25 most important in the history of NASA images

• 25 most important in the history of NASA images

National Directorate of aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is working for the good of humanity already 57 years old. During this short time (even by human standards), the agency has made many advances in the knowledge of the universe. Were carried out flights into space, several landings on the Moon, Mars exploration and the study of other objects in the solar system. Almost six decades millions of images available to the public were made. The most famous and important pictures of the version most NASA presented below.

July 18, 1966. Slow start shooting the American manned spacecraft "Gemini-10". On board was a crew of two astronauts - Commander John Young and pilot Michael Collins. For 2 days 22 hours 46 minutes the ship makes a series of experiments, including docking with a target "Agena-X", closer to "Agen-8", as well as refinement poslestykovochnyh maneuvers. (NASA on The Commons)

July 20, 1969. Next Buzz Aldrin on the moon. Astronaut took a picture of his boot prints on the lunar soil during a walk around the Earth's satellite. Aldrin served as one of the crew members of the mission "Apollo 11" - the first in the history of mankind manned moon landing. (NASA on The Commons)

The American flag on the background of the launch of the mission "Apollo 11," which made the first in the history of mankind manned landing on the surface of another celestial body. (NASA on The Commons)

View of the US manned spacecraft "Gemini 7" with the window of the American manned spacecraft "Gemini-6A". When the distance between objects filming was 7 meters. The picture shows the "Gemini 7" is located at an altitude of 257 km above the Earth's surface. (NASA on The Commons)

A view of the space shuttle "Discovery" with manned research orbital complex "Mir". (NASA on The Commons)

December 7, 1972. "Blue Marble" - the most famous image of the Earth. The photo was taken from the spacecraft "Apollo-17". It is noteworthy that at the time of filming, this side of the globe was fully illuminated by the sun. (NASA on The Commons)

"Pillars of Creation" - an active area of star formation in the Eagle Nebula. The picture was taken the telescope "Hubble". (NASA on The Commons)

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II commits EVA using the apparatus for moving and maneuvering. UPMK system makes it possible to move the astronaut in zero gravity outside the spacecraft. (NASA on The Commons)

December 24, 1968. Sunrise Earth. The picture was taken during a flyby of the moon spacecraft "Apollo-8". (NASA on The Commons)

Astronaut John Glenn enters the capsule aboard the "Friendship 7". He became the first American to orbit spaceflight. (NASA on The Commons)

The space telescope "Hubble" in the background of the Earth. (NASA on The Commons)

Buzz Aldrin and the US flag on the Moon. (NASA on The Commons)

The historic launch of the mission "Apollo 11". (NASA on The Commons)

Ancient Storm in the Jovian atmosphere. (NASA on The Commons)

April 13, 1970. A general view of the operation in the Mission Control Center during a fourth teleconference "Apollo-13". After the end of communication in the service of the ship module oxygen tank explosion occurred and have failed two of the three existing fuel cell stacks. The accident resulted in the mission of landing on the moon is canceled; all efforts were aimed at saving astronauts. (NASA on The Commons)

During docking the space shuttle "Atlantis" with the manned research orbital complex "Mir". The picture was taken cosmonauts Nikolai Budarin and Anatoly Solovyev with "Soyuz TM-21". (NASA on The Commons)

September 9, 1994. Start of the shuttle "Discovery". (NASA on The Commons)

The physicist and astronomer Bill Pickering, astrophysicist James Van Allen and designer of rocket and space technology Wernher von Braun exhibit a full-scale model "Explorer 1" - the first American satellite. (NASA on The Commons)

The image of the Martian surface, made "Viking 2". (NASA on The Commons)

Neil Armstrong on the background of the experimental rocket plane North American X-15. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was a test pilot, made seven flights in the rocket planes. In this capacity, he has not reached the level of fifty miles, according to the US Air Force space abroad. (NASA on The Commons)

The first meeting of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1915), which later was replaced by NASA. (NASA on The Commons)

Star Cluster "quintuplet". The most a distinct image of the largest star cluster in the Milky Way. The picture was taken space telescope "Hubble" in 1997.

April 9, 1959. The first group of astronauts to the US: Alan Shepard, Virgil Grissom, Gordon Cooper, Walter Schirra, Donald Slayton, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter. (NASA on The Commons)