PIX4648937: Astronaut Lisa Nowak - mission STS-121 - Astronaut Lisa Nowak floats weightlessly in space shuttle Discovery. Mission STS-121 - 4 to 17 July 2006 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648958: Shuttle Discovery seen from International Space Station 07 - 2006 - Shuttle Discovery sets up for inspection of its thermal shield. Mission STS-121 - 6 July 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649025: Decollage de la shuttle Discovery 05/2008 - Launch of space shuttle Discovery 05/2008 - Decollage de la shuttle Discovery on 31 May 2008. Mission STS-124. The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member STS - 124 crew head towards Earth - orbit and a scheduled link - up with the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred on May 31, 2008 at 5:02 p.m. (EDT). The STS - 124 mission is the 26th in the assembly of the International Space Station. It is the second of three flights launching components to complete Jaxa's Kibo laboratory. During the mission, the shuttle crew will install Kibo's large Japanese Pressurized Module and its remote manipulator system. Onboard are astronauts Mark Kelly, commander; Ken Ham, pilot; Karen Nyberg, Mike Fossum, Ron Garan, Greg Chamitoff and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, all mission specialists. Chamitoff will join Expedition 17 in progress to serve as a flight engineer aboard the station / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649048: Baroness Prevost rose, hybrid raised by Monsieur Desprez at Yebles near Melun in 1843. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's “” Les Roses,” Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. Francois Frederic GROBON (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated “” Fleurs” after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649059: Astronauts in Weighttlessness 06/2008 - Astronauts in Weighttlessness - 06/2008 - Astronauts from STS-124 and Expedition 17 meet to share a meal on board the Space Shuttle Discovery. From the bottom left, Mark Kelly, Sergei Volkov, Garrett Reisman, Oleg Kononenko, Greg Chamitoff, Mike Fossum, Akihiko Hoshide, Karen Nyberg, and Ken Ham. 8 June 2008. A “” fish - eye”” lens on a digital still camera was used to record this image of the STS - 124 and Expedition 17 crewmembers as they share a meal on the middeck of the Space Shuttle Discovery while docked with the International Space Station. Pictured counter - clockwise (from the left bottom) are NASA astronauts Mark Kelly, STS - 124 commander; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Expedition 17 commander; NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, STS - 124 mission specialist; Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko; NASA astronauts Greg Chamitoff, both Expedition 17 flight engineers; NASA astronaut Mike Fossum, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, all STS - 124 mission specialists; and NASA astronaut Ken Ham, STS - 124 pilot. 8 June 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649081: The Atlantis shuttle en route to its firing pitch - 09/2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis - 09/2008 - Space Shuttle Atlantis, perched on its mobile platform (crawler) en route to its launch pad for the STS-125 mission. September 2008. Space shuttle Atlantis rolls towards Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center on September 4, 2008. The shuttle stack, with solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank attached to Atlantis, rest on the mobile launcher platform. Movement is provided by the crawler - transporter underneath. Atlantis is scheduled to launch on the STS - 125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649082: Jules Margottin rose, hybrid raised by Monsieur Margottin of Bourg-la-Reine in 1853. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's “” Les Roses,” Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. Francois Frederic GROBON (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated “” Fleurs” after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649122: Decolation of the space shuttle Atlantis. 05/2009 - STS - 125 lift - off - Decolation of the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the mission STS-125. This 11-day mission aims to maintain the Hubble space telescope. May 11, 2009. Space shuttle Atlantis roars into the cloudy sky above Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the STS - 125 mission. Blue cones of light, mach diamonds, can be seen beneath the engine nozzles. The mach diamonds are a formation of shock waves in the exhaust plume of an aerospace propulsion system. Atlantis will meet with Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope. Liftoff was on time at 2:01 p.m. EDT. Atlantis' 11 - day flight will include five spacewalks to refurbish and upgrade the telescope with state - of - the - art science instruments that will expand Hubble's capabilities and extend its operational lifespan through at least 2014. The payload includes a Wide Field Camera 3, fine guidance sensor and the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph. May 11 2009 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649156: La Biche rose, variety of white noisette, raised by Monsieur Toullier of Reuil in 1832. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's “” Les Roses,” Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. Francois Frederic GROBON (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated “” Fleurs” after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649193: Elisa Boelle rose, hybrid rose raised by Monsieur Guillot Jr. of Lyon in 1869. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's “” Les Roses,” Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. Francois Frederic GROBON (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated “” Fleurs” after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649214: Landing of Shuttle Endeavour 07/2009 - Landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour in July 2009 - Landing of Shuttle Endeavour in the Kennedy Space Center on 31 July 2009, with seven astronauts from the STS-127 mission on board. Space Shuttle Endeavour approaches landing Runway 15 of the Shuttle Landing Facility at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center, concluding the 16 - day, 6.5 million mile journey on the STS - 127 mission to the International Space Station. Onboard are NASA astronauts Mark Polansky, commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Christopher Cassidy, Tom Marshburn, Dave Wolf, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, all mission specialists. Main gear touchdown was at 10:48:08 a.m. (EDT) on July 31, 2009. Nose gear touchdown was at 10:48:21 a.m. and wheels stop was at 10:49:13 a.m. Endeavour delivered the Japanese Experiment Model's Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module - Exposed Section to the station. The mission was the 29th flight to the station, the 23rd flight of Endeavour and the 127th in the Space Shuttle Program, as well as the 71st landing at Kennedy / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649216: Space Shuttle Endeavour and ISS - Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to ISS - Space Shuttle Endeavour moored at the International Space Station (ISS). 