FLO4636937: Emerald falcon. Coloured copper engraving by George Graves, in British Ornithology, 1811. Merlin, Falco aesalon, Falco columbarius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Graves from “British Ornithology”” 1811. Graves was a bookseller, publisher, artist, engraver and colorist and worked on botanical and ornithological books. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4637831: Sky horizon to horizon - Light pollution is visible on both horizons. The star Sirius is reflected in the sea. Higher, the constellations of Orion, and the Bull with the Pleiades. Near the zenith, a shooting star claws the sky not far from the round spot of Holmes comet right in Persee. Towards the other horizon, the double cluster of Persee, the Andromede Galaxy, the nebula North America (very low in light pollution) and finally the Lyre near the horizon. 16 November 2007, Combrit (Finistere). The light pollution is visible above both horizons. Sirius has just risen and reflects itself in the sea. Higher, are constellations of Orion, the Taurus with Pleiades. Near the zenith, a meteor scratches the sky near the round patch of Comet Holmes in the heart of Perseus. Down to the other horizon: the double Perseus Cluster, Great Andromeda galaxy, North America nebula (hard to spot in the light pollution) and constellation of Lyra near the horizon. November 16 2007, Brittany, France / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637835: Collection of decorative pilasters and friezes from edifices in Pompeii from Wilhelm Zahn's Pompeii. Chromolithograph by Francis Bedford from Owen Jones' The Grammar of Ornament, Quaritch, London, 1868. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4637843: Milky way with zodiacal light - Panorama showing the arch of the lactee path accompanied by the zodiacal light (in the middle of the picture). Gers-France, 18 March 2009. Milky way panorama with zodiacal light. Gers, France, March 18 2009 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637903: Thistle botanical study, 1897 (lithograph), Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637909: Periwinkle botanical study, 1897 (lithograph), Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637939: Chrysanthemum botanical study, 1897 (lithograph), Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917) / Bridgeman Images

FLO4637992: Chamomile, Matricaria chamomilla. Handcoloured illustration drawn and lithographed by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamilton's Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638017: Cowbane or water hemlock, Cicuta virosa. Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamilton's Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4638040: Bitter cucumber or colocynth, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucumis colocynthis). Handcoloured lithograph by Henry Sowerby from Edward Hamilton's Flora Homeopathica, Bailliere, London, 1852. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638056: Our Galaxy, The Lactee Way - Artist's View - Our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Artwork / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638066: The lactee path with solar system position-Illustration - Position of our solar system in the galaxy: Notre galaxy-position du Soleil - Artist view - Our galaxy, the Milky Way. Artwork / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641564: Hellebore (ellebore) green - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Green hellebore, Helleborus viridis - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641605: Vomicker, Vomic Nuts or Snake Nuts - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botanical by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux vomica - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641633: Hepatic or three-lobed hepatic anemone - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Common liverwort, Anemone hepatica - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641653: JF Kennedy congratulates A.Shepard, 1961 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641713: Mercury - Atlas 6: John Glenn - John Glenn in his silver Mercury pressure suit in preparation for launch. Feb 26 1962 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641725: Anemone sylvie ou anemone des bois - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Wood anemone, Anemone nemorosa - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641750: Mercury - Atlas 6: J. Glenn a l'entraînement - John Glenn gives ready sign during Mercury 6 pre-launch training activities. Jan 23 1962 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641776: Plantain pucier - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanical medicine by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Black psyllium, Plantago afra - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641794: Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Common bugloss or alkanet, Anchusa officinalis - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641795: Water Pepper Renee - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botanical by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Water pepper, Persicaria hydropiper - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641797: Bistorte, snake or beef tongue - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Common bistort, Persicaria bistorta - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641819: Persicary or sweet persicary knotweed (or pilingre or red foot) - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Redshank or spotted ladysthumb, Persicaria maculosa - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Bottom Any, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641827: Mercury - Atlas 7: view of decollage - Liftoff of Mercury 7 carrying Scott Carpenter from Pad 14. Cape Canaveral, Florida. May 24 1962. May 24 1962 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641853: Buckwheat or black wheat - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Common buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641897: Mercury - Atlas 9: Astronaut Gordon Cooper before the start - Pilot and spacecraft - Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, wearing his Mercury pressure suit, looks over the spacecraft which he named “” Faith 7”” at the top of the Pad 14 gantry at Cape Canaveral. Cooper is prime pilot for the MA - 9 mission - 196 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641900: Scabieuse des pres ou herbe de Saint Joseph - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from botanique medicale by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Devil's bit scabious, Scabiosa succisa - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641904: Cardamine - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botanical by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Large bittercress, Cardamine amara - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641905: Mercury - Atlas 9: No shooting the day before the decollage - View of the top of the Mercury - Atlas 9 (MA9) on Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. May 14 1963 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4641910: Herb of St. Sophia - Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Herb Sophia, Descurainia sophia - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641939: Mercury - Atlas 9: Return of Gordon Cooper - Astronaut Cooper, Gordon leaves Faith 7 Spacecraft After Recovery. MA - 9 was Launched on May 15,1963 One/onehalf Days Orbit Fligh / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641957: Mir station. V.Polyakov - The Mir station seen from Discovery - Valeriy Polyakov at the Mir window during the stowage of the space station with the shuttle Discovery. 06/02/1995. Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov, who boarded Russia's Mir space station on Jan 8 1994, looks out Mir's window during rendezvous operations with the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS - 63 mission. Feb 06 1995 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4641987: Mir Station 07/1995 - Mir Space Station seen from the Atlantis Shuttle. 04/07/1995. Views of the Russian Mir space station over the Earth's horizon taken from the space shuttle Atlantis during the STS - 71 mission / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642030: Small common centauree or small red centeuree or erythree - Lithograph by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Common centaury, Centaurium erythraea - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4642067: Lithography by F. Guimpel, extracted from medical botany by Friedrich Gottlob Haynes (1763-1832), Berlin, 1822 - Rough chervil, Chaemophyllum temulum - Handcoloured copperplate by F. Guimpel from Dr. F. G. Hayne's Medical Botany, Berlin, 1822 / Bridgeman Images