PIX4602514: The International Space Station (ISS) 09/2009 - The International Space Station (ISS) 09/2009 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS mission - 128 on 8 September 2009. 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 - 128 and Expedition 20 crew concluded nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sep 8, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595307: Apollo 9: release of R.Schweickart 03/1969 - Apollo 9: R.Schweickart extravehicular activity - Extravehicular output of Russell L. Schweickart 06/03/1969 Russell L. Schweickart, standing on the Lunar Module “” Spider's”” porch during his extravehicular activity. Tue 6 1969 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595325: Apollo 9: release of D.Scott 03/1969 - Apollo 9: David Scott extravehicular activity - David R. Scott passing the control module lock. 06/03/1969. Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules (CSM) nicknamed “” Gumdrop”” and Lunar Module (LM), nicknamed “” Spider”” are shown docked together as Command Module pilot David R. Scott stands in the open hatch / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595407: Apollo 10: le module de commande - The Apollo 10 Command/Service modules seen from LM - The control module of Apollo 10 seen above crateres on the hidden face of the Moon from the LEM after separation into lunar orbit. 22 May 1969. The Apollo 10 Command and Service Modules (CSM) are photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) after CSM/LM separation in lunar orbit. 22 May 1969 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4595846: Apollo 11: the command module and the Moon - The Apollo 11 Command/Service modules seen from LM - The command module of Apollo 11 Columbia seen from the LEM. 20/07/1969. The Apollo 11 Command and Service Modules (CSM) (tiny dot near quarter sized crater, center), with astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, aboard. The view overlooking the western Sea of Tranquility was photographed from the Lunar Module (LM). Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, manned the LM and made their historic lunar landing on July 20, 1969. Coordinates of the center of the terrain in the photograph are 18.5 degrees longitude and.5 degrees north latitude / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603338: Mike Hopkins Extravehicular Release 12/2013 - Astronaut Mike Hopkins extravehicular release on December 24, 2013, to improve the equipment of the International Space Station (ISS). NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, participates in the second of two spacewalks, spread over a four - day period, which were designed to allow the crew to change out a faulty water pump on the exterior of the Earth orbiting International Space Station. He was joined on both spacewalks by NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, whose image shows up in Hopkins' helmet visor. 24 Dec 2013 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603534: The Orion MPVC module - Artist view - Artist view of the module lives Orion. This module is intended to take a crew to the Moon where asteroides will also be used to commute with the space station. An artist's impression of the Orion spacecraft with ESA's service module. The module sits directly below Orion's crew capsule and provides propulsion, power, thermal control, and water and air for four astronauts. The solar array spans 19 m and provides enough to power two households. A little over 5 m in diameter and 4 m high, it weighs 13.5 tons. The 8.6 tons of propellant will power one main engine and 32 smaller thrusters / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603537: The Orion MPVC module - artist view - Orion spacecraft exploded view - Ecorchee view of the module lives in Orion. This module is intended to take a crew to the Moon where asteroides will also be used to commute with the space station. An artist's impression of the Orion spacecraft and its components including ESA's service module. The Crew Module sits atop the service module and can hold four astronauts and cargo. This the only part of Orion designed to reenter Earth's atmosphere: the heatshield protects it against the intense heat of reentry at 32,000 km/h. The European Service Module (ESM) provides electricity, propulsion, air and water, and forms part of the vehicle's structure, like a car chassis. More information about the module is given on separate pages to the left. A Crew Module Adapter (CMA) connects the capsule to the ESM. It houses electronic equipment for communications, power and control, and includes a bridge that connects electrical, data and fluid systems between the main modules. A number of elements are required only during launch and are discarded shortly before entering space. The Spacecraft Adapter attachments Orion to its launch vehicle. The Spacecraft Adapter Jettisonable Fairings offer aerodynamic protection during launch. When the vehicle is high enough above Earth, the fairings are jettisoned to fall into the ocean. As Orion ferries people to space and back, safety is paramount. If anything were to go wrong during launch, an abort will propel the crew capsule up and away from the danger, returning it to the ground by parachute. The Launch Aort System forms the nose of the complete launcher and has rockets of its own that fire in an emergency. It, too, is discarded at altitude / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603669: Space Shuttle Hermes - Artist's view - European spaceplane Hermes - Illustration - Artist's view of the European Space Shuttle project Hermes, 1987. This reusable space plane was to be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket and take several spationauts into space. The project under study in the 1980s was finally abandoned in 1993. Artwork made in 1987 showing the european space shuttle Hermes in space. This space shuttle was to be launched atop an ariane 5 rocket and should carry astronauts and payloads in space. First studied at the beginning of eighties, this