PIX4637918: The infrared lactee lane - A map of the sky seen in infrared. Data obtained from two 1.3m diameter telescopes located at Mount Hopkins in the United States and Cerro Tololo in Chile / Bridgeman Images

PIX4637973: Galactic Center Region - Center of our galaxy (photo) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638074: Our Galaxy, The Lactee Way - Artist's View - Our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Artwork / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638175: Our Galaxy, the Lactee Way -Artist's View - The Lactee Way -Illustratio / Bridgeman Images

LBY4638407: Rue Eau de Robbec in Rouen (Seine Maritime, Haute Normandy). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638585: Faux de Verzy - Marne - Dwarf Beech - Faux de Verzy - France - Tortuosa (Fagus Sylvatica var Tortuosa). This remarkable tree is a rare beech variety with contorted branches and trunk, the origin of which remains unknown. The Faux site has been classified nationally since 1932. It became a State Biological Reserve in 1981. Dwarf Beech (Fagus sylvatica Tortuosa Group). Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France / Bridgeman Images

PIX4627783: Total solar eclipse in Antarctica. - Total solar eclipse. Antarctica. - Total eclipse of Sun at the southern pole, 24 November 2003. Total solar eclipse at South Pole on November 24th, 2003 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4627833: Annular Eclipse of the Sun - 3 October 2005 - Spain - Annular solar eclipse - Spain - October 3, 2005 - The phases of the eclipse photographed in H - alpha. Phases of the eclipse seen with an H - alpha filter / Bridgeman Images

TEC4627868: Cite Edouard Robert to Paris in the 12th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4627873: Cite Edouard Robert to Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4627918: Total Solar Eclipse - Turkey 29 March 2006 - Total Solar Eclipse - Turkey - March 29, 2006 - Total Sun Eclipse observed at the Temple of Apollo in Side, Turkey on 29 March 2006. Venus is visible at the bottom right. Total solar eclipse seen at Apollo temple in Side, Turkey on March 29, 2006. Venus is visible at bottom right / Bridgeman Images

TEC4628138: Bercy Village, Paris 12th arrondissement. Installed on part of Bercy's old warehouses, which declined until the sixties. This new commercial urbanism wanted to keep some traces of the old wine and spirits trading center. Shops have opened in old cellars and traces of railway tracks carrying wine have been preserved. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4628174: Entrepots de Bercy, Paris 12th. Louis XIV (1638-1715) built the first wine warehouses in Bercy because Paris was home to one of the largest vineyards in Europe. These warehouses reached their peak in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest wine and spirits trade centre. The activities of the warehouses began to declinate in the 20th century, with the destruction of the fortifications of Thiers (1920-1929), the success of the railway and the evolution of storage techniques. Bercy Village and Bercy Park have settled on this site. The surrounding streets have preserved the memory of the old warehouses: rue de Pommard, rue de Chablis, rue de Macon... / Bridgeman Images

PIX4628221: Total Eclipse of Sun 22/07/2009 - Total Solar Eclipse - July 22 2009 - Total Eclipse of Sun of 22 July 2009 seen in the Pacific Ocean (Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands). Composite of 38 images showing the solar crown, ash light (the Moon lit by the Earth) and some stars (the weakest visible here are magnitude 10). Total Solar Eclipse of July 22 2009 seen in the Pacific ocean (Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands). Composition of 38 images showing the solar corona, lunar surface and stars, highly beyond the ability of human vision during the eclipse. The weakest stars visible in the image are of about magnitude 10. The stars are a little bit blurred by the motion of the Sun during the very long eclipse / Bridgeman Images

TEC4628254: Pont Charles De Gaulle in Paris 12th arrondissement. Architects Louis Arretche and Roman Karasinsky, 1993-1996. 37th Paris bridge, the building is made of steel painted in white. It is 207 metres long and 35 metres wide. Its purpose is to facilitate traffic between Lyon and Austerlitz stations and to contribute to the development of eastern Paris. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4628266: Total Eclipse of Sun - Easter Island 11/07/2010 - Easter Island Total Solar Eclipse - July 11 2010 - The different phases of the total eclipse of Sun from 11 July 2010 seen above the Moais of Easter Island. Multiple exposure sequence of the total solar eclipse of 11 July 2010 seen above moai statues in Easter Island / Bridgeman Images

