PIX4599587: Gemini 11: Decollage of the Atlas Agena rocket - Gemini 11 liftoff - Decollage of the Atlas Agena rocket. 12 September 1966. Atlas Agena target vehicle liftoff for Gemini 11 from Pad 14. Once the Agena was in orbit, Gemini 11 rendezvoused and docked with it. Sep 12 1966 / Bridgeman Images
OMG4599678: Renovation of the glass court of the Palais des Etudes des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The courtyard is an extraordinary architectural ensemble designed by Felix Duban (1798-1870) during the 1830s. In 1867, in order to protect the carving castings from the Musee du Louvre, this courtyard was covered with a glass on a metal frame which then constituted all its wealth. At the death of Felix Duban, Ernest Coquart (1831-1903) took over the construction site by covering the facades of a polychrome decor from Italian inspiration. The Palais des Etudes is an exceptional testimony of 19th century architecture. With the Cour vitree, Felix Duban completed the formidable educational program. In 1970, most of the castings were transferred to the Petite stables of the Chateau de Versailles. For its reopening in April 2009, after two years of construction, the school welcomes Giuseppe Penone's sculpture “Matrix de Seve””. It is a tree of 24 meters cut in its length and whose hollow heart is covered with seve. Photography 03/06/09. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599708: ISS: Zarya module. 12/1998 - The Zarya module, approach the space shuttle Endeavour to moor to the Unity module (foreground). 06/12/1998. Backdropped against the darkness of space, the Russian - built FGB, also called Zarya, approaches the out - of - frame Space Shuttle Endeavour and the U.S. - built Node 1, also called Unity. Inside Endeavour's cabin, the STS - 88 crew readied the remote manipulator system for Zarya capture as they awaited the rendezvous. Dec 06 1998 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599950: ISS: Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules. 09/2000 - ISS: Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules. 09/2000 - Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules photographs from the Atlantis shuttle. 18/09/2000 Backdropped against black space above Earth's horizon, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen following its undocking with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. After accomplishing all mission objectives in outfitting the station for the first resident crew, the seven astronauts and cosmonauts undocked at 3:46 GMT on Sept. 18 over Russia near the northeastern portion of the Ukraine. When Atlantis was at a safe distance from the station, about 450 feet, astronaut Scott D. Altman, pilot, performed a 90 - minute, double - loop fly around to enable the crew to document the station's exterior. He fired Atlantis' jets one final time to separate from the station at 5:35 (GMT) September 18 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647762: Marsha Ivins' hair in weightlessness - Marsha Ivins' hair in the space shuttle Atlantis: Astronaut Marsha Ivins weightless in space shuttle Atlantis. February 2001. Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins, her hair loose and free floating in microgravity, smiles for the camera on Atlantis' Aft Flight Deck / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647958: Extra - vehicle exit by D. Barry STS - 105 08/2001 - Extravehicular activity 08/2001 - Astronaut Daniel Barry takes extra - vehicle exit along the shuttle Discovery. 16 - 08 - 2001. Astronaut Daniel Barry, mission specialist, traverses along the Space Shuttle Discovery's payload bay, during one of two days of extravehicular activity (EVA). Aug 16 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648047: Launch of the shuttle Atlantis STS - 106 09/2000 - Launch of STS - 106 Atlantis - 09/2000 - Launch of STS - 106 Atlantis. The crew will perform support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and prepare the living quarters in the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module. Sep 09 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648164: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 108 view from ISS 07/12/2001 - Space shuttle Endeavour is approaching ISS. 12/2001 - Controlled by the flight crew of STS - 108, the shuttle is approaching the International Space Station (ISS). The Raffaello logistics module that is being brought up to the orbiting outpost is clearly visible in Endeavour's cargo bay. Among other activities the Endeavour's mission will include the change out of the station crews. Dec 07 2001 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648321: Shuttle Atlantis STS - 112 view of ISS 10/2002 - Shuttle Atlantis approaches the International Space Station 10/2002 - Atlantis photographed by an Expedition Five crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during rendezvous and docking operations. Oct 09 2002 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4619585: View of the nebula of the Lagoon (M8/NGC 6523). Located in Sagittarius, at a distance of 5800 light years, it is visible to the naked eye in good conditions. It is a star-forming region illuminated by several large O-type stars that belong to the open cluster NGC 6530 visible in the center of the image. The brightest part of the nebula is called the hourglass nebula whose gases are excited mainly by two massive supergeant stars Herschel 36 and 9 Sagittarii. M8 has at least 60 Giant B stars, 3 to 4 times more than the Orion nebula - The Lagoon nebula (M8), can be visible to the unaided eye as a small bright patch above the large Sagittarius star cloud in the Milky Way. The Lagoon nebula is a star-forming region about 5800 light years from us. The nebula is illuminated by several O-type giants within the open cluster NGC 6530 near the center of the nebula. The brightest part of the nebula is known as the “hourglass nebula”” and its gases are excited primarily by two massive O-type supergiants designated Herschel 36 and 9 Sagittarii. These two stars lie to the west of NGC 6530 and are separated from it by a dark lane dividing the nebula like a black lagoon, giving it its name. Twisted funnel shaped clouds are visible close to the illuminating stars, especially Herschel 36. They are due to shear forces between the hot excited gases at the surface and the cold interior of the clouds. At least 60 B-type giants are embedded in the nebula which make M8 3 to 4 times richer in massive stars than the Orion nebula: Nebula of the Lagoon (M8) in Sagittarius / Bridgeman Images
TEC4619842: Wittenbergplatz Metro Station in Berlin (Germany). First underground metro station in Berlin, on the first electric line. Built in reference to the classical buildings of the 18th century, especially Schinkel, it retains an abundant decor designed in a more contemporary style that survived the war. Architect Alfred Grenander (1863-1931), realisation 1911-1913. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4619860: Nebula NGC 6589 - 90 and M24 clusters in sagittarius - B93, B92, M24, NGC 6603, IC 1283/4, NGC 6589/90, NGC 6995 The small Sagittarius star cloud (M24) stredtches across the middle of the frame, under dark nebulae B92 and B93 at top. Open cluster NGC 6603 is near the left side of the frame about 1/3 of the way down. Complex of emission and reflection nebulosity at the bottom of the frame is IC 1283/4, NGC 6589/90, NGC 6995. Composite of two 60 minute exposures on gas - hypersensitized Fujicolor Super HG 400. Taken with an Astro - Physic's 130 EDT f/8 refractor working at f/6 with telecompressor. The first frame was shot on May 8, 1994 at 2:55 am from Sentinel Arizona. The second frame was shot May 9, 1994 at 1:28 am from Massai Point, Arizona. The two original negatives were stacked together physically and then the stack was copied onto Kodak 5072 film. That image was then scanned and digitized and enhanced in Photoshop / Bridgeman Images
PIX4619908: Nebulae NGC 6589 - 90 in Sagittarius - Nebulosity in Sagittarius, NGC 6589 - 90 - Located in Sagittarius, the reflexion nebulae NGC 6589 - 90 are located at a distance of about 5900 light years from Earth. Image obtained with a telescope 61 cm in diameter. The two bright blue clouds are NGC 6589 and NGC 6590. Image taken with a 24 - inch telescope / Bridgeman Images
PIX4620092: Nebulas M16 and M17 in Sagittarius - Nebulas M16 and M17 in Sagittarius - The M16 star cluster is a cluster of young stars distant from 7000 years - light, formed about 2 million years ago in the Eagle nebula, IC 4703. The Omega nebula (M17/NGC 6618), on the right, is located at a distance of 5500 light years. Nebulas M16 (IC 4703) at left, and M17 (NGC 6618) at right in Sagittarius / Bridgeman Images