Vermot de Pas: Conquering Space, NASA's Photographic Icons, 168560, Paris

Rare orthographic view of the planet MARS from VIKING1 ORBITER. JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL)

Rare observation of a solar flare.

Night launch from Kennedy Space Center of the ATLAS CENTAURE rocket

Canary Islands Observatory, space tracking station. Superb photographic image of the famous Comet Kohoutek, discovered on March 7, 1973

Interplanetary. Colored view of Saturn's rings discovered in 1979 by the Voyager 1 probe.

Voyager mission. This famous NASA photomontage depicts the planet Saturn and its major moons as discovered by the Voyager probe.

Beautiful conceptualized artist's view of the Space Shuttle orbiting the globe.

Voyager 1. Impressive photograph of the planet Saturn

Historical view of the superb white silhouette of the space shuttle COLUMBIA (Misison STS-1) on its transport cart leaving its assembly hall to reach its launch pad

Superb, historic takeoff of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01)

Superb, dramatic photograph of the 1st liftoff of the space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01)

Amidst towering plumes of smoke, the fantastic silhouette of the American space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01) rises from its launch pad

Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-3). One of Space Shuttle Columbia's first weather observations from Earth orbit.

Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Mission STS-7)

Liftoff of the space shuttle CHALLENGER from launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral

Liftoff of the space shuttle CHALLENGER from launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral

Astronaut Dale A. Gardner, who has just completed most of his second extravehicular activity (EVA) period in three days aboard the Earth-orbiting Discovery

Extra-vehicular activity. Astronaut Dale Gardner uses the MMU to travel to the Westar VI satellite

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II (Space Shuttle Mission STS 41-B) takes part in a historic spacewalk

Space shuttle takeoff,

Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-STS-51G)

Beautiful landing of space shuttle DISCOVERY (mission STS-51D) on the Kennedy Space Center runway at the conclusion of mission 51D

Beautiful night panorama of the lift-off of the space shuttle DISCOVERY (Mission STS-51-I). On board are 5 crew members and 3 satellites

Space shuttle liftoff.

Superb lift-off of the Space Shuttle ATLANTIS