PIX4628473: Total Eclipse of Sun - 21/08/2017 - Partial phase: The Moon before the Sun after the total eclipse. Ocean Lake, Wyoming, USA. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644254: Microsatellite TARANIS - Elves and Sprites - Artist's view - Microsatellite TARANIS - Elves and Sprites - Artist's view of the French satellite TARANIS observing Elves (halos) and Sprites (or red sylphs, or farfadets). TARANIS (for Tool for the Analysis of Radiation from LightNing and Sprites) will study in particular the light phenomena ephemeres (or TLE) that occur in the high atmosphere. Artist view of the CNES satellite TARANIS (for Tool for the Analysis of Radiation from Lightning and Sprites) watching elves and sprites. This microsatellite will study the transient luminous events (TLE) which appear in the high atmosphere / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644325: Satellite Sentinel - 2 - Artist view - Sentinel - 2 satellite - Artist view - Artist view of the European satellite Sentinel - 2 in orbit around the Earth. This Earth observation satellite belongs to the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Earth Monitoring Satellite Network, which will study the changes in the Earth's environment. The launch of Sentinel-2 is scheduled for 2012. Artist's impression of the European Sentinel - 2 spacecraft in Earth orbit. The ESA Sentinels, composed of five satellites are responding to the needs of the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) programme. Sentinel - 2 is scheduled to be launched in 2012 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644364: Satellite Sentinel-2 - Artist's view: Artist's view of the European Sentinel-2 satellite orbiting the Earth. This Earth observation satellite of the European programme Copernicus observes vegetation with a resolution of 10 m to 60 m, in thirteen spectral bands ranging from visible to infrared. Sentinel-2A was launched on 23 June 2015 and Sentinel-2B will be launched in 2016 - Sentinel-2 carries a high-resolution multispectral optical imager to monitor changes in vegetation for Europe's environmental monitoring Copernicus programme. This mission offers key information to optimise crop yield, thus helping to improve food security. Data can be used to measure leaf area index, leaf chlorophyll and leaf water content to monitor plant growth, which is particularly important during the growing season. It will be used to generate land-cover maps, to track changes in the way land is being used and to monitor the world's forests. In addition, Sentinel-2 provides information on pollution in lakes and coastal waters. Images of floods, volcanic eruptions and landslides are also offered to help respond to disasters and for humanitarian relief efforts / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644624: MSG-2 (Meteosat 9) - Illustration of the European satellite MSG-2 (Meteosat Second Generation) or Meteosat 9 orbit the Earth. Launch on 21 December 2005, it is a geostationary satellite dedicated to meteorology. MSG - 2 in orbit around the Earth, illustration. The 2 - ton MSG - 2 was successfully lofted onto a geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5GS (V169), on December 21, together with India's Insat 4A satellite communication / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644782: INTERBALL satellites - Artist's view of the satellites Tail probe and Auroral probe, the two pairs of satellites studying the magnetosphere of the sovietic program Interball. INTERBALL is the solar - terrestrial programme aimed to study various plasma processes in the Earth magnetosphere by the system of spacecraft consisting of Tail probe and Auroral probe, two pairs (satellite - subsatellite) above the polar aurora and in the magnetospheric tail respectively / Bridgeman Images

TEC4644801: Balcony in Paris 75017. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644835: Hubble satellite deployment 25 - 04 - 1990 - Hubble space telescope deployment 04 - 1990 - The satellite is deployed by the arm of the shuttle Discovery. Most of the giant Hubble Space Telescope (HST) can be seen as it is suspended in space by Discovery's remote manipulator system (RMS), following the deployment of part of its solar panels and antennae. STS - 31 mission / Bridgeman Images

PIX4644872: Hubble Space Telescope: 1st maintenance mission 12 - 1993 - Hubble Space Telescope approaches Shuttle Endeavour - Space Shuttle Endeavour approached the Hubble Space Telescope on 4 December 1993 for the first satellite maintenance mission. Below the Indian Ocean and the Australian coast (Shark Bay). Part of the vast Indian Ocean forms the backdrop for the scene of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as it approaches the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Denham Sound and Shark Bay, on Australia's west coast, are just below the waiting mechanical arm at lower right corner. December 4 1993 / Bridgeman Images

LRI4644987: Aerial view of the Basilica of St. Mark, the Ducal Palace and the Marciana Library on the Piazzetta Square in Venice / Bridgeman Images

PIX4638924: Back to the Moon: the Ares 1 rocket - Artist view - Ares 1 rocket - Artist view - Lunar program Constellation. The Ares 1 rocket carrying the module lives Orion. American project to return man to the Moon. The Ares 1 rocket is expected to take a crew to the space station in 2014 and then to the Moon in 2020. Artist's view. Ares rockets, named for the Greek god associated with Mars, will return humans to the moon and later take them to Mars and other destinations. Ares I is an inline, two-stage rocket configuration topped by the Orion crew vehicle and its launch abort system. Ares I may also deliver resources and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), or to “” park”” payloads in orbit for retrieval by other spacecraft bound for the moon or other destinations / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639064: Back to the Moon: the MPCV module in lunar orbit - Artist view - The MPCV spacecraft in lunar orbit - The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) orbit around the Moon. This capsule should be able to take a crew of six astronauts to the moon and could be used to take men to Mars. The Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a spacecraft project currently being developed by Lockheed Martin for NASA. Based on specifications and tests already performed for the Orion spacecraft. It was announced by NASA on 24 May 2011. The next generation Deep Space Vehicle's (DSV) crew capsule, aka Command Module, will be similar to the Apollo Command Module in shape, however it will be somewhat larger, with enough room - depending upon the mission - for as many as 6 astronauts versus Apollo's three. The DSV would also supplement its electrical power with two arrays of solar voltaics which would aid in extending its mission endurance beyond Apollo's 14 day limit / Bridgeman Images

