Exploration Collection

Sir Ranulph Fiennes and Charles Burton at the North Pole on Easter Sunday, 11th April 1982. Transglobe Expedition : Starting in 1979 from Greenwich in the United Kingdom

Lt. Col Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut at London Heathrow Airport, Thursday 19th October 1967. Valery Bykovsky set a space endurance record when he spent five days in orbit aboard Vostok 5 in

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth (12th April 1961), visits Britain, Tuesday 11th July 1961

Leading Russian Scientists outside COSPAR meeting, Committee on Space Research, London, on day it was announced that the Soviet Union has successfully sent a man to Space, Yuri Gagarin

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 at the Science Museum, London, October 1965. New press conference to announce that astronaut Colonel John Glenn will open a London exhibition next week of the Mercury

Frances "Poppy"Northcutt, mathematician aged 25 who works at the Mission
Frances " Poppy" Northcutt, mathematician aged 25 who works at the Mission Control Centre in Houston, Texas, pictured in London

Betting Odds on first man to land on the moon, UK, Friday 4th February 1966. On the day that Russian spacecraft Luna 9 sends back the first picture ever taken on the moon, bookmakers William Hill

The Coe Metcalf drill survey ship Pholas seen here docked in Hull. 9th March 1984

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-1958 Members of the expedition team sit on top of a sledge laden with wood as a tractor pulls them throught the snow Explorers meet at South Pole

Sir Ranulph Fiennes Explorer and his team mates Dr Mike Stroud Morag Howell and Laurence Howell going to the North Pole

Sir Ernest Shackleton On his expedition ship The Quest. September 1921

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-1958 One of the motor vehicles used to cross the snowy antarctic landscape Explorers meet at South Pole

Explorer Sebastian Simon at a press conference. September 1952 C4444-001

British troops training in Kermanshah, Persia. (Picture) Demonstration of how to parry a bayonet charge with bare hands. 14th December 1942

British offensive in the western desert. (Picture) The first stages in the second British offensive in the western desert, which opened at dawn on November 18th 1941

Colonel Frank Borman, NASA Astronaut and Commander Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, reach the Moon, orbit it, and return (December 1968)

Madame Tussauds staff put the finishing touches to waxwork models of astronauts Neil Armstrong (front) and Buzz Aldrin ahead of display (starting 16th July)

Lt. Col Valery Bykovsky, Soviet cosmonaut enjoys a cup of tea with Lord Mayor Alderman Mrs Elizabeth Yarwood, during a tour of the city, Manchester, 24th October 1967

3. 5 ounces of Moon dust arrives in the UK, from the recent Apollo 11 mission to the moon
3.5 ounces of Moon dust arrives in the UK, from the recent Apollo 11 mission to the moon, Friday 19th September 1969. Some of the rarest substance on Earth will go to other scientists to study

Colonel Frank Borman, NASA Astronaut and Commander Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit, reach the Moon, orbit it, and return (December 1968)

Dr Richard Porter, Chief United States Delegate to COSPAR meeting, Committee on Space Research, London, on day it was announced that the Soviet Union has successfully sent a man to Space

21 NASA Astronauts have just spend a week in Iceland, making a study of the Geology of the Island, which is the nearest one can get to moonscape conditions on Earth, Sunday 9th July 1967

Dr Agrell carrying moon dust samples in his bag that were allocated to him for research, pictured on the tube. The samples

Testing at the Rocket Propulsion Establishment, Westcott, Buckinghamshire, Thursday 5th November 1964

Full scale model of the Britains UK-3 Satellite, Friday 5th August 1966. The UK-3, United Kingdom Research Satellite 3, was renamed Ariel 3 before its launch in California (05/05/1967)

European Launcher Development Organisation, testing site at Hawker Siddeley Dynamics, Hatfield, Wednesday 26th August 1964. Our picture shows

Interior view of Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962

Heat shield of Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was piloted by astronaut John Glenn (20/02/1962)

Members of the public patiently wait to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962

British Personnel at NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted, Houston, Texas, USA, Monday 2nd November 1964. Our picture shows

Ronnie Bedford, Science editor for the Daily Mirror, pictured standing on a life size model of the Apollo Lunar Module, which is to be moved to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at Cape

3. 5 ounces of Moon dust arrives in the UK, from the recent Apollo 11 mission to the moon
3.5 ounces of Moon dust arrives in the UK, from the recent Apollo 11 mission to the moon, Friday 19th September 1969. Chaperoned by Dr Stuart Agrell

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet Cosmonaut, the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth (12th April 1961), visits Britain, Tuesday 11th July 1961

Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, pictured on arrival at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962. The space capsule was piloted by astronaut John Glenn (20/02/1962)

People queuing to take a look at Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7, which arrived at the Science Museum, London, Monday 14th May 1962

The Mercury capsule "Friendship 7"in which astronaut John Glenn became
The Mercury capsule " Friendship 7" in which astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth on February 20th 1962, 15th May 1962

Soviet Bulldozers in the Antarctic Continent, 1961

Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956. Pack ice and growler ice at the edge of the Antarctic Continent

Trans-Antarctic Expedtion 1956. The 1955?58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica

Trans-Antarctic Expedtion 1956. Explorers meet at South Pole. Members of the team attempting the first surface crossing of the Antarctic met up at the South Pole

The British Trans-Arctic Expedition led by Wally Herbert, pictured on their return to Portsmouth in HMS Endurance. The expedition members are (left to right) Freddie Church, Allan Gill

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (the first man in space) killed in a plane crash aged 34 (born in 1934) seen here in Manchester 1961

Visitors at NASA Space Station in Florida, U. S. A a few hours before Apollo 12 blasted off
Visitors at NASA Space Station in Florida, U.S.A a few hours before Apollo 12 blasted off on a mission to the moon. Children near the launch pad from where the shuttle will blast off. November 1969

NASA Apollo XI Astronauts visit London October 1969 22 hour flying visit for american heros Neil Armstrong - Michael Collins

Captain Robert Falcon Scott aboard his ship the "Terra Nova"
Captain Robert Falcon Scott aboard his ship the " Terra Nova" before setting off on his epic and ill fated journey towards the South Pole

Mini Submarine Pisces July 1969. This submarine was to search Loch Ness for signs of the Loch Ness Monster

Mrs Evans widow of P. O. Edgar Evans with her children circa 1913
Mrs Evans widow of P.O. Edgar Evans with her children circa 1913

Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral Florida USA MSI

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