PIX4639807: Exploration of Mars-Illustration - Martian “” Motor Home”” - The exploration of Mars by men will require vehicles that can take a crew long distances and provide them with all the necessary protection against this hostile environment. A thorough human exploration of Mars would require some means for transporting explorers long distances over the martian surface while providing sustenance and protection from Mars' extremely inhospitable environment. This image suggests how such a martian “” motor home”” might be realized. Providing transportation and housing for a crew of two to four human explorers, this pressurized rover would provide stability, visibility, storage, and a means for generating power for locomotion and electrical systems. In this example, a pair of wing-like solar arrays atop the rover help to meet some of the energy needs, and the transparent windshield ports have been coated to shield the interior from ultraviolet light and provide additional visual contrast to the rust-colored landscap / Bridgeman Images
LRI4639815: Egyptian antiquite: detail of a chisele gold sarcophagus used to preserve the visceres of the deceased. From the treasor of Tutankhamun (all-Ankh-amun or Tutankhamun) (1345-1327 BC) 18th dynasty. found in the Valley of kings, Thebes. 1342 BC. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC) / Bridgeman Images
LRI4639844: Egyptian antiquite: albaster ointment bottle with lid decorating a fawn. From the treasor of Tutankhamun (all-Ankh-amun or Tutankhamun) (1345-1327 BC) 18th dynasty. found in the Valley of kings, Thebes. 1342 BC. Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638668: Vines of the Old College of Jesuites - Reims - Three hundred years old vines - Reims - Three hundred years old vines - Reims - Three feet of three hundred hundred years old vines among the oldest vineyards in France (330 years old), classified as historical monuments. Scriptures testify to their presence in 1678. Vines among the oldest in France - Ancien College des Jesuites - Reims, Champagne-Ardenne / Bridgeman Images
PIX4638924: Back to the Moon: the Ares 1 rocket - Artist view - Ares 1 rocket - Artist view - Lunar program Constellation. The Ares 1 rocket carrying the module lives Orion. American project to return man to the Moon. The Ares 1 rocket is expected to take a crew to the space station in 2014 and then to the Moon in 2020. Artist's view. Ares rockets, named for the Greek god associated with Mars, will return humans to the moon and later take them to Mars and other destinations. Ares I is an inline, two-stage rocket configuration topped by the Orion crew vehicle and its launch abort system. Ares I may also deliver resources and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), or to “” park”” payloads in orbit for retrieval by other spacecraft bound for the moon or other destinations / Bridgeman Images
LRI4639954: Egyptian Antiquite: Portrait of Raefer, Egyptian High Priest, 2500-2465 BC, Limestone Sculpture, From Saqqarah, Detail - Cairo, Egyptian Museum - Raefer, high priest of Ptah and Sokar (detail) - Painted limestone sculpture (H.178 cm), from Saqqara (Egypt), Old Kingdom (3rd millennium BC) - Museum of Egyptian Antitián quities, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian 4th Dynasty (c.2613-2498 BC) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4639994: The royal greenhouses of Laeken in Belgium. Achievement 1873. In the 19th century, glass and metal, as new building materials, allowed the construction of a new type of building: the greenhouse. King Leopold II (1835-1909) entrusted the architect Alphonse Balat (1819-1895) with the construction of an ideal glass palace. Open to the public three weeks a year, the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken house an exceptional collection of plants, some dating back to Leopold II. Photography 30/04/06. / Bridgeman Images
LRI4639862: Egyptian antiquite: limestone statue of a sitting scribe from the necropolis of Saqqara (Sakkara), 5th dynasty, ancient empire. Egyptian Museum, Cairo - Scribe sitting cross-legged with unrolled papyrus scroll on his knees - Painted limestone sculpture, from Saqqara (Egypt), 5th Dynasty (2450-2325 BC) - Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Cairo (Egypt), Egyptian 5th Dynasty (c.2494-2345 BC) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4639887: The royal greenhouses of Laeken in Belgium. Achievement 1873. In the 19th century, glass and metal, as new building materials, allowed the construction of a new type of building: the greenhouse. King Leopold II (1835-1909) entrusted the architect Alphonse Balat (1819-1895) with the construction of an ideal glass palace. Open to the public three weeks a year, the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken house an exceptional collection of plants, some dating back to Leopold II. Photography 30/04/06. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4639259: Spatial combination test. Constellation Program - Space suit test at Nasa - Space combination test as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. Johnson space center, Nasa, Texas. Spacesuit engineer Dustin Gohmert simulates work inside a crater in Johnson Space Center's Lunar Yard. The Lunar Yard was built to provide engineers a moon-like setting in which to test systems and concepts as NASA prepares to return to the moon / Bridgeman Images
PIX4635859: Lactee and Jupiter - Milky Way with Jupiter - The Lactee Way and the brilliant Jupiter Planet are reflected in the waters of Laguna Cejar. Atacama Desert, Chile. June 2008. Milky way with bright planet Jupiter are reflecting in the water of Laguna Cejar. Atacama desert, Chile, June 2008 / Bridgeman Images