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PIX4645337: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronauts John Grunsfeld (bottom) and Andrew Feustel (on the robotic arm of the shuttle) during their first extravehicular exit to maintain the Hubble space telescope (HST). 14 May 2009. Astronauts John Grunsfeld (bottom) and Andrew Feustel, perched alone on the end of the Space Shuttle Atlantis' remote manipulator system, perform the first of five STS - 125 spacewalks to perform work on the Hubble Space Telescope, temporarily locked down in the cargo bay of the Earth - orbiting shuttle. The two mission specialists are assigned to two of the remaining four sessions of extravehicular activity. 14 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645350: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronaut Michael Good performs various maintenance tasks on the Hubble space telescope (HST) during the second of five space sorties planned during the STS mission - 125. 15 May 2009. Astronaut Michael Good, mission specialist, is positioned on the end of the Canadian - built remote manipulator system arm to do a servicing task on the Hubble Space Telescope, locked down in Atlantis' cargo bay. The scene was photographed during the second of five scheduled space walks to be performed in a five - day period by teh STS - 125 crew members. 15 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645370: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronauts John Grunsfeld (bottom) and Andrew Feustel (on the robotic arm of the shuttle) during their second extravehicular exit to maintain the Hubble space telescope (HST). 16 May 2009. Astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS - 125 mission specialist, navigates near the Hubble Space Telescope on the end of the remote manipulator system arm, controlled from inside Atlantis' crew cabin. Astronaut John Grunsfeld signals to his crewmate from just a few feet away. Astronauts Feustel and Grunsfeld were continuing servicing work on the giant observatory, locked down in the cargo bay of the shuttle. 16 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646040: Herschel Satellite - Illustration - Herschel Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Infrared astronomy is as young as it is fruitful. In less than three decades infrared astronomers have unveiled tens of thousands of new galaxies, and have made discoveries as surprising as the huge amounts of water vapour that fill the galaxy. Yet scientists know there is still much more to discover. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope. Due for launch in 2009, Herschel is one the Cornerstone missions ESA's Horizons 2000 programme. Herschel is a key project space astronomy in the next millennium / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645434: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronauts John Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew Feustel during the first extravehicular exit to maintain the Hubble space telescope (HST). 14 May 2009. What appears to be a number of astronauts, because of the shiny mirror - like surface of the temporarily - captured Hubble Space Telescope, is actually only two - - astronauts John Grunsfeld (left) and Andrew Feustel. The mission specialists are performing the first of five STS - 125 spacewalks and the first of three for this duo. 14 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646391: SolarMax Satellite Repair Mission 04/1984 - Solar Maximum Mission repair 04/1984 - View of astronaut George D.Nelson approaching the Solar Max (Solar Maximum Mission or SMM) satellite on April 8, 1984. View of the damaged Solar Maximum Mission Satellite from the 41 - C space shuttle orbiter Challenger. The satellite's solar panels are fully extended. Astronaut George D. Nelson, using the manned maneuvering unit (MMU), approaches the satellite to attempt to “” lock - on”” to it / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645815: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - JWST in clean room: Curvature measurements of the JWST Space Telescope (James Webb Space Telescope) at Nasa's Goddard Space Center. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. The primary mirror of Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope consisting of 18 hexagonal mirrors looks like a giant puzzle piece standing in the massive clean room of Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Appropriately, combined with the rest of the observatory, the mirrors will help piece together puzzles scientists have been trying to solve throughout the cosmos. Webb's primary mirror will collect light for the observatory in the scientific quest to better understand our solar system and beyond. Using these mirrors and Webb's infrared vision scientists will peer back over 13.5 billion years to see the first stars and galaxies forming out of the darkness of the early universe. Unprecedented infrared sensitivity will help astronomers to compare the faintest, earliest galaxies to today's grand spirals and ellipticals, helping us to understand how galaxies assemble over billions of years. Webb will see behind cosmic dust clouds to see where stars and planetary systems are being born. It will also help reveal information about atmospheres of planets outside our solar system, and perhaps even find signs of the building blocks of life elsewhere in the universe. The Webb telescope was mounted upright after a “” center of curvature”” test conducted at Goddard. This initial center of curvature test ensures the integrity and accuracy, and test will be repeated later to verify those same properties after the structure undergoes launch environment testing. In the photo, two technicians stand before the giant primary mirror / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645914: Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. This artist's view shows the COROT satellite, consisting of a 30 - centimetre space telescope launched in late 2006. COROT uses its telescope to monitor closely the changes in a star's brightness that comes from a planet crossing in front of it. While it is looking at a star, COROT is also able to detect 'starquakes', acoustical waves generated deep inside a star that send ripples across a star's surface, altering its brightness. The exact nature of the ripples allows astronomers to calculate the star's precise mass, age and chemical composition / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645936: Space telescope TPF - Illustration - Space telescope TPF - Illustration - Space telescope project consists of several telescopes measuring 3 to 4m in diameter observing in infrared and operating in interferometry. The objective of this project is to detect planets outside our solar system, similar to Earth. This interferometer will also be supported by a telescope of 4 to 6 m in diameter equipped with a coronographer / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645407: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronauts John Grunsfeld (on the robotic arm of the shuttle) and Andrew Feustel (foreground) during the fifth and last extravehicular exit to maintain the Hubble space telescope (HST). 