PIX4646049: Euclid Satellite - Illustration - Euclid Satellite. Artwork: Artist's view of the European satellite Euclid. This satellite, which is planned to launch around 2020, will study dark energy. - Artist's impression of the Euclid spacecraft, a dark energy and dark matter mission planned for launch in 2020 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646124: Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, launched in 2009, studies the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems in the infrared. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel is in orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) studies the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory is bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it observes at wavelengths never covered before. It is located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope. Launched in 2009, Herschel is one the Cornerstone missions ESA's Horizons 2000 programme. Herschel is a key project space astronomy in the next millennium / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646287: The points of Lagrange and the satellite SOHO - Lagrangian points with Soho spacecraft - Schema showing the different points of Lagrange and the position of the satellite SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory), place near the point of Lagrange L1. Launched in December 1995, this satellite observes the Sun. Artwork showing the different Lagrange points with the Soho spacecraft located around the L1 point / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646322: Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646670: Exit extra - vehicular 04/1983 - Astronauts extravehicular activity. 04/1983 - Exit extra - vehicle for astronauts Story Musgrave (left) and Don Peterson on April 7, 1983. Astronauts Story Musgrave, left, and Don Peterson float in the cargo bay of the Earth - orbiting space shuttle Challenger during their April 7, 1983, spacewalk on the STS - 6 mission. Their” floating” is restricted via tethers to safety slide wires. Thanks to the tether and slide wire combination, Peterson is able to translate, or move, along the port side hand rails. First called STA-099, Challenger was built to serve as a test vehicle for the Space Shuttle program. Challenger, the second orbiter to join Nasa's Space Shuttle fleet, arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in July 1982. Challenger launched on her maiden voyage, STS - 6, on April 4, 1983 and saw the first spacewalk of the shuttle program, as well as the deployment of the first satellite - - the Tracking and Data Relay System. The orbiter launched the first American woman, Sally Ride, into space on mission STS - 7 and was the first to carry two U.S. female astronauts on mission STS - 41 - G. The first orbiter to launch and land at night on mission STS - 8, Challenger also made the first Space Shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center, concluding mission STS 41 - B. Spacelabs 2 and 3 flew aboard the ship on missions STS 51 - F and STS 51 - B, as did the first German - dedicated Spacelab on STS 61 - A. A host of scientific experiments and satellite deployments were performed during Challenger's missions. Challenger's service to America's space program ended in tragedy on Jan. 28, 1986. Just 73 seconds into mission STS - 51L, a booster failure caused an explosion that resulted in the loss of seven astronauts, as well as the vehicle / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646707: Shuttle Challenger - STS - 7 06/1983 - Space shuttle Challenger in space taken by the SPAS satellite - Shuttle Challenger STS - 7 in orbit from SPAS 01A (Shuttle Pallet Satellite). 27/06/1983. Challenger in space, seen beyond the Earth's horizon, taken by the SPAS satellite. Its cargo bay is open, revealing its contents. Visible in the cargo bay are the protective cradles for the Palapa - B and Telesat F. communications satellites, the pallet for the NASA Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications (OSTA - 2), the remote manipulator system (RMS) arm in the shape of the numeral seven and the KU - band antenna. A number of getaway special (GAS) canisters are also visible along the port side / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646720: Lighting on Challenger STS - 8 08/1983 - Lightning strikes Space Shuttle Challenger - Lightning on the firing pitch before launching the Challenger STS shuttle - 8. 08/1983. Lightning strikes Space Shuttle Launch Complex 39A in the hours preceding the launch of Challenger on mission STS-8. Aug 1983 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646822: Discovery Shuttle Discovery 04/1990 - Launch of Shuttle Discovery STS - 31. Apr 24 1990 - Decolation of the shuttle Discovery (STS-31 mission) with Loren Shriver, Charles Bolden, Steven Hawley, Bruce McCandless and Kathryn Sullivan on board as well as the Hubble space telescope. 24/04/1990. The Space Shuttle Discovery soars into the morning skies above Florida, carying a crew of five and the Hubble Space Telescope. Launch of Space Shuttle Mission STS - 31from Pad 39B occurred at 8:33:51 a.m. EDT, April 24. Crew members are Commander Loren J. Shriver; Pilot Charles F. Bolden Jr.; and Mission Specialists Kathryn D. Sullivan, Steven A. Hawley, and Bruce McCandless II / Bridgeman Images
