PIX4603636: ISS: The Cupola module - Cupola module on ISS - Artist view of the Cupola module installs on the Tranquility module (Node - 3) of the International Space Station (ISS). Artist's view of the Cupola mounted on the Node - 3 module of the International Space Station (ISS). This dome - shaped structure fitted with seven specially developed windows, will provide astronauts with a panoramic view for observing and guiding operations outside the ISS, as well as an unprecedented view of Earth. With a diameter of about 2 m and height of 1.5 m, the European - built Cupola provides a 'shirtsleeve' working environment for two crew members. The ergonomically designed interior is equipped with workstations from which astronauts will be able to control the station's robotic arm. The Cupola is part of ESA's contribution to the infrastructure of the International Space Station, a program conducted in partnership with the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and Brazil / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603747: Hermes Space Shuttle - Artist's view - European spaceplane Hermes - Illustration - Cross-section view of the European Space Shuttle Hermes project, 1991. 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. Cutaway made in 1991 showing the european space shuttle Hermes. 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
PIX4603763: Space Shuttle Hermes and Columbus MTFF - Spaceplane Hermes docked to the Columbus MTFF - Artist's view of the European Space Shuttle project Hermes amarree to the European Space Station project, Columbus MTFF (Man - Tent Free Flyer), in 1991. Artwork made in 1991 showing the european space shuttle Hermes docked to the european space station project, the Columbus MTFF (Man - Tent Free Flyer) module / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606002: Huygens probe en route to Titan. - Artist's view of the Cassini probe during the separation of the European module Huygens on 25 December 2004. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606087: The Huygens probe lands on Titan. - Artist's view of the descent of the European probe Huygens on Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 200 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606129: The Huygens probe is on Titan - Artist view - Huygens Titan descent - Artist view - Artist view of the descent of the European probe Huygens on Titan. Huygens landed on the Titan satellite on 14 January 2005. The Cassini-Huygens probe was launched on 15 October 1997 and has been placed in orbit around Saturn since 1 July 2004. This artist's impression shows the Probe Huygens suspended from the stabilizer parachute passing through the clouds that are expected at around 20 km altitude. The descent will occur during daylight to provide the best illumination conditions for imaging the clouds and surface / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606329: The Viking probe - The Viking spaceprobe - The Viking 1 and Viking 2 probes, both composed of an orbiter and a lander, explored the planet Mars in 1976. Model of one of the Viking spacecraft, which were made of two parts: an orbiter and a lander. Both Viking 1 and Viking 2 explored March in 1976 / Bridgeman Images
OMG4606451: La Colonne Vendome, Place Vendome, the night in Paris. Today's square dates back to 1699 and was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708). And it was only with the piercing of the Rue de la Paix that the Vendome Column was erected in 1806 by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) to the glory of the victors of Austerlitz (1805). An admirer of Roman Antiquity, the Emperor took as model the Trajane column raised in Rome and had his statue erected as an imperator by Antoine Chaudet (1763-1810). After the regime changes, Napoleon III (1808-1873) installed a copy of the statue of the Emperor by Augustine Dumont (1801-1884). / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606589: Rover Opportunity sur Mars - Artist view - Rover Opportunity on martian surface - Artist view - Photograph showing the rover Opportunity on the edge of the Victoria crater on Mars. This image superimposes an artist's concept of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity on the rim of Victoria Crater. It is done to give a sense of scale / Bridgeman Images
PIX4606690: Mars Polar Lander - Artist view - Mars Polar Lander spaceprobe - Artist view - The American Mars Polar Lander probe, launched on January 3, 1999, was scheduled to land in December 1999 near the southern polar cap of Mars. Contact with the probe was interrupted on 3 December 1999, when it entered the Martian atmosphere. The Mars Polar Lander is shown on the surface of Mars. The spacecraft was launched in january 1999 to Mars to land near the southern polar cap in December 1999 and carry out a three - month mission to search for traces of subsurface water in this frozen, layered terrain. The contact with the spacecraft was lost on December 9, 1999, shortly after it entered the Martian atmosphere / Bridgeman Images