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Samantha Cristoforetti in weightlessness - Samantha Cristoforetti in ISS: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti poses in the Destiny module of the International Space Station (ISS), celebrating her 100th day spent in space. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti floats in the International Space Station's US Destiny laboratory with a special patch presented to ISS crew members on reaching their 100th day in orbit. Together with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha launched to the ISS at 20:59 GMT on 24 November 2014 with the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft. The crew arrived at the orbital outpost some six hours later. Samantha's mission is named 'Futura' to highlight the science and technology research she is running in weightlessness to help shape our future.

Samantha Cristoforetti in weightlessness - Samantha Cristoforetti in ISS: Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti poses in the Destiny module of the International Space Station (ISS), celebrating her 100th day spent in space. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti floats in the International Space Station's US Destiny laboratory with a special patch presented to ISS crew members on reaching their 100th day in orbit. Together with NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, Samantha launched to the ISS at 20:59 GMT on 24 November 2014 with the Soyuz TMA-15M spacecraft. The crew arrived at the orbital outpost some six hours later. Samantha's mission is named 'Futura' to highlight the science and technology research she is running in weightlessness to help shape our future.

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Globular cluster NGC 6934 - Globular Cluster NGC 6934 - NGC 6934 is located about 50,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Dolphin. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This bright spray of stars in the small constellation of Delphinus (the Dolphin) is the globular cluster NGC 6934. Globular clusters are large balls of (typically) a few hundred thousand ancient stars that exist on the edges of galaxies. Lying 50 000 light - years from Earth, in the outer reaches of our Milky Way galaxy, NGC 6934 is home to some of the most distant stars still to be part of our galactic system - - in a sense, it is a far - flung suburb to the Milky Way's city centre. This picture was taken with the Wide Field Channel of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys

Globular cluster NGC 6934 - Globular Cluster NGC 6934 - NGC 6934 is located about 50,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Dolphin. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This bright spray of stars in the small constellation of Delphinus (the Dolphin) is the globular cluster NGC 6934. Globular clusters are large balls of (typically) a few hundred thousand ancient stars that exist on the edges of galaxies. Lying 50 000 light - years from Earth, in the outer reaches of our Milky Way galaxy, NGC 6934 is home to some of the most distant stars still to be part of our galactic system - - in a sense, it is a far - flung suburb to the Milky Way's city centre. This picture was taken with the Wide Field Channel of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 2082 in Dorado - Galaxy NGC 2082 in Dorado - The spiral galaxy NGC 2082 is located about 60 million light years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Dorado. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The richly textured spiral galaxy NGC 2082 is found about 60 million light - years away in the constellation of Dorado (the Swordfish), deep in the southern sky. As seen here in a very detailed image from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, filaments of dark dust splay across NGC 2082's luminous curved arms and dense central bulge of stars. Hubble's sharp vision also reveals many of the individual bright blue stars dotting the galaxy's rather ragged spiral arms as well as many much more distant galaxies in the background

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2082 in Dorado - Galaxy NGC 2082 in Dorado - The spiral galaxy NGC 2082 is located about 60 million light years away from Earth in the southern constellation of Dorado. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The richly textured spiral galaxy NGC 2082 is found about 60 million light - years away in the constellation of Dorado (the Swordfish), deep in the southern sky. As seen here in a very detailed image from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, filaments of dark dust splay across NGC 2082's luminous curved arms and dense central bulge of stars. Hubble's sharp vision also reveals many of the individual bright blue stars dotting the galaxy's rather ragged spiral arms as well as many much more distant galaxies in the background

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Solar Orbiter - Solar Orbiter is a solar observation satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) developed with the participation of NASA, which is scheduled to launch in February 2019 and begin observations around 2022. The main objective of this scientific mission is to study the processes behind the solar wind, the heliospheric magnetic field, the energetic solar particles and the magnetic field of the Sun. Esa's Solar Orbiter is set to provide new views of our star, in particular providing close-up observations of the Sun's poles. Following its launch in February 2019 and three-year journey using gravity swingbys at Earth and Venus, Solar Orbiter will operate from an elliptical orbit around the Sun. At its closest it will approach our star within 42 million kilometers, closer than planet Mercury. An artist's impression of Solar Orbiter in front of the stormy Sun is depicted here

Solar Orbiter - Solar Orbiter is a solar observation satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) developed with the participation of NASA, which is scheduled to launch in February 2019 and begin observations around 2022. The main objective of this scientific mission is to study the processes behind the solar wind, the heliospheric magnetic field, the energetic solar particles and the magnetic field of the Sun. Esa's Solar Orbiter is set to provide new views of our star, in particular providing close-up observations of the Sun's poles. Following its launch in February 2019 and three-year journey using gravity swingbys at Earth and Venus, Solar Orbiter will operate from an elliptical orbit around the Sun. At its closest it will approach our star within 42 million kilometers, closer than planet Mercury. An artist's impression of Solar Orbiter in front of the stormy Sun is depicted here

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Soyuz TMA spacecraft - 1 - 11/2002 - The Soyuz TMA - 1 approaching ISS. 11/2002 - The Soyuz TMA - 1 spacecraft, with the Soyuz 5 crew, approaching the international space station. 01/11/2002. 1 November 2002 - A Soyuz spacecraft approaches the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station (ISS) carrying the Soyuz 5 taxi crew, Commander Sergei Zalyotin, Belgian Flight Engineer Frank DeWinne, and Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov for an eight - day stay on the station. The new Soyuz TMA - 1 vehicle was designed to accommodate larger or smaller crewmembers, and is equipped with upgraded computers, a new cockpit control panel and improved avionics. Zalyotin and Lonchakov represent Rosaviakosmos and DeWinne represents the European Space Agency (ESA). The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene

Soyuz TMA spacecraft - 1 - 11/2002 - The Soyuz TMA - 1 approaching ISS. 11/2002 - The Soyuz TMA - 1 spacecraft, with the Soyuz 5 crew, approaching the international space station. 01/11/2002. 1 November 2002 - A Soyuz spacecraft approaches the Pirs docking compartment on the International Space Station (ISS) carrying the Soyuz 5 taxi crew, Commander Sergei Zalyotin, Belgian Flight Engineer Frank DeWinne, and Flight Engineer Yuri V. Lonchakov for an eight - day stay on the station. The new Soyuz TMA - 1 vehicle was designed to accommodate larger or smaller crewmembers, and is equipped with upgraded computers, a new cockpit control panel and improved avionics. Zalyotin and Lonchakov represent Rosaviakosmos and DeWinne represents the European Space Agency (ESA). The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene

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Solar Orbiter (photo)

Solar Orbiter (photo)

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Solar Orbiter - Solar Orbiter is a solar observation satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) developed with the participation of NASA, which is scheduled to launch in February 2019 and begin observations around 2022. The main objective of this scientific mission is to study the processes behind the solar wind, the heliospheric magnetic field, the energetic solar particles and the magnetic field of the Sun. Esa's Solar Orbiter is set to provide new views of our star, in particular providing close-up observations of the Sun's poles. Following its launch in February 2019 and three-year journey using gravity swingbys at Earth and Venus, Solar Orbiter will operate from an elliptical orbit around the Sun. At its closest it will approach our star within 42 million kilometers, closer than planet Mercury. An artist's impression of Solar Orbiter in front of the stormy Sun is depicted here

Solar Orbiter - Solar Orbiter is a solar observation satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) developed with the participation of NASA, which is scheduled to launch in February 2019 and begin observations around 2022. The main objective of this scientific mission is to study the processes behind the solar wind, the heliospheric magnetic field, the energetic solar particles and the magnetic field of the Sun. Esa's Solar Orbiter is set to provide new views of our star, in particular providing close-up observations of the Sun's poles. Following its launch in February 2019 and three-year journey using gravity swingbys at Earth and Venus, Solar Orbiter will operate from an elliptical orbit around the Sun. At its closest it will approach our star within 42 million kilometers, closer than planet Mercury. An artist's impression of Solar Orbiter in front of the stormy Sun is depicted here

