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PIX4650561: LHC: Peter Higgs visits the ATLAS experiment - LHC: Peter Higgs visits the ATLAS experiment - Peter Higgs visits the LHC instrument that could discover the Higgs boson. 4 April 2008. Peter Higgs visits the ATLAS experiment, which may find the elusive Higgs boson. April 4 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644502: Satellite Jason - 2 - Illustration - Artist view of satellite Jason - 2. This satellite launched on 20 June 2008 is dedicated to the study of the oceans. Artist's concept of the satellite Jason - 2. This satellite dedicated to studying the ocean was launched on June 20 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644522: Satellite Jason - 2 - Illustration - Artist view of satellite Jason - 2. This satellite launched on 20 June 2008 is dedicated to the study of the oceans. Artist's concept of the satellite Jason - 2. This satellite dedicated to studying the ocean was launched on June 20 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644635: Satellite Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite orbiting Earth. This satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be dedicated exclusively to the study of carbon dioxide on Earth. The mission, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main human - produced driver of climate change. It will provide the first global picture of the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide and the places where this important greenhouse gas is stored. Such information will improve global carbon cycle models as well as forecasts of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of how our climate may change in the future / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644636: Satellite MSG - 2 - Meteosat 9 - Artist's view of the European satellite MSG - 2 (Meteosat Second Generation) or Meteosat 9, in orbit around the Earth, seen here in infrared. Launched on 21 December 2005, it is a geostationary satellite set 35 600 km from Earth; dedicated to meteorology, it observes the Earth in visible, and in infrared / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644645: Satellite MSG - 1 - Meteosat 8 - Artist's view of the European satellite MSG - 1 (Meteosat Second Generation, MSG) or Meteosat 8, in orbit around the Earth. Launched on August 28, 2002, it is a geostationary satellite located 35 600 km from Earth; dedicated to meteorology, it observes the Earth in visible, and in infrared. Artist's view of Meteosat Second Generation (MSG). Satellite observations from space contribute to better weather forecasts as only satellites can observe weather patterns on a global scale, including the Atlantic Ocean over which most of Europe's weather originates / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644758: METOP-SG satellite orbits: Artist's view of METOP-SG satellites in orbit around the Earth. European MetOp second generation satellites will form a family of three pairs of meteorological satellites by 2020. Building on the current series of MetOp weather satellites, the family of Metop-second Generation missions will comprise three pairs of satellites to secure essential information for weather forecasting through the decades beyond 2020 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644759: Launch of satellite METOP - A - Launch of satellite METOP - A - Artist's view of the European satellite METOP - A put into orbit by a Soyuz - Fregat rocket. Launched on October 19, 2006, it is the first European meteorological satellite in polar orbit; it includes twelve meteorological instruments. Launch of satellite METOP - A by a Soyuz rocket. MetOp is a series of three meteorological operational polar orbiting satellites, the first of which, MetOp - A 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

PIX4644764: THEMIS satellites - View of THEMIS satellites in preparation at Cap Canaveral on 8 February 2007. This constellation of five satellites aims to better understand the origin of the polar aurora; for two years, satellites will align along the tail of the Earth's magnetic field to identify disturbances observed in the magnetosphere / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644817: The mirror of the Hubble space telescope - The mirror of the Hubble space telescope - The 2.4 m mirror inspects before it is installed on the satellite. Inspection of the 94 inch primary mirror for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope at Perkin - Elmers Optical facilities in Wilton, CT / 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

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

PIX4644999: Hubble Space Telescope: 2nd maintenance mission 02 - 1997 - Redeployment of the telescope after its second maintenance mission / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645097: Hubble Space Telescope: 3rd Maintenance Mission 12 - 1999 - View of astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld during the last extravehicular exit of this maintenance mission, 25-12 - 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645100: Hubble Space Telescope: 3rd Maintenance Mission 12 - 1999 - View of astronauts Steven Smith and John Grunsfeld during the last extravehicular exit of this maintenance mission, 25-12 - 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645147: Hubble Space Telescope: 3rd maintenance mission 12 - 1999 - View of the Hubble Space Telescope from the Shuttle after its third maintenance mission, 25 - 12 - 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645163: Hubble Space Telescope: 4th Maintenance Mission 03 - 2002 - Astronauts Richard Linnehan and John Grunsfeld (behind cover) are working on the solar panels of the Hubble Space Telescope. First extravehicular exit of the mission. 4 March 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645170: Hubble Space Telescope: 4th Maintenance Mission 03 - 2002 - Astronaut Richard Linnehan changes the solar panels of the Hubble Space Telescope. First extravehicular release of the mission.4 March 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645186: Hubble Space Telescope: 4th Maintenance Mission 03 - 2002 - View of the Hubble Space Telescope Catches by the Arm of Shuttle Columbia for its Fourth Maintenance Mission; 3 March 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645280: Hubble space telescope: end of 4th maintenance mission 03 - 2002 - View of the Hubble space telescope deployed on March 9, 2002 after its fourth maintenance mission / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645282: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - The space telescope seen from Shuttle Atlantis before it was captured for its fourth maintenance mission, May 13, 2009. An STS - 125 crewmember onboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis snapped a still photo of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft approached each other in Earth orbit prior to the capture of the giant observatory. 13 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646354: Spartan 201 satellite - Spartan 201 satellite seen over the Earth from space shuttle Discovery in September 1994. Astronauts onboard the space shuttle Discovery used a 70 mm camera to capture this photograph of the retrieval operations with the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201). A gibbous moon can be seen in the background. 9 - 20 Sep 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646376: SolarMax Satellite Repair Mission 04/1984 - Solar Maximum Mission repair 04/1984 - View of astronaut James Van Hoften in space shuttle Challenger hold. The astronaut participates in an extravehicular excursion to repair the Solar Max satellite (Solar Maximum Mission or SMM). 11 April 1984. Wide angle view of mission specialist James D. van Hoften participating in an extravehicular activity (EVA) to repair the “” captured” Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS) in the aft end of the Challenger's cargo bay. Astronaut van Hoften is standing in the payload bay facing the camera. The Solar SMMS is behind him. To the right of the photo is the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm used to capture the satellite. Behind the orbiter is a view of the cloudy earth. 11/04/198 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646470: STS-1: Columbia on its shooting pad 03/1981 - STS - 1: Columbia at launch pad. March 1981 - Shuttle Columbia in place on its firing pad for the first flight STS - 1. 05/03/1981. A timed exposure of the Space Shuttle, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night - time fantasy of light. Structures to the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and the rotating service structure / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646541: 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

