This week's picture is from a series of unique pictures from the Flight International spaceflight archive, which goes back to the very beginning of the space age.

Are you able to tell us the event pictured below? What is the mission? Tell us your thoughts and send us your own amusing caption by emailing Kelley Malcher, flight's Webmaster.  Answers and winning caption will be published next week. Please supply a physical location in your message.

 

  
  Space flight picture of the week

spaceflight picture of the week: 6 October 2006

  
  LAST WEEK'S IMAGE

Spaceflight picture of the week: 29 September 2006

 

Thanks to all of the readers who suggested an explanation.

Last week's image shows the Pegasus satellite being mated to the Saturn SA-9 vehicle at Complex 37, Pad B, Cape Kennedy in 1965.

Source: Flight International