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

TEC4649582: 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

TEC4649634: 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

TEC4649739: Santa Cruz district in Seville (Spain). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649892: Extra Release - Vehicle B.Mac Candless STS - 41 - B - 02/1984 - B.Mac Candless space walk. 02/1984 - Astronaut Bruce McCandless, II uses his hands to control his movements in space while using the MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit), a standalone space chair allowing him to move away from the Challenger Space Shuttle by several meters without being connected. 11 - 02 - 1984. Astronaut Bruce McCandless, II, mission specialist, uses his hands to control his movement in space while using the nitrogen propelled manned maneuvering unit (MMU). He is participating in a extravehicular activity (EVA), a few meters away from the cabin of the shuttle Challenger. He is floating without tethers attaching him to the shuttle. Feb 11 1984 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4649912: Extra Exit - Vehicle B.Mac Candless STS - 41 - B - 02/1984 - Astronaut Bruce McCandless II on Extra Vehicle Exit on Shuttle Challenger Arm. Feb 11 1984 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650014: Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger STS - 51 - B 04/1985 - Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger STS - 51 - B. Apr 09 1985 - Launch of Space Shuttle Challenger STS - 51 - B. Apr 09 1985 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4650121: The hotel casino Venice in Las Vegas (United States). This very recent casino located on the strip is a replica of Venice (Italy), with its canals, gondolas, Piazza San Marco and its Venetian palaces. It is one of Las Vegas's most elegant hotels with over 3000 luxurious rooms. Photography 01/11/04. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650148: Debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger on Cocoa Beach - A large piece of debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger washes up on Cocoa Beach almost 11 years after Challenger accident. The piece is believed to be part of an elevon or rudder. NASA recovered thousands of pounds of debris from the Atlantic Ocean; about 50 percent of the orbiter remained in the ocean after search operations were suspended. Dec 16 1996 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650189: Astronaut training in parabolic flight - Astronauts training in zero G - Astronaut candidate Randolph J. (Randy) Bresnik is training in weightlessness in a Nasa KC-135 aircraft in October 2004. Randolph J. (Randy) Bresnik, pilot astronaut candidate, floats freely aboard a KC - 135 aircraft as part of his early training. October 2004 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650201: Astronaut training in parabolic flight - Astronauts training in zero G - NASA astronaut candidates train in weightlessness aboard a NASA KC-135 aircraft with astronauts from the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). October 2004. A number of NASA's 2004 class of astronaut candidates and some JAXA astronauts tumble during one of a series of reduced gravity sessions provided by special parabolas flown by a KC - 135 aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico. Randolph J. (Randy) Bresnik, pilot candidate, and Shannon Walker, mission specialist candidate, are in the foreground. This activity is part of the early training program for candidates, who came aboard the NASA program in spring of this year. October 2004 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4650356: La Cite des Popes (Palais des Papes) in Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. Architecture of the 14th century. Photography 17/05/10 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650379: Astronomy - Illustration - Astronomy - Artwork - Artist's view evoking astronomy. Artistic view illustrating the astronomy / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650401: Time - Illustration - Time - Artwor / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650542: The LHC tunnel. 07/2008 - Views of the LHC machine in tunnel at point 6 - View of the LHC tunnel at point 6. 25 July 2008. July 25, 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4650663: DNA and printed circuits - Illustration - Digital DNA - Illustration - Conceptual illustration / Bridgeman Images

TEC4650867: Porte d'Orleans to Montrouge in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4650878: Porte d'Asnieres in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651121: Porte de Brancion to Vanves in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651180: Villeneuve la Garenne in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651311: The Seine is at the height of Sevres in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651445: Ile de la Jatte in the Hauts de Seine. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651481: Courbevoie in the Hauts de Seine. Photography 01/10/95. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651576: Seals in the Hauts de Seine. Photography 01/10/95. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4651663: Panoramic view of Gennevilliers (Hauts de Seine). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4651722: Arecibo Message - The Arecibo Message is a radio message that was sent to space on November 16, 1974 towards the M13 globular cluster, 25 000 years - light from Earth. When this binary message is divided into 73 groups of 23 characters it forms this drawing which includes numbers from one to ten, atomic numbers of the hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorus, the structure of DNA, a 1.76m man, the population of Earth, our solar system, and a representation of the Arecibo radiotelescope. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4645515: Panoramic view of the Halle Saint Pierre in Paris 75018. Photography 10/04/06. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4645553: View from roofs on the hall and the place Saint Pierre in Paris 75018. Photography 10/04/06. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4645608: Boulevard Barbes in Paris 75018. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4645903: Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. This artist's view shows the COROT satellite, consisting of a 30 - centimetre space telescope launched in late 2006. COROT uses its telescope to monitor closely the changes in a star's brightness that comes from a planet crossing in front of it. While it is looking at a star, COROT is also able to detect 'starquakes', acoustical waves generated deep inside a star that send ripples across a star's surface, altering its brightness. The exact nature of the ripples allows astronomers to calculate the star's precise mass, age and chemical composition / 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

TEC4646046: HLM in the Quartier Saint Mauront in Marseille (Bouches du Rhone). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646089: Mirror of the Herschel satellite - Herschel spacecraft's mirror - Inspection of the mirror of the European Herschel satellite. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. 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 will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. The gigantic telescope of ESA's space - based infrared observatory, Herschel, is being prepared to be assembled with its spacecraft. Herschel's telescope, which will carry the largest mirror ever flown in space, has been delivered to ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, where engineers and scientists are busy with the final steps that will prepare the infrared observatory for launch in 2009. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will observe at wavelengths never covered before. It will be located 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, farther than any previous space telescope / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646190: Satellite Cos-B - View of the European satellite COS-B (Cosmic ray Satellite) before its launch on 9 August 1975. This satellite was the first to draw up a gamma-ray sky map / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646255: Satellite AURA D - 2B - Artist view - Satellite AURA D - 2B. Artwork - Artist's view of the satellite AURA D-2B in orbit around the Earth. Launched on September 27, 1975 by a Diamond BP4 launcher, he studied the sources of gamma radiation from the sky. AURA D-2B satellite seen above the Earth. This english satellite was launched on September 27 1975 by a rocket Diamant BP4 and studied gamma rays / Bridgeman Images

PIX4646301: Eureca Satellite - The Eureca satellite flies to space after it was deployed by the Atlantis space shuttle on 31 July 1992. The moon is visible. The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA - 1L) spacecraft, with solar array panels extended, drifts in space after deployment from the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, during STS - 46. The moon appears in this image / Bridgeman Images