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PIX4603841: Decollage of the Ariane 1 rocket. 06/1983 - Ariane 1 lift off. 06/1983 - Decollage of the Ariane 1 rocket with the communication satellite ECS - 1. 16/06/1983. ECS - 1 lifts off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, aboard an Ariane 1, on 16 June 1983 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603856: Ariane IV 10/01 - Ariane IV rocket on its firing pad. 10/2001 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603862: Fusee Ariane IV - Illustration - The Ariane IV rocket - Illustration - Cross view of the Ariane 4 Cutaway of the Ariane 4 rocket / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603950: Rocket decolding Ariane V 12/99 - Decolving the Ariane V rocket with the XMM on board - Newton, artificial X-ray observation satellite 10/12/1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603969: Ariane V 12/99 - Ariane V rocket on its fire pitch. It carries XMM-Newton, an artificial X-ray observation satellite 09/12/1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604053: Fusee Ariane 5G +. 02/2004 - Ariane 5G +, stands on its launch pad 02/2004 - Fusee Ariane 5G+on its shooting pitch. Flight 158, launch of the Rosetta probe - 24/02/2004. Surrounded by four 100 - m - tall lightning towers (only two are visible here), the first Ariane 5G +, atop its mobile launch platform, stands on its pad at the Launch Zone (ZL - 3) of the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA - 3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port, shortly after its transfer from the Final Assembly Building (BAF), on February 24, 2004. After several delays caused by high altitude winds, the launcher lifted off on March 2. On this flight (V158), the payload was Essa's Rosetta cometary probe, which was successfully released on an escape trajectory / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604152: Fusee Ariane V 02/05 - Fusee Ariane V 02/05 - Fusee Ariane V ECA on its firing pad with two satellites on board: XTAR - EUR and Sloshsat - FLEVO and a mock-up of the satellite that will not be deployed (Maqsat - B2) 12/02/2005 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604175: Decolving the Ariane 5 ECA rocket - 02/05 - Decolving the Ariane 5 ECA rocket - 02/05 - The Ariane V ECA rocket decolves for the launch of two satellites: XTAR - EUR and Sloshsat - FLEVO. 12/02/2005. V16 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604181: Decolving the Ariane 5 ECA 02/2005 - Launch of Ariane 5 ECA 02/2005 - Decolving the Ariane V ECA rocket for launching two satellites: XTAR - EUR and Sloshsat - FLEVO. 12/02/2005. Vol 164. Launch of Ariane 5 ECA, Guiana Space Centre, on February 12, 2005. On this flight (V164), two satellites were lifted to orbit: XTAR - EUR and Sloshsat - FLEVO / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604219: Decolving the Ariane 5 ECA - 12/2006 - Launch of Ariane 5 ECA 12/2006 - Decolving the Ariane V ECA rocket for the launch of two American communication satellites: WildBlue 1 and AMC - 18. 8 December 2006. Vol 174. An Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifts off from the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA - 3) of the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port, on December 8, 2006. On this flight (V174), two U.S. communication satellites were lofted to orbit: WildBlue 1 and AMC - 18 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604244: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA - 06/2008 - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket - 06/2008 - Fusee Ariane 5 ECA on its launch pad at the Guyanese Space Center in Kourou. On board, two communication satellites, the Skynet 5C satellite and the Turksat 3A satellite. Flight V183 was launched on June 13, 2008. The Ariane 5 ECA launcher, on its mobile launch table, shortly after its transfer from the Final Assembly Building at the Launch Zone (ZL - 3) of Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA - 3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport. Lift - off of flight V183 took place at 00:05 CEST/Paris on 13 June (22:05 UTC/GMT; 19:05 UTC - 3/Kourou [12 June]). The satellites were accurately injected into the correct transfer orbits about 30 minutes later. The payload comprised Skynet 5C - which will deliver secure communication links for UK government and military users - and Turksat 3A - which will provide telecommunication services and direct TV broadcasting for Turkey, Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. The payload mass was 8541 kg; the satellite masses totalled 7748 kg, with payload adapters and dispensers making up the additional 797 kg / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604301: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA - 07/2009 - Ariane 5 ECA V189 - 07/2009 - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket with TerreStar telecommunication satellite on board, before it was decolished on 1 July 2009. Ariane 5 ECA V189 on launch pad during launch campaign, at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in English Guiana. The Ariane 5 ECA of flight V189 will carry the TerreStar 1 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604305: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA - 07/2009 - Ariane 5 ECA V189 - 07/2009 - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket with the TerreStar telecommunication satellite on board is on its fire pitch for its launch scheduled on 1 July 2009. Ariane 5 ECA V189 reaches the launch pad during launch campaign, at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in English Guiana. The Ariane 5 ECA of flight V189 will carry the TerreStar 1 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604313: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA - 07/2009 - Ariane 5 ECA V189 - 07/2009 - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket with the TerreStar telecommunication satellite on board is on its fire pitch for its launch scheduled on 1 July 2009. Ariane 5 ECA V189 reaches the launch pad during launch campaign, at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in English Guiana. The Ariane 5 ECA of flight V189 will carry the TerreStar 1 telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604314: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA in the assembly building. 