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Rockets is a 3D virtual gallery on MyGallery3D, a walkable online exhibition of 18 works. Step inside and explore it in your browser: no app, no headset.

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Rockets

A 3D virtual gallery of launches. The few seconds when several thousand tonnes of engineering stops being a building and becomes a vehicle.

Every image in this online exhibition was made by NASA and is in the public domain. Each label carries the mission or observatory that captured it, the date, and a link to read more.

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  1. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.

    The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  2. Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch

    A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT) Saturday, May 25, 2024, on the first of two launches which Rocket Lab named “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. The PREFIRE mission, expected to last at least 10 months, consists of sending two CubeSats to asynchronous, near-polar orbits, to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica.

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-25 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  3. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A.

    The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  4. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.

    The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  5. Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch

    A Rocket Lab Electron rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT) Saturday, May 25, 2024, on the first of two launches which Rocket Lab named “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission. The PREFIRE mission, expected to last at least 10 months, consists of sending two CubeSats to asynchronous, near-polar orbits, to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica.

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-25 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  6. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.

    The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  7. Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, loaded with the first of two identical 6U CubeSats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Liftoff of the first CubeSat launch, which Rocket Lab named “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” occurred at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT).

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-25 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  8. Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, loaded with the first of two identical 6U CubeSats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Liftoff of the first CubeSat launch, which Rocket Lab named “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” occurred at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT).

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-25 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  9. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.

    The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  10. Rockets Launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, from Rockets

    Rockets Launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility

    NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported the successful launch of three Terrier-Oriole suborbital rockets for the Department of Defense between 2:30 and 2:31 a.m. today, Feb. 24, from NASA’s launch range on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The next launch from the Wallops Flight Facility is a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket between 6 and 9 a.m. on March 27. The rocket will be carrying the Rocksat-X payload carrying university student developed experiments.

    NASA · GSFC · 2017-12-08

  11. Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, loaded with the first of two identical 6U CubeSats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Liftoff of the first CubeSat launch, which Rocket Lab named “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” occurred at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT).

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-25 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  12. Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Ready for Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Ready for Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, loaded with the second of two identical 6U CubeSats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Liftoff of the second CubeSat launch, which Rocket Lab named “PREFIRE and Ice” was targeted for Saturday, June 1, 2024, but was scrubbed for the day.

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-30 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  13. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.

    The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  14. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013.

    The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A. The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  15. NASA Launches Rocket Into Active Auroras, from Rockets

    NASA Launches Rocket Into Active Auroras

    A test rocket is launched the night of Feb. 17 from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Test rockets are launched as part of the countdown to test out the radar tracking systems.

    NASA is launching five sounding rockets from the Poker Range into active auroras to explore the Earth's magnetic environment and its impact on Earth's upper atmosphere and ionosphere. The launch window for the four remaining rockets runs through March 3.

    NASA · GSFC · 2017-12-08 · Sounding rocket on Wikipedia

  16. Antares Rocket Test Launch, from Rockets

    Antares Rocket Test Launch

    The Orbital Sciences Corporation Antares rocket is seen as it launches from Pad-0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Sunday, April 21, 2013. The test launch marked the first flight of Antares and the first rocket launch from Pad-0A.

    The Antares rocket delivered the equivalent mass of a spacecraft, a so-called mass simulated payload, into Earth's orbit.

    NASA · HQ · 2013-04-21 · Antares (rocket) on Wikipedia

  17. Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE-1 Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad Saturday, May 25, 2024, at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, loaded with the first of two identical 6U CubeSats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Liftoff of the first CubeSat launch, which Rocket Lab named “Ready, Aim, PREFIRE,” occurred at 7:41 p.m. NZST (3:41 a.m. EDT).

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-25 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia

  18. Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Ready for Launch, from Rockets

    Rocket Lab PREFIRE and Ice Ready for Launch

    Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is vertical on the pad at Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, loaded with the second of two identical 6U CubeSats for NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to help close a gap in our understanding of how much of Earth’s heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica. Liftoff of the second CubeSat launch, which Rocket Lab named “PREFIRE and Ice” was targeted for Saturday, June 1, 2024, but was scrubbed for the day.

    NASA · KSC · 2024-05-30 · Rocket Lab Electron on Wikipedia