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The first photograph taken from 100 miles up in space by an automatic camera installed on V2 launched from White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico,...

The first rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, Bumper V224 July 1950A set of three vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 c...

John SentovicNASA's very first concept for a space station by Convair's Krafft Ehricke1958Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 25 x ...

One of the first views of the Moon's far side, recorded by an automatic Yenisey-2 photo-television camera system mounted on the probeLuna 3, 4-22 ...

The dog Laika, the first living creature to orbit the Earth, photographed before the launch (left); accompanied by a second still photograph from ...

Miss BakerMercury Programme, 28 May 1959Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), USIS stamp and a caption af...

Early portrait of Wernher von Braun in his U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency office in Huntsville1958Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based ...

A comprehensive collection of thirty-six photographs documenting the series of experimental aircraft and rocket powered X-planes and their pilots....

Two views of Neil Armstrong as a test pilot, the former showing Armstrong in a cockpit of an X-15 rocket plane, and the latter showing Armstrong b...

Bill TaubPortrait of The Original Seven Mercury astronauts in flight suits, standing by a Convair 106-B aircraft at Langley Air Force Base20 Janu...

Portrait of the original Mercury Seven astronautsColour photograph 25.3 x 20.5 cm (8 x 10 in) modern reprint, SIGNED by Mercury-Atlas 8 pilot 'Wal...

Portrait of the first human to journey into outer space, Yuri GagarinVostok 1, 12 April 1961Vintage gelatin silver press print on fibre-based pape...

A view of the Mercury astronauts sharing breakfast with their doctor, Dr. William K. Douglas, on the morning of Alan Shepard's historic first Amer...

The lift off of the Mercury Redstone 3 rocket - the first American rocket with a human, Alan Shepard, onboard 5 May 1961Vintage chromogenic print ...

Four views from the second U.S. suborbital mission depicting the walk out, insertion of the pilot, Gus Grissom, into his 'Liberty Bell' capsule, t...

Five portraits of John Glenn in his spacesuit before the launchMercury Atlas 6, 20 Feb 1962 Five vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based pape...

The lift off of the Mercury Atlas 6 carrying Friendship 7 spacecraft with John Glenn onboardMercury-Atlas 6, 20 February 1962Vintage chromogenic ...

A portrait of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, glancing out of porthole as he re-entered the atmosphere, taken by an automatic s...

Two views, the first one depicting John Glenn before the first US orbital flight, and the second one showing the launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 rocket ...

Michael RougierPresident Kennedy honours John Glenn after his historic first American orbital flight; accompanied by a further view of a meeting b...

First American TV pictures from space: Gordon Cooper in weightlessness inside the spacecraft (a) and second one, showing cloud cover over Florida ...

A group of six prints, comprising four contact sheets depicting selected photography for three first manned Mercury missions, 62 photographs inclu...

John F. Kennedy delivers the famous 'We Choose to Go to the Moon' speech at the Rice University12 Sept 1962Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-b...

President John F. Kennedy with a scale model of the Apollo command module at the Rich Building of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas12 S...

An early official civilian suit portrait of Neil Armstrong in front of an American flag9 October 1964Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.3 cm (10...

Lift off of the Saturn I rocket from the Merritt Island Launch Area during the first orbital flight of the Apollo Command Module28 May 1964Vintage...

The world's first spacewalk, Alexei Leonov weightless in outer spaceVoskhod 2, 19 Mar 1965Vintage gelatin silver press print on fibre-based paper,...

Alexander Mokletsov, Igor Snegirev and Yuri AbramochkinThirteen portraits of cosmonauts in their military uniforms as well as some informal views ...

Gemini-era space capsule seat prototype1960sVintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 22 x 28 cm (8½ x 11 in), with McDonnell Aircraft Co...

James McDivittFirst frame from a photographic sequence documenting the first American spacewalk: Ed White floats in zero gravity over HawaiiGemini...

James McDivitt and TV camera mounted on the spacecraft Black and white version of the celebrated first photograph of White taken by McDivitt durin...

Lift off of the Titan 5 rocket with Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad onboardGemini 5, 21 August 1965Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based paper...

