PIX4645395: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - Astronauts John Grunsfeld (on the robotic arm of the shuttle) and Andrew Feustel (down) during the fifth and last extravehicular exit to maintain the Hubble space telescope (HST). 18 May 2009. Astronaut John Grunsfeld, STS - 125 mission specialist, positioned on a foot restraint on the end of Atlantis' remote manipulator system (RMS), and astronaut Andrew Feustel (bottom center), mission specialist, participate in the mission's fifth and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as work continues to refurbish and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope. During the seven - hour and two - minute spacewalk, Grunsfeld and Feustel installed a battery group replacement, removed and replaced a Fine Guidance Sensor and three thermal blankets (NOBL) protecting Hubble's electronics. 18 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645452: Hubble space telescope: end of the 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: end of the fourth repair mission - The Hubble space telescope (HST) seen from space shuttle Atlantis after their separation on 19 May 2009. An STS - 125 crew member aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis captured this still image of the Hubble Space Telescope as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation on May 19, after having been linked together for the better part of a week. During the week five spacewalks were performed to complete the final servicing. 19 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645472: Hubble space telescope - Artist view - Hubble space telescope - Artist view - The Hubble space telescope is a telescope orbiting the Earth at about 600 km altitude. It is 13 metres long, its main mirror has a diameter of 2.4 metres. He is equipped with spectrometer and several cameras observing the Universe in visible and infrared. The Hubble space telescope is in orbit at about 600 km around the Earth. This 13 meters in length telescope with a mirror of 2.4 meters (94.5 inches) in diameter is also equipped of many cameras and a spectrometer to observe the Universe in the visible and infrared light / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645650: Satellite Kepler - Kepler spacecraft - Kepler satellite in clean room. Kepler is a satellite launched in March 2009, designed to discover inhabitable exoplanets in our galaxy. Nasa's Kepler spacecraft in a clean room at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colorado. Kepler is a spaceborne telescope launched in march 2009 and designed to search the nearby region of our galaxy for Earth - size planets orbiting in the habitable zone of stars like our sun / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645744: James Webb Space Telescope Mirrors (JWST) - Testing of the JWST's mirrors - Six of the 18 JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) mirrors seen at Nasa's Marshall Space Center. These mirrors will be tested there to ensure they will withstand the extreme temperatures of space vacuum. The JWST will replace the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014. Equipped with a 6.5 m mirror, he will observe the universe mainly in infrared. Six of the 18 James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments are being moved into the X - ray and Cryogenic Facility, or XRCF, at Nasa's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to eventually experience temperatures dipping to a chilling - 414 degrees Fahrenheit to ensure they can withstand the extreme space environments. The test chamber takes approximately five days to cool a mirror segment to cryogenic temperatures. Marshall's X - ray & Cryogenic Facility is the world's largest X - ray telescope test facility and a unique, cryogenic, clean room optical test location. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared - optimized space telescope scheduled for launch in 2014. Equipped with a large mirror 6.5 meters (21.3 feet) in diameter, it will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy and will reside in an orbit about 1.5 million km (1 million miles) from the Earth / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601857: The International Space Station: the European Module Columbus - The International Space Station: the Columbus laboratory - Astronaut Rex Walheim is working on the new element of the International Space Station, the European Columbus Laboratory. 15 February 2008. This digital still camera's wide shot affords a panoramic view of STS - 122's final leg of work on the International Space Station. With mostly blue skies and some scattered clouds on Earth, solar panels and a station truss in the background, astronaut Rex Walheim, mission specialist, installs handrails on the outside of the Columbus laboratory, the newest piece of hardware on the International Space Station. Astronaut Stanley Love (out of frame), mission specialist, shared this final period of STS - 122 extravehicular activity with Walheim. 15 Feb. 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601862: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2008 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2008 - The International Space Station with its new element, the European Columbus Laboratory, seen from the Atlantis shuttle before returning to Earth on 18 February 2008. The International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Atlantis as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 122 and Expedition 16 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:24 a.m. (CST) on Feb. 18, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4601922: International Space Station: Astronaut Exit - The International Space Station: EVA Astronaut - Astronaut Robert L. Behnken prepares the installation of the new articule arm of the international space station, the Dextre robot. 