GCL3409945: SPACE STATION: MIR, 1995 View of the Mir space station photographed from the Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-74, 1995. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409946: SPACE: SOLAR SYSTEM, c.1989 A diagram of the solar system, c.1989. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409955: SPACE: GALILEO, 1989 Technicians examining the Galileo spacecraft in the Spacecraft and Assembly Encapsulation Facility 2 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photograph, 1989. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409957: SPACE: GALILEO, 1989 The Galileo spacecraft's atmospheric probe descent module and the deceleration module. Photograph, 1989. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409959: SPACE: HUBBLE, 1993 The damaged solar array panel from the Hubble Space Telescope is released into space during. Photographed from the Space Shuttle Endeavour during mission STS-61, December 1993. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409966: SPACE: NEBULA, c.1999 A view of the planetary nebula NGC 2440, in the constellation Puppis about 4,000 light years from Earth, illuminated by ultraviolet radiation from its central star, the white dwarf HD62166, one of the hottest known to exist. Photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, c.1999. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409969: BAHAMAS, c.1905 A fleet of sponge-fishing boats in a harbor in Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas. Photograph, c.1905. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409975: MARS: VALLES MARINERIS A portion of the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. Photographed by the Viking 1 Orbiter, August 1976. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409985: MARS SURVEYOR LANDER The Mars Surveyor '98 Lander (later renamed the Mars Polar Lander) on the surface of Mars. Illustration for NASA, c.1998. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409987: MARS SURVEYOR ORBITER The Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter (later renamed the Mars Climate Orbiter) in orbit around Mars. Illustration for NASA, c.1998. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409994: SPACE: GALILEO, 1989 Technicians working on the Galileo spacecraft in the Spacecraft and Assembly Encapsulation Facility 2 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photograph, 1989. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409999: PLUTO: ORIENTATION, 1996 Chart showing the orientation of Pluto, created by NASA, 1996. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409602: MARS: VIKING 2 LANDER, 1977 The surface of Mars, showing late-winter frost on the ground. Photographed from the Viking 2 Lander, 25 September 1977. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409647: SPACE: SUPERNOVA A portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant in the constellation Cygnus. Photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera, 1991. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409614: SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH, 1993 Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photograph, 2 December 1993. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409657: ELLIS ISLAND: EXAMINATION A doctor and nurse examining a baby in a hospital at Ellis Island. Photograph, 1923. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409632: ALASKA: EARTHQUAKE, 1964 The village of Portage, at the head of Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet in Alaska, flooded at high tide as a result of a 6 foot rise in the sea floor after the earthquake of 27 March 1964. Photograph, 1964. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409639: SPACE: WHIRLPOOL GALAXY An 'X' in the nucleus of the Whirlpool Galaxy, caused by an absorption of dust. Photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field/Planetary Camera, c.1997. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409682: SPACE: LAGOON NEBULA A view of interstellar twisters in the center of the Lagoon Nebula, in the constellation Sagittarius about 5,000 light years from Earth. The star O Herschel 36 appears at upper left. Composite of photographs taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, July and September 1995. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409654: GRAVITATIONAL LENSING The first two quadruple lens systems discovered by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, in 1995, in which quasars appear as a system of four around a red elliptical galaxy, owing to the gravitational lensing effect of the galaxy on the light from the more distant quasar. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409689: ELLIS ISLAND, c.1940 Laundry and equipment facilities at Ellis Island. Photograph, c.1940. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409665: SPACE: ORION NEBULA A view of the Orion Nebula (M42) in the constellation Orion, about 1,500 light years from Earth, taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (left), and a close-up of an active star birth region in the nebula, taken by Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), c.1997. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409697: ELLIS ISLAND, c.1943 A classroom for German children detained with their families as 'enemy aliens' on Ellis Island during World War II. Photograph, c.1943. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409802: INTERMISSION SLIDE 'Loud talking, whistling or boisterous conduct not allowed.' American silent movie, early 20th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409837: JUPITER: GREAT RED SPOT A view of the planet Jupiter, with inset details showing the storm system known as the Great Red Spot. Mosaic of photographs taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope between 1992 and 1999. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409840: MOON: DIONYSIUS CRATER Map of the iron concentrations of the Dionysius crater on the Moon. Composite image made from data collected by the spacecraft Clementine, 1994. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409841: MOON: NORTH POLE, 1994 Composite photograph of the North Pole of the Moon, taken by the spacecraft Clementine, 1994. The near side of the moon is the bottom half of the image, the far side is the top half. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409848: SATURN, 1998 False-color view of Saturn and the moons Dione (lower left) and Tethys (upper right), with darker colors indicating where the atmosphere is clearest. Two storm systems appear as white patches near the equator. Photographed by the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) of the Hubble Space Telescope, 4 January 1998. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409856: MOON: TYCHO CRATER, 1994 Three composite images of the Tycho crater on the Moon. Right: image exaggerating the relatively blue reflectance of the central peak. Center: further exaggeration showing different types of rock. Right: ratio image showing the location of mafic material (material rich in iron and magnesium). / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409858: MOON: ARISTARCHUS PLATEAU Composite image in approximately natural colors showing the Aristarchus Plateau on the surface of the moon. Image taken by the spacecraft Clementine, 1994. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409862: SPACE: HOURGLASS NEBULA A view of the Engraved Hourglass Nebula (MyCn 18), a bipolar planetary nebula in the constellation Musca, about 8,000 light years from Earth. Photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, 30 July 1995. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409867: MOON: APOLLO 16 SITE Composite image showing the concentration of iron at the Apollo 16 landing site on the surface of the moon. Image created from data collected by the spacecraft Clementine, 1994. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409877: RAINSTORM, c.1977 A rainstorm over the ocean. Photograph, c.1977. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409878: WEATHER: FOG Heavy fog along an American highway. Photograph, late 20th century. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409882: ALASKA: EARTHQUAKE, 1964 An overturned ship and a demolished Texaco chemical truck among a torn up dock strewn with logs and scrap metal, at the north end of Resurrection Bay at Seward, Alaska, after the tsunami caused by the earthquake of 27 March 1964. Photograph, 1964. / Bridgeman Images

GCL3409889: JUPITER: EUROPA, 1979 Jupiter's moon, Europa. Photographed by Voyager 2, 1979. / Bridgeman Images