PIX4603636: ISS: The Cupola module - Cupola module on ISS - Artist view of the Cupola module installs on the Tranquility module (Node - 3) of the International Space Station (ISS). Artist's view of the Cupola mounted on the Node - 3 module of the International Space Station (ISS). This dome - shaped structure fitted with seven specially developed windows, will provide astronauts with a panoramic view for observing and guiding operations outside the ISS, as well as an unprecedented view of Earth. With a diameter of about 2 m and height of 1.5 m, the European - built Cupola provides a 'shirtsleeve' working environment for two crew members. The ergonomically designed interior is equipped with workstations from which astronauts will be able to control the station's robotic arm. The Cupola is part of ESA's contribution to the infrastructure of the International Space Station, a program conducted in partnership with the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada and Brazil / Bridgeman Images
PIX4603747: Hermes Space Shuttle - Artist's view - European spaceplane Hermes - Illustration - Cross-section view of the European Space Shuttle Hermes project, 1991. This reusable space plane was to be launched by an Ariane 5 rocket and take several spationauts into space. The project under study in the 1980s was finally abandoned in 1993. Cutaway made in 1991 showing the european space shuttle Hermes. This space shuttle was to be launched atop an ariane 5 rocket and should carry astronauts and payloads in space. First studied at the beginning of eighties, this project was cancelled in 1993 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4586174: 15th century astronomical clock - Bourges - Astronomical clock - 15th century - Bourges - France - Bourges - Cathedrale Saint Etienne. Astronomical clock of Jean Fusoris 15th century, 1424. Astronomical clock - 15th century by Jean Fusoris. Saint Etienne cathedral, Bourges, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4604385: Ariane 5 ECA - 11/2010 - Ariane 5 ECA liftoff - 11/2010 - Decolving the Ariane 5 ECA rocket with the Hylas-1 and Intelsat 17 telecommunications satellites on board. Flight V198 was launched on November 26, 2010. On 26 November 2010, an Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in English Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, Hylas-1 and Intelsat 17, into their planned transfer orbits. Liftoff of V198, the 54th Ariane 5 flight, came at 19:39 CET (18:39 GMT; 15:39 English Guiana) / Bridgeman Images
TEC4680995: Ferris wheel and obelisque de la Concorde, Paris 75008, France. Designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel as a French garden, it is one of the most beautiful French squares. Inaugurated in 1763 as Place Louis XV, it became the place of the Revolution from 1792 to become the place of capital executions. Louis-Philippe will give it back its current name. In 1836, he called the architect Hittorf to redesign the square with the eight statues of the big cities of France and the fountains surrounding the Obelisque of Luksor. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4681038: Rostrale column, Place de la Concorde in Paris, 75008. Designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel as a French garden, it is one of the most beautiful French squares. Inaugred in 1763 as Place Louis XV, it became the place of the Revolution in 1792 and became the place of the capital executions. Louis-Philippe will give it back its current name. In 1836 he called the architect Hittorf to reshape the square with the eight statues of the big cities of France and the fountains / Bridgeman Images
TEC4681247: L'Arc de Triomphe, Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 75008. Architecture of Abel Blouet, Jean Francois Chalgrin and Jean-Nicolas L'Abbaye, 1806-1836. Napoleon 1st decided to build an arch to the glory of the Great Armee on the Place de l'Etoile and was inaugurated thirty years later by King Louis Philippe / Bridgeman Images
TEC4681263: L'Arc de Triomphe, Place Charles de Gaulle, Paris 75008. Architecture of Abel Blouet, Jean Francois Chalgrin and Jean-Nicolas L'Abbaye, 1806-1836. Napoleon 1st decided to build an arch to the glory of the Great Armee on the Place de l'Etoile and was inaugurated thirty years later by King Louis Philippe / Bridgeman Images
OMG4708256: The Department of the Arts of Islam of the Louvre - The work of architects Rudy Ricciotti and Mario Bellini, a box surmounted by a cover of gilded glass and woven with a fine undulating metal network, highlights one of the richest and most beautiful collections of Islamic art in the world. Department of the Arts of Islam - Louvre - Paris 1er - 2012 - Mario Bellini - Rudy Ricciotti / Bridgeman Images
TEC4709157: Opera Garnier, 8 rue Scribe, Paris 9. Architecture by Charles Garnier, 1862-1875. The Opera or the National Academy of Music and Dance represents the best architectural expression of the Napoleon III style, eclectic, baroque, overload. It was following the failed attempt to attack the Emperor on January 14, 1858 by Orsini, that it was decided to build a new opera in a space and on. Photograph 1993. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4709192: Opera Garnier, 8 rue Scribe, Paris 9. Architecture by Charles Garnier, 1862-1875. The Opera or the National Academy of Music and Dance represents the best architectural expression of the Napoleon III style, eclectic, baroque, overload. It was following the failed attempt to attack the Emperor on January 14, 1858 by Orsini, that it was decided to build a new opera in a space and on. Photograph 1993. / Bridgeman Images