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PIX4604699: Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10 - 2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. This rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA capsule to reach the international space station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later / Bridgeman Images
PIX4604252: 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 launch pad 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
PIX4604280: Fusee Ariane 5 ECA on its firing pitch. 05/2009 - The Ariane 5 ECA rocket - 05/2009 - 13 May 2009: the Fusee Ariane 5 ECA on its firing pitch at the Guyanese Space Center in Kourou. On board, the two astronomical satellites Herschel and Planck. Flight V188 is scheduled to launch on May 14, 2009. May 13 2009: the Ariane 5 ECA launcher on launch pad at the Launch Zone (ZL - 3) of Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA - 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
PIX4604793: Soyuz TMA - 15 - 27 May 2009 - Soyuz TMA - 15 launch - May 27 2009 - Decolving the Soyuz TMA - 15 rocket to the international space station, with on board the crew of Expedition 20 is European astronaut Frank de Winne, cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and astronaut Robert Thirsk. The Soyuz TMA - 15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:34 CEST on 27 May 2009 carrying Expedition 20 crewmembers ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk to the International Space Station. They are scheduled to arrive at the ISS at 14:36 CEST on Friday 29 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4604852: Pont des Arts Pont des Arts, Paris 6th arrondissement, reconstruction in 1981 by Louis Arretche. The Passerelle des Arts, the first iron bridge in Paris, had the mission of joining the Institut de France and the Louvre, which was then called the Palais des Arts. Reserved for pawns, it was built from 1801 to 1804. It initially consisted of nine arches. Following numerous river accidents, its reconstruction was decided in 1981 but two arches were removed to line them up on the Pont Neuf. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4604895: Pont des Arts Pont des Arts, Paris 6th arrondissement, reconstruction in 1981 by Louis Arretche. The Passerelle des Arts, the first iron bridge in Paris, had the mission of joining the Institut de France and the Louvre, which was then called the Palais des Arts. Reserved for pawns, it was built from 1801 to 1804. It initially consisted of nine arches. Following numerous river accidents, its reconstruction was decided in 1981 but two arches were removed to line them up on the Pont Neuf. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4600021: Release in space of M.Lopez - Alegria - 10/2000 - Michael Lopez - Alegria EVA. October 15 2000 - Release of Michael Lopez - Alegria to prepare the station for permanent housing. 15/10/2000. Michael Lopez - Alegria works to ready the International Space Station for permanent occupancy during a lengthy space walk. Behind him, solar panels for the station's functional cargo block (FGB) and service module appear like blades of a giant windmill / Bridgeman Images
PIX4600055: ISS: astronaut K. Wakata - 10/2000 - Koichi Wakata floats in ISS module Zarya - 10/2000 - Koichi Wakata in the FGB (Functional Cargo Block) module (now called Zarya) of the International Space Station (ISS). 15/10/2000. Koichi Wakata, mission specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), floats through the functional cargo block (FGB) of the International Space Station (ISS), replete now with supplies for permanent occupancy beginning in less than two weeks. October 15 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4600011: Exit of astronaut W. MacArthur - 10/2000 - Astronaut William McArthur EVA - 10/2000 - William McArthur connects to the arm of the space shuttle with a support device. 15/10/2000. Extravehicular activity (EVA) of astronaut William McArthur (center frame) and shows most of the long robot arm or remote manipulator system attached to the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery. October 15 2000 / Bridgeman Images