A pair of photographs, one showing the Gemini 7 lift off from Kennedy Space Centre with Frank Borman and James Lovell onboard, and the other showi...

Thomas StaffordA view of the historic first rendezvous of two manned spacecraft in space by Gemini 6A and Gemini 7, showing the two spacecraft nos...

Gene Cernan and Thomas Stafford prepare for the lift off; four views of the astronauts walking to the launch pad and inserted into their capsule a...

Two views showing US Navy frogmen assisting John Young and Michael Collins from the floating capsuleGemini 10, 21 July 1966Two vintage chromogenic...

Official portrait of the two crew members, Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon, with a model of the Gemini capsuleGemini 11, 18-21 Jul 1966Large for...

Two portraits of Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon during launch and recovery Gemini 11, 12- 15 December 1966Two vintage gelatin silver prints on ...

Charles Conrad or Richard GordonThree views of Agena target docking vehicle in orbitGemini 11, 12-15 September 1966Three vintage chromogenic print...

Charles ConradRichard Gordon ties a tether to the Agena vehicle during EVAGemini 11, 13 September 1966Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based pap...

James LovellBuzz Aldrin, photographed in the open hatch, carries a micrometeoroid package to the spacecraft during an EVAGemini 12, 11-15 Nov 1966...

The first space selfie, Buzz Aldrin during EVAGemini 12 11-15 Nov 1966Vintage gelatin silver print on fibre-based paper, 20. 3 x 24.3 cm (8 x 9½ i...

James LovellBuzz Aldrin performs a spacewalk, orbit 28Gemini 12, 11-15 Nov 1966Colour photograph on Fuji Crystal paper, 25.5 x 25.5 cm (10 x 10 in...

In-flight portrait of the crew members, James Lovell and Buzz AldrinGemini 12, 11-15 NovemberLarge format colour photograph, 51 x 41 cm (20 x 16 i...

James Lovell and Buzz AldrinA view of partial solar eclipse with further five views of Earth, including Mexico (1), Gulf Coast, USA (3) and United...

Two views of Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell onboard USS Wasp following the recovery after splashdown; the event that ended the Gemini programmeGemin...

Views of Mission Control during the successful flights of Gemini 9, 10, 11 and 121966Four vintage chromogenic prints on fibre-based Kodak paper, e...

Four views of Earth from space including a spectacular view of the curvature of Earth (Gemini 5), Acklins, Crooked and Bahama Islands (Gemini 4),...

Four views of technicians working on the Ranger (3 and 8) and Mariner 2 robotic probes 1962-1965Four vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based ...

An oblique view of the lunar surface and the lunar horizon transmitted by the first robotic probe to soft land on the Moon, Soviet Luna 9Luna 9, 2...

Four views of the lunar surface returned to Earth by the first successful robotic landerLuna 9, 6 February 1966Four vintage gelatin silver prints,...

Spherical lunar mosaic composed of narrow angle photographs taken by the spacecraft showing the spacecraft's footpad on lunar soilSurveyor 1, June...

A pair of extraordinary images taken by Surveyor's 3 television camera, the first photographs to document from the surface of the Moon a solar ecl...

Four views of the lunar surface and the probe's samplers after its soft landingSurveyor 3, April 1967Four vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-b...

Three stunning views of Moon's far sideLunar Orbiter 2, 3 & 5, 1966-1967 Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fibre-based paper, 20.5 x 25.3 cm ...

Five views by Lunar Orbiter 3, medium-resolution frame III-88-M, a pair of high-resolution frames III-162-H1 and III-162-H2 as well as another pai...

Lunar surface: Vallis Alpes and Crater Protagoras, high resolution frame LO IV-115-H3Lunar Orbiter 4, 1967Large format vintage gelatin silver prin...

Four views of the lunar surface by Lunar Orbiter 3, including frames III-71-M (Rima Hyginus), III-85-M (Murchison and Pallas craters), III-161-M (...

Four medium resolution views of the lunar surface by Lunar Orbiter 5, including frames V-41-M (Crater Vitello), V-54-M (Altai Scarp), V-102-M (obl...