Timelapse footage of the northern hemisphere constellations rotating above Mount Damavand. This is the highest peak in Iran at around 5,600 metres tall.

Space Shuttle Flying Over Earth

US plans to launch man-made satellite to outer space

NASA EARTH BEAUTIES / EARTH VIEWS FROM SPACE

NASA - EARTH FROM SPACE

The planet Earth viewed from outer space.

Aerospace Force Communication Electronics. An animation shows satellite in space monitoring launch of several missiles from earth. Location: United States USA. Date: July 21, 1961.

Satellite (00/07/1966): shot of Isis Satellite spinning on its way in "deep space", starry background. Shot of satellite in space, Earth in lower background far away. Shot through space, looking up as satellite flashes by overhead.

VIEW OF EARTH

STS 51-A and 51-D Earth Views - views of Earth from space

Earth from space.

Unissued / Unused material. <br/> <br/>Various shots of earth revolving, taken from rocket 700 miles up.

Edge-on CU of Saturn's rings showing thousands of luminous particles crossing frame at high speed. Shot of luminous rings of Saturn curving across frame over background of stars. LS of earth showing the Americas, PAN left across star field. Static shot of star field, TILT UP to what might be the moon, no details shown except shadowy western hemisphere. Slow DOLLY MS to MCS of sun. Very slow TRAVELLING HAS of surface of Mercury, corona of sun visible in lower left-hand corner. Shot of upper reaches of earth's atmosphere showing definite boundary between stratosphere and deep space, PAN to LS of moon. Shot of northern hemisphere of moon showing Appenine Mountains and Sea of Showers (Mare Imbrium) seen against background of stars. Full frame vertical HAS of lunar crater. Various shots of three of Jupiter's moons, half obscured by billowing fumes.

Rocket launches from White Sands Missile Range in Las Cruces, NM and photographs Earth's surface from 76 miles up

Computer simulation of satellites circling the earth.

NASA footage of Space Basics, Newton in Space, Earth Science

Special effects and vintage science fiction animation depict the launch of a space ship and its trip around the moon and return. From German film Weltraum Schiff I Startet Eine Technische Fantasie. A space ship is launched from earth. Telescope is seen in observatory. Space ship into outer space, reaches moon. Space ship in orbit and on moon surface. Space ship returns from moon. Newspapers being printed and removed from a printing press in Germany, and headlines telling of the spaceship and its success. Group of men seen talking. Space ship returns to earth. Location: Germany. Date: 1937.

SHOTS OF THE EARTH FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY.

Space Shuttle Hovers Over Planet Earth

Unused / unissued material - Colour material.<br/><br/>Satellite pictures of earth from space. Various shots of the planet surface from space. Shots of earth from the surface of the moon. Not clear if these are stills or moving footage. Some spacing between shots. Earthrise on the moon.