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Active galaxy NGC 1068 in the Whale - Active galaxy M77 (NGC 1068) in Cetus - This active galaxy is the typical example of a galaxy of Seyfert II. M77 (NGC 1068) has an active core and houses a massive black hole. She is the object of intense star formation in her spiral arms. NGC 1068 is about 45 million years ago - light from Earth. Image obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77 - - a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light - years away from us. The streaks of red and blue in the image highlight pockets of star formation along the pinwheeling arms, with dark dust lanes stretching across the galaxy's starry centre. The galaxy belongs to a class of galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies, which have highly ionised gas surrounding an intensely active centre

Active galaxy NGC 1068 in the Whale - Active galaxy M77 (NGC 1068) in Cetus - This active galaxy is the typical example of a galaxy of Seyfert II. M77 (NGC 1068) has an active core and houses a massive black hole. She is the object of intense star formation in her spiral arms. NGC 1068 is about 45 million years ago - light from Earth. Image obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77 - - a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light - years away from us. The streaks of red and blue in the image highlight pockets of star formation along the pinwheeling arms, with dark dust lanes stretching across the galaxy's starry centre. The galaxy belongs to a class of galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies, which have highly ionised gas surrounding an intensely active centre

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Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10 - 2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. This rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA capsule to reach the international space station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later

Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10 - 2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. This rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA capsule to reach the international space station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later

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Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

D. Ducros

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Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

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Satellite COROT and double star - Illustration - Artist's view of COROT watching a binary star - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and s

Satellite COROT and double star - Illustration - Artist's view of COROT watching a binary star - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and s

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EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY X-RAY MISSION ONE STEP CLOSER TO LIFT OFF, 1999-05-30 (photo)

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY X-RAY MISSION ONE STEP CLOSER TO LIFT OFF, 1999-05-30 (photo)

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Children in war, 1941 (photo)

Children in war, 1941 (photo)

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The Earth - Topographic View - Altimetric view of earth. - Bathymetric and topographic map of the Earth. Image made from radar data. The topography of the seabed was obtained from boat surveys, as well as from data obtained from ERS-1, ERS-2 and Geosat satellites. Altimetric data on the continents come from observations from the ERS-1 satellite. Color code uses: purple (- 8000m) to white (+ 3000m to+8000m); green 0 to 400 meters altitude. This global map was realized by merging a bathymetry model and the Altimetry Corrected Elevations (ACE). For the ocean, the global bathymetry was constructed by blending depth soundings collected from ships with detailed gravity anomaly information obtained from the Geosat (US Navy) and ERS - 1/2 (ESA) satellite altimetry missions. For the land elevation, database of ERS - 1 satellite altimeter were reprocessed

The Earth - Topographic View - Altimetric view of earth. - Bathymetric and topographic map of the Earth. Image made from radar data. The topography of the seabed was obtained from boat surveys, as well as from data obtained from ERS-1, ERS-2 and Geosat satellites. Altimetric data on the continents come from observations from the ERS-1 satellite. Color code uses: purple (- 8000m) to white (+ 3000m to+8000m); green 0 to 400 meters altitude. This global map was realized by merging a bathymetry model and the Altimetry Corrected Elevations (ACE). For the ocean, the global bathymetry was constructed by blending depth soundings collected from ships with detailed gravity anomaly information obtained from the Geosat (US Navy) and ERS - 1/2 (ESA) satellite altimetry missions. For the land elevation, database of ERS - 1 satellite altimeter were reprocessed

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Discovery crew STS - 103 1999 - STS - 103 crew portrait - 12/1999 - Front, from left to right, Claude Nicollier, Scott J. Kelly and John M. Grunsfeld. Derriere, Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., and Jean-Francois Clervoy. (19 - 27 December 1999) - - - The seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for Nasa's third servicing visit to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) pose for the traditional inflight crew portrait. In front are, from left, astronauts Claude Nicollier, Scott J. Kelly and John M. Grunsfeld. Behind them are astronauts Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., and Jean-Francois Clervoy. Nicollier and Clervoy are astronauts from the European Space Agency (ESA)

Discovery crew STS - 103 1999 - STS - 103 crew portrait - 12/1999 - Front, from left to right, Claude Nicollier, Scott J. Kelly and John M. Grunsfeld. Derriere, Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., and Jean-Francois Clervoy. (19 - 27 December 1999) - - - The seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for Nasa's third servicing visit to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) pose for the traditional inflight crew portrait. In front are, from left, astronauts Claude Nicollier, Scott J. Kelly and John M. Grunsfeld. Behind them are astronauts Steven L. Smith, C. Michael Foale, Curtis L. Brown, Jr., and Jean-Francois Clervoy. Nicollier and Clervoy are astronauts from the European Space Agency (ESA)

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International Space Station: the European module Columbus - The International Space Station: the Columbus laboratory - European astronaut Hans Schlegel is working on the new element of the International Space Station, the European Columbus Laboratory. One of the tasks of this extravehicular outing carried out with American astronaut Rex Walheim (off-field) was to replace the nitrogen reservoir of the module. 13 February 2008. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS - 122 mission specialist, works on the new Columbus laboratory as he participates in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six - hour, 45 - minute spacewalk, among other tasks, Schlegel and NASA astronaut Rex Walheim (out of frame), mission specialist, worked to replace a nitrogen tank used to pressurize the station's ammonia cooling system. 13 Feb. 200

International Space Station: the European module Columbus - The International Space Station: the Columbus laboratory - European astronaut Hans Schlegel is working on the new element of the International Space Station, the European Columbus Laboratory. One of the tasks of this extravehicular outing carried out with American astronaut Rex Walheim (off-field) was to replace the nitrogen reservoir of the module. 13 February 2008. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Hans Schlegel, STS - 122 mission specialist, works on the new Columbus laboratory as he participates in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six - hour, 45 - minute spacewalk, among other tasks, Schlegel and NASA astronaut Rex Walheim (out of frame), mission specialist, worked to replace a nitrogen tank used to pressurize the station's ammonia cooling system. 13 Feb. 200

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Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10/2003 - Soyuz FG launcher transfer 10/2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. The rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule to reach the International Space Station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later

Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10/2003 - Soyuz FG launcher transfer 10/2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. The rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule to reach the International Space Station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later

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Nebula of the Eagle (IC 4703) in the Snake - detail - Star - birth in the Eagle nebula. - The Pillars of Creation “” is undoubtedly the most famous image realized by the Hubble space telescope, obtained in 1995. 20 years later, the same telescope rephotographed this region with more finesse. These cold gas columns are home to star embryos. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revisited one of its most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation. This image shows the pillars as seen in visible light, capturing the multi - coloured glow of gas clouds, wispy tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the rust - colored elephants trunks of the nebula's famous pillars. The dust and gas in the pillars is seared by the intense radiation from young stars and eroded by strong winds from massive nearby stars. With these new images comes better contrast and a clearer view for astronomers to study how the structure of the pillars is changing over time.

Nebula of the Eagle (IC 4703) in the Snake - detail - Star - birth in the Eagle nebula. - The Pillars of Creation “” is undoubtedly the most famous image realized by the Hubble space telescope, obtained in 1995. 20 years later, the same telescope rephotographed this region with more finesse. These cold gas columns are home to star embryos. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has revisited one of its most iconic and popular images: the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation. This image shows the pillars as seen in visible light, capturing the multi - coloured glow of gas clouds, wispy tendrils of dark cosmic dust, and the rust - colored elephants trunks of the nebula's famous pillars. The dust and gas in the pillars is seared by the intense radiation from young stars and eroded by strong winds from massive nearby stars. With these new images comes better contrast and a clearer view for astronomers to study how the structure of the pillars is changing over time.

