PIX4596945: Apollo 13: recuperation of the capsule - Apollo 13 command module recovery - The control module of Apollo 13 winch on board the “Iwo Jima”. 17/04/1970. Crewmen aboard the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 13 mission, hoist the Command Module aboard ship. The Apollo 13 crewmen were already aboard the Iwo Jima when this photograph was taken. The Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m., April 17, 1970 in the South Pacific Ocean / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596970: Apollo 13: return of astronauts - Apollo 13: the crew on the recovery ship - Apollo 13 astronauts leave the helicopter aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. Astronauts (left to right) Fred W. Haise Jr, James A. Lovell Jr, and John L. Swigert Jr landed in the Pacific Ocean on 17 April 1970. The crewmembers of the Apollo 13 mission, step aboard the USS Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for the mission, following splashdown and recovery operations in the South Pacific Ocean. Exiting the helicopter which made the pick - up some four miles from the Iwo Jima are (from left) astronauts Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot; James A. Lovell Jr., commander; and John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot. The crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down at 12:07:44 p.m. (CST), April 17, 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596984: Apollo 13: Astronaut Jim Lovell - Apollo 13: Jim Lovell - Astronaut Jim Lovell discovers the story of the Apollo 13 mission rescue in the press. He is aboard the USS Iwo Jima airplane door. 17 April 1970. Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., Apollo 13 mission commander, reads a newspaper account of the safe recovery of the problem plagued mission. Lovell is on board the U.S.S. Iwo Jima, prime recovery ship for Apollo 13, which was on a course headed for Pago Pago. From Pago Pago the astronauts flew to Hickham Air Force Base, Hawaii, where they were presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard M. Nixon. Other Apollo 13 crew members were astronauts John L. Swigert Jr., command module pilot, and Fred W. Haise Jr., lunar module pilot. 17 April 1970 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4598893: Stars and Perseide - Star trails and bright meteor - A brilliant shooting star (Perseide) crosses the constellation of Orion above the historic castle of Saryazd in the prvince of Yazd in Iran. A bright meteor at the night of Perseid meteor shower passes through constellation of Orion over the historic castle of Saryazd in central Iran / Bridgeman Images
PIX4598896: Shooting star rain, Perseides - Perseid meteor shower - Shooting star rain seen August 11, 2008. In the sky, the constellations of Persee and Cassiopee. Composite image of perseid meteors seen on august 11 2008. Above, is the constellation of Cassiopeia, and constellation of Perseus is visible at bottom right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586227: 15th century astronomical clock - Bourges - Astronomical clock - 15th century - Bourges - France - Bourges - Cathedrale Saint Etienne. Astronomical clock of Jean Fusoris 15th century, 1424. The astronomical dial shows the average time (outer circle, graduated in 24 hours), the phases of the Moon and the date. On the inner circle, the time of sunrise and sunset in Bourges and the height of the sun relative to the horizon, as well as its position in front of the zodiac. Astronomical clock - 15th century by Jean Fusoris. Saint Etienne cathedral, Bourges, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597551: Apollo 16: J. Young drives the LRV - Apollo 16: John Young driving the LRV - John Young driving the lunar jeep (Lunar Rover Vehicle). 23/04/1972. (23 April 1972) The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a speed workout by astronaut John W. Young in the “” Grand Prix”” run during the third Apollo 16 Extravehicular Activity (EVA 3) at the Descartes landing site. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16 mm Maurer camera held by astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr. While Astronaut's Young, commander, and Duke, lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “” Orion””” to explore the Descartes highlands region of the Moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “” Casper””” in lunar orbit / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597666: Apollo 16: Earth rise and control module - Apollo 16: Earthrise and command module - The control module of Apollo 16 in orbit, seen from the LEM, visible on the left horizon of the Earth. 21/04/1972. Pre - landing photo of Earthrise, with the Command Module visible just above the lunar horizon to the left of Earth / Bridgeman Images