20 July 2009. The top exterior of Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin, along with the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory and Harmony node are featured in this image photographed by a STS - 127 crew member during the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA). 20 July 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649260: Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis - 11/2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lift - off - 11/2009 - Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the STS - 129 mission on board, 16 November 2009. With nearly 7 million pounds of thrust generated with the aid of twin solid rocket boosters, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the blue skies over Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff on its STS - 129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16 2009. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. On STS - 129, the crew will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station, the largest of the shuttle's cargo carriers, containing 15 spare pieces of equipment including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. Atlantis will return to Earth a station crew member, Nicole Stott, who has spent more than two months aboard the orbiting laboratory. STS - 129 is slated to be the final space shuttle Expedition crew rotation flight / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649280: Atlantis Space Shuttle - 11/2009 - Space shuttle Atlantis in space - 11/2009 - The space shuttle Atlantis hold photographed by a crew member of the STS - 129 mission on 17 November 2009. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, a partial view of Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay, vertical stabilizer, orbital maneuvering system (OMS) pods and docking mechanism are featured in this image photographed by an STS - 129 crew member from an aft flight deck window. November 17, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649287: Decolving the shuttle Endeavour 08/02/2010 - Launch of space shuttle Endeavour 02/2010 - Decolving the space shuttle Endeavour on 8 February 2010, with the Tranquility (Node - 3) and Cupola modules of the International Space Station (ISS) on board. Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14 CET, 8 February 2010, and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node - 3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non - Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649299: Desprez rose, hybrid of the hazelnut (Rosa chinensis and Rosa moschata), raised by Monsieur Desprez of Yebles in 1830. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's “” Les Roses,” Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. Francois Frederic GROBON (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated “” Fleurs” after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649309: Madame Edouard Ory rose, hybrid of the moss rose, Rosa muscosa, raised by Monsieur Robert of Angers in 1854. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's “” Les Roses,” Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. Francois Frederic GROBON (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated “” Fleurs” after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649333: Shuttle Endeavour landing 02/2010 - Space Shuttle Endeavour landing 02/2010 - Shuttle Endeavour landing at Kennedy Space Center. Mission STS-130, 21 February 2010. Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour and its crew glide in to Runway 15 at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility after spending 14 days in space on the STS - 130 mission. February 21, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649369: The Endeavour Shuttle seen from ISS - 02/2010 - Space Shuttle Endeavour seen from ISS - 02/2010 - The silhouette of the Space Shuttle Endeavour decoupled on the Earth's atmosphere. Image obtained by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), February 9, 2010. In a very unique setting over Earth's colorful horizon, the silhouette of the space shuttle Endeavour is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member prior to STS - 130 rendezvous and docking operations with the International Space Station. Docking occurred at 11:06 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 9, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649379: Discovery Shuttle from ISS 04/2010 - Discovery leaves the International Space Station - 04/2010 - Space Shuttle Discovery before returning to Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on April 17, 2010. Visible in the cargo compartment of the shuttle, the Leonardo module. This view of the space shuttle Discovery was provided by an Expedition 23 crew member during a survey of the departing vehicle following undocking from the International Space Station on April 17. The Leonardo Multi - Purpose Logistics Module is visible in Discovery's cargo bay / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649422: Discovery Shuttle from ISS 04/2010 - Discovery leaves the International Space Station - 04/2010 - Space Shuttle Discovery before returning to Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on April 17, 2010. Visible in the cargo compartment of the shuttle, the Leonardo module. Space shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:52 a.m. (CDT) on April 17, 2010, ending a stay of 10 days, 5 hours and 8 minutes. The visit included three spacewalks and delivery of more than seven tons of equipment and supplies / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649428: Atlantis Approaching Space Station 05/2010 - Atlantis Approaching the International Space Station 05/2010 - Atlantis Shuttle seen from the International Space Station (ISS) May 16, 2010. Last mission of the Atlantis shuttle. Space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS - 132 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 9:28 a.m. (CDT) on May 16, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649445: Atlantis Approaching Space Station 05/2010 - Atlantis Approaching the International Space Station 05/2010 - Atlantis Shuttle seen from the International Space Station (ISS) May 16, 2010. Last mission of the Atlantis shuttle. Backdropped by a colorful Earth, space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS - 132 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 9:28 a.m. (CDT) on May 16, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649464: Space Shuttle Atlantis and ISS - Space Shuttle Atlantis docked to ISS - Space Shuttle Atlantis moored to the International Space Station (ISS). 