OMG4599685: Renovation of the glass court of the Palais des Etudes des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The courtyard is an extraordinary architectural ensemble designed by Felix Duban (1798-1870) during the 1830s. In 1867, in order to protect the carving castings from the Musee du Louvre, this courtyard was covered with a glass on a metal frame which then constituted all its wealth. At the death of Felix Duban, Ernest Coquart (1831-1903) took over the construction site by covering the facades of a polychrome decor from Italian inspiration. The Palais des Etudes is an exceptional testimony of 19th century architecture. With the Cour vitree, Felix Duban completed the formidable educational program. In 1970, most of the castings were transferred to the Petite stables of the Chateau de Versailles. For its reopening in April 2009, after two years of construction, the school welcomes Giuseppe Penone's sculpture “Matrix de Seve””. It is a tree of 24 meters cut in its length and whose hollow heart is covered with seve. Photography 03/06/09. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597125: Apollo 14: E. Mitchell on the Moon - Apollo 14: E. Mitchell moonwalk - Extravehicular release of Edgar Mitchell with a map. 05/02/1971. Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, moves across the lunar surface as he looks over a traverse map during an extravehicular activity (EVA). Lunar dust can be seen clinging to the boots and legs of the space suit. Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, and Mitchell explored the lunar surface while astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, orbited the moon in the Command and Service Modules (CSM) / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597235: Apollo 15: The Saturn V rocket goes towards its firing pitch - Apollo 15 rollout to Launch Complex 39 - The Saturn V/Apollo 15 rocket en route to its firing pitch. 11/05/1971. High angle view showing the Apollo 15 space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building. May 197 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597336: Apollo 15: J. Irwin on the Moon - Jim Irwin works at the LRV during Apollo 15 EVA - 1 - Irwin works near the Lunar Roving Vehicle. 31/07/1971. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley - Apennine landing site (31 July 1971). The Lunar Module (LM) “” Falcon””” is on the left. The undeployed Laser Ranging Reflector (LR - 3) lies atop the LM's modular equipment stowage assembly (MESA). This view is looking slightly west of south. Hadley Delta and the Apennine Front are in the background to the left. St. George crater is approximately five kilometers (about three statute miles) in the distance behind Irwin's head. This photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, commander. While astronauts Scott and Irwin descended in the LM to explore the moon, astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597407: Apollo 15: Lunar soil sample - Apollo 15: lunar soil - Container filled with lunar soil brought back by the crew of the Apollo 15 mission. A close - up view of a container full of green - colored lunar soil in the Non - Sterile Nitrogen Processing Line (NNPL) in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC). This sample, broken down into six separate samples after this photo was made, was made up of comprehensive fines from near Spur Crater on the Apennine Front. The numbers assigned to the sample include numbers 15300 through 15305. Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin took the sample during their second extravehicular activity (EVA) at a ground elapsed time (GET) of 146:05 to 146:06 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4597420: The Felix Potin building, 140 rue de Rennes and rue Blaise Desgoffe, Paris 6th arrondissement. Built in 1904, made of reinforced concrete by the architect Paul Auscher (1866-1932), this seven-storey building consists of supply shops and sales to the public (ground floor and floor), offices and housing on floors. The corner turret is crowned with an evide bell tower where you can read the name of Felix Potin. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4597519: The Felix Potin building, 140 rue de Rennes and rue Blaise Desgoffe, Paris 6th arrondissement. Built in 1904, made of reinforced concrete by the architect Paul Auscher (1866-1932), this seven-storey building consists of supply shops and sales to the public (ground floor and floor), offices and housing on floors. The corner turret is crowned with an evide bell tower where you can read the name of Felix Potin. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4597563: The Felix Potin building, 140 rue de Rennes and rue Blaise Desgoffe, Paris 6th arrondissement. Built in 1904, made of reinforced concrete by the architect Paul Auscher (1866-1932), this seven-storey building consists of supply shops and sales to the public (ground floor and floor), offices and housing on floors. The corner turret is crowned with an evide bell tower where you can read the name of Felix Potin. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597714: Back Apollo 16 - Apollo 16 splashed down - Ditching of the control module of Apollo 16 in the Pacific Ocean. 27/04/1972. The Apollo 16 Command Module, with astronauts John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II, and Charles M. Duke Jr. aboard, splashed down in the central Pacific Ocean to successfully conclude their lunar landing mission. The splashdown occurred at 290:37:06 ground elapsed time, 1:45:06 p.m. (CST) Thursday, April 27, 1972, at coordinates of 00:43.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude. A point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island. Later the three crew men were picked up by a helicopter from the prime recovery ship U.S.S. Ticonderoga / Bridgeman Images
PIX4587522: Mercure-Venus-Jupiter Conjunction - Mercury Venus and Jupiter - Conjunction Mercure (top) Venus (right) Jupiter (left) of 27 May 2013 with Sainte-Clotilde church, a Reims Mercury (top) Venus (right) and Jupiter (left) seen on may 27 2013 near Sainte Clotilde church in Reims / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599822: ISS: modules Unity and Zarya 12/1998 - ISS: modules Unity and Zarya 12/1998 - Assembly of module Unity a Zarya. 15/12/1998 In December 1998, the crew of Space Shuttle Mission STS - 88 began construction of the International Space Station, joining the U.S. - built Unity node to the Russian - built Zarya module. The crew carried a large - format IMAX camera from which this picture was taken. With Unity in place, Astronaut Nancy Currie begins positioning Zarya for mating / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599831: ISS: Unity and Zarya Modules. 05/2000 - The International Space Station (ISS) in may 2000 - Unity and Zarya modules photographs from the Atlantis shuttle. 26/05/2000 The International Space Station can be seen over Earth as the Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches it. May 26, 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4599935: ISS: Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules. 09/2000 - ISS: Unity, Zarya and Zvezda modules. 09/2000 - The International Space Station (ISS) amarree to the Atlantis shuttle (off-field). 11/09/2000 This view of the International Space Station (ISS) was taken while it was docked with the Space Shuttle Atlantis and shows parts of all but one of the components. From the top are the Progress supply vehicle, the Zvezda service module, and the Zarya functional cargo block (FGB). The Unity, now linked to the docking system of the Atlantis in the cargo bay, is out of view at bottom. A multicolored layer signals a sunset or sunrise on Earth at bottom left. Sep 11 2000 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4600158: Release of C. Noriega 12/2000 - Astronaut Carlo I. Noriega EVA 12/2000 - Astronaut Carlo I. Noriega during his third scheduled extravehicular excursion. 07/12/2000. Astronaut Carlo I. Noriega, mission specialist, is pictured during the third of three STS - 97 space walks to perform work on the International Space Station (ISS). The photo was taken by astronaut Joseph R. Tanner, mission specialist / Bridgeman Images