significance: NASA began construction of the Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) in 1955 on land that was formerly part of the Cleveland Municipal Airport. In 1940, the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...
Significance: The Northwest Corner of Building 1 is of unknown significance. However, Building 1, as a whole, is the administrative and historical "heart" of the NASA Industrial Plant at Downey. Beneath Build... More
Nevada Test Site, Reactor Maintenance & Disassembly Complex, Junior Ho...
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Nevada Test Site, Reactor Maintenance & Disassembly Complex, Junior Ho...
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Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Rocket (Missile) Test Stand, Do...
Significance: The Redstone Interim Test Stand, in use from 1953 to 1961, was developed by Dr. Wernher von Braun and associates to test the Redstone rocket propulsion system. Constructed for $25,000 out of mate... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Missile Research Laboratory, 12214 Lakewood Bou...
Significance: Building 41 was used for missile research and construction and is a contributing factor to the historic value of the NASA site. Survey number: HAER CA-310-G Building/structure dates: 1942 Initia... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewoo...
Significance: Building 11 consists of 7 different buildings that were constructed throughout 1929 - 1942 all brought together to form one building by 1942. All of the various buildings making up Building 11 had... More
Space Transportation System, Solid Rocket Boosters, Lyndon B. Johnson ...
Survey number: HAER TX-116-K Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Solid Rocket Boosters, Lyndon B. Johnson ...
Survey number: HAER TX-116-K Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Solid Rocket Boosters, Lyndon B. Johnson ...
Survey number: HAER TX-116-K Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
MacDill Air Force Base, Bounded by City of Tampa North, Tampa Bay Sout...
See HABS FL-384-A through FL-384-AY for additional information. Significance: The period of significance of MacDill Air Force Base is 1939 to 1945. The Base, along with seven other installations, was planned t... More
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
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Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
NASA Industrial Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles C...
Significance: The site was one of the country's earliest airplane manufacturing plants and has been instrumental in the development of flight technology including military, supersonic, and high altitude flight ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles C...
Significance: The site was one of the country's earliest airplane manufacturing plants and has been instrumental in the development of flight technology including military, supersonic, and high altitude flight ... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
Wake Island Airfield, Terminal Building, West Side of Wake Avenue, Wak...
See also HALS UM-1 for additional documentation. Significance: The Wake Island airfield played an important and central role in transpacific commercial airline and developments after World War II (WWII). The Ci... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Manufacturing & Assembly Plant, 12214 Lakewood ...
Significance: Building 1 has a long history of construction. Originally built in 1929, it was continuously remodeled, added on to, and modified up until 1996. Building 1 is the largest building on the Downey si... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
Mobile Launcher One, Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Brevard County,...
Structure associated with Apollo 4, Apollo 8, Apollo 11, Skylab & Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Significance: The mobile launcher is a representative example of the engineering and technology used in the U.S. mann... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Systems Integration & Checkout Facility, 12214 ...
Significance: Building 290 was constructed in 1965 and was significantly used until 1999 when the Downey plant was closed. It was very significant during the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs as a Systems Integ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Systems Integration & Checkout Facility, 12214 ...
Significance: Building 290 was constructed in 1965 and was significantly used until 1999 when the Downey plant was closed. It was very significant during the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs as a Systems Integ... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...
Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...
Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...
Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More
NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...
Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More
Pacific Furnace, 6633 Canoga Avenue, Canoga Park, Los Angeles County, ...
Significance: The Pacific Brazing Furnace is located at the south end of the Rocketdyne facility in Canoga Park, California. This facility played a key role in the development of the technology for using hydrog... More
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Endeavour (OV-105), Lyndon B. Joh...
Survey number: HAER TX-116-C Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 100, NASA Glenn Resea...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edwards Air Force Base, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Leuhma...
Significance: Since its inception, the AFRL has been devoted to the advancement of rocket technology in support of U.S. military weapons and space flight superiority. Unlike any other facility associated with ... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...
Significance: Building 123 was constructed during World War II and at one time was used as a Pyrotechnic Test Lab to test and store missiles and bombs in World War II. Survey number: HAER CA-310-K Building/st... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Maintenance Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...
Significance: Building 10 appears to have been primarily used as a maintenance facility in all but its original function. The core structure was built in 1929 as part of the EMSCO aircraft manufacturing plant.... More
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Test Stand D, Steam Genera...
Survey number: HAER CA-163-H Public domain photograph related to NASA Space Program, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NASA Industrial Plant, Material Conservation & Storage Facility, 12214...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
NASA Industrial Plant, Reservoir & Pump House, 12214 Lakewood Boulevar...
Significance: Building 36 was constructed in 1942. It was used as a reservoir and pump house from its construction in 1942, during the WWII reconstruction of the plant for aircraft production by Convair, until ... More
Capital City Airport, North side of Grand River Avenue, Lansing, Ingha...
Significance: The Capital City Regional Airport complex is significant for its diverse representation of the development of the airport industry. Aviation activity is represented from 1925, with the first offi... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, Observation Blockhouse, NASA Glenn Res...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-E Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 2003 Demolished
Letter to Alan Lomax Regarding the Voyager Golden Record
Carl Sagan thanks Alan Lomax for agreeing to contribute his expertise in ethnomusicology to the help make final musical selections for the Voyager Golden Record. Voyager Golden Records are phonograph records wh... More
NASA Industrial Plant, Testing Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Dow...
Significance: Building 288 was constructed for the design, manufacturing and testing of Apollo fuel cells and other components of both the Apollo and shuttle programs. Building 288 houses a number of assembly ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More
Rocket Engine Testing Facility, GRC Building No. 202, NASA Glenn Resea...
Survey number: HAER OH-124-A Building/structure dates: 1955-1957 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1984 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ... More