PIX4647543: S.Hawley does sports in Columbia STS - 93 07/1999 - Steven A. Hawley runs on a treadmill in Columbia - Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist, runs on a treadmill on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Columbia. The exercise helps to evaluate the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) as planned hardware for International Space Station (ISS). Jul 1999 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647416: L.Kadenyuk and Plants in Shuttle Columbia - Leonid Kadenyuk with plants in space shuttle Columbia - 1997 - Leonid Kadenyuk is working on a plant growth experiment (Brassica Rapa) in Space Shuttle Columbia. Nov/Dec 1997. Leonid Kadenyuk, Ukrainian payload specialist, works with the Brassica Rapa plants being grown for the Collaborative Ukrainian Experiment (CUE). He joined five astronauts for 16 - days in Earth - orbit in support of the United States Microgravity Payload 4 (USMP-4) mission. Nov/Dec 1997 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647444: Crew STS - 88 11/1998 - STS - 88 crew portrait 11/1998 - Seated, Sergei Krikalev (RSA), and Nancy Currie; behind left to right: Jerry Ross, Robert Cabana, Frederick Sturckow, and James H. Newman. November 1998. Portrait of the five NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut, seated are Sergei Krikalev, mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), and Nancy Currie, mission specialist; rear (l. - r.) Jerry Ross, mission specialist; Robert Cabana, mission commander; Frederick Sturckow, pilot and James H. Newman, mission specialist. Nov 1998 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647456: Extra exit - vehicle J.Ross J.Newman STS - 88 12/1998 - Jerry L. Ross and James H. Newman EVA - STS - 88. 12/1998 - Jerry L. Ross (left) and James Newman extra - vehicle exit. In the foreground is the international space station. December 1998. Astronauts Jerry L. Ross (left) and James H. Newman, both mission specialists, work together on the final of three space walks of the STS - 88 mission. One of the solar panels of the Russian - built Zarya module runs through the frame. Dec 1998 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647459: Decolving the shuttle Endeavour (STS-88) 12/1998 - Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-88) Dec 1998 - 4 December 1998. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Pad 39A. This was the second tlaunch attempt for STS - 88, the first one on Dec. 3 was cancelled following an assessment of a suspect hydraulic system / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647516: Tognini prepares to return to Earth 07/1999 - Tognini prepares for Columbia's descent to Earth - Michel Tognini prepares to return to Earth after his space mission aboard the Columbia Shuttle. 27/07/1999. Michel Tognini, mission specialist representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), prepares for Colombia's descent to Earth on the fifth and final day of the STS - 93 mission. Jul 27 1999 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647847: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 100 view of ISS 04/2001 - Shuttle Endeavour seen from ISS. April 2001 - Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. On board, the Raffaello module. 21 April 2001. Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. 21 April 2001. View of Endeavour with payload bay doors open as the Shuttle approached the orbital outpost for a docking. Apr 21 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647864: Shuttle Atlantis and Sunrise 05/2000 - Sunrise in earth atmosphere. May 2000 - Approximately every hour and a half, space shuttle astronauts watch a sunrise or sunset. Approximately every hour - and - half of the STS - 101 mission, crew members could view the Sun either setting or rising. May 28, 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647974: Extra-vehicle exit of D. Barry STS - 105 08/2001 - Extravehicular activity 08/2001 - Astronaut Daniel Barry, during the second extra-vehicle exit of the STS-105 mission. 18 - 08 - 2001. Astronaut Daniel Barry, mission specialist, is pictured near the end of the Space Shuttle Discovery's remote manipulator system (Canadarm) arm during early stages of the second extravehicular activity of the STS - 105 mission. Aug 18 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647995: Extra-vehicle exit P. Forrester STS - 105 08/2001 - P.Forrester extravehicular activity. 08 - 2001 - Astronaut Patrick Forrester is preparing to work on the MISSE experience (Materials International Space Station Experiment), an experiment aimed at studying the effects of space environment on matter. 18 - 08 - 2001. 18 August 2001 Astronaut Patrick G. Forrester, during the second STS - 105 extravehicular activity, prepares to work with the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE, almost out of frame at left). The experiment was installed on the outside of the Quest Airlock during the first extravehicular activity (EVA) of the STS - 105 mission. MISSE will collect information on how different materials weather in the environment of space / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646027: 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 6m diameter equipped with a coronographer (not shown in this illustration) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646037: Space telescope TPF - Illustration - Space telescope TPF - coronograph - Illustration - Artist's view of the telescope from 4 to 6m in diameter, equipped with a coronographer observing in sight. The TPF mission also includes several telescopes from 3 to 4m in diameter observing infrared and interferometry. The objective of this project is to detect planets outside our solar system, similar to Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646082: Mirror of the Herschel satellite - Herschel spacecraft's mirror - Inspection of the mirror of the European Herschel satellite. 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. The gigantic telescope of ESA's space - based infrared observatory, Herschel, is being prepared to be assembled with its spacecraft. Herschel's telescope, which will carry the largest mirror ever flown in space, has been delivered to ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, where engineers and scientists are busy with the final steps that will prepare the infrared observatory for launch in 2009. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646327: Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646337: Satellite Tournesol - Artist's view - Satellite Tournesol. Artwork - Artist's view of the satellite Tournesol D-2A in orbit around the Earth. Launched on April 15, 1971 by a Diamond B launcher, this small 96 kg satellite studied the distribution of the star hydrogen. Sunflower D-2A satellite seen above the Earth. This english satellite was launched on April 15 1971 by a rocket Diamant B and studied the distribution of stellar hydrogen / Bridgeman Images