OMG4639068: Frantisek Kerhart House, Baba Quarter in Prague, Czech Republic. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639255: Lunar vehicle test. Program constellation - Lunar vehicle test. Constellation program - Lunar vehicle test as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. Here, a prototype of a pressurised vehicle that would allow future astronauts to travel long distances. October 2008, Arizona, USA. During the 2008 Desert RATS tests at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona, engineers, geologists and astronauts came together to test Nasa's new Small Pressurized Rover. The tests showed that using a pressurized rover would enable astronuats to explore more territory on the lunar surface by allowing them to live for days at a time inside the rover as they travel greater distances from their habitat than would be possible in an unpressurized rover / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639259: Spatial combination test. Constellation Program - Space suit test at Nasa - Space combination test as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. Johnson space center, Nasa, Texas. Spacesuit engineer Dustin Gohmert simulates work inside a crater in Johnson Space Center's Lunar Yard. The Lunar Yard was built to provide engineers a moon-like setting in which to test systems and concepts as NASA prepares to return to the moon / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639278: Lunar vehicle test. Program constellation - Lunar vehicle test. Constellation program - Lunar vehicle test as part of the Nasa constellation program that is expected to take men to the Moon around 2020. Here, a prototype of a pressurised vehicle that would allow future astronauts to travel long distances. Astronaut Mike Gernhardt (visible through the glass) accompanied by geologist Brent Garry spent three days in this vehicle in real conditions of exit to the Moon. October 2008, Arizona, USA. During tests conducted for NASA's Desert Research and Technology Studies (RATS) at Black Point Lava Flow in Arizona, engineers, geologists and astronauts came together to test NASA's new Lunar Electric Rover. Astronaut Mike Gernhardt can be seen through the window and geologist Brent Garry with the Smithsonian Institution is partially visible behind him in the vehicle. The pair spent three days inside the rover, going through the motions of a real three-day geological sortie on the moon. The tests showed that using a pressurized rover would enable astronauts to explore more territory on the lunar surface by allowing them to live for days at a time inside the rover as they travel greater distances from their habitat than would be possible in a non-pressurized rover / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639469: Mission habitee vers Mars-Vue d'artiste - Manned mission to Mars - Artist view - Fusee a nuclear propulsion. A nuclear thermal rocket fires upon arrival in the vicinity of Mars to insert the transfer vehicle into orbit. Nuclear propulsion can shorten interplanetary trip times and can reduce the mass launched from Earth. As the primary transfer propulsion system, the spaecraft's reactor would remain inactive until departure from Earth orbit / Bridgeman Images

PIX4639516: Permanent station project between Mars and the Earth - Artist view - Mars Cycler - Artist view - Artist view of the Mars Cycler project, a space station placed in cylindrical orbit between Mars and Earth; this project defended by Edwin Aldrin would make a permanent connection between the two planets. A Mars cycler is a permanently orbiting vehicle with a path that alternately brings it near Earth and Mars. Once a cycler has been accelerated into orbit it continues on its own momentum, going back and forth between the two planets, only requiring propellant for occasional course adjustments. A one-way trip between Earth and Mars involves six to eight months of space travel, therefore a large and well-equipped Mars cycler would offer space explorers, and possibly even space tourists, better accommodations for these long journeys. Smaller spacecraft would ferry travelers between the planets and the cycler. A Mars cycler is a permanently orbiting vehicle with a path that alternately brings it near Earth and Mars. Once a cycler has been accelerated into orbit it continues on its own momentum, going back and forth between the two planets, only requiring propellant for occasional course adjustments. A one-way trip between Earth and Mars involves six to eight months of space travel, therefore a large and well-equipped Mars cycler would offer space explorers, and possibly even space tourists, better accommodations for these long journeys. Smaller spacecraft would ferry travelers between the planets and the cycle / Bridgeman Images

TEC4639578: Sheraton in Brussels, Belgium. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4639601: The Royal Galleries Saint Hubert in Brussels, Belgium. / Bridgeman Images