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Airflow through the (Concorde) power plant
Demonstration of airflow throughout Concorde power plant in different stages of flight. As the Concorde's engine could only use air flowing at about 300 miles per hour at the fastest, the power plant includes adjustable ramps to slow down airflow from Concorde's top speed of ~1300 mph to a usable range. Also include reverse thrust demonstrations. -
Alan Turing in 1951
Alan Turing in 1951, at the time of his election to the Royal Society. -
Alan Turing's office
Alan Turing's office at Hut 8, Bletchley Park. Depicts his desk, various wall decorations, and a filing cabinet. -
Alternate Entrance to The British Museum
This is a side entrance to the British Museum. The bust of Sir Hans Sloane and the Palmerstone Gold Cups are located here. This museum houses much of Sir Sloane's collections. -
An Incident at the London County Banquet
This is a page from a scrapbook with three pieces of a newspaper or magazine depicting the London County Banquet and an incident that occured with Frank Shorland. -
Annotated Page of Otia Imperialia
Annotated pages of a 14th century Italian manuscript of the Otia Imperialia by Gervase of Tilbury. Past owners of the manuscript have crossed out sections and included their own notes in the margins in Latin. -
Announcement in the Birmingham Post-Herald about Meal Deliveries
Clipping of a scan of the Birmingham Post-Herald from 1996 announcing that the AIDs Task Force of Alabama, the Birmingham AIDS Outreach and the Community Kitchens would work together to provide meals for HIV positive individuals who needed help with meal preparation. -
Apollo Craft
The Apollo craft maneuvers closer to the Soyuz craft to prepare for docking. -
Apollo CSM Launch
Photo of the Apollo CSM launch from Kennedy Space Center, U.S. -
Apollo Soyuz Test Project information card.
An information card discussing the ASTP in short but precise detail. -
Apollo’s Second Generation PLSS
Sectional Diagram of the Apollo Personal Life Support System. This was the system responsible for maintaining safe atmospheric systems inside of the Apollo Space Suit -
Application for the use of the word "Royal"
First application to the London Home Office to use the word "Royal" in their name -
Art of The Agape House
Line art of the building that would become the Agape House in Birmingham, Alabama. This art was on fundraising materials for the residence house. -
ASTP crew members pose in front of an Apollo-Soyuz mockup during a tour of Kennedy Space Flight Center.
"American and Soviet crewmen for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project visited KSC today as part of a familiarization tour for the Soviet cosmonauts. During their tour, they inspected a full-scale mockup of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft in a docked configuration in the transfer aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building. From left are Astronauts Vance Brand and Thomas P. Stafford, Cosmonauts Aleksey Leonov and Valeriy Kubesov, and Astronaut Donald K. Slayton. Launch of history's first international manned space station is scheduled for July 15, 1975." -
Astronaut Edwin Aldrin walks on lunar surface near leg of Lunar Module
Edwin Aldrin walks on the surface of the moon during an Extra Vehicular Activity on Apollo 11. Photograph taken by Neil Armstrong -
Bark Charles W. Morgan under sail
A photograph taken in 1920 of the Charles W. Morgan under sail -
Behind Paymaster's Office at Lowe Mill
Lowe Mill was converted many times throughout its lifespan into different factories and storage facilities. This aerial view shows the changes made across the years. -
Birthday Party at A Baby's Place
A digitization of a 1990 issue of the Birmingham Post-Herald, with pictures from the specialized foster home A Baby's Place. This photo shows the monthly birthday party the home holds for the children in the place to celebrate them surviving another month with HIV/AIDS. -
BIS Lunar Space Suit Replica
Physical Replica of the British Interplanetary Society Lunar Space Suit. -
Black Arrow R4 Vehicle Second Stage
A photograph of the Black Arrow R4 vehicle's second stage, as photographed in the London Science Museum. It shows clearly the vehicle's Gamma-304 Type 2 Engine, along with the bright red payload faring.