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
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
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
FLO4646724: Mushrooms: varietes a mycelium annular, growing in witch circle or circle of fees - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Kishimeji and kintake mushrooms - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1916 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646470: STS-1: Columbia on its shooting pad 03/1981 - STS - 1: Columbia at launch pad. March 1981 - Shuttle Columbia in place on its firing pad for the first flight STS - 1. 05/03/1981. A timed exposure of the Space Shuttle, STS-1, at Launch Pad A, Complex 39, turns the space vehicle and support facilities into a night - time fantasy of light. Structures to the left of the Shuttle are the fixed and the rotating service structure / Bridgeman Images
FLO4646701: Mushrooms: enfume lyophyll and shimeji varietes - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1916 - Numeri mushroom, Tricholoma conglobatum, hadomotase, and miyamashimeji - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu”, 1916 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646756: Astronauts in Discovery STS - 26 10/1988 - Astronauts in space shuttle Discovery Oct. 1988 - John Lounge experimented with weightless drink under the eyes of Frederick Hauck (left) and David Hilmers (d.). 10/1988. STS-26 Mission Specialist John M. Lounge, using a beverage container, experiments with microgravity as Commander Frederick H. Hauck (left) and MS David C. Hilmers (right) look on. Lounge freefloats as he closes in on a sphere of the red liquid drifting in front of his mouth. Hauck holds a spoon while sipping from a beverage container as he balances a meal tray assembly on his thighs. Hilmers, partially blocked by the open airlock hatch and holding a spoon and a can of food, pauses to watch the experiment. October 198 / 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
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
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
PIX4647158: Impact on the shuttle Endeavour 09/1994 - Thermal tile damage on Endeavour space shuttle - 09/1994 - View of a damaged thermal tile on the starboard side of the shuttle. 30/09/1994. View of thermal tile damage on one of the pods (located on the starboard side of the orbiter) protecting the Space Shuttle Endeavour's Orbital Maneuvering System (WHO). Sep 30 1994 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4647187: Tulip, tricolor flower variety, (blue, pink, white) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1884 - Tulip, Tulipa gesneria L. flore pleno - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu””, 1884 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4647202: Mint lime corean and agastache fennel (or anise hyssop, anisee hyssop or large hyssop) - Japanese print by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842), from Honzo Zufu, illustrative guide to medicinal plants, 1884 - Korean mint, Agastache rugosa (Lophanthus rugosus Fisch.) and anise hysch. Sop, Agastache foeniculum (Lophanthus anisatus) - Colour printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki, from “” Honzo Zufu”””, 1884 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4647268: Variety of Japanese camelias (Thea japonica Nois): Sakiwake, with white flowers and ecarlates. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647228: Crew STS - 73 07/1995 - STS - 73 crew portrait 07/1995 - Crew portrait STS - 73, front of left: Albert Sacco, Kent Rominger, Michael Lopez - Alegria; behind left: Catherine Coleman, Kenneth Bowersox, Fred Leslie, and Kathryn Thornton. July 1995. STS - 73 crew portrait front row (l. - r.): Albert Sacco Jr., payload specialist; Kent V. Rominger, pilot; Michael E. Lopez - Alegria, mission specialist; back row (l. - r.) Catherine G. Coleman, mission specialist; Kenneth D. Bowersox, commander; Fred W. Leslie, payload specialist; and Kathryn C. Thornton, payload commander. Jul 1995 / Bridgeman Images
FLO4647289: Variety of camelias from Japan (Thea japonica Nois): Miyakomeguri, with pink and white flowers. Eau forte en couleurs, woodcut by Kanen Iwasaki (1786-1842) botanist, entomology and Japanese zoology, published in Honzo Zufu, in 1884, an illustrative guide to medicinal plants. / Bridgeman Images