PIX4603105: The International Space Station (ISS) and the Shuttle Endeavour 05/2011 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station (ISS) 05/2011 - View of the Space Shuttle Endeavour moored at the International Space Station, from the Soyuz TMA spaceship - 20 on 23 May 2011. This series of images shows for the first time a shuttle moored to the space station from a Russian Soyuz spaceship. This image of the International Space Station and the docked Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA - 20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The pictures are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the International Space Station from the perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev; Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603190: Johannes Kepler ATV - The Johannes Kepler automatic module seen after its separation from the International Space Station (ISS). The ATV Johannes Kepler, intended to supply the station with various equipment, was removed from the station on 20 June 2011. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, European Space Agency's (ESA) “Johannes Kepler” Automated Transfer Vehicle - 2 (ATV - 2) begins its relative separation from the International Space Station. The ATV - 2 undocked from the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 10:46 a.m. (EDT) on June 20, 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603232: Astronauts in the International Space Station 12/2011 - Astronauts in the International Space Station 12/2011 - European astronaut Andre Kuipers (left), and cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, photographs near food containers in the Unity module of the International Space Station (ISS). 27 December 2011. European Space Agency astronaut Andre Kuipers (left) and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, both Expedition 30 flight engineers, are pictured near food containers floating freely at the galley in the Unity node of the International Space Station. 27 Dec. 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4567849: Open cluster M38 in the Coach - Open cluster M38 in Auriga - The open cluster M38 (NGC 1912), on the right, is located about 4000 years - light from the Earth in the constellation of Coach. On the left, nebulae IC 417 and NGC 1931 (top). M38 (NGC 1912), at right, is an open cluster located about 4000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Auriga. At left is the nebula IC 417 and top left is the nebula NGC 1931 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4592041: Constellations of Lievre, Orion, Burin and part of Eridan - Eridanus, Orion, Lepus, and Caelum constellations - In the center left, the constellation of Lievre, above, Orion, from the center top to the bottom, the constellation of Eridan, down to the left, the Burin. At the top of the picture, the bright star is Aldebaran / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568016: Open cluster M41 in the Great Dog - Open cluster M41 in Canis Major - M41 (NGC 2287), is a cluster of a hundred stars located about 2300 years - light from Earth. This open cluster contains about one hundred stars; it is located at about 2300 light year away. This skyview is corresponding to binoculars and small telescopes / Bridgeman Images
PIX4592314: Constellations of the Fly and the Southern Cross - Constellations of Musca and the Southern cross - The Southern Cross and the Alpha and Beta Stars of Centaur. Below, the constellation of the Fly. In contrast to adjacent Crux, Musca (The Fly) is a much less obvious, less distinguished and less useful constellation that first appeared in Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria. It is one of a dozen created by the Dutch explorers/navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman on their voyages into the south seas in the late 16th century / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568059: Star cluster M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 - Open cluster M46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438 - M46 (NGC 2437) is an age cluster located at 5400 years - light. It contains about 500 stars, 150 of which are brilliant. It is about 300 million years old. The planetary nebula NGC 2438 does not appear to belong to this cluster, and must be closer although its distance is unknown. M46 (NGC 2437) is at a distance of about 5,400 light - years away from Earth with an estimated age of about 300 million years. It contains about 500 stars of which 150 are bright. Planetary nebula NGC 2438 (top) doesn't seem to belong to the cluster / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568098: Open cluster M44 in cancer - Open star cluster M44 in Cancer - M44 is a cluster of stars located 577 years - light from Earth, in the constellation Cancer. M44, the Praesepe or Beehive, is an open cluster located about halfway between Gemini and Leo. It is an easy naked eye object more than twice the size across the full moon. Galileo first observed it in a telescope as a collection of about 40 stars, and today's modern large telescopes reveal about 350 stars. M44 is about 577 light years away, and is about 400 million years old, the same age as the Hyades cluster / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568192: Open cluster M44 in cancer - Open star cluster M44 in Cancer - M44 is a cluster of stars located only 600 years - light from Earth, in the constellation Cancer. This field corresponds to the one obtained with binoculars or a small telescope. This star cluster is located about 600 light year away in Cancer.This skyview is corresponding to binoculars and small telescopes / Bridgeman Images
PIX4568519: Open cluster NGC 6830 in the Little Fox - Open cluster NGC 6830 in Vulpecula - The NGC 6830 cluster is a cluster composed of 20 to 30 very scattered stars; its distance is estimated at 5,500 years - light. This cluster of 20 to 30 stars is located 5 500 light years away / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589001: Andromede Constellation - Constellation of Andromeda - Andromede constellation extracted from the Hevelius Uranographia. Recolorised image. Map showing the constellation of Andromeda with its mythological form from “” Uranographia”” star atlas by Hevelius (1690). Recolored Image / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589227: Constellations de la Compsole, la Machine Pneumatica et les Voiles - Constellations Antlia, Pyxis and Vela - Constellations de l'hemisphere sud Antlia (originally Antlia Pneumatica, the Air Pump) is an unremarkable constellation invented by the Abbe Nicolas de Lacaille in the 1750s. It is hemmed in by the meandering body of Hydra to the north and the sparkling constellations of the Milky Way to the south. It contains a fine planetary nebula, NGC 3132 and a beautiful spiral galaxy, NGC 2997. Pyxis (Pyxis Nautica, the Mariner's Compasse) is the least interesting fragment of the great vessel Argo Navis, dismantled by Lacaille. The other parts are Puppis (the stern), Carina, (the keel) and Vela. Vela (the sails) is best known for the supernova remnant seen on large telescope pictures and the Gum nebula, visible as faint red nebulosity towards the right (west) of the constellation. Best seen in the early evening in March - April Other constellations in the image: Carina, Centaurus, Corvus, Crater, Hydra, Puppi / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589271: Bovier Constellations and Boreale Crown - Constellations of Bootes and Corona Borealis - The brightest star in the constellation Bovier is Arcturus. Arcturus is a red giant, located about 37 years away from Earth; it is the 4th brightest star on Earth. Top left is the constellation of the Crown Boreale. The brightest star is Arcturus, a red giant, the fourth brightest star in the sky. Top is the Corona Borealis constellation / Bridgeman Images