PIX4650167: Mission crew STS - 61 - C - STS 61 - C crewmembers - Official portrait of the crew of mission STS 61 - C. In the foreground, astronauts Charles F. Bolden, Jr., and Robert L. (Hoot) Gibson; in the rear (left to right) Robert J. Cenker, Bill Nelson, Steven A. Hawley, George D. Nelson, and Franklin R. Chang - Diane. The crew assigned to the STS - 61C mission included (seated left to right) Charles F. Bolden, Jr., pilot; and Robert L. (Hoot) Gibson, commander. On the back row, left to right, are payload specialists Robert J. Cenker, and Congressman Bill Nelson. To the right of Nelson are mission specialists Steven A. Hawley, George D. Nelson, and Franklin R. Chang - Diaz. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on January 12, 1986 at 6:55:00 am (EST), the STS - 61C mission's primary payload was the satellite communications SATCOM KU - 1 (RCA Americom) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4650176: Houston Training Pool - NBL facilities (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) - The Houston Pool (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) is used for astronaut training. Measuring 60 metres long, 30 metres wide and 12 metres deep, this basin hosts models of the International Space Station modules allowing astronauts to train in a state close to weightlessness on their future outings into space. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory pool at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where astronauts, wearing a 65 - kg Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, practice spacewalking and working outside the International Space Station during underwater simulated extravehicular activities (EVAs). This facility consists in a 60 - m - long, 30 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water reservoir, with a capacity of 23,500 cubic meters. Two overhead bridge cranes are used to display mock space station modules for training. The spacesuit buoyancy provides a simulated weightlessness for astronaut trainees. Most ESA astronauts have been practicing EVAs at the NBL as part of their NASA Mission Specialist training / Bridgeman Images
PIX4650425: Overall view of the LHC experiments - Cross-section view of the LHC experiments (Large Hadron Collider). This diagram shows the locations of the four main experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb) that will take place at the LHC. Located between 50 m and 150 m underground, huge caverns have been excavated to house the giant detectors. The SPS, the final link in the pre-acceleration chain, and its connection tunnels to the LHC are also shown / Bridgeman Images
PIX4650506: LHC: work on the ATLAS detector - LHC: Work on the ATLAS semiconductor tracker barrel - Work performed on the ATLAS semiconductor trajectory (SCT) - one of the main elements of the ATLAS internal detector Precision work is performed on the semiconductor tracker barrel of the ATLAS experiment. All work on these delicate components must be performed in a clean room so that impurities in the air, such as dust, do not contaminate the detector. The semiconductor tracker will be mounted in the barrel close to the heart of the ATLAS experiment to detect the path of particles produced in proton-proton collisions / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665539: Plaque de la rue Cassini in Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du 14eme arrondissement de Paris, in tribute to the Italian astronomer Jean - Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712), naturalise French in 1673. Attrained to France by Colbert in 1669, he became the first director of the Paris Observatory in 1671, at the request of Louis XIV. In 1665, he discovered Jupiter's Grande Tache Rouge and determined the rotation speeds of Venus, Mars and Jupiter. From 1671 he discovered 4 satellites around Saturn, as well as a separation in the rings, which today bears his name (division of Cassini). In 1673, he made the first precise measurement of the distance from Earth to Sun, thanks to a transit of Venus. Rue Cassini, street sign. Astronomer Jean - Dominique Cassini, was the first director of Paris observatory / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665864: Mediterranean Sea and Detroit of Gibraltar seen from Space - Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean sea from space - The Detroit of Gibraltar seen by the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001. Morocco is on the left, Spain is on the right. Strait of Gibraltar as seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in 2001. Morocco is visible on the left, and Spain on the right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4666140: Hungary seen by satellite - Hungary seen from satellite Envisat - Image obtained by satellite Envisat. This mosaic image focuses on Hungary. Hungary consist of two main regions, a plain around the Danube River in the eastern part of the country, and highlands and mountains that are part of the Carpathian Mountain chain, towards the north / Bridgeman Images
PIX4666168: Ireland seen by satellite Envisat - Ireland satellite view - This mosaic of MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) images shows the country of Ireland (highlighted in dark green) and most of the island of Britain. The island of Ireland is the third - largest island in Europe. It lies on the west side of the Irish Sea and is composed of the Republic of Ireland in the south and Northern Ireland, a region of the United Kingdom. Also visible in the lower right cornerare the English channel and the coastline of Brittany, France. Satellite Envisat / Bridgeman Images
TEC4700098: Musee d'Orsay, 1 rue de Bellechasse, Paris 75007. Architects of rehabilitation between 1980-1986: ACT Architecture and Gae Aulenti. Photography 1986. Former Gare d'Orsay, built by Victor Laloux and inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in Paris on 14 July 1900. Saving from demolition, the former station became a museum for national art collections from 1850 to 1914. / Bridgeman Images
ITR4714485: Interieur de la Belle fontaine de la Citadelle de Vauban à Belle Ile en mer (Belle-Ile-en-Mer), Morbihan, Brittany, France. Architecture by Sebastien Le Prestre, Marquis de Vauban (1633-1707), 1683-1689. The Belle Fontaine was built on the coast by Vauban to supply the boats with drinking water. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4700226: Musee d'Orsay, 1 rue de Bellechasse, Paris 75007. Architects of rehabilitation between 1980-1986: ACT Architecture and Gae Aulenti. Photography 1986. Former Gare d'Orsay, built by Victor Laloux and inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in Paris on 14 July 1900. Saving from demolition, the former station became a museum for national art collections from 1850 to 1914. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4700332: La grande Nef du Musee d'Orsay, 1 rue de Bellechasse, Paris 75007. Architects of rehabilitation between 1980-1986: ACT Architecture and Gae Aulenti. Photography 1986. Former Gare d'Orsay, built by Victor Laloux and inaugurated for the Universal Exhibition in Paris on 14 July 1900. Saving from demolition, the former station became a museum for national art collections from 1850 to 1914. / Bridgeman Images