Apollo test capsule being unloaded from the USS Hornet at Long Beach Naval Station, Calif., 1966 Date: September 9, 1966 Resource Type: still image Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Soviet cosmonaut Georgi T. Beregovoi, astronaut Eugene A. Cernan and others inspecting Apollo 11 capsule at North American Rockwell in Downey, Calif., 1969 Date: October 27, 1969 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Brown, Frank Q. Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
Space Shuttle Challenger being towed along street in Lancaster, Calif., 1982 Date: July 2, 1982 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Fry, George R. Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
Space shuttle Discovery landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., 1984 Date: September 6, 1984 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Schneider, Iris Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
Prototype space shuttle Enterprise on launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., 1985 Date: February 20, 1985 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Fry, George R. Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
Unveiling of the Space Shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, Calif., 1976 Date: September 18, 1976 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Cox, Bruce H. Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
President Ronald Reagan on podium next to the space shuttle Enterprise as crowd cheers at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., 1982 Date: July 5, 1982 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Chamberlin, Bob Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Space Shuttle Enterprise in its hangar in Palmdale, Calif., 1980 Date: October 16, 1980 Resource Type: still image Photographer: Kelsey, Thomas Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection