[Project Mercury] Birth of NASA: the First Original Seven Mercury astronauts presented to the world...

[Project Mercury] Birth of NASA: NASA’s founding, US President Eisenhower visiting Cape Canaveral...

[Mercury Redstone 1] The first human-rated spacecraft to achieve a successful spaceflight: Mercury...

[Project Mercury] “The Right Stuff”: the first three astronauts selected for space travel. Ralph...

[Mercury Redstone 3] The first American in space: Alan Shepard inside Freedom 7 before launch; “Why...

[Mercury Redstone 3] The first American in space: historic liftoff of Freedom 7 carrying Alan...

[Mercury Redstone 3] The first American in space: Alan Shepard’s triumphant return to Earth; “Man...

[Mercury Redstone 4] The second American in space: Gus Grissom and his ill-fated Liberty Bell 7...

[Mercury Atlas 4] Path to orbit: first photograph from space from a human-rated orbital spacecraft...

[Mercury Atlas 5] Path to orbit: launch of the Atlas rocket carrying the chimpanzee Enos on a...

[Mercury Atlas 6] The first American in orbit and first space photographer: John Glenn pointing to...

[Mercury Atlas 6] First human-taken photograph from space: Earth horizon and black sky of space from...

[Mercury Atlas 7] The second American in orbit: Scott Carpenter preparing for launch. NASA, 22...

[Mercury Atlas 8 and 9] The pioneers of Hasselblad space photography and last solo astronauts of the...

[Mercury Atlas 9] The first one-day and last solo mission of the US space program: historic launch...

[Mercury Atlas 9] The first Hasselblad photographs from space; China and Himalayas. Gordon Cooper...

[Project Apollo] The first spacesuit designed for the Apollo Moon landing. NASA, October 1963...

[Project Apollo] The decision makers of Project Apollo: President Kennedy, NASA’s head James Webb...

[Saturn I SA-5] The launch that changed everything: the first heavy lift capability space vehicle...

[Project Gemini] The first Gemini astronauts, selected for the first American two-man space flight...

[Ranger VII] NASA’s first lunar assault: the lunar surface seen by the first spacecraft to take...

[Project Gemini] The first two-man American spacecraft: sectionised model showing the three major...

[Gemini III] The Earth seen by the first Gemini astronauts, from the first American two-manned...

[Gemini IV] The first photograph of a human being in outer space: Ed White spacewalking over Hawaii...

[Gemini IV] The first American spacewalk; Ed White spacewalking over the Earth over New Mexico...

[Gemini IV] The first human-taken photograph from outer space: nose and window of Gemini IV seen by...

[Gemini IV] The Earth from orbit: Cradle of Civilisation; Egypt’s Nile River Delta. James McDivitt...

[Gemini IV] Cover of LIFE: The first US spacewalk; Ed White spacewalking over the Earth over Texas...

[Gemini IV] The first US spacewalk: extraordinary close-up of Ed White with the reflection of the...

[Gemini IV] The first US spacewalk: Ed White reluctantly returning to the spacecraft; “saddest...