Just prior to dawn, the space shuttle Columbia heads for a landing on Runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) to successfully complete a 17-day mission.

The first flight of the commercially developed SPACEHAB laboratory module begins with the flawless liftoff of the Space Shuttle Endeavour from Launch Pad 39B at 9:07:22 a.m. EDT, June 21, 1993.

Astronauts Carl J. Meade and Mark C. Lee (red strip on suit) test the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system some 130 nautical miles above Earth.

Taken on September 16, 1994

Astronaut Michael R. (Rich) Clifford, mission specialist, works at a restraint bar on the Docking Module (DM) of Russia's Mir Space Station during a March 27, 1996, Extravehicular Activity (EVA).

A view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis departing the Mir Russian Space Station. This image was taken during the STS-71 mission by cosmonauts aboard their Soyuz TM transport vehicle. 07/04/95

Space Shuttle Atlantis takes flight on its STS-27 mission on December 2, 1988, 9:30 a.m. EST, utilizing 375,000 pounds thrust produced by its three main engines.

The moon is framed between the Space Shuttle orbiter's OMS pod and the Earth limb over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from the aft windows onboard Discovery on mission STS-95.
11/06/1998

Aerial view of the launch of STS 51-A shuttle Discovery. Taken on November 8, 1984

View of the approach of the STS-79 orbiter Atlantis during its docking with the Mir space station.
Taken on September 20, 1996

Space shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) touches down at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, completing its 13-day mission to the ISS and the final flight of the Space Shuttle Program. 07/21/2011

On July 26, 2005, Space Shuttle Discovery’s STS-114 mission launched on the first Return to Flight mission since the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia on February 1, 2003.

The Mars Climate Orbiter was launched on December 11, 1998 on a Delta II Lite launcher from LC-17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.

The unpiloted ISS Progress 36 resupply vehicle departs from the International Space Station's Zvezda Service Module's aft port on May 10, 2010.

Against a black sky, the Space Shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member STS-123 crew head toward Earth-orbit and a scheduled link-up with the International Space Station (ISS).
Taken on March 11, 2008

Aurora from the ISS.
Scott Kelly
June 27, 2015

The Space Shuttle Columbia lifted off from Kennedy Space Center at 12:12 p.m. (EDT) on June 25, 1992. Five NASA astronauts and two scientists/payload specialists were aboard, beginning a 13-day trip.

The Mars Climate Orbiter was launched on December 11, 1998 on a Delta II Lite launcher from LC-17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL.

Skylab 4 launch

sunrise view at the KSC showing in the near distance the Skylab 4/Saturn 1B Space Vehicle on Pad "B", Launch Complex (LC)-39, on the morning of the launch. The liftoff was at 9:01:23 a.m.

Intelsat IV-F5 Launch

An Atlas-Centaur space vehicle lifted off at 5:53 p.m. EDT, June 13, 1972, from Complex 36B carrying an Intelsat Communications Satellite, (Intelsat IV-F5) into Earth orbit. Visible in the foreground is the lighthouse located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.