PIX4674905: Cumulonimbus seen from space - Cumulonimbus Clouds: Large cloud mass seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in July 2016 - Towering cumulonimbus and other clouds are spotted during a pass over the Earth by the Expedition 48 crew aboard the International Space Station. Image taken in July 2016 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4674989: Alley of Von Karman over Alaska - Von Karman vortices - Alley of Karman swirls in the clouds caused by the encounter between the wind and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. False colour image obtained by Landsat 7 satellite. As air flows over and around objects in its path, spiraling eddies, known as Von Karman vortices, may form. The vortices in this image were created when prevailing winds sweeping east across the northern Pacific Ocean ecountered Alaska's Aleutian Islands. This image was acquired by Landsat 7 satellite / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583414: Total Eclipse of the Sun - August 21, 2017 - Shade of the Moon - Total eclipse of the Sun - August 21, 2017: Photo of the shadow of the Moon seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The shadow of the moon above United States seen from ISS. Viewing the eclipse from orbit were Nasa's Randy Bresnik, Jack Fischer and Peggy Whitson, ESA (European Space Agency's) Paolo Nespoli, and Roscosmos' Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy. The space station crossed the path of the eclipse three times as it orbited above the continental United States at an altitude of 250 miles / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583422: Total Eclipse of the Sun of 21 August 2017 - Shadow of the Moon - Total eclipse of the Sun - August 21 2017: Photos of the shadow of the Moon on Earth taken by the satellite Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and its EPIC camera has more than 1.5 million km from Earth. Nasa's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), recorded the moon's shadow crossing the United States on August 21 2017 from 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583461: Asteroide Ida seen by Galileo probe - Asteroid Ida seen by Galileo spacecraft - Mosaic of five images obtained by the Galileo probe on 28 August 1993 between 3000 and 3800 km from the asteroid. Recolorised image. This false-color view of the asteroid 243 Ida is a mosaic of five image frames acquired by the Galileo spacecraft's solid-state imaging system at ranges of 3,057 to 3,821 kilometers (1,900 to 2,375 miles) on August 28, 1993. Ida is the second asteroid ever encountered by a spacecraft. It appears to be about 52 kilometers (32 miles) in length, more than twice as large as Gaspra, the first asteroid observed by Galileo in October 1991 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583523: Asteroide Ceres seen by the space telescope Hubble - Asteroid Ceres - Photos obtained in visible and ultraviolet of the asteroid Ceres from December 2003 to January 2004. Since August 2006, Ceres is considered a dwarf planet. Hubble Space Telescope color image of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. The observations were made in visible and ultraviolet light between December 2003 and January 2004 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583529: Asteroides Ceres and Vesta seen by the Hubble space telescope - Asteroids Ceres and Vesta seen by the Hubble space telescope - Ceres and Vesta are the two largest bodies of the asteroid belt, a region located between Mars and Jupiter. Since August 2006, Ceres is considered a dwarf planet. Ceres (left) has a diameter of about 950 km. Image obtained in January 2004. The image on the right, obtained on 14 and 16 May 2007, shows the asteroid Vesta. Its diameter is about 530 km. These Hubble Space Telescope images of Vesta and Ceres show two of the most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, a region between Mars and Jupiter. At least 100,000 asteroids inhabit the asteroid belt, a reservoir of leftover material from the formation of our solar-system planets 4.6 billion years ago. The International Astronomical Union named Ceres one of three dwarf planets in 2006. Ceres is round like planets in our solar system, but it does not clear debris out of its orbit as our planets do. The image at right was taken on May 14 and 16, 2007. Using Hubble, astronomers mapped Vesta's southern hemisphere, a region dominated by a giant impact crater formed by a collision billions of years ago. The crater is 285 miles (456 kilometers) across, which is almost equal to Vesta's 330-mile (530-kilometer) diameter. The Hubble image of Ceres on the left, taken on January 2004, reveals bright and dark regions on the asteroid's surface that could be topographic features, such as craters, and/or areas containing different surface material. Ceres has a diameter of approximately 950 kilometers / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583598: Artist's view of the asteroid Lutetia - Artist impression of the asteroid Lutetia - Artist's view of the asteroid Lutetia passing by a rocky planet 4 billion years ago. This artist's impression shows an event in the early history of the Solar System that may explain how the unusual asteroid Lutetia came to now be located in the main asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter. Lutetia is seen passing close to one of the very young rocky planets about four billion years ago and having its orbit drastically altered. Its unusual spectral properties indicate that Lutetia started life as a fragment of the material that was forming the inner planets but it is now found to be an interloper much further from the Sun / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583609: Collecting Meteorites in Antarctica - Collecting Meteorites in Antarctica: A Nasa team collects meteorites on the ice of Antarctica - A Nasa team examines a meteorite on the blue ice field in the Miller Range. The black fusion crust, formed when the sample heated up in the Earth's atmosphere as it was falling to the ground, helps the team spot samples in the field / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583618: Artist's view of the double asteroid 90 Antiope - Artist impression of the binary asteroid 90 Antiope - Artist's view of the double asteroid 90 Antiope located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The two asteroids that make up this system are approximately 86 km long and 170 km apart. Artwork of the binary asteroid 90 Antiope, which orbits in the main part of the outer asteroid belt. Each asteroid is about 86 km across, orbiting its partner from a distance of 170 km / Bridgeman Images
PIX4583979: Inhabited mission to an asteroid - Artist's view - MMV departs for asteroid surface - This capsule should be able to take a crew of six astronauts to an asteroid, the Moon or to take men to Mars. Here, the vehicle is connected to an additional housing module for a duration of more than three months, as well as to a module for extravehicular outputs equipped with two MVs (Manned Maneuvering Vehicles). One of the MVs, pilot by an astronaut, leaves the ship and descends to the surface of the asteroid. The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft project currently being developed by Lockheed Martin for NASA. Based on specifications and tests already performed for the Orion spacecraft. It was announced by NASA on 24 May 2011. A Manned Maneuvering Vehicle (MMV) piloted by a single astronaut undocks from the main vessel and prepares to descend to the surface of a small asteroid / Bridgeman Images
PIX4584012: Inhabited mission to an asteroid - Artist's view - Asteroid Lander prepares for touchdown - A living spaceship lands on the surface of an asteroid. A manned Asteroid Lander just moments before settling to the surface of an asteroid. The surface gravity is so low that the lander easily maneuvers by using just the reaction control thrusters / Bridgeman Images