NASA Marshall Space Flight Center photos from the 1980s
134 photos, in date order; 1–60 on this page. NASA photographs are not copyrighted in the United States. About the collection
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being positioned for release from the Space…
1980-01-01 · NASA artwork
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope after being released into orbit, with the high gain…
1980-01-01 · NASA artwork
This artist's concept depicts the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being raised to a vertical position in the…
1980-01-01 · NASA artwork
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National…
1980-05-08
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National…
1980-05-08
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National…
1980-05-08
This illustration shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) major configuration elements
1980-01-01 · NASA artwork
This illustration depicts the design features of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Support Systems Module…
1980-10-01 · NASA artwork
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National…
1980-06-02
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National…
1980-05-06
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a cooperative program of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National…
1980-05-06
Like the Crab Nebula, the Vela Supernova Remnant has a radio pulsar at its center
1980-01-01
One of the key tests in the effort to return the Space Shuttle to flight following the Challenger accident…
1980-01-01
This illustration is a diagram of the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Wide Field Planetary Camera (WF/PC)…
1981-01-01 · NASA artwork
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror being polished at the the…
1981-01-01
This photograph shows engineers inspecting the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Primary Mirror at the…
1981-01-01
This drawing illustrates Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Faint Object Camera (FOC). The FOC reflects light…
1981-01-01
This drawing illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) High Speed Photometer (HSP). The HSP measures…
1981-01-01
This drawing illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS). The HST's two…
1981-01-01
This drawing illustrates the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's), Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph (GHRS).…
1981-01-01
The new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981
1981-04-12
A Space Shuttle Main Engine undergoes test-firing at the National Space Technology Laboratories (now the…
1981-01-01
The Space Shuttle main propulsion system includes three major elements
1981-01-01
Prior to installation, technicians inspect the primary mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The first…
1982-01-01
This view, taken by a motion picture tracking camera for the STS-3 mission, shows both left and right solid…
1982-04-01
The towing ship, Liberty, towed a recovered solid rocket booster (SRB) for the STS-3 mission to Port…
1982-04-01
he left solid rocket booster (SRB) for the STS-5 mission is shown in this photograph at the moment of…
1982-11-01
The right solid rocket booster (SRB) for the STS-5 mission, with one chute opened, falls after its separation…
1982-11-01
The towing ship, Liberty, towed a recovered solid rocket booster (SRB) for the STS-5 mission to Port…
1982-11-01
This is a photo of the recovery ship, UTC Liberty, towing the left booster of the STS-5 flight vehicle into…
1982-11-01
This is a photograph of a 1/15 scale model of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The HST is the product of a…
1983-01-01
One of the main components of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is the Solar Array Drive Electronics (SADE)…
1983-08-10
This photograph was taken during the final assembly phase of the Space Shuttle light weight external tanks…
1983-07-01
The crew assigned to the STS-41B (STS-11) mission included (seated left to right) Vance D. Brand, commander…
1983-11-08
The eighth flight of the United States Space Transportation System (STS) is represented by eight stars of the…
1983-06-17
The crew assigned to the STS-41CB (STS-13) mission included (left to right) Robert L. Crippen, commander…
1984-02-01
The Space Shuttle Challenger, making its fourth space flight, highlights the 41B insignia
1984-01-01 · NASA artwork
The official mission insignia for the 41-D Space Shuttle flight features the Discovery - NASA's third orbital…
1984-04-24
Space Shuttle mission STS-41C onboard view of the revived Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS). As part of…
1984-04-06
The Space Shuttle Discovery en route to Earth orbit for NASA's 51-A mission is reminiscent of a soaring Eagle
1984-10-01
This is an onboard photo of the deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) from the cargo bay…
1984-04-07
Astronauts are clowning around in space in this STS-51A onboard photo
1984-11-08
Astronauts are clowning around in space in this STS-51A onboard photo
1984-11-08
The Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was designed by the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to test…
1984-04-01
The crew assigned to the STS-41D mission included (seated left to right) Richard M. (Mike) Mullane, mission…
1984-04-14
This is a photograph of the free-flying Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS), or Solar Max, as seen by the…
1984-04-01
Launched April 6, 1984, one of the goals of the STS-41C mission was to repair the damaged free-flying Solar…
1984-04-01
The patch features a helmet visor of an astronaut performing an extravehicular activity
1984-03-15
The 41-G mission insignia focuses on its seven crew members (first to exceed six), the U.S. Flag and the…
1984-07-01
An engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) observes a model of the Space Shuttle Orbiter being…
1984-01-01
While instruments on the pallets in the payload bay observed the universe, biological experiments were…
1985-07-01
This image illustrates the overall Hubble Space Telescope (HST) configuration
1985-04-01
This photograph shows the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) being assembled in the clean room of the Lockheed…
1985-01-01
This is a view of a solar cell blanket deployed on a water table during the Solar Array deployment test
1985-01-01
In this photograph, engineers and technicians prepare the Hubble Space Telescope's (HST's) Wide Field and…
1985-01-01
Prior to its launch in April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) went through years of development and…
1985-10-10
Prior to its launch in April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) went through years of development and…
1985-10-10
In this photograph the SYNCOM IV-3, also known as LEASAT 3, satellite moves away from the Space Shuttle…
1985-04-01
The TELESAT-1, also known as ANIK C-1, satellite is being released from the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle…
1985-04-01
This image of the free-flying SATCOM KU-2 satellite, still attached to a Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D), was…
1985-11-01