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A flotation device is secured to the railing of Freedom Star, one of NASA's solid rocket booster retrieval ships.

NASA's SOFIA airborne observatory lands at Edwards AFB.

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A pathfinder aircraft soars high through the air.

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Provident Hospital, one of the few hospitals for African Americans (1941).

The Agena Target Docking Vehicle at a distance of approximately 80 feet from the Gemini-11 spacecraft.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis hurtles toward space for a rendezvous with the International Space Station.

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The federal courthouse and post office in Texarkana (2014) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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The SpaceX Dragon craft is poised and ready to be released from the International Space Station on May 21st, 2015.

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X-15A-2 in flight. First flight with dummy ramjet attached, at 8 May 1967.

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A Navy frogman leaps from a recovery helicopter into the water to assist in the Gemini-12 recovery operations.

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Washington Monument in D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Jefferson Memorial at dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Soyuz MS-07 rocket is seen on the launch pad at sunrise on Dec. 17, 2017 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Controlled Impact Demonstration instrumented test dummies installed in plane.

Full views of Mir Space Station after undocking during flyaround.

NASA's Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

A refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Capitol Hill in spring. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Inside the Spectrum prototype unit, organisms in a Petri plate are exposed to blue excitation lighting.

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Dulles Airport. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The White House at dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The three main ring sail parachutes of the Skylab 3 command module as they unfurl during descent to a successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

The space shuttle Atlantis taken from approximately 170 feet away by astronaut Shannon W. Lucid.

NASA's Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket, Oct. 27, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.

Hurricane Matthew. This is a visible image of Major Hurricane Matthew taken from NASA's Terra satellite on Oct. 7 at 12 p.m.

Utah's Valley of the Gods. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Russian Mir Space Station is backdropped over a storm in the Roaring 40's near Heard Island in the south Indian Ocean.

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View just before sunrise over the Arctic Ocean during IceBridge's transit flight from Fairbanks to Thule.

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Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, pilot of the Gemini-9A spaceflight, is pictured outside of the spacecraft during his extravehicular activity (EVA).

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The Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 28 in a remote area outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 16, 2011.

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ICESCAPE scientists watched from the deck of the Healy as it cut a path through thick multiyear ice on July 6, 2011.

Tomato plants are growing inside a laboratory at the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Pheasants on the Prairie, Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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On the top deck of the USS San Diego, U.S. Navy personnel monitor a helicopter landing after an Orion underway recovery test.

Sunrise as viewed from the International Space Station Nov. 17, 2015.

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Payload bay activity during first EVA of STS-72 mission. Jan 15th, 1996.

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The launch of the Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft from Cape Canaveral on a suborbital mission, 5 May 1961.

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The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 50 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, April 10, 2017.

Space Shuttle Discovery encased in the Mate-Demate Device at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California.

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The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal the United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

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The Space Shuttle Discovery soars from Launch Pad 39A Aug. 7 on the 11-day STS-85 mission.

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The Washington Monument at night. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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United States Supreme Court Building. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Beam Wave Guide antennas at Goldstone, known as the Beam Waveguide Cluster.

The Soyuz TMA-11M rocket is seen as it is rolled out to the launch pad by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The space shuttle Discovery suspended from a sling held by two cranes.

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F-18 Systems Research Aircraft (SRA) in flight, October 3rd, 1997.

Tobacco Barns in Suffield, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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An oil refinery in Groves, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

An HH-60G helicopter flies overhead of a rescue boat during a training exercise, known as Mode VIII.

Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility - aircraft fleet on ramp.

This anaglyph view of 'Souffle,' to the left of 'Yogi,' was produced by NASA's Mars Pathfinder's Imager camera. July 3rd,1998.

NASA Researcher Andy Stofan views a small-scale tank built to study the sloshing characteristics of liquid hydrogen at NASA.

Field in Plains, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Silhouette of a barn near Bruce. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Female nude photography, Nude Viewed from the Back (ca. 1854) by Eugène Durieu.

Dulles airport. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Moon crossing in front of its view of the sun captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on Jan 30th, 2014.

Old Gasoline Pump in rural Virginia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The White House, Washington Monument, and Jefferson Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Penguin at the Mystic Aquarium, Inc. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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A bald eagle is perched in a tree near the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Following the postponement on Nov. 14, 2017, the countdown is again underway for the liftoff of the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 spacecraft.

Mercury-Atlas 6 "Friendship 7" spacecraft retrieved from the Atlantic Ocean. Mar 16th, 1962.

A-5A Vigilante arrived from the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, MD, on December 19, 1962.

CV-990 (NASA-712) Galileo II aircraft in flight over the San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.

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DC-8 NASA 717 in flight over San Francisco, Ca., 1991-05-29.

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The Tin Family, Enchanted Highway, Regent, North Dakota (2005) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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NASA astronaut Terry Virts captured this beautiful sunset on board the International Space Station on Nov. 25, 2014.

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View of the launch of the Little Joe-5B spacecraft from Wallops Island on April 28, 1961.

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Mount Shasta. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 50 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, April 10, 2017.

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The mockup Orion crew exploration vehicle floats in the water at the Trident Basin at Port Canaveral, Fla. Apr 8th, 2009.

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Launching of the Mercury-Redstone 3 from Cape Canaveral on astronaut Alan B. Shepard's suborbital mission, 5 May 1961.

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Tobacco Barns in Windsor, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Industrial area in Bayonne, New Jersey. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Mount Rushmore. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

Carroll House, a hotel in Fullerton, North Dakota (1980-2006) by Carol M. Highsmith. Original image from Library of Congress.

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Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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"Texas" sign on an old building in Stanton, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

The barren Nevada desert near Las Vegas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Column Detail, U.S. Treasury Building, Washington. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The boosters of the Soyuz rocket are seen as the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and boosters are assembled Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a heavy-duty crane is slowly making its way to Launch Pad 39B.

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The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 48 crew members near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 7, 2016.

View from the International Space Station shows the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft shortly before docking of the two orbiting vehicles. March 27th, 2014.

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Interior of the 20-foot diameter vacuum tank at the NASA Lewis Research Center’s Electric Propulsion Laboratory.

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Sunrise casts an orange glow over the wooded landscape surrounding NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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Utah's Zion National Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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Hallway of the Chicago Federal Center. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.

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The Virgin Atlantic Airways GlobalFlyer aircraft sails across the sky near NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility.

The boosters of the Soyuz rocket are seen as the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft and boosters are assembled Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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The mobile launcher platform with space shuttle Endeavour on top comes to rest on Launch Pad 39A.

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NASA's highly modified F-15A (Serial #71-0287).

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The Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew recorded a series of 35mm and 70mm fly around survey photos of Russia's Mir Space Station.

The X-band radar array is installed on the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty before launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

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