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Galaxies cluster Abell 2744 - This image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 located in the constellation of the Sculptor, combines images obtained in visible form by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, with an image taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Hubble provides the central, most detailed part of the image, while the VLT, which has a wider field of view, provides the outer parts of the image. This object has been nicknamed Pandora's Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile - up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before

Galaxies cluster Abell 2744 - This image of the galaxy cluster Abell 2744 located in the constellation of the Sculptor, combines images obtained in visible form by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT). This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 combines data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, with an image taken with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). Hubble provides the central, most detailed part of the image, while the VLT, which has a wider field of view, provides the outer parts of the image. This object has been nicknamed Pandora's Cluster because of the many different and strange phenomena that were unleashed by a huge collision that occurred over a period of 350 million years. A simultaneous pile - up between at least four separate clusters has produced strange effects that have never been seen together before

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Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10/2003 - Soyuz FG launcher transfer 10/2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. The rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule to reach the International Space Station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later

Fusee Soyuz FG - Fregat - 10/2003 - Soyuz FG launcher transfer 10/2003 - View of the Soyuz FG - Fregat rocket during its transfer from the integration building to the Baikonour fire pitch, Kazakhstan, 16 October 2003. The rocket decolished on 18 October 2003, taking a crew of three men aboard the Soyuz TMA-3 capsule to reach the International Space Station two days later. The Soyuz FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz TMA - 3 spacecraft is transferred to the launch pad at the Baikonour cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on October 16, 2003, in preparation for the Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) with ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, from Spain. Pedro Duque was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 3 on October 18, with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri and British - born NASA astronaut Michael Foale. Soyuz TMA - 3 successfully docked with the ISS two days later

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Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

D. Ducros

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Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

Satellite COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of COROT - Artist's view of the satellite COROT in space. Launched at the end of December 2006, this satellite studies the physical phenomena occurring inside the stars. It is also used for the detection of extrasolar planets by observing the periodic micro-eclipses that these planets cause by passing in front of their mother star. Artist's view of COROT, the exoplanet hunter mission led by CNES, with ESA participation. Launched in December 2006, COROT is placed on a circular, polar orbit around Earth that allow for continuous observations of two large and opposite regions in the sky for more than 150 days each. Within each region there are many selected fields that will be monitored in turn. The reason for the oppositely sited regions is that, because of the Earth's movement around the Sun, the sun's rays start to interfere with the observations after 150 days. COROT then rotates by 180 degrees and start observing the other regi

D. Ducros

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Mission Andromede - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev - Andromede mission - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev prior to launch - view of the dressing, with a view to launching the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). 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 aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, and Soyuz TM - 33 mission commander Viktor Afanassiev are donning their Sokol pressure suits prior to transfer to the launch pad for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001.Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a 'taxi light' to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the Internationa

Mission Andromede - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev - Andromede mission - C. Haignere and V. Afanassiev prior to launch - view of the dressing, with a view to launching the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). 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 aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, and Soyuz TM - 33 mission commander Viktor Afanassiev are donning their Sokol pressure suits prior to transfer to the launch pad for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001.Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a 'taxi light' to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the Internationa

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Globular cluster Terzan 5 in Sagittarius - Globular cluster Terzan 5 in Sagittarius - The globular cluster Terzan 5 is located in the constellation Sagittarius. Its stars are not all at the same time and show great age differences between 6 and 12 billion years. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Deep within the Milky Way lies the ancient globular cluster Terzan 5. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the cluster in wonderful detail, but it is the chaotic motions of its stars that make it particularly interesting to astronomers. Terzan 5 has an exceptionally dense core. As a result, it is thought to have one of the highest stellar collision rates for a globular cluster. And packed in at such close quarters, many stars are pushed so close together that they form tight binary systems. Interestingly, studies of individual stars within the cluster reveal that they can be split into two age groups: 6 and 12 billion years old. Some astronomers have hypothesised t

Globular cluster Terzan 5 in Sagittarius - Globular cluster Terzan 5 in Sagittarius - The globular cluster Terzan 5 is located in the constellation Sagittarius. Its stars are not all at the same time and show great age differences between 6 and 12 billion years. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Deep within the Milky Way lies the ancient globular cluster Terzan 5. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the cluster in wonderful detail, but it is the chaotic motions of its stars that make it particularly interesting to astronomers. Terzan 5 has an exceptionally dense core. As a result, it is thought to have one of the highest stellar collision rates for a globular cluster. And packed in at such close quarters, many stars are pushed so close together that they form tight binary systems. Interestingly, studies of individual stars within the cluster reveal that they can be split into two age groups: 6 and 12 billion years old. Some astronomers have hypothesised t

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Star cluster in the nebula NGC 3603 - Star cluster in NGC 3603 nebula - Cluster of young stars in the nebula NGC 3603, located about 20,000 years ago - light from Earth in the southern constellation of Carene. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope in August and December 2009. NGC 3603 is a prominent star - forming region located in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way, about 20,000 light - years away from our Solar System. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a young star cluster surrounded by a vast region of dust and gas. Most of the bright stars in the image are hot blue stars whose ultraviolet radiation and violent winds have blown out an enormous cavity in the gas and dust enveloping the cluster. This Hubble Space Telescope image was captured in August 2009 and December 2009 with the Wide Field Camera 3 in both visible and infrared light, which trace the glow of sulfur, hydrogen, and iron

Star cluster in the nebula NGC 3603 - Star cluster in NGC 3603 nebula - Cluster of young stars in the nebula NGC 3603, located about 20,000 years ago - light from Earth in the southern constellation of Carene. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope in August and December 2009. NGC 3603 is a prominent star - forming region located in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way, about 20,000 light - years away from our Solar System. This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a young star cluster surrounded by a vast region of dust and gas. Most of the bright stars in the image are hot blue stars whose ultraviolet radiation and violent winds have blown out an enormous cavity in the gas and dust enveloping the cluster. This Hubble Space Telescope image was captured in August 2009 and December 2009 with the Wide Field Camera 3 in both visible and infrared light, which trace the glow of sulfur, hydrogen, and iron

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Discovery Shuttle Discovery 23 - 10 - 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery lift off Oct 23 2007 - Discovery Space Shuttle Decolation October 23, 2007. Mission STS - 120 The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member STS - 120 crew head towards Earth - orbit and a scheduled link - up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 11:38:19 a.m. (EDT). Onboard are astronauts Pam Melroy, commander; George Zamka, pilot; Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists. Discovery will link up with the station on Thursday, Oct. 25, to begin a joint mission to continue construction by delivering the Italian - built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. During the 14 - day mission, the crew will install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them

Discovery Shuttle Discovery 23 - 10 - 2007 - Space Shuttle Discovery lift off Oct 23 2007 - Discovery Space Shuttle Decolation October 23, 2007. Mission STS - 120 The Space Shuttle Discovery and its seven - member STS - 120 crew head towards Earth - orbit and a scheduled link - up with the International Space Station. Liftoff from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A occurred at 11:38:19 a.m. (EDT). Onboard are astronauts Pam Melroy, commander; George Zamka, pilot; Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson, Doug Wheelock, European Space Agency's (ESA) Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani, all mission specialists. Discovery will link up with the station on Thursday, Oct. 25, to begin a joint mission to continue construction by delivering the Italian - built U.S. Node 2, called Harmony. During the 14 - day mission, the crew will install Harmony and move the P6 solar arrays to their permanent position and deploy them

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Mission Andromede - Claudie Haignere - Andromede mission - Claudie Haignere prior to launch - view of the dressing, in view of the launch of the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). 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 aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, is strapped into a launch seat and undergoes a final pressure test of her Sokol pressure suit prior to being transferred to the launch pad and board the Soyuz TM - 33 for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001. Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a taxi flight to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the

Mission Andromede - Claudie Haignere - Andromede mission - Claudie Haignere prior to launch - view of the dressing, in view of the launch of the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). 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 aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, is strapped into a launch seat and undergoes a final pressure test of her Sokol pressure suit prior to being transferred to the launch pad and board the Soyuz TM - 33 for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001. Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a taxi flight to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the

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Astronaut Training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronaut Kuipers and Frank De Winne (left) get acquainted with one of one of one of one of one of one of one of the experiences (Microgravity Science Glovebox) Frank De Winne is expected to stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) from May to November 2009, Andre Kuipers is his underwear. Centre for European Astronauts (EAC), Cologne, Germany. ESA astronauts Andre Kuipers (right) and Frank De Winne (left) use the Microgravity Science Glovebox training model at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Kuipers and De Winne visited EAC as part of their astronaut training ahead of De Winne's long - duration mission to the International Space Station scheduled for Ma