17 May 2010. Space shuttle Atlantis, docked to the International Space Station, is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 132 spacewalker during the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA). 17 May 2010 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649476: The dhole, Asian cuon or Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus - Lithograph by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith to illustrate Naturalist's Library: Dogs by Sir William Jardine, edition W. H Lizars, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649482: Atlantis Shuttle from ISS 05/2010 - Atlantis leaves the International Space Station - 05/2010 - Atlantis Space Shuttle before returning to Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 23, 2010. Space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 10:22 a.m. (CDT) on May 23, 2010, ending a seven - day stay that saw the addition of a new station module, replacement of batteries and resupply of the orbiting outpost. Earth's horizon and the blackness of space provide the backdrop for the scene / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649505: Atlantis Shuttle from ISS 05/2010 - Atlantis leaves the International Space Station - 05/2010 - Atlantis Space Shuttle before returning to Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on May 23, 2010. Space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 10:22 a.m. (CDT) on May 23, 2010, ending a seven - day stay that saw the addition of a new station module, replacement of batteries and resupply of the orbiting outpost / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649510: Decolving the shuttle Discovery 02/2011 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 133. 02/2011 - Decolving the shuttle Discovery (mission STS - 133) with a crew of six astronauts on board as well as Robonaut2. This mission is the 33rd and last mission of the Shuttle Discovery. 24/02/2011. Rising on twin columns of fire and creating rolling clouds of smoke and steam, space shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a picturesque, warm, late February afternoon. Launch of the STS - 133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24. Discovery and its six - member crew are on a mission to deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery is making its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This is the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649512: Decolving the shuttle Discovery 02/2011 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 133. 02/2011 - Decolving the shuttle Discovery (mission STS - 133) with a crew of six astronauts on board as well as Robonaut2. This mission is the 33rd and last mission of the Shuttle Discovery. 24/02/2011. Space shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a late February afternoon. Launch of the STS - 133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24. Discovery and its six - member crew are on a mission to deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery is making its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This is the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649514: Decolving the shuttle Discovery 02/2011 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 133. 02/2011 - Decolving the shuttle Discovery (mission STS - 133) with a crew of six astronauts on board as well as Robonaut2. This mission is the 33rd and last mission of the Shuttle Discovery. 24/02/2011. Space shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a late February afternoon. Launch of the STS - 133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24. Discovery and its six - member crew are on a mission to deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery is making its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This is the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649554: Decolving the shuttle Discovery 02/2011 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 133. 02/2011 - Decolving the shuttle Discovery (mission STS - 133) with a crew of six astronauts on board as well as Robonaut2. This mission is the 33rd and last mission of the Shuttle Discovery. 24/02/2011. Rising on twin columns of fire and creating rolling clouds of smoke and steam, space shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a picturesque, warm, late February afternoon. Launch of the STS - 133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24. Discovery and its six - member crew are on a mission to deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery is making its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This is the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station / Bridgeman Images

FLO4649556: Fox or Wood Dog, Extirpated Species, Thous acmon - Lithograph by Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith to illustrate Naturalist's Library: Dogs by Sir William Jardine, W. H Lizars Edition, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4652245: Blue-head Loriquet, Trichoglossus haematodus. Psittacus haematodus. Lithograph of Joseph Kidd, based on a drawing by John Audubon, in Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, Sir Thomas DiK Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown, published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1833. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4652261: Portrait of John James Audubon (1785-1851), Franco-American ornithological artist. Lithograph of Charles Wands, based on painting by John Syme, in Miscellany of Natural History: Parrots, by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder and Captain Thomas Brown, published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1833. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652275: Chajnantor Plateau, Chile - Plateau of Chajnantor, Chile - Chajnantor Plateau, in the Andes Mountains, Chile. The Chajnantor Plateau is located at more than 5000 m altitude. This desertic vastness hosts several observatories, ESO is currently installing Alma, its giant interferometric network. June 2008 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert (Chile). Several telescopes are located here and the European southern observatory is building here its giant interferometric network ALMA. June 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652289: Plateau de Chajnantor et voie lactee - Chajnantor plateau and milky way - Réseau Alma. Chajnantor Plateau, 5100 m altitude, Chile. June 2008 Alma network, Chajnantor plateau in Atacama Desert, Chile. June 2008 / Bridgeman Images