FLO4646806: Mushrooms: milk pepper - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Tsuchigamuri mushroom, Lactarius piperita - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646834: Decollage Columbia STS - 32 01 - 1990 - Decollage of the shuttle Columbia STS - 32 with Daniel Brandenstein, James Wetherbee, Bonnie Dunbar, Marsha Ivins and George Low. 09 - 01 - 1990 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646853: Astronaut Meal in the Space Shuttle Columbia 12/1990 - Astronauts meal in the space shuttle - Astronauts eat in the Columbia STS - 35, from left to right: Robert Parker, Ronald Parise and Vance Brand. 10/12/1990. (from l. to r.) Robert Parker, Ronald Parise and Vance Brand enjoying a meal on the middeck of Columbia. Dec 10 1990 / 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

FLO4646880: Mushrooms: benitake varietes - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Benitake mushroom varieties - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646890: Mushrooms: shimeji varietes, tricholome - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Zenbon shimeji mushrooms - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646902: Astronaut Roberta Bondar in the rotating chair 01/1992 - Astronaut Roberta Bondar in rotator chair - Roberta Bondar in the spacelab module, prepares for the experience of the rotating chair in order to experiment with the effects of microgravite on the vestibular system (the main sensory system of perception of motion and orientation in relation to vertical). 01/1992. STS - 42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar gets into the Microgravity Vestibular Investigations rotator chair to begin an experiment. The chair is mounted in the center aisle of the International Microgravity Laboratory 1 spacelab module. Just above Bondar's head is the helmet assembly which is outfitted with accelerometers to measure head movements and visors that fit over each eye independently to provide visual stimuli. The chair system has three movement patterns: “” sinusoidal”” or traveling predictably back and forth over the same distance at a constant speed; “” pseudorandom””” or moving back and forth over varying distances; and “” stepped”””” or varying speeds beginning and stopping suddenly. 01/199 / 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

PIX4646985: Astronauts in Discovery STS - 51 09/1993 - STS - 51 astronauts during sleep period on Discovery's middeck - Astronauts sleeping in the shuttle Discovery STS - 51. Frank Culbertson (lower centre), from g. to d.: Daniel Bursch, Carl Walz and William Readdy photographs by James Newman. September 1993. Four of the five STS - 51 crew members were photographed during one of their sleep periods on Discovery's middeck. At bottom center, astronaut Frank L. Culbertson Jr., mission commander, is barely visible, with most of his body zipped securely in the sleep restraint. Others, left to right, are astronauts Daniel W. Bursch and Carl E. Walz, mission specialists, and William F. Readdy, pilot. The photograph was taken by astronaut James H. Newman, mission specialist / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646987: C. Brown and R. Gibson in Endeavour STS - 47 09/92 - C. Brown and R. Gibson in Endeavour - Robert Gibson (left) and Curtis Brown put the shuttle Endeavour at the end of the 8 days of the STS-47 mission from 12 to 20/09/92. Robert Gibson (left) at the commanders station and Curtis Brown at the pilots station are powering down OV - 105 at the conclusion of the eight - day Spacelab Japan (SLJ) mission. Sep 20 1992 / 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

