PIX4605557: Mariner 8 - 9 - The Mariner 8 and Mariner 9 probes are two identical probes launched on 8 May 1971 and 30 May 1971 respectively to Mars. The launch of Mariner 8 was a failure, but Mariner 9 successfully entered orbit around Mars on November 14, 1971, becoming the first space probe in orbit around a planet. Mariner 9 ceased to communicate on 27 October 1972 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651387: Rehabilitation of HLM in Gennevilliers in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651515: Parc de Sceaux in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4651587: Arecibo Radiotelescope - Puerto Rico - The world's largest radio telescope, 305m diameter antenna / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651645: Vallee aux loups in Chatenay Malabry (Hauts de Seine). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4651678: Arecibo Radiotelescope - Puerto Rico - The largest radio telescope in the world, 305m diameter antenna. 03 - 200 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4651793: Boyden Observatory - South Africa - Boyden observatory - South Africa - The 1.5 metre telescope. Bloemfontein, South Africa. The 1.5 m telescope. Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa / Bridgeman Images

PIX4651996: CERGA Observatory: Laser - Moon & Laser - Satellite - CERGA Observatory: Laser - Moon & Laser - Satellite - 21/01/0 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652108: 21/01/00: Calern Observatory (CERGA): interferometer GI2T - Calern observatory (CERGA): the GI2T/Regain interferometer / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652194: The Soirdete interferometer observes cool stars at infrared wavelengths.: Observatory of Calern (CERGA): interferometer Soirdete - Calern observatory (CERGA): the Soirdete interferometer / Bridgeman Images

PIX4605851: Galileo probe near the Amalthee satellite - Artist's view of the passage of the Galileo probe near the small satellite of Jupiter, Amalthee, November 2002 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4606454: The probe Mars 96 - Artist view - Mars 96 spacecraft - Artist view - Sequence of the mission of the sovietic probe Mars 96. In addition to its observations in Martian orbit, this probe was to launch two stations and two penetrators on Martian soil. Launched in 1996, the probe could not leave Earth orbit and disintegrate. Artwork showing the mission sequence of soviet March 96 spacecraft. Two surface stations and two penetrators should be deployed on the martian surface. Launched in 1996, a rocket failure happened and the probe was desintegrated in the Earth atmosphere / Bridgeman Images

OMG4606511: Place Vendome in Paris. Today's square dates back to 1699 and was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708). And it was only with the piercing of the Rue de la Paix that the Vendome Column was erected in 1806 by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) to the glory of the victors of Austerlitz (1805). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4606540: Mars Exploration Rover - Artist's View - Mars Exploration Rover - Artist's View - Mars Exploration Rover is a Martian exploration mission composed of two probes housing two identical rovers, Spirit and Opportunity MER - A, the Spirit robot launched on June 10, 2003, landed on January 3, 2004 in the Gusev crater. MER - B, the Opportunity robot launched on July 8, 2003, landed on January 24, 2004 on Meridiani Planum / Bridgeman Images

PIX4606572: Mars Global Surveyor probe - Artist's view - Mars Global Surveyor probe - Artist's view - The probe was launched on November 7, 1996 and put into orbit around Mars in September 1997. Predicted to observe Mars for two years, it was not until November 2006 that the probe stopped working / Bridgeman Images

TEC4648899: Waterloo station in London (England). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648918: Decollage de la shuttle Discovery 07/2006 - Launch of space shuttle Discovery 07/2006 - Decollage de la shuttle Discovery le 4 juillet 2006. Mission STS-121. Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member crew launched to the International Space Station on the STS - 121 mission. Jul 04 2006 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4648937: Astronaut Lisa Nowak - mission STS-121 - Astronaut Lisa Nowak floats weightlessly in space shuttle Discovery. Mission STS-121 - 4 to 17 July 2006 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4649023: Column of Trafalgar Square in London (Great Britain). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649216: Space Shuttle Endeavour and ISS - Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to ISS - Space Shuttle Endeavour moored at the International Space Station (ISS). 20 July 2009. The top exterior of Space Shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin, along with the International Space Station's Kibo laboratory and Harmony node are featured in this image photographed by a STS - 127 crew member during the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA). 20 July 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649260: Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis - 11/2009 - Space Shuttle Atlantis lift - off - 11/2009 - Decolishing the space shuttle Atlantis with the crew of the STS - 129 mission on board, 16 November 2009. With nearly 7 million pounds of thrust generated with the aid of twin solid rocket boosters, space shuttle Atlantis roars into the blue skies over Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff on its STS - 129 mission came at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov. 16 2009. Aboard are crew members Commander Charles O. Hobaugh; Pilot Barry E. Wilmore; and Mission Specialists Leland Melvin, Randy Bresnik, Mike Foreman and Robert L. Satcher Jr. On STS - 129, the crew will deliver two Express Logistics Carriers to the International Space Station, the largest of the shuttle's cargo carriers, containing 15 spare pieces of equipment including two gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm. Atlantis will return to Earth a station crew member, Nicole Stott, who has spent more than two months aboard the orbiting laboratory. STS - 129 is slated to be the final space shuttle Expedition crew rotation flight / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649287: Decolving the shuttle Endeavour 08/02/2010 - Launch of space shuttle Endeavour 02/2010 - Decolving the space shuttle Endeavour on 8 February 2010, with the Tranquility (Node - 3) and Cupola modules of the International Space Station (ISS) on board. Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14 CET, 8 February 2010, and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node - 3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non - Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe / Bridgeman Images

