The DCX Single-Stage-to-Orbit (SSTO) demonstration vehicle at White Sand Missile Range following a test flight.

This page features my portfolio of images of spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle. There are also links to other pages for additional photographs of launches, landings, and other operations. Click the photos with blue borders to see more.

STORY LINKS:

"E.T.: A New Generation"

"STS-121: Slow Crawl to the Pad"

"Facelift for the 21st Century"

"Columbia Prepares for the Future"

"Inside the Space Shuttle"

"Taurus Lofts KompSat, AcrimSat, and Cremains"

"STS-101: MIssion to Save ISS"

"First Launch of Atlas IIAS from Vandenberg AFB"

First Atlas IIAS on Space Launch Complex-3E at Vandenberg AFB, California just after tower rollback on the morning of December 16, 1999.

Launch of the Atlas IIAS/Centaur with the Terra spacecraft. Photo was taken at 10:57:46 PST on December 18, 1999. Click on photos to see the Spaceflight magazine article.

The Delta Clipper Experimental (DCX-A after landing at White Sands, New Mexico.

A Delta II on the pad at Vandenberg AFB after tower rollback.

Titan IV launch from Vandenberg AFB.

Two views of Delta launch vehicles at Vandenberg AFB. Each was taken soon after the tower was rolled back and the launch was just hours away.

A time exposure of Delta launch 202 in January 1991. The location was in Coco Beach, approximately 10 miles south of the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida.

The International Space Station (ISS), Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, and many other spacecraft are visible from the ground if they happen to pass overhead within approximately 30 to 60 minutes of local sunrise or sunset.

These time exposure photographs were taken from Lake Forest, California.

To view a spacecraft passing over your location, go to Heavens-Above.com for extremely accurate information. Simply enter your location and the site will provide you with a table of sightings, including exactly where and when to look, and the elevation and magnitude of the sighting.