Astronaut Training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronauts training at the European Astronaut Center (EAC) - Astronaut Kuipers and Frank De Winne (left) get acquainted with one of one of one of one of one of one of one of the experiences (Microgravity Science Glovebox) Frank De Winne is expected to stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) from May to November 2009, Andre Kuipers is his underwear. Centre for European Astronauts (EAC), Cologne, Germany. ESA astronauts Andre Kuipers (right) and Frank De Winne (left) use the Microgravity Science Glovebox training model at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Kuipers and De Winne visited EAC as part of their astronaut training ahead of De Winne's long - duration mission to the International Space Station scheduled for Ma

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Janacek 's The Makropulos Affair

Janacek 's The Makropulos Affair

Marion Kalter

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Training at Star City's pool - European astronaut Andre Kuipers, wearing a 100 kg Orlan space suit, trains in the Star City pool. The swimming pool at the Gagarin training center near Moscow is 23 metres in diameter with a modular depth of up to 12 metres; it hosts full-scale models of different space station elements to prepare cosmonauts for different operations in space. ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, from The Netherlands, during training for extravehicular activities (EVAs) at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok (“Star City”), near Moscow, as part of the preparation work on the operations of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) for the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2004. Wearing a Russian 100 - kg Orlan spacesuit is hoisted into the pool of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory for an underwater simulated EVA. This facility consists in a 23 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water reservoir, with a capacity of 5,000 cubic meters. It incorporates a platform, whic

Training at Star City's pool - European astronaut Andre Kuipers, wearing a 100 kg Orlan space suit, trains in the Star City pool. The swimming pool at the Gagarin training center near Moscow is 23 metres in diameter with a modular depth of up to 12 metres; it hosts full-scale models of different space station elements to prepare cosmonauts for different operations in space. ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, from The Netherlands, during training for extravehicular activities (EVAs) at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok (“Star City”), near Moscow, as part of the preparation work on the operations of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) for the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2004. Wearing a Russian 100 - kg Orlan spacesuit is hoisted into the pool of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory for an underwater simulated EVA. This facility consists in a 23 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water reservoir, with a capacity of 5,000 cubic meters. It incorporates a platform, whic

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Back to Earth of Samantha Cristoforetti - 06/2015 - Samantha Cristoforetti helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule -06/2015: Back to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule on June 11, 2015. On board, astronauts Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti. All three remained in the International Space Station (ISS) for more than six months. The Italian Samantha Cristoforetti is to date the longest time in space, with a flight lasting 199 days and 16 hours. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely on 11 June 2015 in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex. Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Samant

Back to Earth of Samantha Cristoforetti - 06/2015 - Samantha Cristoforetti helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule -06/2015: Back to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule on June 11, 2015. On board, astronauts Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti. All three remained in the International Space Station (ISS) for more than six months. The Italian Samantha Cristoforetti is to date the longest time in space, with a flight lasting 199 days and 16 hours. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely on 11 June 2015 in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex. Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Samant

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Communication satellite Hispasat 36W-1 - Artist's view of SmallGeo Hispasat 36W-1 satellite: The communication satellite Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGeo platform, a network of space satellites in geostationary orbit allowing faster and better data transmission between satellites and ground stations using new communication technologies - Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGeo platform developed by OHB and partners as part of an ESA Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme - SmallGeo is a new modular and flexible telecommunications platform, able to carry a range of payloads. Providing up to 3 kW to its payloads and compatible with different commercial launchers, SmallGeo strengthens Europe's position in the competitive satcom market - Hispasat 36W-1 will provide Europe, the Canary Islands and the Americas with faster multimedia services through its 'Redsat' payload, which offers better signal quality and fle

Communication satellite Hispasat 36W-1 - Artist's view of SmallGeo Hispasat 36W-1 satellite: The communication satellite Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGeo platform, a network of space satellites in geostationary orbit allowing faster and better data transmission between satellites and ground stations using new communication technologies - Hispasat 36W-1 will be the first satellite to use the SmallGeo platform developed by OHB and partners as part of an ESA Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme - SmallGeo is a new modular and flexible telecommunications platform, able to carry a range of payloads. Providing up to 3 kW to its payloads and compatible with different commercial launchers, SmallGeo strengthens Europe's position in the competitive satcom market - Hispasat 36W-1 will provide Europe, the Canary Islands and the Americas with faster multimedia services through its 'Redsat' payload, which offers better signal quality and fle

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Houston Training Pool - NBL facilities (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) - The Houston Pool (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) is used for astronaut training. Measuring 60 metres long, 30 metres wide and 12 metres deep, this basin hosts models of the International Space Station modules allowing astronauts to train in a state close to weightlessness on their future outings into space. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory pool at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where astronauts, wearing a 65 - kg Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, practice spacewalking and working outside the International Space Station during underwater simulated extravehicular activities (EVAs). This facility consists in a 60 - m - long, 30 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water reservoir, with a capacity of 23,500 cubic meters. Two overhead bridge cranes are used to display mock space station modules for training. The spacesuit buoyancy provides a simulated weightlessness for astronaut trainees. Most ESA astro

Houston Training Pool - NBL facilities (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) - The Houston Pool (Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory) is used for astronaut training. Measuring 60 metres long, 30 metres wide and 12 metres deep, this basin hosts models of the International Space Station modules allowing astronauts to train in a state close to weightlessness on their future outings into space. The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory pool at Nasa's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, where astronauts, wearing a 65 - kg Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, practice spacewalking and working outside the International Space Station during underwater simulated extravehicular activities (EVAs). This facility consists in a 60 - m - long, 30 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water reservoir, with a capacity of 23,500 cubic meters. Two overhead bridge cranes are used to display mock space station modules for training. The spacesuit buoyancy provides a simulated weightlessness for astronaut trainees. Most ESA astro

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Mission Andromede - Claudie Haignere - Andromede mission - Claudie Haignere prior to launch - view of the dressing, in view of the launch of the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). 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 aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, and Soyuz TM - 33 mission commander Viktor Afanassiev are donning their Sokol pressure suits prior to transfer to the launch pad for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001.Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a 'taxi light' to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the International Space Station. Image tak

Mission Andromede - Claudie Haignere - Andromede mission - Claudie Haignere prior to launch - view of the dressing, in view of the launch of the Franco-Russian Andromede mission, this Sunday, October 21 at 14:59 (local time). 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 aboard the ISS. Date of this shot: Sunday, October 21, 2001 at 10:00 am local time. ESA astronaut Claudie Haignere, from France, and Soyuz TM - 33 mission commander Viktor Afanassiev are donning their Sokol pressure suits prior to transfer to the launch pad for launch of the “Andromede” mission to the International Space Station on October 21, 2001.Claudie Haignere participated as first female European astronaut in a 'taxi light' to the International Space Station as Soyuz Flight Engineer. The “” Andromede”” Mission occured from 21 to 31 October 2001, onboard the International Space Station. Image tak

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Mission crew STS - 122 - STS - 122 crew - Space Shuttle mission crew STS - 122 during their training at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center in Houston in May 2007. From left to right the astronauts: Hans Schlegel and Leopold Eyharts of the European Space Agency; Stanley G. Love, Stephen N. Frick, Alan G. Poindexter, Leland D. Melvin and Rex J. Walheim. The STS - 122 crewmembers, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, pose for a crew photo prior to a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. From the left are European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts Hans Schlegel and Leopold Eyharts; astronauts Stanley G. Love, all mission specialists; Stephen N. Frick, commander; Alan G. Poindexter, pilot; Leland D. Melvin and Rex J. Walheim, both mission specialists. Eyharts is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS - 122

Mission crew STS - 122 - STS - 122 crew - Space Shuttle mission crew STS - 122 during their training at the Lyndon Johnson Space Center in Houston in May 2007. From left to right the astronauts: Hans Schlegel and Leopold Eyharts of the European Space Agency; Stanley G. Love, Stephen N. Frick, Alan G. Poindexter, Leland D. Melvin and Rex J. Walheim. The STS - 122 crewmembers, attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, pose for a crew photo prior to a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at Johnson Space Center. From the left are European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts Hans Schlegel and Leopold Eyharts; astronauts Stanley G. Love, all mission specialists; Stephen N. Frick, commander; Alan G. Poindexter, pilot; Leland D. Melvin and Rex J. Walheim, both mission specialists. Eyharts is scheduled to join Expedition 16 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS - 122