PIX4667364: L'Etna (Sicily) seen by ISS 05/2016 - Mt. Etna Summit Plumes, Sicily 05/2016 - Etna, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, observes from the International Space Station on May 17, 2016. Mt. Etna Summit Plumes, Sicily is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 47 crewmember on the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665451: Star sky and menhirs of Carnac - Starry sky above standing stones in Carnac - A menhir of Carnac masks the Gibbous Moon. On the left, the constellation of the Little Dog and Cancer above, in the center the Gemeaux, and finally the Coach on the right. March 2009. Starry sky above standing stones in Carnac, with Moon hidden by a menhir. Brittany, France. March 2009 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665719: First public clock of Paris - Paris oldest public clock - First public clock of Paris, commissioned in 1371 by Charles V, redone and decoree under Henri III. It is located on the Clock Tower, at the corner of Boulevard du Palais and Quai de l'Horloge. She's not working anymore and she's lost her needles. Paris 'first clock is on the wall of the Concierge and was built in 1370 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665744: Plaque de la rue Esclangon a Paris - Street Plaque in Paris - Rue du XVIIIème arrondissement de Paris, in tribute to Ernest Benjamin Esclangon, astronomer and physicist (1876 - 1954) First astronomer at the Observatoire de Bordeaux (1899), Esclangon was then Director of the Observatory of Strasbourg (1918 - 1929), before becoming Director of the Observatory of Paris (1929 - 1944). Member of the Academy of Sciences in 1929, he joined the International Astronomical Union from 1935 to 1938. We owe him the invention of the talking clock. Street Esclangon, street sign. Benjamin Esclangon (1876 - 1954) was a french astronomer / Bridgeman Images
PIX4665986: Crete vue de l'espace - Crete seen from space - La Crete vue from the International Space Station (ISS) on 22 July 2011. Crete is the largest and most heavily populated island of Greece (or the Hellenic Republic). The island stretches approximately 260 kilometers (161 miles) from west to east, and it is roughly 60 kilometers (37 miles) across at its widest point. The rugged terrain of Crete includes mountains, plateaus, and several deep gorges. The largest city on the island, Heraklion, sits on the northern coastline. Several smaller islands ring Crete. Two of the largest of these, Dia and Gavdos, are sparsely populated year - round, although Gavdos hosts numerous summer visitors. The western and central parts of Crete appear surrounded by quicksilver in this astronaut photograph taken from the International Space Station. This phenomenon is known as sunglint, caused by light reflecting off of the sea surface directly towards the observer. The point of maximum reflectance is visible as a bright white region to the northwest of the island. Surface currents causing variations in the degree of reflectance are visible near the southwestern shoreline of Crete and the smaller island of Gavdos (image lower left). This astronaut photograph was acquired on July 22, 2011, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 48 mm lens / Bridgeman Images
PIX4666412: Peninsule de Snaefellsnes - Iceland - Sunset in Snaefellsnes - Iceland: Sunset on the Peninsula of Snaefellsnes. March 2016. On the little peninsula that hosts the famous volcano Snaefellsjokull, there are quite a few little lakes. The Black Church of Budir is nearby. March 2016 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4646964: STS-47: Weightless crew in Spacelab - STS-47 crew portrait in zero gravity: The crew of the STS-47 mission poses weightlessly in the Spacelab aboard the shuttle Endeavour. From left to right, in the last row: Robert L. Gibson and Curtis L. Brown, in the middle: N. Jan Davis, Jerome Apt and Mae C. Jemison, in front: Mark C. Lee and Mamoru Mohri. It was during this mission that Mae C. Jemison was the first black woman in space and Mark C. Lee and Jan Davis were the first American married couple to fly into space. Portrait of the crew of STS-47 aboard Spacelab-Japan (SLJ). Pictured, left to right, back row are Commander Robert L. Gibson and Pilot Curtis L. Brown; middle row, Mission Specialist (MS) N. Jan Davis, MS Jerome Apt and MS Mae C. Jemison; front row, Payload Commander (PLC) Mark C. Lee and Payload Specialist (PS) Mamoru Mohri. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647073: Marsha Ivins en weightlessness - Marsha Ivins in the space shuttle Columbia: Astronaut Marsha Ivins weightless in space shuttle Columbia. Together with astronaut Pierre Thuot, on the right, she performs a thermal analysis of the crew compartment. March 1994. STS-62 Mission Specialists Marsha Ivins and Pierre Thuot performing an infrared thermal survey of the Columbia orbiter crew compartment / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647124: Decolving the shuttle Endeavour STS - 68 09/1994 - Launch of the space shuttle Endeavour - 09/1994 - Decolving the shuttle Endeavour STS - 68 with Michael Baker, Terrence Wilcutt, Thomas Jones, Peter Wisoff, Daniel Bursch and Steven Smith as well as the SRL-2 (Space Radar Laboratory). 30/09/1994. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour from Pad 39A. Aboard are a crew of six astronauts and the Space Radar Laboratory (SRL-2). Sep 30 1994 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4647144: 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
PIX4647241: Atlantis in orbit from Mir station 11/1995 - Atlantis crew seen from Mir station 11/1995 - Atlantis shuttle seen from Mir station; astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, Jerry L. Ross, James D. Halsell Jr., William S. McArthur Jr., and Chris A. Hadfield can be seen from the windows. The five NASA astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis look out overhead windows on the aft flight deck toward their counterparts aboard the Mir Space Station, with which they had just rendezvoused. The crewmembers (from the left) are astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, mission commander; Jerry L. Ross, mission specialist; James D. Halsell Jr., pilot; William S. McArthur Jr., and Canadian astronaut Chris A. Hadfield, both mission specialists / Bridgeman Images