IGW // THE ARCHIVE

The IGW archive.

Photographs and clips from IGW's own coverage.

A Starship vehicle climbing away from its pad on a brilliant violet exhaust plume, condensation streaming back along its stainless flank and black-tiled nose and flaps, above huge clouds of orange- and grey-lit smoke.

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A launch arcs over the beach at night in a long exposure, the trail bending downrange.

A launch over the beach, long exposure

A close view of the base of a three-core Falcon Heavy at the moment of liftoff, the engine clusters of all three cores burning into a wall of flame and exhaust beside the launch structure.

All three cores lit as Falcon Heavy comes off the pad

A stacked Starship and Super Heavy climbing on a bright column of flame well above its launch tower, with a wide sheet of dust and pale smoke rolling out across flat coastal ground and water in the foreground.

Away and climbing, dust rolling out across the flats

A stacked Starship and Super Heavy in powered flight against a deep blue sky, seen head-on with the ship's forward and aft flaps in silhouette and a violet plume streaming from the ring of lit engines at the base.

Full stack in flight, engines lit against a clean blue sky

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A child in a NASA cap reads a space magazine in a camp chair at a launch viewing site.

A child reads a space magazine

A dimly lit auditorium interior with curved stepped seating rows and metal handrails in the foreground, a bright oval spotlight on a dark wall, and a large curved white object lit from within at the left of the stage area.

A dark auditorium, one spotlight, and a lit white shape on stage

A family poses in front of the crowd at a launch viewing site.

A family at the launch viewing site

A United States flag against heavy cloud, two smaller flags below it.

A flag over a launch viewing site

A launch arcs over the beach at night in a long exposure, the trail bending downrange.

A launch over the beach, long exposure

A rocket climbs on a bright plume past the black-and-white Cape Canaveral Lighthouse.

A launch past the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse

A rocket lifts off between two towers on a violet-tinged plume, exhaust boiling below it.

A liftoff between two towers

A close view of the base of a three-core Falcon Heavy at the moment of liftoff, the engine clusters of all three cores burning into a wall of flame and exhaust beside the launch structure.

All three cores lit as Falcon Heavy comes off the pad

A briefing-room stage set against a large mural of the lunar surface carrying the NASA insignia, flanked by a US flag and two other flags, with a lectern table in front and screens beside the stage showing a spacecraft and a thin crescent Moon. A few people sit in the tiered auditorium seats in the foreground.

A NASA briefing room, moon mural and flags on the stage

A NASA umbrella in the foreground of a crowded pier, cameras set up behind it.

A NASA umbrella on the crowded pier

A rocket lifts off at night, twin exhaust columns lighting the tower beside it.

A night liftoff

A faint luminous plume high in a dark sky.

A plume at altitude

A white rocket with a white payload fairing climbs between two tall lattice lightning towers, a violet exhaust plume beneath it and sunlit smoke banked low across the base of the frame.

A rocket climbs out between the pad's lightning towers

A tall stainless-steel rocket standing on its launch mount beside a steel tower fitted with catch arms, under a clear deep-blue sky. In the foreground a dark sign reads PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING.

A rocket on the mount beside the catch tower, seen past a no-trespassing sign

The lower section of a very large rocket, its skin covered in dark tiles, sits on a multi-axle wheeled transporter on a sandy road. A line of support trailers, vehicles and a few standing figures stretches away toward a low sun on the horizon.

A rocket stage on its transporter under a low sun

A rocket climbs past its launch tower on a violet plume.

Ascent past the tower

A Starship upper stage stands upright on a stand at dusk beside a tall steel lattice tower, a lattice-boom crane line running down to a fitting at its nose, with tanks and ground equipment along the horizon against orange and blue cloud.

A ship rigged to the crane at dusk, tower alongside

A spectator holds an Artemis medallion up toward the camera at a launch viewing site.

A spectator at a launch viewing site

A stainless Starship upper stage with its nose cone and forward and aft flaps hangs from crane cables at dusk above a stand, with a tall steel lattice tower, another stainless stage, storage tanks and ground equipment behind it against an orange and blue sky.

A Starship on the crane as the light goes

A stainless steel Starship upper stage, with its forward and aft flaps, stands on a support stand at twilight with a four-leg crane sling rigged to its nose. A lattice launch tower, another large stainless section, storage tanks and a crane boom stand against a streaked orange and blue sky.

A Starship on the crane rig as the sky turns over

A stainless-steel Starship upper stage, its nose cone and four flaps visible, stands on a lattice support stand with a crane's hook and lifting slings rigged to its nose. A tall lattice tower, storage tanks and ground equipment stand nearby under a low, colour-streaked sky.

A Starship upper stage rigged to a crane as the light goes low

A steel launch tower with a boxed platform and a lattice service arm rises at the lower left edge of the frame, beside the dark pointed tip of a rocket. The rest of the frame is open blue sky with thin high cloud.

A tower, a nose cone, and a whole lot of sky

A crowd lines a waterfront under trees and flags, waiting for a launch.

A waterfront crowd waits beneath the trees

A stone monument with a stainless sculpture by the water, palms behind it.

A waterfront monument among palms