From NASA archives

Check out these 5 unseen pictures of missions from NASA's archive 

Published By Arshdeep Kaur | 08 Sep, 2024

CubeSats

Tiny satellites, also known as CubeSats, are pictured after being deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital deployer on the outside of the ISS' Kibo laboratory module.
Photo: NASA/Tracy Dyson

A SAFER Way

Backdropped against the blue and white Earth 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee tests the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system on 16 September 1994.
Photo: NASA

Revisiting OSIRIS-REx

A training model of the sample return capsule is seen during a drop test on 20 August 2023, at the Department of Defense's Utah Test and Training Range, in preparation for the retrieval of the sample return capsule from NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
Photo: NASA/Keegan Barber

Apollo 9 Astronaut’s Spacewalk

Excellent view of the docked Apollo 9 command, with Earth in the background, during astronaut David R Scott's stand-up spacewalk, on the fourth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. 
Photo: NASA/Russell L Schweickart

First Artemis Moon crew training 

NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise in January 2024. 
Photo: NASA/Josh Valcarcel