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
PIX4647415: The Atlantis shuttle goes to its firing range - STS - 86 - 08/1997 - Space Shuttle Atlantis Rollout - STS - 86 - 08/1997 - The Atlantis shuttle is heading towards its firing path. Shortly before dawn, a red - rimmed moon helps to light the way for the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for launch of Mission STS - 86. STS - 86 will be the seventh docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than September 22 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647583: E.Collins aboard Columbia 07/99 - Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, Commander of Shuttle Columbia, seen aboard the Shuttle on July 24, 1999. Eileen M. Collins, after being the first female pilot of the space shuttle becomes the first female commander of the space shuttle during the STS-93 mission / Bridgeman Images
PIX4579594: Total Eclipse of Moon 20/02/2008 - February 20, 2008 Total Lunar Eclipse. - The Moon eclipse in the constellation Lion. To the left of the Moon, the Planet Saturn, to the right of the Moon, the star Regulus. 20 February 2008. February 20, 2008 Total Lunar Eclipse. The eclipsed Moon is seen below the Sickle in Leo, near Saturn and Regulus / Bridgeman Images
PIX4580551: Circumpolar over the castles of Lastours (11) - Circumpolar over the castles of Lastours - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star. Below, the Cathar castles of Cabaret, left, and right Tower Regine. Long exposure trail of northern stars over the Cathar castles of Cabaret (left) and Tour Regine (right) / Bridgeman Images