TEC4649368: Tower Bridge to London (England). Construction 1894, architects John Wolfe Barry and Horace Jones. Photography 10/04/03. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649379: Discovery Shuttle from ISS 04/2010 - Discovery leaves the International Space Station - 04/2010 - Space Shuttle Discovery before returning to Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on April 17, 2010. Visible in the cargo compartment of the shuttle, the Leonardo module. This view of the space shuttle Discovery was provided by an Expedition 23 crew member during a survey of the departing vehicle following undocking from the International Space Station on April 17. The Leonardo Multi - Purpose Logistics Module is visible in Discovery's cargo bay / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649422: Discovery Shuttle from ISS 04/2010 - Discovery leaves the International Space Station - 04/2010 - Space Shuttle Discovery before returning to Earth, seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on April 17, 2010. Visible in the cargo compartment of the shuttle, the Leonardo module. Space shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:52 a.m. (CDT) on April 17, 2010, ending a stay of 10 days, 5 hours and 8 minutes. The visit included three spacewalks and delivery of more than seven tons of equipment and supplies / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649428: Atlantis Approaching Space Station 05/2010 - Atlantis Approaching the International Space Station 05/2010 - Atlantis Shuttle seen from the International Space Station (ISS) May 16, 2010. Last mission of the Atlantis shuttle. Space shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 23 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS - 132 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 9:28 a.m. (CDT) on May 16, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649512: Decolving the shuttle Discovery 02/2011 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 133. 02/2011 - Decolving the shuttle Discovery (mission STS - 133) with a crew of six astronauts on board as well as Robonaut2. This mission is the 33rd and last mission of the Shuttle Discovery. 24/02/2011. Space shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39A at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a late February afternoon. Launch of the STS - 133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24. Discovery and its six - member crew are on a mission to deliver the Permanent Multipurpose Module, packed with supplies and critical spare parts, as well as Robonaut 2, the dexterous humanoid astronaut helper, to the International Space Station. Discovery is making its 39th mission and is scheduled to be retired following STS-133. This is the 133rd Space Shuttle Program mission and the 35th shuttle voyage to the space station / Bridgeman Images

ITR4652263: Basin of L'Octagon, transformed by Andre le Notre. Parc du chateau de Sceaux (Hauts de Seine). The park and its gardens were designed by Andre Le Notre in 1673 for Colbert. It was enlarged by the Marquis de Seignelay, the son of Colbert, who in particular had the Grand Canal excavated. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652289: Plateau de Chajnantor et voie lactee - Chajnantor plateau and milky way - Réseau Alma. Chajnantor Plateau, 5100 m altitude, Chile. June 2008 Alma network, Chajnantor plateau in Atacama Desert, Chile. June 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652301: ALMA - Plateau de Chajnantor - 2011 - Chajnantor plateau and starry sky - Alma Reseau. The Moon shines in the center of the lactee lane. Chajnantor Plateau, 5100 m altitude, Chile. October 2011. ALMA under the Moon in Milky Way. Chajnantor plateau in Atacama Desert, Chile. October 2011 / Bridgeman Images

ITR4652335: Chateau de Sceaux (Hauts de Seine). The Musee de l'Ile de France is located on the ground floor of the chateau and opened its doors in 1937. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652596: Radiotelescopes ALMA - The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) - Artwork - Artist's view of the European network of submilimeter antennas Alma located in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), one of the largest ground - based astronomy projects of the next decade, is a major new facility for world astronomy. ALMA will be comprised of a giant array of 12 - m submillimetre quality antennas, with baselines of several kilometers. An additional, compact array of 7 - m and 12 - m antennas is also foreseen. Construction of ALMA started in 2003 and will be completed in 2010. The ALMA project is an international collaboration between Europe, Japan and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652609: Radiotelescopes ALMA - The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) - Artwork - Artist's view of the European network of submilimetric antennas ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) located in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), one of the largest ground - based astronomy projects of the next decade, is a major new facility for world astronomy. ALMA will be comprised of a giant array of 12 - m submillimetre quality antennas, with baselines of several kilometers. An additional, compact array of 7 - m and 12 - m antennas is also foreseen. Construction of ALMA started in 2003 and will be completed in 2010. The ALMA project is an international collaboration between Europe, Japan and North America in cooperation with the Republic of Chile / Bridgeman Images

PIX4652988: Milky Way above Cerro Armazones - Star sky at the top of Cerro Armazones. This 3060-metre mountain in Chile will host the giant telescope E - ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope). The construction of this 42-metre telescope is expected to start at the end of 2010 and will be inaugurated around 2018. Its main mirror will consist of 906 hexagonal mirrors assembled together, and its total surface will be equal to that of a football field. On 26 April 2010, the ESO Council selected Cerro Armazones as the baseline site for the planned 42 - metre European Extremely Large Telescope (E - ELT). Cerro Armazones is a mountain at an altitude of 3060 metres in the central part of Child's Atacama Desert, some 130 kilometres south of the town of Antofagasta and about 20 kilometres from Cerro Paranal, home of Eso's Very Large Telescope / Bridgeman Images

TEC4653155: Bauhaus building in Dessau (Germany) designed in 1925 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4606662: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe - Artist's view - The American Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter probe was launched in August 2005 and began its observations from March in October 2006 / Bridgeman Images