FLO4597150: The Louis. Named for Antoine Louis, Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Academy of Surgery. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz 'Precious and illuminated collection of the most beautiful and curious flowers, grown both in the gardens of China and in those of Europe, Paris, 1776. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4597269: Apollo 15: J. Irwin on the Moon - James Irwin gives salute beside US flag - James Irwin greets the American flag. 01/08/1971. Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley - Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed towards the end of EVA-2. The Lunar Module (LM) “” Falcon”” is in the center. On the right is the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV). This view is looking almost due south. Hadley Delta in the background rises approximately 4,000 meters (about 13,124 feet) above the plain. The base of the mountain is approximately 5 kilometers (about 3 statute miles) away. This photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, Apollo 15 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. 1 Aug 1971 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4598254: The Palais des Etudes of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. Architects Felix Duban (1797-1872) and Francois Debret (1777-1850), reconstructions 1816. The building occupies what remains of the convent of the Petites Augustins (17th century) and the hotel de Chimay (1635), to which buildings were assistant in the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
PIX4598259: Apollo 17: main site - Apollo 17 lunar landing site - View of the main site of Taurus - Littrow with the LEM. One of the last photos taken during the Apollo mission 17. 11/12/1972. The Lunar Module (LM) is in the background of this view of the Taurus - Littrow landing site. This was one of the last photographs taken on the lunar surface. The Apollo 17 crewmembers were astronauts Eugene A. Cernan, commander; Ronald E. Evans, command and service module pilot; and Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. 11 Dec 1972 / Bridgeman Images
TEC4598269: The Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. Architects Felix Duban (1797-1872) and Francois Debret (1777-1850), reconstructions 1816. The building occupies what remains of the convent of the Petites Augustins (17th century) and the hotel de Chimay (1635), to which buildings were assistant in the 19th century. / Bridgeman Images
FLO4598413: Common muff (Antirrhinum vulgare). Medicinal plant, description of the upper part of the plant with leaves stem and flowers, and the lower part with stems, leaves and roots. Details of flowers, corolla and stamens. Eau forte en couleurs 18th century, in Herbier de la France (1780-1793), drawing, engraving and printing by Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1742-1793), French botanist. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4598009: Le Cafe de Flore, 172 boulevard Saint Germain, Paris 6th arrondissement. The Cafe de Flore appeared at the beginning of the 3rd Republic, probably in 1887. It owes its name to a sculpture of the little deity standing on the other side of the boulevard. At the end of the 19th century, Charles Maurras installed on the first floor, redigested his book Sous le signe de Flore / 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
PIX4597382: Apollo 15: Roche de la Genese - Apollo 15: the Genesis Rock - Roche de la Genese, (Genesis Rock): 269 gram meteorite found on the Moon by the crew of the Apollo 15 mission. It would be 4.1 billion years old. Lunar Receiving Lab photo of sample 15415, a 269 gram piece of pure anorthosite - dubbed the 'Genesis Rock' by the press - that Apollo 15 astronauts collected at Spur Crater. This rock would be 4 billion years old / 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
PIX4597461: Apollo 16: J. Young on the Moon - John Young at the ALSEP site during first Apollo 16 EVA - John Young on the site of the scientific station ALSEP. 21/04/1972. Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands at the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployment site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA - 1) at the Descartes landing site. The components of the ALSEP are in the background. The lunar surface drill is just behind and to the right of astronaut Young. The dragon's rack and bore stems are to the left. The three - sensor Lunar Surface Magnetometer is beyond the rack. The dark object in the right background is the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG). Between the RTG and the drill is the Heat Flow Experiment. A part of the Central Station is at the right center edge of the picture. This photograph was taken by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. Apr 21 1972 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4598514: Andromede Mission - Return of C.Haignere - Andromede mission - Claudie Haignere - The Andromede mission took place from 21 to 31 October 2001 on board the ISS (the International Space Station). Claudie Haignere was the first European woman to work on the ISS. Date of this shot: Tuesday, 31 October 2001 at 06:00 local time (Kazakhstan). From 21 to 31 October 2001 Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a 'taxi flight' to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. This “” Andromede”” mission had two main purposes: to exchange the Soyuz spacecraft used as a crew escape vehicle, and to carry out a scientific and technical research programme organized by the French space agency CNES during her eight day - stay onboard the International Space Station / Bridgeman Images