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Saturn 5 Photo

Photos of Huntsville Saturn 5 now on the Rockets page!

Photos of the newly restored Saturn 5 on display at the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, part of the United States Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Posted June 12, 2008

Mercury MA-7 Photo

New Photos From Recent Trip to Chicago!

New photos have been added, including photosets of Apollo 8, Mercury MA-7, Gemini 12 and more.
Posted May 13, 2008

Michigan Space Science Center

Visit to the Michigan Space Science Center

Several new photosets added from a recent Michigan Space Science Center visit.
Checkout the Gallery pages for Redstone engine photos and V-2 engine photos. More will be uploaded in the next few weeks!
Posted February 28, 2008

Gemini 8 Photo

New Photos Added!

Several new photosets posted from a recent Neil Armstrong Air & Space Museum visit.
High resolution photos of the Gemini VIII space capsule are now available in the Spacecraft Gallery.

Also check out the Other Photos gallery for photos of Neil Armstrong's Gemini spacesuit and his Apollo backup spacesuit.
Posted January 21, 2008

Space and Rocket Center

Visit to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center

Earlier this month, I visited the U.S. Space and Rocket Center near Huntsville Alabama. Checkout the Gallery pages for tons of new photos. More will be uploaded in the next few weeks!
Posted October 14, 2007

Apollo 9 Interior Photo

Apollo 9 Interior Photos

High resolution photos of the Apollo 9 space capsule interior are now available in the Spacecraft Gallery. Stewart Bailey took these photos at the Michigan Space and Science Center during the late 1990s. The Apollo 9 is now on display at The San Diego Aerospace Museum
Posted May 21, 2007


Upcoming Missions to the International Space Station


September 10, 2008 Progress M-65 Russian Flag

October 8, 2008 STS-125 Atlantis American Flag (Hubble servicing mission.)

October 12, 2008 Soyuz TMA-13 Russian Flag

November 10, 2008 STS-126 Endeavour American Flag Discovery will deliver supplies in an MPLM.

November 26, 2008 Progress M-01M Russian Flag

December 4, 2008 STS-119 Discovery American Flag Discovery will deliver a truss segment and a set of solar arrays.

January 2009 STS-127 Endeavour American Flag Japanese Flag Cargo will include Japan's Experiment Module Exposed Facility .

February 2009 HTV-1 Japanese Flag Japanese Transfer Vehicle

March 25, 2009 Soyuz TMA-14 Russian Flag

May 2009 Soyuz TMA-15 Russian Flag

October 2009 Soyuz TMA-16 Russian Flag

November 2009 Soyuz TMA-17 Russian Flag


TBD STS-128 Discovery American Flag Discovery will deliver supplies in an MPLM.

TBD STS-129 Endeavour American Flag

TBD STS-130 Discovery American Flag

TBD STS-131 Endeavour American Flag

TBD STS-132 Discovery American Flag Discovery will be delivering Node 3 and the Cupola.

TBD STS-133 Endeavour American Flag

© Richard Kruse, 2006 - 2008 except where otherwise noted.

Upcoming Robotic Exploration Milestones


October, 2008
MESSENGER American Flag
performs its second flyby of Mercury.

November, 2008
Deep Impact American Flag
Deep Impact to visit comet Boethin.

November, 2008
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter American Flag
Scheduled launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

December, 2008
Solar Dynamics Observatory American Flag
Scheduled launch date.

February, 2009
Kepler American Flag
Scheduled launch date. The Kepler mission will search for Earth-sized planets.

September, 2009
MESSENGER American Flag
performs its third flyby of Mercury.

September 15, 2009
Mars Science Laboratory American Flag
Scheduled launch date.

June, 2010
Hayabusa(MUSES-C) Japanese Flag
returns to Earth with samples of asteroid Itokawa.

February 14, 2011
Stardust American Flag
performs flyby of comet, Tempel 1.

March 2011
MESSENGER American Flag
enters orbit around Mercury.

May 2014
Rosetta ESA Flag
arrives near comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

July 2015
New Horizons American Flag
flyby of Pluto-Charon.