PIX4602110: Astronauts in Weightless 06/2008 - Astronauts in ISS - 06/2008 - Astronauts Ron Garan (foreground), Mike Fossum (left), Akihiko Hoshide (head down), Mark Kelly (bottom centre) and Ken Ham (right) float in the Japanese module JEM installs on the international space station during STS-124 mission in June 2008. Astronauts Ron Garan (foreground), Mike Fossum (left background), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (top background), all STS - 124 mission specialists; astronaut Mark Kelly (bottom background) and Ken Ham, commander and pilot, respectively, work in the newly installed Kibo Japanese Pressurized Module while Space Shuttle Discovery is docked with the station. 6 June 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602175: ATV Jules Verne - The Jules Verne ATV - View of the first European automatic cargo ship ATV christens Jules Verne, leaving the international space station on 5 September 2008. Designed to supply the station with various equipment, the ATV, with several tons of fuel on board, is used to bring the station back into its orbit. Jules Verne moored at the station on April 3, 2008. 5 Sept. 2008 - Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, European Space Agency's (ESA) “” Jules Verne”” Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) continues its relative separation from the International Space Station. The ATV undocked from the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 4:29 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 5, 2008 and was placed in a parking orbit for three weeks, scheduled to be deorbited on Sept. 29 when lighting conditions are correct for an ESA imagery experiment of reentry / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602237: The International Space Station (ISS) 11/2008 - The International Space Station 11/2008 - View of the International Space Station over the Earth after the depart of the space shuttle Endeavour on 28 November 2008. 28 Nov. 2008 - Backdropped by a blue and white Earth and the blackness of space, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 126 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 8:47 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 28, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602141: The International Space Station (ISS) 06/2008 - The International Space Station 06/2008 - View of the International Space Station after the start of the shuttle Discovery on 11 June 2008. The second element of the Japanese Kibo laboratory, JEM, was installed during this mission. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 124 and Expedition 17 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 6:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 11, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602288: The International Space Station (ISS) 11/2008 - The International Space Station 11/2008 - View of the International Space Station over the Earth after the start of the space shuttle Endeavour (mission STS - 126) on 28 November 2008 28 Nov. 2008 - Backdropped by a cloud - covered part of Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 126 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 8:47 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 28, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
LRI4601504: Friesland: the sacrifice of Codros king of Athens, detail. Greek mythology: Codros (or Codrus) learning from an oracle that the advantage of war between the Dorians and the Athenians would belong to those whose leader would be killed, voluntarily devoured himself by fighting in the middle of the melee to find death. Painting by Domenico Beccafumi (1486-1551), 1529-1535. Fresco. italy, Siena, Public Palace (Siena, Palazzo Pubblico), Beccafumi, Domenico (1484-1551) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602351: The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2009 - The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2009 - View of the International Space Station after the start of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS - 119) on 25 March 2009. Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 119 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 9 days, 20 hours and 10 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:53 p.m. (CDT) on March 25, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4602482: The Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602514: The International Space Station (ISS) 09/2009 - The International Space Station (ISS) 09/2009 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS mission - 128 on 8 September 2009. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sep 8, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602554: H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - Close up of the H - II Transfer Vehicle (or HTV) when attached to the International Space Station (ISS) by the robotic arm of the station. The HTV is an uninhabited spaceship of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Image obtained from the International Space Station on September 17, 2009. A close - up view of the unpiloted English H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in the grasp of the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth - facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sep 17, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4602558: Stained glass windows of the Cathedrale de Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images