PIX4594993: Decollage Apollo 4 - 11/1967 - Apollo 4 launch - Decollage of the Saturn V/Apollo 4 rocket on 9/11/1967. Apollo 4 was launched from Pad A Launch Complex 39 on Nov 9 1967. The successful objectives of the Apollo 4 Earth - orbital unmanned space mission obtained included flight information on launch vehicle and spacecraft structural integrity and compatibility, flight loads, stage separation, subsystem operation, emergency detection subsystem operation, and evaluation of the Apollo Command Module heat shield under conditions encountered on return from a moon mission / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595013: Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket - Apollo 5: Saturn 1B rocket - The Saturn 1B rocket on its fire pitch awaits its its launch scheduled for January 22, 1968 for the Apollo 5 test mission. AS-204, the fourth Saturn IB launch vehicle, awaits its its January 22, 1968 liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida for the unmanned Apollo 5 mission. Primary mission objectives included the verification of the Apollo Lunar Model's (LM) ascent and descent propulsion systems and an evaluation of the S - IVB stage instrument unit performance. In all, nine Saturn IB flights were made, ending with the Apollo - Soyuz Test Project in July 1975 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4595106: Le PeuPalais, avenue Winston Churchill, Paris 8th arrondissement. The building, built for the 1900 Universal Exhibition, architect Charles Girault (1851-1932), today houses the Musee des Beaux Arts of the City of Paris, which includes many works from antiquite to the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595119: Crew Apollo 9 - Apollo 9 crew - Crew Apollo 9, from left to right: James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott and Russell L. Schweickart. 18/12/1968. These three astronauts are the prime crew of the Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space mission. Left to right, are James A. McDivitt, commander; David R. Scott, command module pilot; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. 18 Dec 1968 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4595167: Place Francois 1er, Paris 8th arrondissement, is part of the subdivision of the district Francois 1er, a real estate company founded in 1822, architect Auguste Constantin. In the centre of the square, a fountain by Gabriel Davioud (1824-1881) was installed on the square in 1909. On the right, the hotel de Vilgruy built by Henri Labrouste (181-1875) in 1865. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595265: Apollo 9: the LEM seen from the command module - Apollo 9: LM seen from the Command Module - The LEM, “” Spider””, seen from the command module. 07/03/1969 The Lunar Module (LM) “” Spider”” ascent stage is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth - orbital mission. While astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the CSM “” Gumdrop,””” astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot, checked out the “” Spider.”” The Lm's descent stage had already been jettisoned. Tue 7 1969 / Bridgeman Images