PIX4647473: Shuttle Endeavour in orbit 12/1998 - Earth with Endeavour space shuttle 12/1998 - Wide angle view of the Earth from space shuttle Endeavour. 12 - 1998. The crew of STS - 88 mission began construction of the International Space Station, joining the U.S. - built Unity node to the Russian - built Zarya module. The crew carried a large - format IMAX camera from which this picture was taken. - Payload bay camera view of Mozambique. Dec 1998 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647478: Extra exit - vehicle J.Ross STS - 88 12/1998 - Astronaut Jerry L. Ross EVA - 12/1998 - Jerry L. Ross, during one of his three extra-vehicle outings. In the foreground part of the international space station. December 1998. Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist, pictured during one of three space walks which were conducted on the twelve - day mission. The solar array panel for the Russian - built Zarya module can be seen along right edge. Dec 1998 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647492: Crew STS - 91 in the shuttle Discovery 06/1998 - STS - 91 crew in Discovery. 06/1998 - Downstairs, Wendy Lawrence, then clockwise, Andrew Thomas, Charles Precourt, Valery Ryumin, Janet Kavandi, Dominic Gorie, and Franklin Chang - Diaz. 1998. The seven crew members of STS - 91 pose for their traditional in - flight crew portrait aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Wendy B. Lawrence, mission specialist, at bottom center, (counter - clockwise from Lawrence) Andrew Thomas, mission specialist; Charles Precourt, mission commander; Valery Ryumin, mission specialist representing the Russian Aviation and Space Agency; Janet Kavandi, mission specialist; Dominic Gorie, pilot and Franklin Chang - Diaz, payload commander / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647503: Variety of camelias from Japan (Thea japonica Nois): Susukage, crimson red flower. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. Crimson camellia “Susukage”. Thea japonica Nois. Colour printed woodblock engraving Kan'en Iwasaki from “” Honzo Zufu,”” an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647521: Crew in the shuttle Columbia STS - 93 07/1999 - STS - 93 astronauts on Columbia's middeck - Portrait of the crew of the mission STS - 93 Front: Eileen M. Collins and Michel Tognini (CNES); behind (left - d.): Steven A. Hawley, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Catherine G. (Cady) Coleman. Portrait of the five STS - 93 astronauts on Columbia's middeck. Front row: Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, and Michel Tognini, mission specialist representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES); back row (l. - r.): Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist; Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot; and Catherine G. (Cady) Coleman, mission specialist. Jul 1999 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647525: Camelia Madame de Cannart d'Hamale. Hybrid, variete Ghent, grows in a cold greenhouse, pink flower line with red. Lithograph of L. Stroobant de Ghent, based on a drawing by P. Stroobant, published around 1880 in L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898), Belgian botanist and explorer. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647541: Large leaf of Anthurium with white veins (Anthurium crystallinum). Chromolithography by P.de Pannemaeker, published in 1873 in Ghent (Belgium), in L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Linden (1817-1898) explorer, botanist and Belgian horticulturist. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647583: E.Collins aboard Columbia 07/99 - Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, Commander of Shuttle Columbia, seen aboard the Shuttle on July 24, 1999. Eileen M. Collins, after being the first female pilot of the space shuttle becomes the first female commander of the space shuttle during the STS-93 mission / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647592: Camelia variete Madame P. de Pannemaeker (Camellia japonica, Thea japonica), pink flower. Chromolithography by P.de Pannemaeker, published in 1886 in Ghent (Belgium), in L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Linden (1817-1898) explorer, botanist and Belgian horticulturist. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647659: Autumn chrysanthemum hybrids: M. C. Orchard has large yellow flower and crimson and M. H.Cannell has large yellow flower. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647724: Philodendron mamei with white and blood red inflorescence. Tropical exotic plant. Illustration by J. de Bosschere, lithography by P.de Pannemaeker, published around 1880 in Ghent (Belgium), in L'Illustration Horticole by Jean Linden (1817-1898) explorer, botanist and Belgian horticulturist. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647762: Marsha Ivins' hair in weightlessness - Marsha Ivins' hair in the space shuttle Atlantis: Astronaut Marsha Ivins weightless in space shuttle Atlantis. February 2001. Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins, her hair loose and free floating in microgravity, smiles for the camera on Atlantis' Aft Flight Deck / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647778: Shuttle Endeavour in orbit 02/2000 - Space shuttle Endeavour orbits Earth Feb 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647808: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 100 view of ISS 04/2001 - Shuttle Endeavour seen from ISS. April 2001 - Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. April 21, 2001. Endeavour approaches the International Space Station (ISS) for a docking. Apr 21 2001 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647842: Sumatra phalaenopsis orchid, Phalaenopsis sumatrana. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647845: The Atlantis shuttle before decolving - STS - 101 - 05/2000 - Space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad. May 2000 - The Atlantis shuttle on its fire pad. 18 May 2000 STS - 101 Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A; May 18 2000 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647850: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 100 view of ISS 04/2001 - Shuttle Endeavour seen from ISS. April 2001 - Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. April 21, 2001. Endeavour preparing to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) Apr 21 2001 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647857: Purple-ear sparkling, Praxilla iolata (Petasophora iolata). Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martin's A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647892: Bronze-tailed thornbill, Chalcostigma heteropogon (Ramphomicron heteropogon). Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martin's A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647908: Claude Nicollier in the shuttle Discovery STS - 103 1999 - Astronaut Claude Nicollier in Discovery - 1999 - Astronaut Claude Nicollier, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), on Discovery's mid deck prior to a space walk in the weightlessness of space / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647909: C. Nicollier and JF. Clervoy in the shuttle Discovery STS-103 - 1999 - C. Nicollier and JF. Clervoy in weightlessness 12/1999 - (19 - 27 December 1999) - - - Astronauts Claude Nicollier (left) and Jean - Francois Clervoy, mission specialists representing the European Space Agency (ESA), move about on Discovery's mid deck in a manner they could not duplicate in Earth - bound training. A photography / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647958: Extra - vehicle exit by D. Barry STS - 105 08/2001 - Extravehicular activity 08/2001 - Astronaut Daniel Barry takes extra - vehicle exit along the shuttle Discovery. 16 - 08 - 2001. Astronaut Daniel Barry, mission specialist, traverses along the Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay, during one of two days of extravehicular activity (EVA). Aug 16 2001 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648019: Shuttle Columbia STS - 107 on its fire pad 01/2003 - Shuttle Columbia on launch pad - 01/2003 - Shuttle Columbia after rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A / Bridgeman Images

FLO4648022: Shiroyamabuki or black jetbead, Rhodotypos scandens (Thunb.) Makino. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4648025: Japanese wild ginger, Asarum caulescens Maxim. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648047: Launch of the shuttle Atlantis STS - 106 09/2000 - Launch of STS - 106 Atlantis - 09/2000 - Launch of STS - 106 Atlantis. The crew will perform support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and prepare the living quarters in the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module. Sep 09 2000 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648080: Depart of astronauts STS - 107 01/2003 - STS - 107 crew is going to launch pad - 16/01/2003. The crew of the STS-107 mission joins firing pad 39A for decolving. Front, from left to right, Ilan Ramon, Kalpana Chawla and William “” Willie”” McCool; behind them, from left to right, Michael Anderson, David Brown, Laurel Clark, and Rick Husband. The STS - 107 crew heads for the Astrovan and a ride to Launch Pad 39A for liftoff. From left to right are Payload Commander Michael Anderson, Mission Specialist David Brown, Payload Specialist Ilan Ramon, Mission Specialists Laurel Clark and Kalpana Chawla, Mission Commandaer Rick Husband and Pilot William “” Willie””” McCool. Ramon is the first astronaut from Israel to fly on a Shuttle. The 16 - day mission is devoted to research and will include more than 80 experiments that will study Earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety. The payload on Space Shuttle Columbia includes FREESTAR (Fast Reaction Experiments Enabling Science, Technology, Applications and Research) and the SHI Research Double Module (SHI/RDM), known as SPACEHAB. Experiments on the module range from material sciences to life sciences. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:39 a.m. EST / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648095: Shuttle clearance Columbia STS - 107 01/2003 - Launch of STS - 107 Shuttle Columbia - Launch of STS - 107 Shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39A. Jan 16 2003 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4648097: Kabutogiku or monkshood, Aconitum napellus. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648099: Shuttle clearance Columbia STS - 107 01/2003 - Launch of STS - 107 Shuttle Columbia - Launch of STS - 107 Shuttle Columbia from Launch Pad 39A. Jan 16 2003 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4648105: Kangiku or winter chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum (Chrysantheme of India). Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644541: Pink moss, Rosa muscosa. Handcoloured engraving by James Andrews for John Stevens Henslow's “Bouquet des Souvenirs,” London, 1840. Henslow (1796 ~ 1861) was educated at Cambridge University, and returned to teach there, becoming Chair of Mineralogy in 1822 and Chair of Botany in 1825. His lectures were attended by a young Charles Darwin. James Andrews was a talented botanical artist who squandered his talents on gift books. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644547: Satellite Meteosat in test in Cannes - A first generation Meteosat weather satellite undergoes final checks - View of a first generation Meteosat satellite in an Aerospatiale building in Cannes. A first generation Meteosat weather satellite undergoes final checks at Aerospace's satellite plant in Cannes, on the English Riviera / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644610: Little dragonfish, Eurypegasus draconis, Pegase dragon, and American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, Polyodon leaf. 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 Bocour, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4644611: Ocean sunfish, Moon fish or Mole, Mola mola. 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 Lemaire, directed by Turpin, and published by F. G. Levrault. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644635: Satellite Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite orbiting Earth. This satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be dedicated exclusively to the study of carbon dioxide on Earth. The mission, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main human - produced driver of climate change. It will provide the first global picture of the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide and the places where this important greenhouse gas is stored. Such information will improve global carbon cycle models as well as forecasts of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of how our climate may change in the future / Bridgeman Images