project was cancelled in 1993 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602554: H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - Close up of the H - II Transfer Vehicle (or HTV) when attached to the International Space Station (ISS) by the robotic arm of the station. The HTV is an uninhabited spaceship of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Image obtained from the International Space Station on September 17, 2009. A close - up view of the unpiloted English H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in the grasp of the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth - facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sep 17, 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4602561: H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) - The H-II Transfer Vehicle (or HTV) is attached to the International Space Station (ISS) by the robotic arm of the station. The HTV is an uninhabited spaceship of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency. It is used to supply the International Space Station (ISS). Image obtained from the International Space Station on September 17, 2009. Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the unpiloted English H - II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) approaches the International Space Station. Once the HTV was in range, NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth - facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sep 17, 2009. The end effector of the Canadarm2 is visible at bottom right / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603060: The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2011 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS - 133 mission on 7 March 2011. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7 a.m. (ST) on March 7, 2011. Discovery spent eight days, 16 hours, and 46 minutes attached to the orbiting laboratory / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603068: The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2011 - The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2011 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Discovery at the end of the STS - 133 mission on 7 March 2011. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 133 crew member on space shuttle Discovery after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7 a.m. (ST) on March 7, 2011. Discovery spent eight days, 16 hours, and 46 minutes attached to the orbiting laboratory / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603103: The International Space Station (ISS) and the Shuttle Endeavour 05/2011 - The Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station (ISS) 05/2011 - View of the Space Shuttle Endeavour moored at the International Space Station, from the Soyuz TMA spaceship - 20 on 23 May 2011. This series of images shows for the first time a shuttle moored to the space station from a Russian Soyuz spaceship. This image of the International Space Station and the docked Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of approximately 220 miles, was taken by Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli from the Soyuz TMA - 20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011 (USA time). The pictures are the first taken of a shuttle docked to the International Space Station from the perspective of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Onboard the Soyuz were Russian cosmonaut and Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev; Nespoli, a European Space Agency astronaut; and NASA astronaut Cady Coleman. Coleman and Nespoli were both flight engineers. The three landed in Kazakhstan later that day, completing 159 days in space / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596170: Apollo 11: the deployed instruments - Apollo 11: instruments deployed - View of the seismometer and the laser reflector. In the background, the Lem, the flag and the television camera. 20/07/1969. This picture gives a view of the two experiments, the seismometer and the laser ranging retroreflector (LRRR). In the background, one can see the LM, the U.S. flag, and the TV camera / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596249: Apollo 11: the Lem joins the control module - Apollo 11: the Lunar Module approaches CSM for docking - The lunar module, with its edge Armstrong and Aldrin, approaching the control module. The Earth is visible on the horizon. 21/07/1969. The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin aboard, is photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) during rendezvous in lunar orbit / Bridgeman Images
PIX4596303: Apollo 11: astronauts in quarantine - Apollo 11: astronauts wives visit their husbands in quarantine - Visit of the wives (from left to right: Mrs Pat Collins, Mrs Jan Armstrong and Mrs Jean Aldrin) to the crew of Apollo 11 (from left to right in the van: Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins). 27/07/1969. The Apollo 11 crewmen, still under a 21 - day quarantine, are greeted by their wives as they arrive at Ellington Air Force Base after a flight aboard a U.S. Air Force C141 transport from Hawaii. Looking through the window of the Mobile Quarantine Facility are (left to right) Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin Jr., and Michael Collins. The wives are (left to right) Mrs. Pat Collins, Mrs. Jan Armstrong, and Mrs. Jean Aldrin / Bridgeman Images
PIX4604086: Decolation of the Ariane 5G+12/2004 - Ariane 5G+lift off. 12/2004 - Decolation of the Ariane V rocket with the military satellite Helios IIA and the constellation of 4 SSAIM microsatellites. 18/12/2004. The Ariane 5G+performs an unusual daylight lift off from the Launch Zone (ZL - 3) of the Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA - 3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port, on December 18, 2004. On this flight (V165), the launcher successfully lofted the English Helios 2A military observation satellite to Sun - synchronous orbit together with six microsatellites / Bridgeman Images