PIX4642563: Explorer 1 - First American satellite - Explorer 1 satellite. 1958 - Artist's view of the Explorer 1 satellite above Earth. This satellite was the first artificial satellite launched by Americans on February 1, 1958. He confirmed the presence of a radiation belt around the Earth, the Van Allen belt. Artist view of Explorer - 1, the first United States' Earth - orbiting satellite / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642606: Satellite artificiel Castor - Illustration - Satellite Castor above the Earth - Illustration - Artist view of the french satellite Castor (D - 5B Castor). This satellite carrying scientific experiments was launched on 17 May 1975 with the Pollux satellite by a Diamond BP4 rocket. Castor (D-5B Castor) was a english artificial satellite launched on May 17 1975 with the satellite Pollux by a rocket of type Diamant BP4 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642847: Symphony communication satellite - 1 - Symphony satellite communication - 1. Artwork. - Artist's view of the Symphony satellite - 1 in orbit around the Earth. Symphonie satellites are the first telecommunications satellites made in France and Europe. Symphonie-1 was launched on December 19, 1974 and its mission ended in 1983. Symphony satellites are the first european communication satellites. Symphony - 1 was launched in 1974 and its mission ended in 1983 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642977: Communication satellite Hispasat 36W-1 - Artist's view of SmallGeo Hispasat 36W-1 satellite: The communication satellite Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGeo platform, a network of space satellites in geostationary orbit allowing faster and better data transmission between satellites and ground stations using new communication technologies - Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGeo platform developed by OHB and partners as part of an ESA Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme - SmallGeo is a new modular and flexible telecommunications platform, able to carry a range of payloads. Providing up to 3 kW to its payloads and compatible with different commercial launchers, SmallGeo strengthens Europe's position in the competitive satcom market - Hispasat 36W-1 will provide Europe, the Canary Islands and the Americas with faster multimedia services through its 'Redsat' payload, which offers better signal quality and flexible land coverage. Together with a traditional commercial payload using advanced Ka- and Ku-band transmitters, Redsat allows for higher transmission speeds. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639082: Space exploration: the MPCV module - Artist's view - The MPCV spacecraft in space - The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) in space. This capsule should be able to take a crew of six astronauts to an asteroid, the Moon or to take men to Mars. Here, the vehicle is connected to an additional housing module for a duration of more than three months. The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft project currently being developed by Lockheed Martin for NASA. Based on specifications and tests already performed for the Orion spacecraft. It was announced by NASA on 24 May 2011. For even longer missions the Deep Space Vehicle (DSV) could be mated with an Extended Stay Module (ESM). The ESM would offer additional life support and accommodations for a crew of three or four for deep space missions lasting 90 days or longer / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639159: Space exploration: Soyuz spacecraft - Artist's view - Soyuz deep space explorer bow - A spaceship inhabits Soyuz TMA-M increases by a housing module for three astronauts and a rocket top floor, leaving Earth orbit for a distant space exploration mission. A manned Soyuz TMA-M spacecraft docked with a three-person extended stay module begins to leave Earth orbit with the aid of a Russian-made upper stage booster rocket. This view is from behind the service module of the Soyuz spacecraft which would be the leading end of the assembly when the upper stage booster rocket is fired / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639303: Back to the Moon - Program constellation - Astronauts in a Lunar vehicle - Constellation program - View of an artist of astronauts exploring the surface of the Moon in a pressurized vehicle (Lunar Electric Rover), as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. A Lunar Electric Rover (LER), with crewmembers inside, performs work on the lunar surface in this art work depicting return to the moon activities / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639353: Back to the Moon - Program constellation - Astronauts and Lunar vehicle - Constellation program - View of an artist of astronauts exploring the surface of the Moon with a pressurized vehicle (Lunar Electric Rover), as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. Crew members, attired in suits designed to protect them from the rigors of the environment, traverse the lunar surface alongside a Lunar Electric Rover (LER) in this art work depicting return to the moon activities / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639626: Mission to Phobos - Phobos mission rocket releases spent propellant stage - The spaceship en route to Phobos, one of Mars's satellites, separates from the floor that contained the fuel used. Once the Phobos mission rocket acquires enough velocity to place it into a Mars-intercepting orbit it releases the empty propellant stage. This reduces the amount of mass that must be braked seven months down the line in order to enter a stable Mars orbit / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638613: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Tortuosa (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). This remarkable tree is a rare beech variety with contorted branches and trunk, the origin of which remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images