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Experience Mars500 - Mars500 experiment facility in Moscow - Installed at the Russian Institute of Bio-Medical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, the 550 m Seal Simulator consists of an interplanetary spacecraft and a Martian lander, and features a Martian landscape. The Mars500 experience is a Martian mission simulation that began on June 3, 2010. The crew locked up for 520 days consists of six people. They are Italian-Colombian Diego Urbina (27) and Frenchman Roman Charles (31) selected by ESA, Russian Sukhrob Kamolov (32), Alexey Sitev (38), Alexandr Smoleevskiy (33) and Chinese Wang Yue (26). March 500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started on June 3 2010 when the six-man crew entered their 'spacecraft' and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November 2011. Diego Urbina and Romain Charles from Europe, Sukhrob Kamolov, Alexey Sitev, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and Wang Yue from China face a mission that is as close as possible to a real space voyage without leavi

Experience Mars500 - Mars500 experiment facility in Moscow - Installed at the Russian Institute of Bio-Medical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, the 550 m Seal Simulator consists of an interplanetary spacecraft and a Martian lander, and features a Martian landscape. The Mars500 experience is a Martian mission simulation that began on June 3, 2010. The crew locked up for 520 days consists of six people. They are Italian-Colombian Diego Urbina (27) and Frenchman Roman Charles (31) selected by ESA, Russian Sukhrob Kamolov (32), Alexey Sitev (38), Alexandr Smoleevskiy (33) and Chinese Wang Yue (26). March 500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started on June 3 2010 when the six-man crew entered their 'spacecraft' and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November 2011. Diego Urbina and Romain Charles from Europe, Sukhrob Kamolov, Alexey Sitev, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and Wang Yue from China face a mission that is as close as possible to a real space voyage without leavi

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NGC 1850 Star Cluster in Dorado - Double Cluster NGC 1850 in Dorado - The double cluster NGC 1850 is located in the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud. It contains a cluster of globular form, but young, 50 million years, in the center of the image and another cluster, at the bottom right, even younger (4 million years), consists of warm and blue stars and a few T - Tauri stars. NGC 1850, imaged here with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is an unusual double cluster that lies in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. After the 30 Doradus complex, NGC 1850 is the brightest star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is representative of a special class of objects - young, globular - like star clusters - that have no counterpart in our own Galaxy. The two components of the cluster are both relatively young and consist of a main globular - like cluster in the centre and an even younger, smaller cluster, seen below and to the right, composed o

NGC 1850 Star Cluster in Dorado - Double Cluster NGC 1850 in Dorado - The double cluster NGC 1850 is located in the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud. It contains a cluster of globular form, but young, 50 million years, in the center of the image and another cluster, at the bottom right, even younger (4 million years), consists of warm and blue stars and a few T - Tauri stars. NGC 1850, imaged here with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is an unusual double cluster that lies in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. After the 30 Doradus complex, NGC 1850 is the brightest star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is representative of a special class of objects - young, globular - like star clusters - that have no counterpart in our own Galaxy. The two components of the cluster are both relatively young and consist of a main globular - like cluster in the centre and an even younger, smaller cluster, seen below and to the right, composed o

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Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) in the Snake - detail - Star forming region in the Eagle nebula - View of a column of gas and dust in the Eagle nebula. This Pillar of creation “” is a region where stars are born. Stars in the Eagle Nebula are born in clouds of cold hydrogen gas that reside in chaotic neighbourhoods, where energy from young stars sculpts fantasy - like landscapes in the gas. The tower may be a giant incubator for those newborn stars. A torrent of ultraviolet light from a band of massive, hot, young stars (off the top of the image) is eroding the pillar. The starlight also is responsible for illuminating the tower's rough surface. Ghostly streamers of gas can be seen boiling off this surface, creating the haze around the structure and highlighting its three - dimensional shape. The column is silhouetted against the background glow of more distant gas. cloud. The dominant colours in the image were produced by gas energized by the star club's powerful ultraviolet light. The blue co

Eagle Nebula (IC 4703) in the Snake - detail - Star forming region in the Eagle nebula - View of a column of gas and dust in the Eagle nebula. This Pillar of creation “” is a region where stars are born. Stars in the Eagle Nebula are born in clouds of cold hydrogen gas that reside in chaotic neighbourhoods, where energy from young stars sculpts fantasy - like landscapes in the gas. The tower may be a giant incubator for those newborn stars. A torrent of ultraviolet light from a band of massive, hot, young stars (off the top of the image) is eroding the pillar. The starlight also is responsible for illuminating the tower's rough surface. Ghostly streamers of gas can be seen boiling off this surface, creating the haze around the structure and highlighting its three - dimensional shape. The column is silhouetted against the background glow of more distant gas. cloud. The dominant colours in the image were produced by gas energized by the star club's powerful ultraviolet light. The blue co

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Janacek 's The Makropulos Affair

Janacek 's The Makropulos Affair

Marion Kalter

KLT3859058

Janacek 's The Makropulos Affair

Janacek 's The Makropulos Affair

Marion Kalter

KLT3859043

Back to Earth of Samantha Cristoforetti - 06/2015 - Samantha Cristoforetti helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule -06/2015: Back to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule on June 11, 2015. On board, astronauts Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti. All three remained in the International Space Station (ISS) for more than six months. The Italian Samantha Cristoforetti is to date the longest time in space, with a flight lasting 199 days and 16 hours. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely on 11 June 2015 in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex. Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Samant

Back to Earth of Samantha Cristoforetti - 06/2015 - Samantha Cristoforetti helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule -06/2015: Back to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule on June 11, 2015. On board, astronauts Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti. All three remained in the International Space Station (ISS) for more than six months. The Italian Samantha Cristoforetti is to date the longest time in space, with a flight lasting 199 days and 16 hours. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely on 11 June 2015 in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex. Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Samant

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Back to Earth of Samantha Cristoforetti - 06/2015 - Samantha Cristoforetti helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule -06/2015: Back to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule on June 11, 2015. On board, astronauts Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti. All three remained in the International Space Station (ISS) for more than six months. The Italian Samantha Cristoforetti is to date the longest time in space, with a flight lasting 199 days and 16 hours. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely on 11 June 2015 in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex. Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Samant

Back to Earth of Samantha Cristoforetti - 06/2015 - Samantha Cristoforetti helped out of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule -06/2015: Back to Earth of the Soyuz TMA-15M capsule on June 11, 2015. On board, astronauts Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti. All three remained in the International Space Station (ISS) for more than six months. The Italian Samantha Cristoforetti is to date the longest time in space, with a flight lasting 199 days and 16 hours. ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, NASA astronaut Terry Virts and Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov landed safely on 11 June 2015 in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space Station at 10:20 GMT at the end of their six-month stay on the research complex. Terry Virtz, Anton Shkaplerov, and Samantha Cristoforetti are returning after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 42 and 43 crews. Samant

S. Corvaja

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Star City's pool - European astronaut Andre Kuipers (barely visible on the left) and a Russian cosmonaut, both wearing a 100 kg Orlan space suit, train in the Star City pool. The swimming pool at the Gagarin training center near Moscow is 23 metres in diameter with a modular depth of up to 12 metres; it hosts full-scale models of different space station elements to prepare cosmonauts for different operations in space. Wearing Russian 100 - kg Orlan spacesuit and helped by divers, ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, from The Netherlands (partly visible on the left, with orange bands), and an unidentified Russian cosmonaut (with blue bands) during training for extravehicular activities (EVAs) at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok (“Star City”), near Moscow, near as part of the preparation work on the operations of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) for the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2004. This facility consists in a 23 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water r

Star City's pool - European astronaut Andre Kuipers (barely visible on the left) and a Russian cosmonaut, both wearing a 100 kg Orlan space suit, train in the Star City pool. The swimming pool at the Gagarin training center near Moscow is 23 metres in diameter with a modular depth of up to 12 metres; it hosts full-scale models of different space station elements to prepare cosmonauts for different operations in space. Wearing Russian 100 - kg Orlan spacesuit and helped by divers, ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, from The Netherlands (partly visible on the left, with orange bands), and an unidentified Russian cosmonaut (with blue bands) during training for extravehicular activities (EVAs) at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok (“Star City”), near Moscow, near as part of the preparation work on the operations of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) for the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2004. This facility consists in a 23 - m - wide and 12 - m - deep water r

