AVE6327492: United States, 1950s: cartoon strip printed on paper / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328108: United States, 1960s: Cartoon animation of farm / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328117: United States, 1960s: Animation of waves / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328127: Europe, 1940s: close up of child's face / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328130: Europe, 1940s: children run around bombed building / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328135: United States, 1960s: man looks through microscope and shakes head / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328137: United States, 1960s: colorful dots / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328142: Europe, 1940s: 'ruins' title / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328144: United States, 1960s: man gives science lecture to students / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328146: United States, 1960s: model of universe / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328162: United States, 1960s: Entrance to the George C Marshall Space Flight Centre at NASA / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328163: United States, 1960s: Photo on wall of Faraday / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328166: Europe, 1940s: starved baby in crib / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328169: Europe, 1940s: people search through bins for food / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328176: Europe, 1940s: ladies shop in supermarket / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328179: UNITED STATES: 1981: Workers prepare space shuttle for night time launch. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328184: Europe, 1940s: baby in crib / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328187: UNITED STATES: 1981: Space shuttle from a distance. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328205: Europe, 1940s: men hit hammers / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328206: UNITED STATES: 1981: Man writing notes at ground control as he follows trajectory of space shuttle during launch. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328211: UNITED STATES: 1981: Silhouette of astronaut inside cabin during flight. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328220: Europe, 1940s: plough runs through soil / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328224: UNITED STATES: 1981: Boat floating on the ocean. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328232: UNITED STATES: 1981: Astronaut floats through space shuttle cabin and up into hatch. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328236: Europe, 1940s: blind children smile / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328239: UNITED STATES: 1981: NASA specialists laugh and smile as they relax at ground control. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328240: UNITED STATES: 1981: Photos of astronauts in space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328242: UNITED STATES: 1981: Astronauts sitting and working inside cabin. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328257: UNITED STATES: 1981: NASA man spokes pipe as he waits for astronauts to return to Earth. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328261: UNITED STATES: 1981: Ground control man talks with astronauts in space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328264: Girls Dancing and Clapping Hands / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328267: Teenage Girls Skipping and Singing with a Rope / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328268: Teen Girls Dance, Skip, and Sing About Fruit and Vegetables / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328271: UNITED STATES: 1981: Mission control team hard at work as astronauts return to Earth. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328275: UNITED STATES: 1981: Space shuttle falling back to Earth after flight. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328278: UNITED STATES: 1981: Men standing up at NASA headquarters as they watch shuttle falling back to Earth. / Bridgeman Images