PIX4647057: Extravehicular activity - Astronaut Mark Lee floats free of tether during EVA. Sep 16 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647062: Release of Mr Lee 09/1994 - Astronaut M.Lee during EVA. Sep 16 1994 - Extra vehicle release by Mark Lee testing the SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) system. 16/09/1994. Astronaut M.Lee tests SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) system during EVA. Sep 16 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647074: Release of Mr Lee 09/1994 - Astronaut M.Lee during EVA. Sep 16 1994 - Extra vehicle release by Mark Lee testing the SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) system. 16/09/1994. Astronaut Mark C. Lee, STS - 64 mission specialist, tests the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system 130 nautical miles above Earth. The forward cargo bay is reflected in Lee's helmet visor in the 35 mm frame, exposed through the space shuttle Discovery's aft flight deck windows. Part of the hardware for the LIDAR - in - Space Technology Experiment (LITE) is in center foreground. Astronauts Lee and Carl J. Meade, mission specialist, took turns using the SAFER hardware during their shared Extrahicular Activity (EVA) on Sept. 16, 1994. The test of SAFER is the first phase of a larger SAFER program whose objectives are to establish a common set of requirements for both space shuttle and space station program needs, develop a flight demonstration of SAFER, validate system performance and, finally, develop a production version version of SAFER for the shuttle and station programs / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647091: Release of Carl J. Meade 09/1994 - Astronaut Carl J. Meade during EVA. Sep 16 1994 - Extra vehicle release by Carl J. Meade testing the SAFER (Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue) system. 16/09/1994. Astronaut Carl J. Meade tests the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system 130 nautical miles above Earth. The scene was captured with a 70 mm handheld Hasselblad camera with a 30 mm lens attached. The hardware supporting the LIDAR - in - Space Technology Experiment (LITE) is in the lower right. A TV camera on the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm records the Extravehicular Activity (EVA). Astronauts Meade and Mark C. Lee took turns using the SAFER hardware during their shared EVA of Sept. 16, 1994. The test of SAFER is the first phase of a larger SAFER program whose objectives are to establish a common set of requirements for both space shuttle and space station program needs, develop a flight demonstration of SAFER, validate system performance and, finally, develop a production version version of SAFER for the shuttle and station programs / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646047: English hunters hunting deer attacked by doe. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646048: Herschel Satellite - Illustration - Herschel Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Infrared astronomy is as young as it is fruitful. In less than three decades infrared astronomers have unveiled tens of thousands of new galaxies, and have made discoveries as surprising as the huge amounts of water vapour that fill the galaxy. Yet scientists know there is still much more to discover. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope. Due for launch in 2009, Herschel is one the Cornerstone missions ESA's Horizons 2000 programme. Herschel is a key project space astronomy in the next millennium / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646096: Mirror of the Herschel satellite - Herschel spacecraft's mirror - Inspection of the mirror of the European Herschel satellite. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. The gigantic telescope of ESA's space - based infrared observatory, Herschel, is being prepared to be assembled with its spacecraft. Herschel's telescope, which will carry the largest mirror ever flown in space, has been delivered to ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, where engineers and scientists are busy with the final steps that will prepare the infrared observatory for launch in 2009. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646142: Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope. Due for launch in 2009, Herschel is one the Cornerstone missions ESA's Horizons 2000 programme. Herschel is a key project space astronomy in the next millennium / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646181: Starfish cactus, Orbea variegata (Stapelia variegata) in pot. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646187: Satellite Integral - View of the European satellite INTEGRAL (International Gamma - Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) before its launch in 2002. This satellite observes the sky in gamma, X and visible rays / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646265: Telescopes Astro - 1 - ASTRO - 1 telescopes - View of telescopes in orbit around the Earth. Installed aboard the space shuttle Columbia, they observed the sky in ultraviolet and X-ray for 10 days in December 1990. ASTRO - 1 telescopes are documented in the payload bay of the space shuttle Columbia, and backdropped against the cloud - covered surface of the Earth. In the center of the frame are three ultraviolet telescopes mounted and precisely coaligned on a common structure, called the cruciform, that is attached to the instrument pointing system. December 1990 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4646330: American nighthawk - American nighthawk - Chordeiles minor (top), eastern whip-poor-will, Antrostomus vociferus (middle), and Chuck-wills-widow - Carolina's nighthawk - Caprimulgus carolinensis (bottom). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646354: Spartan 201 satellite - Spartan 201 satellite seen over the Earth from space shuttle Discovery in September 1994. Astronauts onboard the space shuttle Discovery used a 70 mm camera to capture this photograph of the retrieval operations with the Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy 201 (SPARTAN 201). A gibbous moon can be seen in the background. 9 - 20 Sep 1994 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646376: SolarMax Satellite Repair Mission 04/1984 - Solar Maximum Mission repair 04/1984 - View of astronaut James Van Hoften in space shuttle Challenger hold. The astronaut participates in an extravehicular excursion to repair the Solar Max satellite (Solar Maximum Mission or SMM). 11 April 1984. Wide angle view of mission specialist James D. van Hoften participating in an extravehicular activity (EVA) to repair the “” captured” Solar Maximum Mission Satellite (SMMS) in the aft end of the Challenger's cargo bay. Astronaut van Hoften is standing in the payload bay facing the camera. The Solar SMMS is behind him. To the right of the photo is the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm used to capture the satellite. Behind the orbiter is a view of the cloudy earth. 11/04/198 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647808: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 100 view of ISS 04/2001 - Shuttle Endeavour seen from ISS. April 2001 - Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. April 21, 2001. Endeavour approaches the International Space Station (ISS) for a docking. Apr 21 2001 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647842: Sumatra phalaenopsis orchid, Phalaenopsis sumatrana. Handcoloured lithograph from Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire's Flowers of the Gardens and Hothouses of Europe, Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent, Belgium, 1867-1868. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647845: The Atlantis shuttle before decolving - STS - 101 - 05/2000 - Space shuttle Atlantis on launch pad. May 2000 - The Atlantis shuttle on its fire pad. 18 May 2000 STS - 101 Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A; May 18 2000 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647850: Shuttle Endeavour STS - 100 view of ISS 04/2001 - Shuttle Endeavour seen from ISS. April 2001 - Endeavour approaching the International Space Station. April 21, 2001. Endeavour preparing to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) Apr 21 2001 / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647857: Purple-ear sparkling, Praxilla iolata (Petasophora iolata). Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martin's A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae. / Bridgeman Images

FLO4647892: Bronze-tailed thornbill, Chalcostigma heteropogon (Ramphomicron heteropogon). Handcoloured steel engraving from W.C.L. Martin's A General History of Humming-birds or the Trochilidae. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647908: Claude Nicollier in the shuttle Discovery STS - 103 1999 - Astronaut Claude Nicollier in Discovery - 1999 - Astronaut Claude Nicollier, mission specialist representing the European Space Agency (ESA), on Discovery's mid deck prior to a space walk in the weightlessness of space / Bridgeman Images

PIX4647909: C. Nicollier and JF. Clervoy in the shuttle Discovery STS-103 - 1999 - C. Nicollier and JF. Clervoy in weightlessness 12/1999 - (19 - 27 December 1999) - - - Astronauts Claude Nicollier (left) and Jean - Francois Clervoy, mission specialists representing the European Space Agency (ESA), move about on Discovery's mid deck in a manner they could not duplicate in Earth - bound training. A photography / 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

PIX4648019: Shuttle Columbia STS - 107 on its fire pad 01/2003 - Shuttle Columbia on launch pad - 01/2003 - Shuttle Columbia after rollback of the Rotating Service Structure on Launch Pad 39A / Bridgeman Images