PIX4604727: Soyuz FG - Fregat - 04 - 2005 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, April 13, 2005. This rocket decolished on 15 April 2005, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA capsule to reach the international space station two days later. The Soyuz FG launcher carrying the Soyuz TMA - 6 spacecraft is transferred to launch pad 1/5 at the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, early in the morning of April 13, 2005, two days before its lift - off for the Eneide mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, from Italy. The Soyuz spacecraft is enclosed in the white protective fairing / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604817: Proton rocket decolving 11/98 - Proton 11/98 rocket decolving a Proton rocket carrying the first element of the international space station, Zarya. 20/11/1998 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604845: Proton rocket 10/02 - Proton rocket on its fire pad. 10/2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604880: Artist's view of the Rockot launcher with the Cryosat satellite. - Artist's view of the Rockot launcher with the Cryosat satellite / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604900: Launch of the Dnepr - Dnepr rocket launch - Launch of the Cryosat - 2 satellite on board a Dnepr rocket, 8 April 2010. Successful launch for ESA's CryoSat - 2 ice satellite Europe's first mission dedicated to studying the Earth's ice was launched on April 8 2010 from Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit, CryoSat - 2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice is responding to climate change and the role it plays in our 'Earth system'. The CryoSat - 2 satellite was launched at 15:57 CEST (13:57 UTC) on a Dnepr rocket provided by the International Space Company Kosmotras from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The signal confirming that it had separated from the launcher came 17 minutes later from the Malindi ground station in Kenya / Bridgeman Images

PIX4604931: Launch of Explorer 1 - First American satellite - Launch of Explorer 1 satellite, place on Juno 1 launcher (Jupiter rocket - C modified), February 1, 1958. This satellite was the first artificial satellite launched by Americans. He confirmed the presence of a radiation belt around the Earth, the belt of Van Allen / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4604952: Love, 1655-58 (painting), Romanelli, Giovanni Francesco (Il Viterbese) (1610-62) / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4567014: Peasant plates decorated with floral motifs, 19th century (ceramic), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4567084: First page of musical score of minuet in Armida by J Haydn (1784), Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4567126: Frontispiece of musical score of Flik e Flok ballet by Filippo Taglioni, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images

LRI4567178: Title page of musical score of Capriccio by F Kalkbrenner, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images

JLJ4567225: Figure symbolizing the evangelist Saint Luke, 1475-1500 (engraving), French School, (15th century) / Bridgeman Images

CUB4508733: Staging, Sinopoli room, Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Lazio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4508740: Luchino Visconti costume exhibition, Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Lazio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4508775: Coffee shop, Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Lazio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4508779: Staging near Via Veneto, Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Lazio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4508784: The Westin Excelsior Rome Hotel, Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Lazio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4508826: Red carpet, Ornella Muti, Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Lazio, Italy / Bridgeman Images

PIX4567349: Eclipse of 11/08/1999: observation du soleil - Solar eclipse observation with safe solar glasses. August 11 1999 - Sun observation with protective glasses / Bridgeman Images

PIX4567359: Eclipse de Soleil observee par projection - Solar eclipse observation - Total eclipse of Sun of 29 March 2006. Partial phase of the projected eclipse using a pair of binoculars. Total solar eclipse, March 29, 2006, Turkey. Partial phase projected by binoculars / Bridgeman Images

CUB4509059: Cityview of Portofino, Liguria, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4509085: Revoltella Museum, Trieste, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4509130: Moray, Murena Helena, Portofino, Genoa, Liguria, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4509169: Castle of Paraggi, Portofino, Genoa, Liguria, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4509230: Sulphureous dust on seabed, CNR volcanology research, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy / Bridgeman Images

PIX4568658: Open cluster NGC 7762 in Cephee - Open cluster NGC 7762 in Cepheu / Bridgeman Images

PIX4568767: Open cluster of Pleiades - The Pleiades star cluster - Seen from the southern hemisphere, New Zealand. The Pleiades as seen in the southern hemisphere from New Zealand / Bridgeman Images

PIX4568790: Pleiades open cluster - The Pleiades star cluster - The Pleiades star cluster (M45) contains about 500 stars formed 100 million years ago. It is located 440 light years from Earth, in the constellation Taurus. M45 is an open cluster dominated by hot blue stars formed within the last 100 million years. It is located in the constellation of Taurus at about 440 light - years from Earth / Bridgeman Images

PIX4606978: The Giotto probe - View of the Giotto probe in preparation at Intespace, Toulouse before its launch by the Ariane 1 rocket on 2 July 1985. The Giotto probe was launched to study Halley's comet she met in March 1986. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4606988: The Giotto probe - View of the Giotto probe in preparation at Intespace, Toulouse before its launch by the Ariane 1 rocket on 2 July 1985. The Giotto probe was launched to study Halley's comet she met in March 1986. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4607029: The Rosetta probe near the Earth - Rosetta spacecraft over Earth - Artist's view of the passage of the Rosetta probe near the Earth. The purpose of this passage is to use the gravity of the planet to modify the velocity and trajectory of the probe. The Rosetta probe was launched on 2 March 2004 to study comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko, which it should meet around May 2014. She will put a lander on her surface. Artist's impression of Rosetta spacecraft over Earth. The aim of the transit is to use the planet's gravity to modify the speed and the trajectory of the probe. The European Space Agency spacecraft was launched on March 02 2004 and intended to study the comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko. Rosetta is expected to enter in orbit around the comet for releasing a lander in May 2014 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4607111: Philae lander en route to comet nucleus - The Rosetta probe was launched on 2 March 2004 to study comet 67P/Churyumov - Gerasimenko that it should meet around May 2014. It will place on its surface a lander, Philae, which will analyze the composition of the nucleus of the comet / Bridgeman Images

PIX4607230: Stardust Probe Sample Collector Analysis - Stardust Probe Sample Collector Analysis - Scientist Studying Comet Grains Imprisoned in Aerogel / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510627: Atropa Belladonna, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510641: Anethum Graveolens, Italy / Bridgeman Images

CUB4510691: Malva Fastigiata, Italy / Bridgeman Images