LRI4601911: Polyptic of Saint Vincent Ferrier (Vicent Ferrer, Vicente Ferrer) (1350-1419): “” Saint Christopher””” Panel on the left. Painting on wood by Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1432-1516) dit il Giambellino 1464-1468 Sun. 167x67 cm Venice, Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) / Bridgeman Images
LRI4601481: The Sacrifice of Codros, King of Athens In the war against the Dorians, the last legendary king of Athenes Codros (Codrus or Kodros) died after learning from an oracle that victory would come to the people whose leader would be killed. Fresco by Domenico di Giacomo di Pace dit Beccafumi (1486-1551) 1529-1535 Siena, Palazzo Pubblico, Beccafumi, Domenico (1484-1551) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646154: Satellite WMAP - Satellite WMAP - View of the satellite WMAP (Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe) in preparation at the Kennedy Space center. Launches on 30 June 2001 and places in an orbit at the second point of Lagrange (L2) about 1.6 million km from Earth, this satellite measured temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646649: Decollage Challenger STS - 6 04/1983 - First launch of the Challenger space shuttle - 04/1983 - Launch of the Shuttle Challenger STS - 6 for its first flight. The first flight of Challenger space shuttle on mission STS-6. The primary payload is the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite - 1. The mission also is using the first lightweight external tank and lightweight solid rocket booster casings. The crew included Commander Paul J. Weitz, Pilot Karol J. Bobko, and Mission Specialists Donald H. Peterson and F. Story Musgrave. April 4 198 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647358: Crew in shuttle STS - 85 08/1997 - In - flight crew portrait on Discovery's mid - deck 08/1997 - From left to right: Kent Rominger, Robert Curbeam, Stephen Robinson, Curtis Brown, Jan Davis and Bjarni Tryggvason. 19/08/1997. In - flight crew portrait on Discovery's mid - deck, (l. - r.): Kent Rominger, Robert Curbeam, Stephen Robinson, Curtis Brown, Jan Davis and Bjarni Tryggvason. Aug 19 1997 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645627: Spitzer space telescope - Artist's view - Artwork of Spitzer space telescope - Spitzer space telescope observes the universe in infrared; it was launched and put into orbit in August 2003. The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF, the Space Infrared Telescope Facility) was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4645315: Hubble space telescope: 4th maintenance mission 05/2009 - Hubble space telescope: fourth repair mission 05/2009 - The space telescope in the cargo bay of the shuttle Atlantis after it was captured for its fourth maintenance mission on 13 May 2009. The Hubble Space Telescope stands tall in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Atlantis following its capture and lock - down in Earth orbit. 13 May 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648273: P. Perrin in the shuttle Endeavour STS - 111 06/2002 - Astronaut Philippe Perrin is looking at earth. 06/2002 - (5 - 19 June 2002) - - - Astronaut Philippe Perrin, STS - 111 mission specialist representing CNES, the French Space Agency, looks out an aft flight deck window of the Space Shuttle Endeavour / Bridgeman Images
PIX4648278: Space Shuttle Endeavour landing 06/2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour landing - 06/2002 - Space Shuttle Endeavour landing on June 19, 2002 at Edwards Base, California. Mission STS-111. Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Three days of unfavorable weather conditions at KSC prompted the decision to land at Edwards, which enjoyed pristine, dry conditions. Main gear touchdown occurred on June 19, 2002 at 12:57:41 p.m CDT, nose gear touchdown at 12:57:53 p.m. CDT and wheel stop at 12:58:45 p.m. CDT / Bridgeman Images
PIX4649733: Shuttle Atlantis - Last Shuttle Flight - July 2011 - Liftoff of Space Shuttle Atlantis - Final mission of Space Shuttle Program. July 2011 - Launch of the Atlantis space shuttle on July 8, 2011. Mission STS-135, last flight of American space shuttles. The engines ignite beneath space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A on the Atlantic coastline at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis began its final flight, the STS - 135 mission to the International Space Station, at 11:29 a.m. EDT July 8. STS-135 will deliver the Raffaello multi-purpose logistics module packed with supplies and spare parts to the orbiting laboratory. Atlantis also is flying the Robotic Refueling Mission experiment that will investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing satellites in orbit. In addition, a failed ammonia pump module will be returned to Earth aboard Atlantis to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. STS - 135 is the 33rd flight of Atlantis, the 37th shuttle mission to the space station, and the 135th and final mission of NASA's Space Shuttle Program / Bridgeman Images