18 May 2009. Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS - 125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint on the end of Atlantis' remote manipulator system (RMS), and astronaut Andrew Feustel (foreground), mission specialist, participate in the mission's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. During the seven - hour and two - minute spacewalk, Grunsfeld and Feustel installed a battery group replacement, removed and replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor and three thermal blankets (NOBL) protecting Hubble's electronics. 18 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646153: Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 stage with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, launched on 14 May 2009, is studying in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel is in orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope. Launched on May 14 2009, Herschel is one the Cornerstone missions ESA's Horizons 2000 programme. Herschel is a key project space astronomy in the next millennium / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645502: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - The Hubble space telescope (HST) seen from space shuttle Atlantis after their separation on 19 May 2009. An STS - 125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation on May 19, after having been linked together for the better part of a week. During the week five spacewalks were performed to complete the final servicing. 19 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645542: Space Telescope XMM - Newton - Artist view - XMM - Newton space telescope. Artwork - The XMM - Newton space telescope is a European satellite that observes the Universe in X-ray and was launched and put into orbit in December 1999. XMM - Newton is an european X - Ray observatory launched in december 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645635: Chandra Space Telescope - Artist View - Chandra X - Ray Observatory - View of the Chandra Telescope in orbit around Earth. The Chandra space telescope observes the universe in X-ray; it was launched and put into orbit in July 1999. Nasa's Chandra X - ray Observatory as it may appear at about 50,000 miles from the Earth, almost twice as high as Earth - orbiting geosynchronous satellites. Named after the Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the Chandra X - ray Observatory is the world's most powerful X - ray telescope, and at a weight of over 5 tons (10 tons including the detachable booster rocket) was the heaviest payload ever delivered into orbit by the Space Shuttle. Chandra was carried into space by Columbia in July 1999. Originally designed for a 5 year mission dedicated to observing distant celestial objects in the X - ray spectrum, Chandra has been observing for over three times that long and is still going strong. In this image the Chandra X - ray Observatory reveals its objective “” lens”” which focuses high - energy X - ray photons by means of four layers of long nested metal mirrors oriented obliquely to the X - ray source. These mirrors constitute most of the length of Chandra's 45 - foot - long tapered tube shape with science instruments capping far end for analyzing the focused X - rays. In this image the concentric rings at the near end of the telescope are the opening through which the X - rays enter the mirror assembly. The Chandra X - ray Observatory is 45 feet long with a solar panel “” wingspan””” of 64 feet / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645746: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist View - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist view - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared - optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645931: Satellite COROT and double star - Illustration - Artist's view of COROT watching a binary star - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other region / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645986: Satellite Planck - Illustration - View of the European satellite Planck. This satellite should be launched in 2008. It will measure temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646098: Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope. Due for launch in 2009, Herschel is one the Cornerstone missions ESA's Horizons 2000 programme. Herschel is a key project space astronomy in the next millennium / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646326: Eureca satellite - Eureca satellite above Earth - The Eureca satellite seen above Earth after its deployment by the space shuttle Atlantis on 31 July 1992. The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA - 1L) spacecraft, with solar array panels extended, drifts above the earth after deployment from the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during STS - 46. Eureca's onboard propulsion unit will boost it to an operational altitude of 270 nautical miles / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646567: Columbia STS - 1 04/1981 - First Columbia launch - Solid Rocket Boosters - Separation of boosters from the Columbia Shuttle STS-1. April 1981. First Columbia launch - Solid Rocket Boosters STS - 1: the Shuttle's Solid Rocket Boosters break away from Columbia's External Tank and fall to Earth about two minutes after liftoff. The boosters were collected and used in later missions / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646573: Decolation of the shuttle Columbia STS-1 for its first flight into orbit. 12/04/1981. - Decolation of the shuttle Columbia STS-1 for its first flight into orbit. 12/04/1981 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646639: Shuttle Columbia before landing 16/11/1981 - Columbia on final approach - Nov 1981 - Shuttle Columbia STS - 2 before landing with Richard Truly and Joseph Engle. Edwards Air Force Base, California. 