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The Orion MPVC module - Artist view - Artist view of the module lives Orion. This module is intended to take a crew to the Moon where asteroides will also be used to commute with the space station. Artist's concept of the Orion Service Module. When the Orion spacecraft blasts off atop Nasa's Space Launch System rocket in 2017, attached will be the ESA - provided service module - the powerhouse that fuels and propels the Orion spacecraft. Orion will be the most advanced spacecraft ever designed and carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. It will sustain astronauts during space travel and provide safe re - entry from deep space and emergency abort capability. Orion will be launched by NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy - lift rocket that will provide an entirely new capability for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Designed to be flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions, SLS will enable new missions of exploration and expand human presence

The Orion MPVC module - Artist view - Artist view of the module lives Orion. This module is intended to take a crew to the Moon where asteroides will also be used to commute with the space station. Artist's concept of the Orion Service Module. When the Orion spacecraft blasts off atop Nasa's Space Launch System rocket in 2017, attached will be the ESA - provided service module - the powerhouse that fuels and propels the Orion spacecraft. Orion will be the most advanced spacecraft ever designed and carry astronauts farther into space than ever before. It will sustain astronauts during space travel and provide safe re - entry from deep space and emergency abort capability. Orion will be launched by NASA's Space Launch System (SLS), a heavy - lift rocket that will provide an entirely new capability for human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Designed to be flexible for launching spacecraft for crew and cargo missions, SLS will enable new missions of exploration and expand human presence

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Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 2016 - Mars in opposition 2016 - Image obtained on 12 May 2016 a few days before the opposition of Mars when the planet was only 80 million km away from Earth. This image shows planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016, taken when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth on May 12, 2016. by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The photo reveals details as small as 20 miles to 30 miles across. This observation was made just a few days before March opposition on May 22, when the sun and Mars will be on exact opposite sides of Earth. Mars also will be 47.4 million miles from Earth. On May 30, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in 11 years, at a distance of 46.8 million miles. Some prominent features of the planet are clearly visible: the ancient and inactive shield volcano Syrtis Major; the bright and oval Hellas Planitia basin; the heavily eroded Arabia Terra in the centre of the image; the dark features of Si

Mars seen by the Hubble Space Telescope - 2016 - Mars in opposition 2016 - Image obtained on 12 May 2016 a few days before the opposition of Mars when the planet was only 80 million km away from Earth. This image shows planet Mars, as it was observed shortly before opposition in 2016, taken when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth on May 12, 2016. by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The photo reveals details as small as 20 miles to 30 miles across. This observation was made just a few days before March opposition on May 22, when the sun and Mars will be on exact opposite sides of Earth. Mars also will be 47.4 million miles from Earth. On May 30, Mars will be the closest it has been to Earth in 11 years, at a distance of 46.8 million miles. Some prominent features of the planet are clearly visible: the ancient and inactive shield volcano Syrtis Major; the bright and oval Hellas Planitia basin; the heavily eroded Arabia Terra in the centre of the image; the dark features of Si

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Centaur Omega globular cluster - NGC 5139, Omega Centauri globular cluster - Visible to the naked eye in the southern hemisphere, Centaurus Omega is the most massive globular cluster in the galaxy. About 17,000 light years ago, millions of stars nearly 12 billion years old are concentrated here. This image obtained by the ACS camera of the Hubble space telescope and observations made by the southern Gemini telescope seem to indicate the presence of a black hole in the center of the cluster. NGC 5139 is the largest and most spectacular globular cluster in the entire night sky, and the largest in our galaxy. At 36 arc minutes, Omega Centauri is larger than the full moon in apparent size. It is located about 17,000 light years away from our Sun and at 4th magnitude, is easily visible without a telescope as a “” star”” in the constellation of Centaurus. It contains about 2 million stars, almost twice as many as M13. This composite image obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard

Centaur Omega globular cluster - NGC 5139, Omega Centauri globular cluster - Visible to the naked eye in the southern hemisphere, Centaurus Omega is the most massive globular cluster in the galaxy. About 17,000 light years ago, millions of stars nearly 12 billion years old are concentrated here. This image obtained by the ACS camera of the Hubble space telescope and observations made by the southern Gemini telescope seem to indicate the presence of a black hole in the center of the cluster. NGC 5139 is the largest and most spectacular globular cluster in the entire night sky, and the largest in our galaxy. At 36 arc minutes, Omega Centauri is larger than the full moon in apparent size. It is located about 17,000 light years away from our Sun and at 4th magnitude, is easily visible without a telescope as a “” star”” in the constellation of Centaurus. It contains about 2 million stars, almost twice as many as M13. This composite image obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard

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Experience Mars500 - Mars500 experiment facility in Moscow - Installed at the Russian Institute of Bio-Medical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, the 550 m Seal Simulator consists of an interplanetary spacecraft and a Martian lander, and features a Martian landscape. The Mars500 experience is a Martian mission simulation that began on June 3, 2010. The crew locked up for 520 days consists of six people. They are Italian-Colombian Diego Urbina (27) and Frenchman Roman Charles (31) selected by ESA, Russian Sukhrob Kamolov (32), Alexey Sitev (38), Alexandr Smoleevskiy (33) and Chinese Wang Yue (26). March 500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started on June 3 2010 when the six-man crew entered their 'spacecraft' and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November 2011. Diego Urbina and Romain Charles from Europe, Sukhrob Kamolov, Alexey Sitev, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and Wang Yue from China face a mission that is as close as possible to a real space voyage without leavi

Experience Mars500 - Mars500 experiment facility in Moscow - Installed at the Russian Institute of Bio-Medical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow, the 550 m Seal Simulator consists of an interplanetary spacecraft and a Martian lander, and features a Martian landscape. The Mars500 experience is a Martian mission simulation that began on June 3, 2010. The crew locked up for 520 days consists of six people. They are Italian-Colombian Diego Urbina (27) and Frenchman Roman Charles (31) selected by ESA, Russian Sukhrob Kamolov (32), Alexey Sitev (38), Alexandr Smoleevskiy (33) and Chinese Wang Yue (26). March 500, the first full-length simulated mission to Mars, started on June 3 2010 when the six-man crew entered their 'spacecraft' and the hatch was closed. The experiment will run until November 2011. Diego Urbina and Romain Charles from Europe, Sukhrob Kamolov, Alexey Sitev, Alexandr Smoleevskiy and Wang Yue from China face a mission that is as close as possible to a real space voyage without leavi

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Globular cluster M72 in Aquarius - Globular cluster M72 in Aquarius - M72 (NGC 6981) is a cluster of stars located about 50,000 years from Earth. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. This rich collection of scattered stars, known as Messier 72, is actually a globular cluster, an ancient spherical collection of old stars packed much closer together at its centre. As well as huge numbers of stars in the cluster itself the picture also captures the images of many much more distant galaxies seen between and around the cluster stars. English astronomer Pierre Megchain discovered this rich cluster in August of 1780, but we take Messier 72's most common name from Mechain's colleague Charles Messier, who recorded it as the 72nd entry in his famous catalog of comet - like objects just two months later. This globular cluster lies in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer) about 50 000 light - years from Earth. This image was taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Cam

Globular cluster M72 in Aquarius - Globular cluster M72 in Aquarius - M72 (NGC 6981) is a cluster of stars located about 50,000 years from Earth. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope. This rich collection of scattered stars, known as Messier 72, is actually a globular cluster, an ancient spherical collection of old stars packed much closer together at its centre. As well as huge numbers of stars in the cluster itself the picture also captures the images of many much more distant galaxies seen between and around the cluster stars. English astronomer Pierre Megchain discovered this rich cluster in August of 1780, but we take Messier 72's most common name from Mechain's colleague Charles Messier, who recorded it as the 72nd entry in his famous catalog of comet - like objects just two months later. This globular cluster lies in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water Bearer) about 50 000 light - years from Earth. This image was taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Cam

