To aid in safely growing the airline industry, the Civil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) was created in 1938. This later became the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), an agency under the U.S. Department of Transportation. Our interest in space and space travel ultimately led to the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958, formerly known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which had been founded in 1915 to promote research in aeronautics. The following links provide government image resources for the areas of astronomy and aeronautics.

• Federal Aviation Administration Photo Album 
  Covers the history of the FAA through images and text.
• Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth 
  This service is provided by the International Space Station program and the JCS Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate. You can search by keyword or browse their collections.
• NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on The Commons External
  Comprised of hundreds of thousands of images and thousands of hours of video and audio content. You can keyword search or browse their albums.
• NASA Image and Video Library 
  Contains images, videos, and audio and can be browsed by newest uploads, most popular, or searched by keyword.
• NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive Photo Gallery 
  Comprised of galleries of all eight planets, plus Pluto, the Moon, comets, and more.