16/11/1981 The space shuttle Columbia on final approach before landing on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. STS - 2 - Nov 16 1981 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646860: Astronauts in weightlessness - Astronauts in weightlessness - Aided by the microgravite environment aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, astronaut Ronald Parise holds astronaut Samuel Durrance at the end of his index finger. December 1990. Aided by the microgravity environment aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, STS - 35 Payload Specialist Ronald A. Parise balances Payload Specialist Samuel T. Durrance on his index finger in front of the middeck starboard wall. Durrance is wearing a blood pressure cuff and is holding a beverage container and food package during the microgravity performance. The waste management compartment (WMC), side hatch, and orbiter galley are seen behind the two crewmembers. Durrance's feet are at the forward lockers. December 1990 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647051: Extra - vehicle exit C.Meade - M.Lee STS - 64 1994 - Astronauts Carl Meade and Mark Lee EVA - Extra - vehicle exit by Carl Meade and Mark Lee (right at the end of the article arm) who review a SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) rescue procedure. 16/09/1994. Astronauts Carl Meade and Mark Lee (red strip on suit) test the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system. The pair was actually performing an in - space rehearsal or demonstration of a contingency rescue using the never - before flown hardware. Sep 16 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647102: Extra - vehicle exit by Mark Lee. 16/09/1994 - Extravehicular activity - Extra - vehicle exit by Mark Lee. 16/09/1994. Astronaut Mark Lee floats free of tether during EVA. Sep 16 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647120: Decolving the shuttle Endeavour STS - 68 09/1994 - Launch of the space shuttle Endeavour - 09/1994 - Decolving the shuttle Endeavour STS - 68 with Michael Baker, Terrence Wilcutt, Thomas Jones, Peter Jeffry Wisoff, Daniel Bursch and Steven Smith as well as the SRL - 2 (Space Radar Laboratory). 30/09/1994. Space Shuttle Endeavour, with six astronauts and a battery of Earth - monitoring systems aboard, heads towards Earth orbit. Sep 30 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647148: Shuttle Endeavour in orbit 10/1994 - The Space Radar Laboratory - 2 in Endeavour's cargo bay - View of the radar in the cargo bay of the shuttle Endeavour STS-68 during the SRL-2 mission (Space Radar Laboratory 2). 11/10/1994. The Space Radar Laboratory - 2 (SRL - 2) in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay, is backdropped against the blackness of space over Earth, in this 35 mm frame exposed by one of the STS - 68 crewmembers. Six NASA astronauts spent eleven days aboard Endeavour in Earth - orbit, in support of the SRL - 2 mission / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647179: J. Voss release 09/1995 - Astronaut James S. Voss extravehicular activity - James Voss extra - vehicle exit, connects to the fixed foot at the end of Endeavour's arm (Canadarm). Part of the shuttle is visible in reflection on Voss's helmet. 16/09/1995. Astronaut James S. Voss, payload commander, is pictured during the September 16, 1995, Extravehicular Activity (EVA) which was conducted in and around Space Shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay. Voss, whose visor reflects Endeavour's forward section, was standing on a mobile foot restraint attached to the arm of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS). As evidenced by the thin white cable, Voss was tethered to the end of the RMS as well. Evaluations for Space Station - era tools and various elements of the space suits were performed by Voss and his space walking crewmate, astronaut Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialist. Sep 16 1995 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647313: Arm Arm of the Shuttle Endeavour 05/1996 - Robotic arm of space shuttle Endeavour. May 1996 - Robotic arm of space shuttle Endeavour. May 199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647339: M.Gernhardt in weightlessness 04/1997 - Michael Gernhardt enjoys weightlessness 04/1997 - Michael Gernhardt in the Spacelab module. Michael L. Gernhardt, mission specialist, appears comfortable with the Microgravity characteristic of space flight as he prepares to go to work in the Spacelab Science Module in the cargo bay of the Earth - orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia. Apr 1997 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647537: E.Collins in the Columbia Shuttle 07/1999 - Eileen M. Collins in Space Shuttle Columbia - Eileen M. Collins, the first female Space Mission Commander, loads a film into a camera. Jul 1999. Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, loads a roll of film into a still camera on Columbia's middeck. Collins is the first woman mission commander in the history of human space flight. Jul 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647560: S.Hawley and M.Tognini aboard Columbia 07/1999 - S.Hawley and M.Tognini in the space shuttle Columbia - Steven A. Hawley (g.) and Michel Tognini, photographs with SWUIS (Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System) in space shuttle Columbia. SWUIS is an ultraviolet observation instrument designed to study the atmosphere and surface of different bodies of the solar system. Steven A. Hawley (left) and Michel Tognini, mission specialists, pictured with the Southwest Ultraviolet Imaging System (SWUIS) on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. SWUIS was used to image planets and other solar system bodies in order to explore their atmospheres and surfaces in ultraviolet (UV) region of the spectrum, which astronomers value for diagnostic work. Jul 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647700: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 97 12/2000 - Space shuttle Endeavour seen in space - Endeavour approaching the International Space Station 12/12/2000. View of Endeavour STS - 97 approaching the International Space Station (ISS). Dec 12 2000 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4645218: The Moulin Rouge cabaret 82 boulevard de Clichy in Paris 75018. This cabaret founded by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller opened its doors on the occasion of the World Exposition in 1889. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4645433: Le cabaret du Moulin Rouge, 82 boulevard de Clichy Paris 75018. This cabaret founded by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller opened its doors on the occasion of the World Exposition in 1889. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648237: Shuttle Atlantis STS - 110 view of ISS - Atlantis seen from ISS 04/2002 - Atlantis seen over Utah after leaving the International Space Station. 17/04/2002. Atlantis flies over Lake Powell and Utah landscape not long after its separation from the International Space Station (ISS). Apr 17 2002 / Bridgeman Images