PIX4642165: S.Lucid in Mir 09/1996 - S.Lucid in Mir station 09/1996 - Shannon Lucid training on a treadmill in Mir station. 09/1996. View of astronaut Shannon Lucid exercising on a treadmill which has been assembled in the Mir space station Base Block module. Beside her with a flight data file is her replacement, astronaut John Blaha / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642232: Atlantis from Mir station 09/1996 - Atlantis seen from Mir station 09/1996 - Space shuttle Atlantis moored to Mir station. September 1996. View of the orbiter Atlantis docked to the Mir space station as seen from the Mir. he Cooperative Solar Array (CSA) can be seen just above the orbiter's flight deck / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642471: Mir station 06/1998 - Mir station seen in june 1998 - Mir space station seen from the shuttle Discovery. Russia's Mir space station and the moon share a 70 mm frame exposed by one of the STS - 91 crew members aboard the Earth - orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery as it passed over a line of heavy thunderstorms on Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642482: Deploiement du satellite LDEF - Deploiement du satellite LDEF (Long Duration Exposure Facility) seen from the Shuttle Challenger on April 7, 1984. This satellite remained in space for more than five years then was brought back to Earth to analyse the 57 experiments on board, intended to better understand the consequences of a long stay in space. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642769: Space Debris: Meteosat type satellite - Space debris: Meteosat satellite - Artist's view of a Meteosat satellite when it is put into orbit. As with many satellites, orbit operations cause new space debris (ejection of covers, bolts...); in view of the dangerous increase in space debris, it is imperative to design cleaner satellites today (here a cover remains attached to the satellite). A measure against space debris is minimizing the number of objects released during spacecraft operations. Typical “” mission - related objects”” (MRO) include adapters used between two satellites in a dual launch, telescope covers, bolts, cast off yo - yo spinners, etc. Spacecraft designers and operators must design missions so that objects stay attached to the spacecraft and do not become additional space debris / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642085: Mir Station 03/1996 - Mir Space Station 03/1996 - Mir Space Station seen from Shuttle Atlantis before returning to Earth. 28 March 1996. Russia's Mir Space Station seen from the STS - 76 Space Shuttle Atlantis following separation of the two spacecraft on March 28, 1996 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642270: Mir station: exit of Vasili V. Tsibliyev 04/1997 - Exit into space of cosmonaut Vasili V. Tsibliyev on 29 April 1997. In the background the Kvant module of the Mir space station. This photograph, taken by NASA/Mir 23's Jerry M. Linenger, guest researcher, shows Mir 23 commander Vasili V. Tsibliyev during a five - hour spacewalk performed by the two outside the Russian Mir Space Station. Tsibliyev in new ORLAN - M space suit marked with red stripes works at the end of Strehla pole backdropped by Base Block and Kvant - 1 module. The tower - like structure in lower left is Sofora, which once was used for an experiment in attitude control on the Mir / Bridgeman Images
PIX4642287: Station Mir: release of J.Linenger 04/1997 - J.Linenger EVA - Mir station 04/1997 - Space release of astronaut Jerry Linenger on 29 April 1997. In the background of the solar panels and the Kvant module of the Mir space station. This photograph, taken by Mir 23 commander Vasili V. Tsibliyev shows NASA/Mir 23's Jerry M. Linenger, guest researcher during a five - hour spacewalk performed by the two outside the Russian Mir Space Station. Linenger blue stripes is backdropped by Kvant module and Cooperative Solar Array CSA while standing on the Docking Module not in fram / Bridgeman Images