PIX4648382: The Discovery shuttle en route to its shooting pitch - 04/2005 - Space Shuttle Discovery - 04/2005 - The Discovery shuttle, perched on its mobile platform (crawler) en route to its shooting pitch. April 2005. At Nasa's Kennedy Space Center, Space Shuttle Discovery, atop the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), crawls towards Launch Complex 39B. The MLP is moved by the Crawler - Transporter underneath, which stands 20 feet high, 131 feet long and 114 feet wide. It moves on eight tracks, each containing 57 shoes, or cleats, weighing one ton each. Loaded with the Space Shuttle, the Crawler can move at a maximum speed of approximately 1 mile an hour. A leveling system in the Crawler keeps the Shuttle vertical while negotiating the 5 percent grade leading to the top of the launch pad. Launch of Discovery on its Return to Flight mission, STS-114, is targeted for May 15 with a launch window that extends to June 3. During its 12 - day mission, Discovery's seven - person crew will test new hardware and techniques to improve Shuttle safety, as well as deliver supplies to the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648793: Space Shuttle Discovery on its fire pad 10 - 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery on launch pad Oct 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery before it unloads. Mission STS-120. Shuttle STS 120 Discovery at launch Pad during the RSS, rotating service structure was pulled back. STS - 120 is scheduled for launch on Space Shuttle Discovery on 23 October 2007. STS - 120 will deliver the Italian - built Node 2 module to the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648805: STS 120 Discovery at launch pad - Space Shuttle Discovery on launch pad Oct 2007 - The Space Shuttle Discovery before its decolation. Mission STS-120. Shuttle STS 120 Discovery at launch Pad after the RSS, rotating service structure was pulled back STS - 120 is scheduled for launch on Space Shuttle Discovery on 23 October 2007. STS - 120 will deliver the Italian - built Node 2 module to the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648877: Shuttle Discovery STS - 120 view of ISS 10 - 2007 - Discovery is approaching ISS 10 - 2007 - Shuttle Discovery approaching the International Space Station. In its cargo bay, the new Harmony module (Node 2). 25 - 10 - 2007 25 Oct. 2007 Backdropped by a colorful Earth, Space Shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 16 crewmember during a backflip maneuver performed by the approaching visitors (STS - 120) to the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649012: Impact on the window of the shuttle Endeavour - 03/2008 - Windows's impact crater on space shuttle Endeavour - 03/2008: Micro impact crater on one of the triple-glazed windows of the space shuttle Endeavour. March 2008. View of small ding on Space Shuttle Endeavours leftmost three-pane, 2.5-inch thick window (next to commanders seat) caused by micrometeorite impact. The ding is about 1/8th to 3/16th of an inch in diameter. NASA engineers evaluated the damage for reentry, and deemed it to be safe / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646906: Astronaut Roberta Bondar in Spacelab 01/1992 - Astronaut Roberta Bondar works with oak seedlings - Roberta Bondar in the International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1), experiments the effects of microgravite on oak plants. 01/1992. STS-42 Payload Specialist Roberta L. Bondar works with oak seedlings using the glovebox located in International Microgravity Laboratory 1 (IML-1) Rack 5. The five young plants are part of the Gravitational Plant Physiology Facility experiment. IML - 1 is located in Discovery's, Orbiter Vehicle, payload bay and is connected to the crew compartment with a tunnel. 01/199 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647139: Shuttle Endeavour in orbit 10/1994 - The Space Radar Laboratory - 2 in Endeavour's cargo bay - View of the radar in the cargo bay of the shuttle Endeavour STS-68 during the SRL-2 mission (Space Radar Laboratory 2). 11/10/1994. The Space Radar Laboratory - 2 (SRL - 2) in the Space Shuttle Endeavour's cargo bay, is backdropped against the blackness of space over Earth, in this 35 mm frame exposed by one of the STS - 68 crewmembers. Six NASA astronauts spent eleven days aboard Endeavour in Earth - orbit, in support of the SRL - 2 mission / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645973: GAIA satellite - Illustration - GAIA satellite - Illustration - View of the European GAIA satellite to be launched in 2011. The goal of the Gaia mission is to make the largest possible census of the stars of our Galaxy and to create a 3D map of them with great precision. The satellite will determine the position, color and proper movement of a billion stars / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648720: Astronaut Training - Astronaut Training - Astronaut Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio, from the STS-118 