PIX4646265: Telescopes Astro - 1 - ASTRO - 1 telescopes - View of telescopes in orbit around the Earth. Installed aboard the space shuttle Columbia, they observed the sky in ultraviolet and X-ray for 10 days in December 1990. ASTRO - 1 telescopes are documented in the payload bay of the space shuttle Columbia, and backdropped against the cloud - covered surface of the Earth. In the center of the frame are three ultraviolet telescopes mounted and precisely coaligned on a common structure, called the cruciform, that is attached to the instrument pointing system. December 1990 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645395: 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 (down) 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 (bottom center), 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
PIX4645420: 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 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 (top center), 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
PIX4645452: Hubble space telescope: end of the 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: end of the fourth repair mission - 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
PIX4645465: Hubble space telescope: end of the 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: end of the fourth repair mission - 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
PIX4645472: Hubble space telescope - Artist view - Hubble space telescope - Artist view - The Hubble space telescope is a telescope orbiting the Earth at about 600 km altitude. It is 13 metres long, its main mirror has a diameter of 2.4 metres. He is equipped with spectrometer and several cameras observing the Universe in visible and infrared. The Hubble space telescope is in orbit at about 600 km around the Earth. This 13 meters in length telescope with a mirror of 2.4 meters (94.5 inches) in diameter is also equipped of many cameras and a spectrometer to observe the Universe in the visible and infrared light / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644915: Hubble Space Telescope: 1st maintenance mission 12 - 1993 - Astronauts install COSTAR during EVA for HST repair - Astronaut Thomas Akers prepares the installation of COSTAR, an instrument intended to correct Hubble's myopia. Kathryn C. Thornton is on the arm of the shuttle Endeavour with the instrument. Fourth extravehicular exit. Astronaut Thomas D. Akers maneuvers inside the bay which will house the Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement (COSTAR) while assisting astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton with the installation of the 640 - pound instrument. Thornton, anchored on the end of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, is partially visible as she prepares to install the COSTAR. Dec 1993 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644937: Hubble space telescope: 1st maintenance mission 12 - 1993 - The Hubble space telescope first mission repair - The astronaut Story Musgrave is visible at the bottom of this fish-eye photo during the fifth and last extravehicular exit. Behind the space telescope, and Australia. A fisheye lens was used to capture the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), a spherical Earth and Australian landmass with a bit of distortion during the final space walk on the STS - 61 HST - servicing mission. Astronaut F. Story Musgrave can be seen at bottom of the frame. The STS - 61 mission was launched aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour on December 2, 1993 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644889: Hubble space telescope: 1st maintenance mission 12 - 1993 - Hubble space telescope: first repair mission 12 - 1993 - Astronauts Story Musgrave (right) and Jeffrey Hoffman, on the arm of the shuttle Endeavour, prepare the installation of the new planetary wide field camera (WFPC2); the old camera is visible at the bottom right of the image; third extravehicular exit. Anchored on the end of Endeavour's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm, Jeffrey Hoffman (foreground) prepares to install the new Wide Field/Planetary Camera (WFPC II) into the empty cavity (top left) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). WFPC I is seen temporarily stowed at bottom right. Story Musgrave works with a Portable Foot Restraint (PFR) at frame center, as his image is reflected in the shiny surface of the telescope. Hoffman and Musgrave shared chores on three of the five space walks during the STS - 61 mission / Bridgeman Images
PIX4644893: Satellite METOP - A - Artist's view of the European satellite METOP - A in orbit around the Earth. Launch on October 19, 2006, it is the first European meteorological satellite in polar orbit; it includes twelve meteorological instruments. MetOp is a series of three meteorological operational polar orbiting satellites, the first of which, MetOp-1 is the prototype. The instruments on MetOp will produce high - resolution images, vertical temperature and humidity profiles, and temperatures of the land and ocean surface on a global basis. Also on board the satellites will be instruments for monitoring ozone and wind flow over the oceans. The first launch was on October 19 2006 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664655: Isle of Man and Sea of Ireland - Isle of Man and Sea of Ireland - View of the Irish Sea with in the centre of the image the Isle of Man, a dependency of the British Crown but not owned by the United Kingdom or the European Union. To the right of the image, the English side, to the left, the Irish side. Image obtained by the shuttle Endeavour on April 10, 1994 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664707: La Belgique vue par satellite - Belgium seen from satellite - Image obtained by the satellite Envisat. The country of Belgium, depicted in true colour by a mosaic of Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) imagery. Towards