05/2009 - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket - 05/2009 - 12 May 2009: opening of the final assembly building before the transfer of the Fusee Ariane 5 ECA to its fire pitch at the Guyanese Space Centre in Kourou. On board, the two astronomical satellites Herschel and Planck. Flight V188 is scheduled to launch on May 14, 2009. May 12 2009: opening of the final assembly building door before the transfer of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher to ZL - 3 at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport. Ariane 5, enclosing two astronomical satellites, Herschel and Planck, will lift off on May 14 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602797: Astronauts in weightlessness - Astronauts in Tranquility Module - Astronauts in the STS mission - 130 Terry Virts (right), Nicholas Patrick (left) and Stephen Robinson weightlessness photographs in the new Tranquility module of the International Space Station (ISS). 14 February 2010. NASA astronauts Terry Virts (right), STS - 130 pilot; Nicholas Patrick (left) and Stephen Robinson, both mission specialists, are pictured in the newly - installed Tranquility node of the International Space Station while space shuttle Endeavour remains docked with the station. February 14, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602918: Astronaut Exit into Space - Astronaut extravehicular activity - Astronaut Steve Bowen's Exit into Space. Maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS). 17 May 2010. NASA astronaut Steve Bowen, STS - 132 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (17 May 2010) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven - hour, 25 - minute spacewalk, Bowen and NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman (out of frame), mission specialist, loosened bolts holding six replacement batteries, installed a second antenna for high - speed Ku - band transmissions and adding a spare parts platform to Dextre, a two - armed extension for the station's robotic arm / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602972: ATV Johannes Kepler - The Johannes Kepler automatic module seen from the International Space Station (ISS). ATV Johannes Kepler, intended to supply the station with various equipment, docked at the station on 24 February 2011. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the European Space Agency's “Johannes Kepler” Automated Transfer Vehicle - 2 (ATV - 2) approaches the International Space Station. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 10:59 a.m. (EST) on Feb. 24, 2011. A crescent moon is visible at upper right / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603013: Astronaut Exit into Space - Astronaut extravehicular activity - Astronaut Steve Bowen's Exit into Space. Maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS). 2 March 2011. Anchored to a Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, NASA astronaut Steve Bowen, STS - 133 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six - hour, 14 - minute spacewalk, Bowen and astronaut Alvin Drew (out of frame), mission specialist, tackled a variety of tasks, including venting into space some remaining ammonia from a failed pump module they moved during the mission's first spacewalk. 2 March 2011 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603160: The International Space Station (ISS) 05/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) 05/2011 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 134 on 29 May 2011. Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 134 crew member on the space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 11:55 p.m. (EDT) on May 29, 2011. Endeavour spent 11 days, 17 hours and 41 minutes attached to the orbiting laboratory / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603172: ISS: the Cupola module - Cupola module on ISS - Cupola, the observation module of the International Space Station (ISS). 12 July 2011. This is a high angle view showing the Cupola, backdropped against the darkness of space and Earth's horizon, and some components of the International Space Station. 12 July 2011 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603185: ISS: Astronaut in Cupola 07/2011 - Astronaut in Cupola module on ISS 07/2011 - Astronaut Sandy Magnus, a member of the STS-135 mission, observes the Earth through the windows of the Cupola module of the International Space Station (ISS). 16 July 2011. NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus, mission specialist for the Space Shuttle Program's final flight, is taking advantage of the panoramic view provided by the multi - windowed Cupola. 