mission, uses a virtual reality system to repeat the different movements he will have to accomplish in the International Space Station (ISS). Johnson Space Center, Houston, May 2007. Astronaut Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio, STS - 118 mission specialist, uses virtual reality hardware in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center to rehearse some of his duties on the upcoming mission to the International Space Station. This type of virtual reality training allows the astronauts to wear special gloves and other gear while looking at computer displays simulating actual movements around the various locations on the station hardware with which they will be working. May 21, 2007 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649044: Discovery Shuttle seen from ISS 06 - 2008 - Discovery is manoeuvring seen from ISS 06 - 2008 - The Discovery Shuttle approaching the International Space Station. In its cargo bay, the new Japanese pressurise module (JPM). June 2, 2008 Backdropped by a cloud - covered part of Earth, Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station during STS - 124 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 2:03 p.m. (EDT) on June 2, 2008. The second component of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Kibo laboratory, the Japanese Pressurized Module (JPM) is visible in Discovery's cargo bay / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649576: Discovery en approche de la station 02/2011 - Discovery approaching the International Space station 02/2011 - The Discovery shuttle seen from the International Space Station (ISS) on February 26, 2011 during its approach. Last mission of Shuttle Discovery. Space shuttle Discovery is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member as the shuttle approaches the International Space Station during STS - 133 rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 2:14 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 26, 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649578: Discovery Shuttle Inspection - 02/2011 - Discovery Inspection - 02/2011 - The Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS boom), an extension of the American Space Shuttle Canadarm, inspects the thermal shield of Shuttle Discovery for possible damage. February 25, 2011. Controlled by the STS - 133 astronauts inside Discovery's cabin, the Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Boom Sensor System (RMS/OBSS) equipped with special cameras, begins to conduct thorough inspections of the shuttle's thermal tile system on flight day 2. 25 February 2011 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645292: Hubble space telescope: end of 4th maintenance mission 03/2002 - Hubble space telescope: end of fourth repair mission 03/2002 - Hubble space telescope over Africa seen from Shuttle Columbia. The Hubble space telescope seen above Africa after its deployment on march 9 2002 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646784: Decolving the Atlantis shuttle - 12/1988 - Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Dec 02 1988 - Decolving the Atlantis shuttle (Mission STS - 27) with Bob Gibson, Guy Gardner, Richard Mullane, Jerry Ross and William Shepherd on board. 02/12/1988. The space shuttle Atlantis and its five - man crew of astronauts are launched from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39B at 9:30 a.m. (EST), Dec. 2, 1988. Onboard the Department of Defense dedicated mission are astronauts Robert L. Gibson, Guy S. Gardner, Jerry L. Ross, Richard M. (Mike) Mullane and Williams M. Shepherd / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648320: Shuttle Atlantis STS - 112 view of ISS 10/2002 - Shuttle Atlantis approaches the International Space Station 10/2002 - Atlantis photographed by an Expedition Five crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during rendezvous and docking operations. Oct 09 2002 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648491: Extra exit - S.Robinson STS vehicle - 114 08/2005 - Astronaut's shadow on space shuttle Discovery. 08/2005 - Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson's shadow is projected on the tiles that make up the shuttle's thermal shield. 3/08/2005. Space Shuttle Discovery's underside is featured in this image photographed by astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS - 114 mission specialist, during today's extravehicular activities (EVA). Robinson's shadow is visible on the thermal protection tiles. Aug 03 2005 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4649636: La Casa de Pilatos (1540), Quartier Santa Cruz in Seville (Spain). Finish in the first third of the 16th century, this palace, owned by the Duke of Medinaceli, combines in an astonishing way mudejar art, flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance art. According to popular belief, this palace is the reproduction of Pontius Pilate's palace in Jerusalem. Photography 10/03/97. / Bridgeman Images