PIX4646613: Columbia STS - 1 04/81 - First Columbia landing. STS-1. Apr 14 1981 - Landing of Shuttle Columbia STS-1. Edwards Air Force Base, California. 14/04/1981. Orbiter Columbia is landing at Rogers dry lake Runway 23, successfully completing the historic first flight for the Space Shuttle. Astronauts John Young, Commander, and Robert Crippen, Pilot, crewed the spacecraft for the first full test of the Space Transportation System / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646631: Columbia STS - 5 11/1982 - Shuttle Columbia post - landing 11 - 1982 - Shuttle Columbia STS-5 after landing. She had Vance Brand, Bob Overmyer, Joseph Allen and Bill Lenoir on board. 16/11/1982. Shuttle Columbia post - landing tow. Columbia was launched on mission STS-5 on Nov 11 1982. Nov 16 1982 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646870: Shuttle Columbia 06/1991 - Space shuttle Columbia is landing 06/1991 - Landing of Shuttle Columbia STS-40. This flight was the first mission in space devoted to the study of the reaction of the body in weightlessness and its readaptation to the return to Earth. 14/06/1991. Columbia before landing on Runway 22 at Edwards, California. STS-40 was the first space shuttle mission dedicated to life sciences research to explore how the body reacts to a weightless environment and how it readjusts to gravity on return to earth. Jun 14 1991 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646920: Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis - 08/1991 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis - August 02 1991 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS - 43) with John Blaha, Michael Allen Baker, Shannon Lucid, James Craig Adamson and David Low. 02/08/1991. Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS - 43) carrying astronauts John Blaha, Michael Allen Baker, Shannon Lucid, James Craig Adamson, and David Low / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646997: Decolving the shuttle Columbia STS - 55 04/1993 - Launch of STS - 55 Columbia from Kennedy Space center. 04/1993 - Decolving the shuttle Columbia STS - 55 with Steven R. Nagel, Terence T. Henricks, Jerry L. Ross, Charles J. Precourt, Bernard A. Harris, Ulrich Walter and Hans Schlegel. 26/04/1993. Launch of STS - 55 Columbia from Kennedy Space Pad 39A. Apr 26 1993 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647054: Extra - vehicle exit C.Meade - M.Lee STS - 64 1994 - Astronauts Carl Meade and Mark Lee EVA - Extra - vehicle exit by Carl Meade and Mark Lee (right at the end of the articule arm) who are testing a SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) rescue procedure. 16/09/1994. Astronauts Carl Meade and Mark Lee (red strip on suit) test the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system. The pair was actually performing an in - space rehearsal or demonstration of a contingency rescue using the never - before flown hardware. Sep 16 1994 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4676920: Anak Krakatau volcano eruption - Anak Krakatau volcano - Anak Krakatau volcano eruption in May 2008. This explosive-type active volcano is located in Indonesia on the Pacific belt of fire. The Anak Krakatau (the “son of Krakatoa”) appeared in 1927 on the remains of the terrible explosion of Krakatoa in 1883. Volcanic eruption of Anak Krakatau in May 2008. This active volcano is located in Indonesia on the Pacific Ring of fire. Anak Krakatau, which means child of Kratatau,””” emerged from the sea in 1928 replacing the Krakatau craters destroyed in the 1883 eruption. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677196: Hydrothermal basin in Papandayan -Java -Indonesia - Small pond inside the Papandayan crater -Java- Indonesia - Hydrothermal basin on Papandayan volcano of Java Island (Indonesia). The red color is due to the presence of iron oxide. This volcano erupts about every 20 years. This crater is known for thermal activity like hot springs, fumaroles, acid lakes with many kinds of salt inside and those ponds as shown. Among minerals there is Iron (red color) and Copper around. Island of Java, Indonesia / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677293: Lava flow on the volcano Kilauea -Hawaii - Lava flow on Kilauea volcano -Hawaii - A flow of lava Pahoehoe, a type of fluid basaltic lava characteristic of the volcano Shield Kilauea a Hawaii. Pahoehoe (fluid and smooth basaltic lava) flow on the shield volcano Kilauea, in Hawaii / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677383: Eruption of the volcano Santa Maria -Guatemala - Volcanic eruption - volcano Santa Maria - Guatemala - eruption of the Santiaguito, the active lava dome of the volcano Santa Maria in Guatemala. Ash eruption at lava dome of Santiaguito, an active part of volcano Santa Maria in Guatemala / Bridgeman Images
PIX4677413: The lava dome Santiaguito active -Guatemala - Santiaguito lava dome - Guatemala - The eruption of the Santiaguito, the active lava dome (or volcanic dome) of the Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala. January 2009. Volcanic eruption at lava dome (or volcanic dome) of Santiaguito, an active part of volcano Santa Maria in Guatemala. Eruption at night with sulfur burning. January 2009 / Bridgeman Images