Images Dated 18th September 2018 (page 5)

SCIENCE ASTRONOMY
Heliometer Date: 18th Century

LIPPERSHEY TELESCOPE
Dutch astronomer Hans Lippershey demonstrates his optical device which anticipates the telescope Date: 1609

TELESCOPE (HOGARTH)
an early but elegant model Date: 1726

TELESCOPE, PARIS
The Great Equatorial of the Paris Observatoire Date: 1883

Astrolabe - Quadrant
Astrolabe and quadrant Date: 18th century

ASTRONOMY ASTROLABE
Astrolabe

Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign p?
Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign press at a press conference in Washington in summer 1959. From left: Maj Deke Slayton, Cdr Alan Shepard, Cdr Walter Schirra, Maj Virgil Grissom

John F. Kennedy during a visit to Manned Spacecraft Center
President John F. Kennedy during a visit to the Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston, Texas, during the early stages of its creation

An artist?s impression of a lunar probe designed by eng?
An artist?s impression of a lunar probe designed by engineer-members of the British Interplanetary Society to make an unmanned survey of the Moon. c.July 1958. Date: 1958

An infographic dated 26 May 1961 of NASA?s proposed Nov?
An infographic dated 26 May 1961 of NASA?s proposed Nova space launch vehicle which clustered the boosters of the Saturn C-3

Harold Barnwell, Vickers test pilot, standing by the first SPAD two-gun fighter built by Blriot for the French Government

Lon Delagrange (1872-1910) in his Voisin-Delagrange II in early 1908. Date: 1908

Lon Delagrange (1872-1910) in his Voisin-Delagrange III (Mod)

Lon Delagrange leaves his Voisin-Delagrange III (Mod)
Lon Delagrange (1872-1910) leaves his Voisin-Delagrange III (Mod) after a flight of 29mins 53secs on 7 September 1908(?). Date: 1908

Flt Lt W. Murray, left, and John S. Sproule after their?
Flt Lt W. Murray, left, and John S. Sproule after their world record duration flight (for two-seat gliders) at Dunstable, Beds, of 22hrs 13mins in 1938. Date: 1938

F. P. Raynam?s glider at the 1922 Itford meeting
F.P. Raynam?s glider at the 1922 Itford meeting. Date: 1922

The first Royal Aeronautical Society Mitchell Memorial ?
The first Royal Aeronautical Society Mitchell Memorial Lecture was given by Joe Smith, CBE, FRAeS, at the University of Southampton on 21 January 1954. From left: Dr Gordon Mitchell, AM Sir John N

The arrival of the aircraft of the American World Fligh?
The arrival of the aircraft of the American World Flight at Croydon, England, in 1924. Alongside Douglas World Cruiser Boston are from left: Lt Lowell Herbert Smith, Lt Leslie P

Dr R. M. Campbell, CMG, Deputy High Commisioner for New ?
Dr R.M. Campbell, CMG, Deputy High Commisioner for New Zealand, left, congratulates Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, CBE, HonFRAeS, 1887-1975

Wiley Post makes a final examination of his pressure suit in 1934. Date: 1934

From left: Frederick Ronald Midgley (1907-1985), Chief ?
From left: Frederick Ronald Midgley (1907-1985), Chief Test Pilot, Sqn Ldr Eric George Franklin OBE, DFC, AFC, Test Pilot and Barratt, Test Observer, in the Armstrong Whitworth AW52G, RG324

1945 Farnborough Air Show. The Chinese Military Air Mission. Date: 1945

Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, CBE, HonFRAeS, 1887-1975, wa?
Sir Bennett Melvill Jones, CBE, HonFRAeS, 1887-1975, was presented with the Musick Memorial Trophy awarded for the most practical contribution to the safety of aircraft with special regard to

Major Baden-Powell and James Gordon Bennett Jr
Major Baden-Powell, left, and James Gordon Bennett Jr (1841-1918), centre

HRH Infante Don Alfonso of Spain at the works of the Gl?
HRH Infante Don Alfonso of Spain at the works of the Gloucestershire Aircraft Co, Cheltenham. From right: Capt Gordon W. Charley, H.P. Folland, HRH The Infante and his son Prince Albert