3rd extravehicular exit, 17 - 18 March 2008. 17/18 March 2008 - Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS - 123 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the 6 - hour, 53 - minute spacewalk, Behnken and Rick Linnehan (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a spare - parts platform and tool - handling assembly for Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM). Among other tasks, they also checked out and calibrated DEXT's end effector and attached critical spare parts to an external stowage platform. The new robotic system is scheduled to be activated on a power and data grapple fixture located on the Destiny laboratory on flight day nine. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602141: The International Space Station (ISS) 06/2008 - The International Space Station 06/2008 - View of the International Space Station after the start of the shuttle Discovery on 11 June 2008. The second element of the Japanese Kibo laboratory, JEM, was installed during this mission. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 124 and Expedition 17 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 6:42 a.m. (CDT) on June 11, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602237: The International Space Station (ISS) 11/2008 - The International Space Station 11/2008 - View of the International Space Station over the Earth after the depart of the space shuttle Endeavour on 28 November 2008. 28 Nov. 2008 - Backdropped by a blue and white Earth and the blackness of space, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 126 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 8:47 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 28, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602255: The International Space Station (ISS) 11/2008 - The International Space Station 11/2008 - View of the International Space Station over the Earth after the depart of the space shuttle Endeavour on 28 November 2008. 28 Nov. 2008 - Backdropped by a cloud - covered part of Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 126 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 8:47 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 28, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602290: The International Space Station (ISS) 11/2008 - The International Space Station 11/2008 - View of the International Space Station over the Earth after the start of the space shuttle Endeavour (mission STS - 126) on 28 November 2008 28 Nov. 2008 - Backdropped by a cloud - covered part of Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 126 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 8:47 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 28, 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647402: Data verification in Discovery 08/1997 - Data checking in space shuttle Discovery. 08/1997 - Astronaut Curtis Brown checks 50 pages of data sent by flight controllers. 08/1997. At the Space Shuttle Discovery's Thermal Imaging Printing System (TIPS) station, Curtis Brown checks some 50 pages of data sent up by flight controllers. Aug 1997 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647473: Shuttle Endeavour in orbit 12/1998 - Earth with Endeavour space shuttle 12/1998 - Wide angle view of the Earth from space shuttle Endeavour. 12 - 1998. The crew of STS - 88 mission began construction of the International Space Station, joining the U.S. - built Unity node to the Russian - built Zarya module. The crew carried a large - format IMAX camera from which this picture was taken. - Payload bay camera view of Mozambique. Dec 1998 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647492: Crew STS - 91 in the shuttle Discovery 06/1998 - STS - 91 crew in Discovery. 06/1998 - Downstairs, Wendy Lawrence, then clockwise, Andrew Thomas, Charles Precourt, Valery Ryumin, Janet Kavandi, Dominic Gorie, and Franklin Chang - Diaz. 1998. The seven crew members of STS - 91 pose for their traditional in - flight crew portrait aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Wendy B. Lawrence, mission specialist, at bottom center, (counter - clockwise from Lawrence) Andrew Thomas, mission specialist; Charles Precourt, mission commander; Valery Ryumin, mission specialist representing the Russian Aviation and Space Agency; Janet Kavandi, mission specialist; Dominic Gorie, pilot and Franklin Chang - Diaz, payload commander / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647521: Crew in the shuttle Columbia STS - 93 07/1999 - STS - 93 astronauts on Columbia's middeck - Portrait of the crew of the mission STS - 93 Front: Eileen M. Collins and Michel Tognini (CNES); behind (left - d.): Steven A. Hawley, Jeffrey S. Ashby, Catherine G. (Cady) Coleman. Portrait of the five STS - 93 astronauts on Columbia's middeck. Front row: Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, and Michel Tognini, mission specialist representing France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES); back row (l. - r.): Steven A. Hawley, mission specialist; Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot; and Catherine G. (Cady) Coleman, mission specialist. Jul 1999 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647762: Marsha Ivins' hair in weightlessness - Marsha Ivins' hair in the space shuttle Atlantis: Astronaut Marsha Ivins weightless in space shuttle Atlantis. February 2001. Mission Specialist Marsha Ivins, her hair loose and free floating in microgravity, smiles for the camera on Atlantis' Aft Flight Deck / 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