FLO4645328: Spectacled caiman, cayman has glasses, Caiman crocodilus. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's “” Dictionary of Natural Sciences”” 1816-1830. The volumes on fish and reptiles were edited by Hippolyte Cloquet, natural historian and doctor of medicine. Illustration by J.G. Pretre, engraved by David, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / 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

FLO4645403: Large pink nymph thigh, great maiden's blush rose, Rosa alba hybrid, and Duchess of Portland rose, Rosa portlandica. Handcoloured illustration by Pancrace Bessa stipple engraved by Teillard from Charles Malos “” Histoire des Roses,”” Paris, 1818. A gift book for ladies with 12 miniature botanicals by Bessa, one of the great English flower painters of the 19th century. / 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

FLO4645464: Olivia Serres (1772-1834), English imposter and pretender to the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland. / 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

FLO4645470: Margaret Clifford, nee Russell, Countess of Cumberland (1560-1616), English aristocrat and maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I. / 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

FLO4645533: Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu (1718|1800) was a British social reformer, hostess, literary critic and writer whose salons were attended by the “” bluestockings.””” Medallion portrait engraved by Thomas Holloway for the European Magazine, 1785. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645537: Barbara St. John was “” one of the fairest and finest women of the beau monde””” before her marriage to Lord Coventry. Number 6 in the series of “” Court Beauties”” portraits for the London Magazine of 1775. Copperplate engraving. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645574: Chandra Space Telescope - Illustration - The Chandra Space Telescope observes the Universe in X-ray; it was launched and put into orbit in July 1999 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645613: Spitzer space telescope - Artist's view - Artwork of Spitzer in its heliocentric orbit - Spitzer space telescope observes the universe in infrared; it was launched and put into orbit in August 2003. The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003. During its mission, Spitzer will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space between wavelengths of 3 and 180 microns (1 micron is one - millionth of a meter). Most of this infrared radiation is blocked by the Earth's atmosphere and cannot be observed from the ground / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645623: Miss Jones, 18th century woman's portrait number 34, XXXIV, from “” Town and Country”” magazine. She wears her hair up under a high bonnet, and a dress with lacy decollete bodice. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645639: The Kepler Spacecraft: The Kepler satellite observes exoplanets in transit. Kepler is a satellite launched in March 2009 and designed to search the nearby region of our galaxy for Earth-size planets orbiting in the habitable zone of stars like our sun / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645650: Satellite Kepler - Kepler spacecraft - Kepler satellite in clean room. Kepler is a satellite launched in March 2009, designed to discover inhabitable exoplanets in our galaxy. Nasa's Kepler spacecraft in a clean room at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado. Kepler is a spaceborne telescope launched in march 2009 and designed to search the nearby region of our galaxy for Earth - size planets orbiting in the habitable zone of stars like our sun / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645690: Jane Seymour, Queen of England, wife of King Henry VIII, daughter of Sir John Seymour, mother of King Edward VI. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645709: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Illustration - James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Illustration - The JWST Space Telescope will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2013. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645739: William Fitzwilliam, 1st Earl of Southampton (1490-1542). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645744: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors - Six of the 18 JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) mirrors seen at Nasa's Marshall Space Center. These mirrors will be tested there to ensure they will withstand the extreme temperatures of space vacuum. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. Six of the 18 James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments are being moved into the X - ray and Cryogenic Facility, or XRCF, at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to eventually experience temperatures dipping to a chilling - 414 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure they can withstand the extreme space environments. The test chamber takes approximately five days to cool a mirror segment to cryogenic temperatures. Marshall's X - ray & Cryogenic Facility is the world's largest X - ray telescope test facility and a unique, cryogenic, clean room optical test location. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared - optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645755: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors - Six of the 18 JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) mirrors seen at Nasa's Marshall Space Center. These mirrors will be tested there to ensure they will withstand the extreme temperatures of space vacuum. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. Six of the 18 James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments are being moved into the X - ray and Cryogenic Facility, or XRCF, at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to eventually experience temperatures dipping to a chilling - 414 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure they can withstand the extreme space environments. The test chamber takes approximately five days to cool a mirror segment to cryogenic temperatures. Marshall's X - ray & Cryogenic Facility is the world's largest X - ray telescope test facility and a unique, cryogenic, clean room optical test location. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared - optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645783: Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor to King Henry VIII, English lawyer, author, statesman (1478-1535). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645789: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors: Six of the 18 JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) mirrors seen at Nasa's Marshall Space Center. These mirrors will be tested there to ensure they will withstand the extreme temperatures of space vacuum. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared - Primary Mirror Segment Cryogenic Testing - Six of the 18 James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments are being prepped to move into the X-ray and Cryogenic Facility, or XRCF, at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to eventually experience temperatures dipping to a chilling -414 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure they can withstand the extreme space environments. The test chamber takes approximately five days to cool a mirror segment to cryogenic temperatures. Marshall's X-ray & Cryogenic Facility is the world's largest X-ray telescope test facility and a unique, cryogenic, clean room optical test location / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645805: Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden (1509-1556), English poet and nobleman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645827: James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist view - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) - Artist view: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2018. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2018. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth - The shaded side of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as it may appear later this decade when it is observing from the Earth-Sun L2 point about 930 thousand miles from the Earth. Part of the Milky Way can be seen reflected in the 21-foot diameter mirror assembly. This assembly is composed of 18 hexagonal segments of gold-coated beryllium which combines to create a near-infrared light-collecting area of about 80 square feet (the Hubble Space Telescope has a collecting area of 48 square feet) - The JWST's sensitive optical elements are shaded from the perpetual sunlight via a “” parasol” consisting of multiple spaced layers of polyimide film. These layers act as a passive cooling barrier between the 185* F sunward side and the -388* F shaded side hosting the optics and sensors / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645829: King Francis II of France as dauphin, King consort of Scotland, 1544-1560. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645845: Mary, Queen of Scots, or Mary Stuart (1542-1567). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645846: Darwin Space Telescope - Illustration - Space Telescope Project consists of four telescopes measuring 3m in diameter observing infrared and operating interferometry. The objective of this project is to detect planets outside our solar system, similar to Earth / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645854: John More, son of Sir Thomas More and his first wife Jane. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645899: Monsieur de Saincte Corneille, French man at the court of King Henry VIII. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4645922: Elizabeth Jenkes, Lady Rich, wife to Sir Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich (1496-1567), Lord Chancellor during the reign of King Edward VI. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, London, 1884. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645934: Space telescope TPF - Illustration - Space telescope TPF - Illustration - Space telescope project consists of several telescopes measuring 3 to 4m in diameter observing in infrared and operating in interferometry. The objective of this project is to detect planets outside our solar system, similar to Earth. This interferometer will also be supported by a telescope of 4 to 6m diameter equipped with a coronographer (not shown in this illustration) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642287: Station Mir: release of J.Linenger 04/1997 - J.Linenger EVA - Mir station 04/1997 - Space release of astronaut Jerry Linenger on 29 April 1997. In the background of the solar panels and the Kvant module of the Mir space station. This photograph, taken by Mir 23 commander Vasili V. Tsibliyev shows NASA/Mir 23's Jerry M. Linenger, guest researcher during a five - hour spacewalk performed by the two outside the Russian Mir Space Station. Linenger blue stripes is backdropped by Kvant module and Cooperative Solar Array CSA while standing on the Docking Module not in fram / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642319: 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 is visible. 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 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4642322: Station Mir - Damage panel.12/1997 - Mir station with damaged solar panel - View of the solar panel Damage of the Spektr module. The damaged Spektr module on the Mir Space Station. The Earth limb is visible in the background / Bridgeman Images

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