Aviatrix, Miss E. W. E. (Winifred) Spooner, 1900-1933
Aviatrix, Miss E.W.E. (Winifred) Spooner, 1900-1933, in 1931. Date: 1931

Richard Shuttleworth in the restored Blriot with Mr A. ?
Richard Shuttleworth in the restored Blriot with Mr A.E. Grimmer, its original owner, at London Aeroplane Club?s Garden Party, Hatfield, 12 September 1936. Date: 1936

Frederick William Page in his office at English Electric

Boeing Airplane Company engineers Gary Graham, left, an?
Boeing Airplane Company engineers Gary Graham, left, and Peter Downey examined segments of a model of a manned orbital research station which Boeing made public for the first time on 3 September

A Lunar landing Training Vehicle

The first American in space, Commander Alan B. Shepard ?
The first American in space, Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr, is greeted by his daughter, Juliana, 9, on his return home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on 9 May 1961

President John F. Kennedy presents the National Aeronau?
President John F. Kennedy presents the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Service Medal to Commander Alan Shepard Jr, left

President John F. Kennedy has a National Aeronautics an?
President John F. Kennedy has a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Service Medal returned to him which he dropped while presenting the award to Commander Alan Shepard Jr, left

President John F. Kennedy stoops to retrieve the Nation?
President John F. Kennedy stoops to retrieve the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Service Medal which he dropped while presenting the award to Commander Alan Shepard Jr, left

Alan Shepard Jr walks to Redstone launcher - Cape Canaveral
Alan Shepard Jr walks towards the Redstone launcher at Cape Canaveral prior to his successful 302mile suborbital lob on 5 May 1961. Date: 1961

Alan Shepard Jr lies on his back in a tilting chair dur?
Alan Shepard Jr lies on his back in a tilting chair during final pre-launch checks at hangars Area, on 5 May 1961, shortly before his successful 302mile suborbital lob. Date: 1961

Z. A. Arapova, left, a senior laboratory assistant in a ?
Z.A. Arapova, left, a senior laboratory assistant in a Russian astronautical laboratory, fastens registration contacts on cosmonaut A

Gnome stand at the Salon Aeronautique - Grand Palais, Paris
The Gnome stand at the Salon Aeronautique at the Grand Palais, Paris, in September 1909. Date: 1909

No 5 Teleprinter Course, No 1 Electrical & Wireless School, RAF Cranwell(?), August 1940. Date: 1940

Zodiac two-seat biplane of 1911. Date: 1911

Balloon Venus at The Hendre, the Rolls family home near?
Balloon Venus at The Hendre, the Rolls family home near Monmouth. Venus was made by the Short Bros for a syndicate composed of Rolls, Warwick, Wright and Moore-Brabazon

Squadron Leader Augustus Henry Orlebar
Sqn Ldr Augustus Henry Orlebar, 1897-1943, Officer Commanding, RAF High Speed Flight

Alex Henshaw, 1912-2007

Students of the Empire Test Pilots? School interested in the machining of propeller components during a visit to Rotol Ltd, Gloucester

Chief of the Air Staff designate Royal Air Force, Air C?
Chief of the Air Staff designate Royal Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson and Chief of the Air Staff Royal Australian Air Force, Air Marshal Sir Donald Hardman

Air Marshal J. D. I. Hardman, OB, OBE, DFC, Chief of Air ?
Air Marshal J.D.I. Hardman, OB, OBE, DFC, Chief of Air Staff, Royal Australian Air Force, called on General Weyland, Commanding General Far East Air Force

Part of the Royal Enclosure at the 1927 Hendon Air Disp?
Part of the Royal Enclosure at the 1927 Hendon Air Display. Queen Mary, second left; King George V, fourth left; ACM Sir Hugh Trenchard, fifth left and Sir Samual Hoare, Secretary of State for Air

Thor-Agena rocket is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
A Thor-Agena rocket is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 5 February 1960 carrying Discoverer IX. Date: 1960

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