Centaur A NASA Workhorse Size:14" x 14" 1902 - July 7

1902 - July 7

Lebanon between 1867 and 1899 on albumen paper

photographed by Carol M

Printed by the Neely Printing Company

STS-135 will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts for the space station

Centaur A NASA Workhorse Size:14" x 14" 1902 - July 7Workers at the Propulsion Systems Laboratory at Lewis Research Center, now John H. Glenn Research Center, develop the Centaur upper stage rocket. The Centaur was an ambitious rocket using liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. It was the first rocket to ever use hydrogen as a propulsion fuel and underwent a difficult development period. It later became a highly successful upper stage used for hundreds of NASA, commercial and military payloads. On Nov. 27,