PIX4646613: Columbia STS - 1 04/81 - First Columbia landing. STS-1. Apr 14 1981 - Landing of Shuttle Columbia STS-1. Edwards Air Force Base, California. 14/04/1981. Orbiter Columbia is landing at Rogers dry lake Runway 23, successfully completing the historic first flight for the Space Shuttle. Astronauts John Young, Commander, and Robert Crippen, Pilot, crewed the spacecraft for the first full test of the Space Transportation System / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646631: Columbia STS - 5 11/1982 - Shuttle Columbia post - landing 11 - 1982 - Shuttle Columbia STS-5 after landing. She had Vance Brand, Bob Overmyer, Joseph Allen and Bill Lenoir on board. 16/11/1982. Shuttle Columbia post - landing tow. Columbia was launched on mission STS-5 on Nov 11 1982. Nov 16 1982 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646738: Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS - 26. 29/09/1988 - Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS - 26 09/1988 - Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery STS - 26 and its five man crew from Pad 39 - B. Sep 29 1988 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646756: Astronauts in Discovery STS - 26 10/1988 - Astronauts in space shuttle Discovery Oct. 1988 - John Lounge experimented with weightless drink under the eyes of Frederick Hauck (left) and David Hilmers (d.). 10/1988. STS-26 Mission Specialist John M. Lounge, using a beverage container, experiments with microgravity as Commander Frederick H. Hauck (left) and MS David C. Hilmers (right) look on. Lounge freefloats as he closes in on a sphere of the red liquid drifting in front of his mouth. Hauck holds a spoon while sipping from a beverage container as he balances a meal tray assembly on his thighs. Hilmers, partially blocked by the open airlock hatch and holding a spoon and a can of food, pauses to watch the experiment. October 198 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646834: Decollage Columbia STS - 32 01 - 1990 - Decollage of the shuttle Columbia STS - 32 with Daniel Brandenstein, James Wetherbee, Bonnie Dunbar, Marsha Ivins and George Low. 09 - 01 - 1990 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646853: Astronaut Meal in the Space Shuttle Columbia 12/1990 - Astronauts meal in the space shuttle - Astronauts eat in the Columbia STS - 35, from left to right: Robert Parker, Ronald Parise and Vance Brand. 10/12/1990. (from l. to r.) Robert Parker, Ronald Parise and Vance Brand enjoying a meal on the middeck of Columbia. Dec 10 1990 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646902: Astronaut Roberta Bondar in the rotating chair 01/1992 - Astronaut Roberta Bondar in rotator chair - Roberta Bondar in the spacelab module, prepares for the experience of the rotating chair in order to experiment with the effects of microgravite on the vestibular system (the main sensory system of perception of motion and orientation in relation to vertical). 01/1992. STS - 42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar gets into the Microgravity Vestibular Investigations rotator chair to begin an experiment. The chair is mounted in the center aisle of the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 spacelab module. Just above Bondar's head is the helmet assembly which is outfitted with accelerometers to measure head movements and visors that fit over each eye independently to provide visual stimuli. The chair system has three movement patterns: “” sinusoidal”” or traveling predictably back and forth over the same distance at a constant speed; “” pseudorandom””” or moving back and forth over varying distances; and “” stepped”””” or varying speeds beginning and stopping suddenly. 01/199 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646920: Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis - 08/1991 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis - August 02 1991 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS - 43) with John Blaha, Michael Allen Baker, Shannon Lucid, James Craig Adamson and David Low. 02/08/1991. Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS - 43) carrying astronauts John Blaha, Michael Allen Baker, Shannon Lucid, James Craig Adamson, and David Low / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646985: Astronauts in Discovery STS - 51 09/1993 - STS - 51 astronauts during sleep period on Discovery's middeck - Astronauts sleeping in the shuttle Discovery STS - 51. Frank Culbertson (lower centre), from g. to d.: Daniel Bursch, Carl Walz and William Readdy photographs by James Newman. September 1993. Four of the five STS - 51 crew members were photographed during one of their sleep periods on Discovery's middeck. At bottom center, astronaut Frank L. Culbertson Jr., mission commander, is barely visible, with most of his body zipped securely in the sleep restraint. Others, left to right, are astronauts Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, mission specialists, and William F. Readdy, pilot. The photograph was taken by astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist / Bridgeman Images