the centre of the country is the capital Brussels, with a population of a little under 1 million it is also Belgium's biggest city / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664711: Cyprus seen by satellite - Cyprus seen from satellite Envisat - Image obtained by satellite Envisat. This MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) image focuses on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Nicosia, the capital and largest city, is situated towards the centre of the island. The green area in the southern central part of the island is the slopes of the Troodos Mountains, the highest point of which is Mt. Olympus (1951 m) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664729: Denmark seen from space 02/2003 - Denmark seen from space 02/2003 - Denmark is a peninsula of Jutland and 443 islands, observed by the International Space Station on 26/02/2003. Sweden and Norway are partially visible to the right of the image. The Kingdom of Denmark, with an area of 16,639 square miles, consists of the Jutland Peninsula and roughly 500 islands. Taking advantage of remarkably fair weather over north central Europe for this time of year, the crew of the International Space Station took this panoramic view that extends from the North Sea coast of the Netherlands on the left to the Baltic Sea shores of Sweden on the right. The late - winter landscape has little snow cover except over northeastern Germany, Sweden, and the rugged mountains of Norway. Feb 26 2003 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664804: Scotland seen from space - Scotland seen from space: Scotland, the Isle of Man and part of Northern Ireland seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 9, 2016 - Scotland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man seen from the international space station (ISS) on May 9 2016 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4663208: Stegoceras - Stegoceras was a herbivorous pachycephalosaur two-meres long dinosaur that lived in North America during Cretace. Stegoceras was a genus of plant-eating ornithischian pachycephalosaurid dinosaur that lived in what is now North America during the Late Cretaceous period. It had an estimated length of up to 2 meters / Bridgeman Images
PIX4663332: Marine predators of the cretace - Cretaceous marine predators - Artist's view showing three marine predators that evoluted in the inland sea of North America 75 million years ago. From left to right there is an invertebra pursued by a 1.2 metre Enchodus, followed by a 5 metre Dolichorhynchops followed by an 18 metre Mosasaurus. Three primary marine predators that shared the ocean waters of the Western Interior Seaway of North America 75 million years ago are illustrated here. Left to right is a non-descript invertebrate pursued by a 4 foot long Enchodus, followed by a 17 foot long Dolichorhynchops, followed by a 55 foot long Mosasaur / Bridgeman Images
PIX4663447: Elasmosaurus - Artist's view of two Elasmosaurus, of the great marine reptiles of the cretace, swimming under the gaze of Ichthyornis. A pair of 40-foot-long Elasmosaurus engage in a swimming courtship dance in a secluded pool 80 million years ago in what is today North America. The gull-like birds are Ichthyornis, the Cretaceous ecological equivalent of modern seabirds such as gulls, petrels, and skimmers. At over two tons, Elasmosaurus was an air-breathing carnivorous reptile with flippers for limbs and a relatively small head with sharp teeth. More than half of its length was neck which had more than 70 vertebrae, more than any other animal / Bridgeman Images
PIX4663943: Gigantoraptor - Gigantoraptor erlianensis is an oviraptoride dinosaur living in the upper cretace 85 million years ago. It was nearly 8 metres long and weighed over a ton. Gigantoraptor erlianensis was a giant oviraptorosaurian dinosaur that lived 85 million years ago during the late Cretaceous Period. Found from northern Chinas and Inner Mongolia. It was nearly 8 meters long and weighed about 1.4 tons / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664037: Late Cretaceous Fauna - Late Cretaceous Fauna - Late Cretaceous Fauna. On the banks of the inner sea of Niobraran, a Parasaurolophus walkeri approaches to drink. In the sky and on the bank, Ichthyornis. Far in the sky, a pterosaur (azhdarchidae) spotted a carcass of Brachylophosaurus canadensis on the bank. On the right a Leidyosuchus canadensis. Montana during the late Cretaceous. Near the shores of the Western Interior Seaway, a Parasaurolophus walkeri bellows a call, while an Ichthyornis dispar stands on the foreground sand (and flies in from above) at a safe distance from the crocodilian Leidyosuchus canadensis. In the distance, the decaying carcass of a Brachylophosaurus canadensis has attracted a huge azhdarchid pterodaur / Bridgeman Images
PIX4664147: Ornithocheirus - Ornithocheirus giganteus is a flying reptile of the order Pterosaurs and the family Ornithocheirides. With a wingspan of 12 metres, he lived in the cretace. Soaring through Cretaceous British airspace, Ornithocheirus giganteus was a huge pterosaur with a 12 m wingspan / Bridgeman Images
PIX4663577: Antarctosaurus stalked by an Abelisaurus - Antarctosaurus stalked by Abelisaurus - An Abelisaurus (Abelisaurus) chases a young Antarctosaurus in a forest in Argentina. A 30-foot-long, 10 ton juvenile titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur of the genus Antarctosaurus is approached from behind by a 25-foot-long, two ton adult abelisaurid theropod dinosaur of the genus Abelisaurus deep in a forest in what is today Argentina. Likely a fierce predator, Abelisaurus resembled the larger Tyrannosaurus Rex that was to roam North America 10 million years later. Antarctosaurus was an herbivore that may have grown to 60 feet long and weighed up to 100 tons. Antarctosaurus had a squarish, blunt head with peg-shaped teeth / Bridgeman Images