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Nebula N159 in the Great Magellan Cloud - N159 star forming region in Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC): N159 is a star-forming region located in the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) - This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This stormy scene shows a stellar nursery known as N159, an HII region over 150 light-years across. N159 contains many hot young stars. These stars are emitting intense ultraviolet light, which causes nearby hydrogen gas to glow, and torrential stellar winds, which are carving out ridges, arcs, and filaments from the surrounding material. At the heart of this cosmic cloud lies the Papillon Nebula, a butterfly-shaped region of nebulosity. This small, dense object is classified as a High-Excitation Blob, and is thought to be tightly linked to the early stages of massive star form

Nebula N159 in the Great Magellan Cloud - N159 star forming region in Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC): N159 is a star-forming region located in the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) - This shot from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a maelstrom of glowing gas and dark dust within one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This stormy scene shows a stellar nursery known as N159, an HII region over 150 light-years across. N159 contains many hot young stars. These stars are emitting intense ultraviolet light, which causes nearby hydrogen gas to glow, and torrential stellar winds, which are carving out ridges, arcs, and filaments from the surrounding material. At the heart of this cosmic cloud lies the Papillon Nebula, a butterfly-shaped region of nebulosity. This small, dense object is classified as a High-Excitation Blob, and is thought to be tightly linked to the early stages of massive star form

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March: impact crater Maunder - Mars: Maunder crater - Perspective view of an impact crater located between Argyre Planitia and Hellas Planitia. The Maunder crater is 90 km in diameter and 900 m deep. The dark areas at the bottom of the crater are dunes. Image obtained by the Mars Express probe in 2005. On 29 November and 14 December 2005 the High - Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express obtained image data with a ground resolution of approximately 15 meters per pixel. The data were acquired in the region of Noachis Terra at approximately 50* southern latitude and 2* eastern longitude. The Maunder Crater, located halfway between Argyre Planitia and Hellas Planitia on the southern Highlands of Mars, has a diameter of 90 kilometers and a current depth of barely 900 meters. In the east, the crater floor is bounded by an approximately 700 meters deep trough. It may be associated with the landslide on the western edge of the crater. Some gullies formed on th

March: impact crater Maunder - Mars: Maunder crater - Perspective view of an impact crater located between Argyre Planitia and Hellas Planitia. The Maunder crater is 90 km in diameter and 900 m deep. The dark areas at the bottom of the crater are dunes. Image obtained by the Mars Express probe in 2005. On 29 November and 14 December 2005 the High - Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), onboard the ESA spacecraft Mars Express obtained image data with a ground resolution of approximately 15 meters per pixel. The data were acquired in the region of Noachis Terra at approximately 50* southern latitude and 2* eastern longitude. The Maunder Crater, located halfway between Argyre Planitia and Hellas Planitia on the southern Highlands of Mars, has a diameter of 90 kilometers and a current depth of barely 900 meters. In the east, the crater floor is bounded by an approximately 700 meters deep trough. It may be associated with the landslide on the western edge of the crater. Some gullies formed on th

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E.DEORBIT: a satellite to clean space - E.Deorbit grabbing debris - An artist's view of the e.deorbit satellite (left) catching a satellite with a robotic arm to take it to consume itself in the Earth's atmosphere. e.Deorbit is a European mission project that if approved in 2019 will start in 2024. This satellite will be the first to clean up space debris. He would remove the larger objects with his arm or a net, before discharging them into the atmosphere, or they would be destroyed. ESA's proposed e.Deorbit mission, shown left, using a robotic arm to catch a derelict satellite - the baseline capture method for what would be the world's first active space debris removal mission, in 2024. The mission would first rendezvous with a large, drifting ESA satellite, then capture and secure it safely ahead of steering the combination down for a controlled burn-up in the atmosphere. As well as the baselined robot arm, additional capture technologies are being investigated, including a net and

E.DEORBIT: a satellite to clean space - E.Deorbit grabbing debris - An artist's view of the e.deorbit satellite (left) catching a satellite with a robotic arm to take it to consume itself in the Earth's atmosphere. e.Deorbit is a European mission project that if approved in 2019 will start in 2024. This satellite will be the first to clean up space debris. He would remove the larger objects with his arm or a net, before discharging them into the atmosphere, or they would be destroyed. ESA's proposed e.Deorbit mission, shown left, using a robotic arm to catch a derelict satellite - the baseline capture method for what would be the world's first active space debris removal mission, in 2024. The mission would first rendezvous with a large, drifting ESA satellite, then capture and secure it safely ahead of steering the combination down for a controlled burn-up in the atmosphere. As well as the baselined robot arm, additional capture technologies are being investigated, including a net and

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Star formation in the nebula NGC 2467 - Star - forming region NGC 2467 - Star formation in the nebula NGC 2467, located approximately 17,000 years ago - light from Earth in the southern constellation of Stern. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004. A colourful star - forming region is featured in this stunning new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 2467. Looking like a roiling cauldron of some exotic cosmic brew, huge clouds of gas and dust are sprinkled with bright blue, hot young stars. Strangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colourful background of glowing. Like the familiar Orion Nebula, NGC 2467 is a huge cloud of gas - - mostly hydrogen - - that serves as an incubator for new stars. It is located about 17,000 light years away in the southern constellation of Puppis. This picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Surveys through three different filters (F550M, F6

Star formation in the nebula NGC 2467 - Star - forming region NGC 2467 - Star formation in the nebula NGC 2467, located approximately 17,000 years ago - light from Earth in the southern constellation of Stern. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2004. A colourful star - forming region is featured in this stunning new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 2467. Looking like a roiling cauldron of some exotic cosmic brew, huge clouds of gas and dust are sprinkled with bright blue, hot young stars. Strangely shaped dust clouds, resembling spilled liquids, are silhouetted against a colourful background of glowing. Like the familiar Orion Nebula, NGC 2467 is a huge cloud of gas - - mostly hydrogen - - that serves as an incubator for new stars. It is located about 17,000 light years away in the southern constellation of Puppis. This picture was created from images taken with the Wide Field Channel of the Advanced Camera for Surveys through three different filters (F550M, F6

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Star field in the constellation Sagittarius - Scattered stars in Sagittarius: Stars in Sagittarius seen by the space telescope Hubble. This colourful and star-studded view of the Milky Way galaxy was captured when the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope pointed its cameras towards the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). Blue stars can be seen scattered across the frame, set against a distant backdrop of red-hued cosmic companions. This blue litter most likely formed at the same time from the same collapsing molecular cloud. The colour of a star can reveal many of its secrets. Shades of red indicate a star much cooler than the Sun, so either at the end of its life, or much less massive. These low-mass stars are called red dwarfs and are thought to be the most common type of star within the Milky Way. Similarly, brilliant blue hues indicate hot, young, or massive stars, many times the mass of the Sun. A star's mass decides its fate; more massive stars burn brightly over a short lifesp

Star field in the constellation Sagittarius - Scattered stars in Sagittarius: Stars in Sagittarius seen by the space telescope Hubble. This colourful and star-studded view of the Milky Way galaxy was captured when the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope pointed its cameras towards the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). Blue stars can be seen scattered across the frame, set against a distant backdrop of red-hued cosmic companions. This blue litter most likely formed at the same time from the same collapsing molecular cloud. The colour of a star can reveal many of its secrets. Shades of red indicate a star much cooler than the Sun, so either at the end of its life, or much less massive. These low-mass stars are called red dwarfs and are thought to be the most common type of star within the Milky Way. Similarly, brilliant blue hues indicate hot, young, or massive stars, many times the mass of the Sun. A star's mass decides its fate; more massive stars burn brightly over a short lifesp

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Galaxies clusters Abell 370 - Abell 370 cluster of galaxies with gravitational arcs - This cluster of galaxies is located about 5 billion years away from Earth. This image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope on July 16, 2009 shows gravitational arcs among galaxies. These mirages are deformed images of farther galaxies located behind the cluster. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has peered across almost five billion light - years to resolve intricate details in the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Abell 370 is one of the very first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, the warping of space - time by the cluster's gravitational field that distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it. This is manifested as arcs and streaks in the picture, which are the stretched images of background galaxies. Gravitational lensing is a vital tool for astronomers when measuring the dark matter distributi

