PIX4599209: Shooting Star on Mount Rushmore - Meteor over Mount Rushmore - A shooting star crosses the sky above Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. Image obtained in June 2009. A meteor crosses the sky above the Black Hills of South Dakota and the United States' Mount Rushmore National Park. The historic site features enormous sculptures of four US presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, carved into the southeast face of granite cliffs / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599353: Gemini 4: release of Ed.White - Gemini 4: Ed White EVA - First release of an American into space made by Edward White on June 3, 1965. June 03, 1965 Gemini 4 astronaut Ed White is shown here during his spacewalk extra - vehicular activity (EVA). This was the first spacewalk by a U.S. astronaut. It lasted 23 minutes. White initially used a gas powered gun to move about. After the first three minutes the fuel ran out and White maneuvered by twisting his body and pulling on the 8 meter long umbilical cord. The photographs were taken by commander James McDivitt / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599587: Gemini 11: Decollage of the Atlas Agena rocket - Gemini 11 liftoff - Decollage of the Atlas Agena rocket. 12 September 1966. Atlas Agena target vehicle liftoff for Gemini 11 from Pad 14. Once the Agena was in orbit, Gemini 11 rendezvoused and docked with it. Sep 12 1966 / Bridgeman Images
OMG4599678: Renovation of the glass court of the Palais des Etudes des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The courtyard is an extraordinary architectural ensemble designed by Felix Duban (1798-1870) during the 1830s. In 1867, in order to protect the carving castings from the Musee du Louvre, this courtyard was covered with a glass on a metal frame which then constituted all its wealth. At the death of Felix Duban, Ernest Coquart (1831-1903) took over the construction site by covering the facades of a polychrome decor from Italian inspiration. The Palais des Etudes is an exceptional testimony of 19th century architecture. With the Cour vitree, Felix Duban completed the formidable educational program. In 1970, most of the castings were transferred to the Petite stables of the Chateau de Versailles. For its reopening in April 2009, after two years of construction, the school welcomes Giuseppe Penone's sculpture “Matrix de Seve””. It is a tree of 24 meters cut in its length and whose hollow heart is covered with seve. Photography 03/06/09. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599708: ISS: Zarya module. 12/1998 - The Zarya module, approach the space shuttle Endeavour to moor to the Unity module (foreground). 06/12/1998. Backdropped against the darkness of space, the Russian - built FGB, also called Zarya, approaches the out - of - frame Space Shuttle Endeavour and the U.S. - built Node 1, also called Unity. Inside Endeavour's cabin, the STS - 88 crew readied the remote manipulator system for Zarya capture as they awaited the rendezvous. Dec 06 1998 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599950: ISS: Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules. 09/2000 - ISS: Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules. 09/2000 - Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules photographs from the Atlantis shuttle. 18/09/2000 Backdropped against black space above Earth's horizon, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen following its undocking with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. After accomplishing all mission objectives in outfitting the station for the first resident crew, the seven astronauts and cosmonauts undocked at 3:46 GMT on Sept. 18 over Russia near the northeastern portion of the Ukraine. When Atlantis was at a safe distance from the station, about 450 feet, astronaut Scott D. Altman, pilot, performed a 90 - minute, double - loop fly around to enable the crew to document the station's exterior. He fired Atlantis' jets one final time to separate from the station at 5:35 (GMT) September 18 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4579139: Full Moon and Green Ray - Full moon and green flash - Full moon rise obtained on July 20, 2005. In the photo on the right, taken 20 seconds after the one on the left, a green ray is visible. Full moon rising; the picture on the left taken 20 seconds after the image on the right shows a green flash. July 20, 2005 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4579217: Total Eclipse of Moon 27 - 09 - 1996 - Total lunar eclipse September 27, 1996 - This montage illustrates the progression of the Moon in Earth's shadow cone. The image on the right corresponds to its complete entry into the shadow (beginning of the totalite), the central at the maximum of the totalite and the one on the left at the end of the totalite. During this eclipse, the southern pole of the Moon is passing a little above the center of the Earth's shadow cone. Thus, the southern pole of the Moon is the darkest, while the north pole is brighter. Note the color degrade for the right and left poses: from dark red towards the center of the shadow cone to white on the periphery of this cone, with an intermediate greenish orange degrade. This highlights the fact that blue is more diffuse than green by the Earth's atmosphere - hence the absence of blue on the image, because this color is lost in the Earth's atmosphere and therefore does not reach the surface of the Moon - and that green is more diffuse than red - or the absence of green in the heart of the shadow cone for the same reason as blue. This composite illustrates the Moon's progress in the Earth's shadow cone. The right picture corresponds to the complete entry in the shadow (beginning of the totality), the middle one to the maximum of the totality and the left one to the total's end. During this eclipse, the Moon's South Pole (the Moon's bottom in this picture) has pass a little above the Earth's shadow center. Then, the South Pole is darker than the North one (the upper part of the Moon). Notice the color gradient in the left and right exposures: from deep red toward the center of the shadow to the white in the shadow's outskirt, with intermediate orange greenish tints. It show that the blue is more scattered by the Earth's atmosphere than green, and that green is more scattered than red / Bridgeman Images
PIX4600055: ISS: astronaut K. Wakata - 10/2000 - Koichi Wakata floats in ISS module Zarya - 10/2000 - Koichi Wakata in the FGB (Functional Cargo Block) module (now called Zarya) of the International Space Station (ISS). 15/10/2000. Koichi Wakata, mission specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA), floats through the functional cargo block (FGB) of the International Space Station (ISS), replete now with supplies for permanent occupancy beginning in less than two weeks. October 15 2000 / Bridgeman Images