PIX4642335: Station Mir - Panel damage.10/1997 - Mir station with damaged solar panel. 10/1997 - The Mir space station seen from the shuttle Atlantis. A solar panel damage to the Spektr module (2nd to left from the top) is visible. 01/10/1997. Russia's Mir Space Station backdropped against a cloud - covered Earth photographed during a fly - around by the Space Shuttle Atlantis following the conclusion of joint docking activities between the Mir - 24 and STS - 86 crews. One of the solar array panels on the Spektr Module shows damage incurred during the impact of a Russian unmanned Progress re - supply ship with collided with the space station on June 25, 1997. Oct 01 1997 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642366: Wild or Wild Lettuce - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Lactuca vitosa - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642371: Dairy maraicher - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Sonchus oleraceus - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642375: The Mir space station seen from the shuttle Discovery. 12/06/1998 - Mir station seen in june 1998 - Mir space station seen from the shuttle Discovery. 12/06/1998. Overall view of Mir over the Earth horizon / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642395: Red Mahogany - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanical medicine by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Resin-bearing red mahogany, Eucalyptus resinifera - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642401: Crews in Mir 06/98 - Crews Mir - 25 and STS - 91 in Mir, de g. a d.: Valery Ryumin, Wendy Lawrence, Charles Precourt, Andrew Thomas, Talgat Musabayev, Janet Kavandi, Dominic Gorie, Nikolai Budarin and Franklin Chang - Diaz. 12/06/1998 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642421: Copaiba or copahu - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Copal or copaiba tree, Copaifera guyanensis - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642428: Astragalus producer of adragante gum - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Tragacanth gum tree, Astragalus gummifer - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642439: Orcanette des dyers - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Alkanet or dyers' bugloss, Alkanna tinctoria - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642459: Copaiba (variete) - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Copal or copaiba tree, Copaifera jacquinii - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642471: Mir station 06/1998 - Mir station seen in june 1998 - Mir space station seen from the shuttle Discovery. Russia's Mir space station and the moon share a 70 mm frame exposed by one of the STS - 91 crew members aboard the Earth - orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery as it passed over a line of heavy thunderstorms on Earth / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642478: Mir station 06/1998 - Mir station seen in june 1998 - Mir space station seen from the shuttle Discovery. Russia's Mir space station seen by one of the STS - 91 crew members aboard the Earth - orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642482: Deploiement du satellite LDEF - Deploiement du satellite LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility) seen from the Shuttle Challenger on April 7, 1984. This satellite remained in space for more than five years then was brought back to Earth to analyse the 57 experiments on board, intended to better understand the consequences of a long stay in space. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642485: Copayer (variete) or copaiba - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from botany medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Copal or copaiba tree, Copaifera oblongifolia - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642492: Deploiement du satellite LDEF - Deploiement du satellite LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility) seen from the Shuttle Challenger on April 7, 1984. This satellite remained in space for more than five years then was brought back to Earth to analyse the 57 experiments on board, intended to better understand the consequences of a long stay in space. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642656: Mimosa fragrant - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Sweet thorn bush, Acacia karroo - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639704: European Astronaut on Mars - Illustration - European Astronaut on Mars - Illustration - A European astronaut robs the soil of March in 2030. Artist's view. An european spacewoman walking on the martian surface in 2030 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639788: Iguanodon bernissartensis, Jurassic terrestrial herbivore dinosaur. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639800: Teleosaur, kind of carnivorous crocodile, is Cretace. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639830: Compsognathus longipes, a genus of small bipede dinosaurs of Jurassic carnivorous. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639860: Mastodonsaurus, genus of amphibian geanta big head of the Triassic and Pareiasaurus, genus of anapsid reptiles of the Permian. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639863: Archegosaurus, genus of Temnospondyl amphibian, Permian. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639873: Pterichthyode, genus of placoderm fish from the Devonian period. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639881: Belodon, genus of reptile, apparent to the crocodile of the Triassic era. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639890: Cave bear (Urus spelaeus), extirpated species of the Pleistocene bear, standing on a dead elephant. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639913: Torosaurus latus and monoclonius, ceratopside dinosaur eteint, of late Cretace. Chromolithography of F. John (series prehistoric animals of the Reichardt Cocoa Company), originally published in “Animals of the Prehistoric World”, 1910, Hamburg (Germany), text by Wilhelm Bolsche. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639941: Aye-aye or long-fingered lemur, Daubentonia madagascariensis, with long middle finger. Near threatened. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1800. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4639961: Little brown lizard, unknown species. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1800. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4640020: Base sur Mars - Illustration - Mars Ice Home concept - Artist's view of an inhabited base on Mars. Inflatable housing concept surrounded by a layer of ice. The “” Mars Ice Home”” is a large inflatable torus, a shape similar to an inner tube, that is surrounded by a shell of water ice. The Mars Ice Home design has several advantages that make it an appealing concept. It is lightweight and can be transported and deployed with simple robotics, then filled with water before the crew arrives. It incorporates materials extracted from Mars, and because water in the Ice Home could potentially be converted to rocket fuel for the Mars Ascent Vehicle, the structure itself doubles as a storage tank that can be refilled for the next crew. Another critical benefit is that water, a hydrogen-rich material, is an excellent shielding material for galactic cosmic rays - and many areas of Mars have abundant water ice just below the surface. Galactic cosmic rays are one of the biggest risks of long stays on Mars. This high-energy radiation can pass right through the skin, damaging cells or DNA along the way that can mean an increased risk for cancer later in life or, at its worst, acute radiation sickness / Bridgeman Images

PIX4640029: The Colonization of Mars - Illustration - Mars Colony: Artist's view of an inhabited base on Mars. A manned habitat on the surface of Mars / Bridgeman Images

FLO4640032: Bengal florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis. (Indian bustard, Otis bengalensis.) Critically endangered. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1799. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4640075: Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus (Long-tailed grouse, Tetrao phasianellus) Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1803. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4640078: Experience Mars500 - Mars500 experiment facility in Moscow - Installed at the Russian Institute of Bio-Medical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, the 550 m Seal Simulator consists of an interplanetary spacecraft and a Martian lander, and features a Martian landscape. The Mars500 experience is a Martian mission simulation that began on June 3, 2010. The crew locked up for 520 days consists of six people. They are Italian-Colombian Diego Urbina (27) and Frenchman Roman Charles (31) selected by ESA, Russian Sukhrob Kamolov (32), Alexey Sitev (38), Alexandr Smoleevskiy (33) and Chinese Wang Yue (26). March 500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started on June 3 2010 when the six-man crew entered their 'spacecraft' and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November 2011. Diego Urbina and Romain Charles from Europe, Sukhrob Kamolov, Alexey Sitev, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and Wang Yue from China face a mission that is as close as possible to a real space voyage without leaving the ground. During 520 days, they will live and work like astronauts, eat special food and exercise in the same way as crews aboard the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images

FLO4640096: Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra, male. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1800. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641159: Thomas Pesquet in weightlessness - Thomas Pesquet in ISS: The French astronaut Thomas Pesquet in the European Colombus module of the International Space Station (ISS). 7 December 2016 - ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet is seen floating inside the Columbus module aboard the International Space Station. Pesquet is on his first flight to space and is a flight engineer for Expeditions 50 and 51 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641174: Field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis. (Small bindweed, Smilax lenis minor) Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from “” The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine,”” Harrison, London, 1799. / Bridgeman Images