Galaxies clusters Abell 370 - Abell 370 cluster of galaxies with gravitational arcs - This cluster of galaxies is located about 5 billion years away from Earth. This image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope on July 16, 2009 shows gravitational arcs among galaxies. These mirages are deformed images of farther galaxies located behind the cluster. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has peered across almost five billion light - years to resolve intricate details in the galaxy cluster Abell 370. Abell 370 is one of the very first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, the warping of space - time by the cluster's gravitational field that distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it. This is manifested as arcs and streaks in the picture, which are the stretched images of background galaxies. Gravitational lensing is a vital tool for astronomers when measuring the dark matter distributi

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Globular cluster NGC 1806 in Dorado - Globular cluster NGC 1806 in Dorado - Image of the globular cluster NGC 1806 located in the southern constellation of Dorado. NGC 1806 belongs to the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud, a galaxy adjacent to our lactee path. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has turned its sharp eye towards a tight collection of stars, first seen 174 years ago. The result is a sparkling image of NGC 1806, tens of thousands of stars gravitationally bound into a rich cluster. Commonly called globular clusters, most of these objects are very old, having formed in the distant past when the Universe was only a fraction of its current age. NGC 1806 lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. It can be observed within the constellation of Dorado (the dolphin - fish), an area of the sky best seen from the Earth's southern hemisphere. NGC 1806 was discovered in 1836 by the British astr

Globular cluster NGC 1806 in Dorado - Globular cluster NGC 1806 in Dorado - Image of the globular cluster NGC 1806 located in the southern constellation of Dorado. NGC 1806 belongs to the galaxy of the Great Magellan Cloud, a galaxy adjacent to our lactee path. Image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has turned its sharp eye towards a tight collection of stars, first seen 174 years ago. The result is a sparkling image of NGC 1806, tens of thousands of stars gravitationally bound into a rich cluster. Commonly called globular clusters, most of these objects are very old, having formed in the distant past when the Universe was only a fraction of its current age. NGC 1806 lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. It can be observed within the constellation of Dorado (the dolphin - fish), an area of the sky best seen from the Earth's southern hemisphere. NGC 1806 was discovered in 1836 by the British astr

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Astronaut training in parabolic flight - Astronaut training in zero - G - Astronaut Andre Kuipers is training in weightlessness aboard a Russian plane in the Star City, in preparation for his stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2004. ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, from The Netherlands, enjoys weightlessness inside a Russian aircraft performing a parabolic flight at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok (“Star City”), near Moscow, as part of his preparation for the DELTA mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2004. Andre Kuipers was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 4 on April 19 with Russian mission commander Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Fincke. The spacecraft successfully docked with the ISS two days later. Andre Kuipers then spent eight and a half days onboard the orbital outpost and carried out an extensive experiment programme in the fields of life sciences including physiology, biology and microbiolo

Astronaut training in parabolic flight - Astronaut training in zero - G - Astronaut Andre Kuipers is training in weightlessness aboard a Russian plane in the Star City, in preparation for his stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2004. ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers, from The Netherlands, enjoys weightlessness inside a Russian aircraft performing a parabolic flight at the Gagarin Training Center, also known as Zviezdny Gorodok (“Star City”), near Moscow, as part of his preparation for the DELTA mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in April 2004. Andre Kuipers was launched into space onboard Soyuz TMA - 4 on April 19 with Russian mission commander Gennady Padalka and NASA astronaut Michael Fincke. The spacecraft successfully docked with the ISS two days later. Andre Kuipers then spent eight and a half days onboard the orbital outpost and carried out an extensive experiment programme in the fields of life sciences including physiology, biology and microbiolo

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E.DEORBIT: a satellite to clean up space - E.Deorbit grabbing debris - Artist view of the e.deorbit satellite (left) catching a satellite with a net to take it to consume in the Earth's atmosphere. e.Deorbit is a European mission project that if approved in 2019 will start in 2024. This satellite will be the first to clean up space debris. He would recapture the larger objects with his articulated arm or a net, before discharging them into the atmosphere, or they would be destroyed. ESA's proposed e.Deorbit mission, shown left, using a net to catch a derelict satellite - the baseline capture method for what would be the world's first active space debris removal mission, in 2024. The mission would first rendezvous with a large, drifting ESA satellite, then capture and secure it safely ahead of steering the combination down for a controlled burn-up in the atmosphere. As well as the baselined robot arm, additional capture technologies are being investigated, including a net and harpon. In

E.DEORBIT: a satellite to clean up space - E.Deorbit grabbing debris - Artist view of the e.deorbit satellite (left) catching a satellite with a net to take it to consume in the Earth's atmosphere. e.Deorbit is a European mission project that if approved in 2019 will start in 2024. This satellite will be the first to clean up space debris. He would recapture the larger objects with his articulated arm or a net, before discharging them into the atmosphere, or they would be destroyed. ESA's proposed e.Deorbit mission, shown left, using a net to catch a derelict satellite - the baseline capture method for what would be the world's first active space debris removal mission, in 2024. The mission would first rendezvous with a large, drifting ESA satellite, then capture and secure it safely ahead of steering the combination down for a controlled burn-up in the atmosphere. As well as the baselined robot arm, additional capture technologies are being investigated, including a net and harpon. In

D. Ducros

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Nebula M43 in Orion - M43 nebula in Orion - Nebula M43 (NGC 1982) is part of the great Nebula of Orion (M42), a vast region of star formation. This image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) shows a detail of the nebula people of bright young stars accompanied by very young stars still surrounded by their cocoon of dust. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a close - up view of an outer part of the Orion Nebula's little brother, Messier 43. This nebula, which is sometimes referred to as De Mairan's Nebula after its discoverer, is separated from the famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42) by only a dark lane of dust. Both nebulae are part of the massive stellar nursery called the Orion molecular cloud complex, which includes several other nebulae, such as the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024). This view shows several of the brilliant hot young stars in this less - studied region and it also reveals many of the curious features around even younger st

Nebula M43 in Orion - M43 nebula in Orion - Nebula M43 (NGC 1982) is part of the great Nebula of Orion (M42), a vast region of star formation. This image obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) shows a detail of the nebula people of bright young stars accompanied by very young stars still surrounded by their cocoon of dust. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a close - up view of an outer part of the Orion Nebula's little brother, Messier 43. This nebula, which is sometimes referred to as De Mairan's Nebula after its discoverer, is separated from the famous Orion Nebula (Messier 42) by only a dark lane of dust. Both nebulae are part of the massive stellar nursery called the Orion molecular cloud complex, which includes several other nebulae, such as the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) and the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024). This view shows several of the brilliant hot young stars in this less - studied region and it also reveals many of the curious features around even younger st

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Globular cluster M71 in the Fleche - Globular cluster M71 in Sagitta - M71 is located about 12,000 light years away from Earth. Image of the central region of the cluster obtained by the Hubble space telescope. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a bright scattering of stars in the small constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow). This is the centre of the globular cluster Messier 71, a great ball of ancient stars on the edge of our galaxy around 13,000 light - years from Earth. M71 is around 27 light - years across. Globular clusters are like galactic suburbs, pockets of stars that exist on the edge of major galaxies. These clusters are tightly bound together by their gravitational attraction, hence their spherical shape and their name: globulus means little sphere”” in Latin. Around 150 such globular clusters are known to exist around our Milky Way, each one of them containing several hundred thousand stars. Despite being a familiar object, Messier 71's precise nature was disp

Globular cluster M71 in the Fleche - Globular cluster M71 in Sagitta - M71 is located about 12,000 light years away from Earth. Image of the central region of the cluster obtained by the Hubble space telescope. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a bright scattering of stars in the small constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow). This is the centre of the globular cluster Messier 71, a great ball of ancient stars on the edge of our galaxy around 13,000 light - years from Earth. M71 is around 27 light - years across. Globular clusters are like galactic suburbs, pockets of stars that exist on the edge of major galaxies. These clusters are tightly bound together by their gravitational attraction, hence their spherical shape and their name: globulus means little sphere”” in Latin. Around 150 such globular clusters are known to exist around our Milky Way, each one of them containing several hundred thousand stars. Despite being a familiar object, Messier 71's precise nature was disp

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