16 July 2011 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603207: The International Space Station (ISS) 07/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) 07/2011 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Atlantis at the end of the STS - 135 mission on 19 July 2011. This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011. Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander; Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers. Onboard the shuttle were NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS - 135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; and Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603211: The International Space Station (ISS) 07/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) 07/2011 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Atlantis at the end of the STS - 135 mission on 19 July 2011. This picture of the International Space Station was photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis as the orbiting complex and the shuttle performed their relative separation in the early hours of July 19, 2011. Onboard the station were Russian cosmonauts Andrey Borisenko, Expedition 28 commander; Sergei Volkov and Alexander Samokutyaev, both flight engineers; Japan Aerospace Exploration astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and NASA astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan, all flight engineers. Onboard the shuttle were NASA astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS - 135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; and Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603246: Cargo SpaceX Dragon 05/2012 - The SpaceX Dragon automatic module seen from the International Space Station (ISS) during its first demooring on May 31, 2012. SpaceX Dragon is the first private company spacecraft to be used to join the international space station. The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft is pictured just prior to being released by the International Space Station's Canadarm2 robotic arm on May 31 to allow it to head toward a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603273: H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - 09/2012 - The H - II Transfer Vehicle (or HTV) during its separation from the International Space Station (ISS), held by the robotic arm of Canadarm 2. The HTV is an uninhabited spaceship of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Image obtained from the International Space Station on September 12, 2012. The International Space Station's Canadarm2 unberths the unpiloted Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV - 3), filled with trash and unneeded items, in preparation for its release from the station. JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba, both Expedition 32 flight engineers, used the station's robot arm to grapple the HTV - 3 and unberth it from the Earth - facing port of the Harmony node. The cargo craft was released at 11:50 a.m. (EDT) on Sep 12, 2012 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4603320: Cygnus Cargo 10/2013 - The Cygnus automatic module seen from the International Space Station (ISS) when it returned to Earth's atmosphere on 22 October 2013. Cygnus is the second spacecraft of a private company to be used to join the international space station. The Orbital Sciences' Cygnus commercial craft begins its relative separation from the International Space Station after three weeks at the station. European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, both Expedition 37 flight engineers, were at the controls of the robotics workstation removing Cygnus from the Harmony node then safely releasing it at 7:31 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 22, 2013. On Oct. 23, the Cygnus will fire its engines for the last time at 1:41 p.m. and re - enter Earth's atmosphere for destruction over the Pacific Ocean. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600663: ISS 04/02 - The international space station after stowage from the shuttle Atlantis. ISS STS - 110. 17/04/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600712: ITS S0 Centre Segment 04/02 - ITS S0 (S - Zero) Central Segment extracted from the cargo compartment of Shuttle Atlantis. ISS STS - 110. 11/04/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600721: Release of R. Walheim 04/2002 - Release of R. Walheim 04/2002 - Rex J. Walheim, attached to the Canarm2, is heading to the ITS S0 segment. ISS STS - 110. 11/04/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600747: L. Morin Release 04/02 - Lee M. E. Morin (a reflection of Jerry L. Ross on his helmet) leaves the airlock (Quest Airlock) of the International Space Station. ISS STS - 110. 16/04/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600841: M. Shuttleworth R.Vittori and Y.Onufrienko - Mark Shuttleworth (left), Roberto Vittori (ESA) and Yury Onufrienko (Expedition 4, centre) in Unity. ISS Expedition 4. 27/04/200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600842: M.Shuttleworth and R. Vittori 04/02 - Mark Shuttleworth (left) and Roberto Vittori (ESA) photographs in Unity. ISS Epedition 4. 27/04/0 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600913: ISS STS - 111 06/02 - The international space station after stowage from the shuttle Endeavour. ISS STS - 111. 15/06/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600914: ISS STS - 111 06/02 - The international space station after stowage from the shuttle Endeavour. ISS STS - 111. 15/06/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4600998: V. Korzun and P. Whitson in Zvezda 10/2002 - Valery Korzun cuts Peggy Whitson's hair in Zvezda. ISS Expedition 5/STS - 112. 10/2002 / Bridgeman Images