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Satellite Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite orbiting Earth. This satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be dedicated exclusively to the study of carbon dioxide on Earth. The mission, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main human - produced driver of climate change. It will provide the first global picture of the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide and the places where this important greenhouse gas is stored. Such information will improve global carbon cycle models as well as forecasts of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of how our climate may change in the future

Satellite Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite orbiting Earth. This satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be dedicated exclusively to the study of carbon dioxide on Earth. The mission, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main human - produced driver of climate change. It will provide the first global picture of the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide and the places where this important greenhouse gas is stored. Such information will improve global carbon cycle models as well as forecasts of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of how our climate may change in the future

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Satellite and Solar Tempete - Artist's view - Solar Storm and Satellite - Illustration - A violent solar storm can damage a satellite and communication systems. Artist's view. A solar storm could damage power grids, satellites and other communications systems

Satellite and Solar Tempete - Artist's view - Solar Storm and Satellite - Illustration - A violent solar storm can damage a satellite and communication systems. Artist's view. A solar storm could damage power grids, satellites and other communications systems

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ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

D. Ducros

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ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

D. Ducros

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ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

D. Ducros

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ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

ATV joins the international space station - Artist view - The ATV approaching ISS - Artist view - Artist view of the European automatic cargo ATV approaching the international space station (ISS). Artist's impression of the Automated Transfer Vehicle approaching the International Space Station (ISS)

D. Ducros

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Satellite Planck - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Planck. This satellite measures temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe. Artist view of Esa's Planck observatory. Planck is the first european mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang. Ever since the detection of small fluctuations in the temperature of this radiation, called Cosmic Microwave Background, astronomers have used the fluctuations to understand both the origin of the Universe and the formation of galaxies

Satellite Planck - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Planck. This satellite measures temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe. Artist view of Esa's Planck observatory. Planck is the first european mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang. Ever since the detection of small fluctuations in the temperature of this radiation, called Cosmic Microwave Background, astronomers have used the fluctuations to understand both the origin of the Universe and the formation of galaxies

D. Ducros

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MTG Meteorology Satellite - MTG Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellite MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

MTG Meteorology Satellite - MTG Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellite MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

P. Carril

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Asteroid collapsed by tidal force - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view of an asteroid breaks by the gravitational attraction of a star at the end of life, a white dwarf. This artist's concept illustrates a dead star, or “” white dwarf,””” surrounded by the bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid. Asteroids are leftover scraps of planetary material. They form early on in a star's history when planets are forming out of collisions between rocky bodies. When a star like our sun dies, shrinking down to a skeleton of its former self called a white dwarf, its asteroids get jostled about. If one of these asteroids gets too close to the white dwarf, the white dwarf's gravity will chew the asteroid up, leaving a cloud of dust

Asteroid collapsed by tidal force - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view - Artist view of an asteroid breaks by the gravitational attraction of a star at the end of life, a white dwarf. This artist's concept illustrates a dead star, or “” white dwarf,””” surrounded by the bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid. Asteroids are leftover scraps of planetary material. They form early on in a star's history when planets are forming out of collisions between rocky bodies. When a star like our sun dies, shrinking down to a skeleton of its former self called a white dwarf, its asteroids get jostled about. If one of these asteroids gets too close to the white dwarf, the white dwarf's gravity will chew the asteroid up, leaving a cloud of dust

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MTG Meteorology Satellite - MTG Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellite MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

MTG Meteorology Satellite - MTG Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellite MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

P. Carril

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MTG Meteorology Satellite - MTG Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellite MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

MTG Meteorology Satellite - MTG Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellite MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

P. Carril

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Estemmenosuchus - Artist's view of an Estemmenosuchus uralensis 225 million years ago, in Russia. These disappeared animals were not dinosaurs but herbivorous mammalian reptiles (Therapsides) living in Permian. An herbivorous dinocephalian therapsid grazes on a hilltop 255 million years ago in what is today in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains

Estemmenosuchus - Artist's view of an Estemmenosuchus uralensis 225 million years ago, in Russia. These disappeared animals were not dinosaurs but herbivorous mammalian reptiles (Therapsides) living in Permian. An herbivorous dinocephalian therapsid grazes on a hilltop 255 million years ago in what is today in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains

Walter B Myers

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Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate

Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate

D. Ducros

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Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate

Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate

D. Ducros

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Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate

Satellite Picard - Artist's view of the Picard satellite in orbit around the Earth. This microsatellite should study the Sun and the links between the solar cycle and the Earth's climate. Satellite Picard seen above the Earth. This english microsatellite will study the Sun and the relations between the sun and the Earth's climate

D. Ducros

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Meteorology satellites MTG - MTG satellites. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The MTG system will consist of twin satellites - an imager (MTG-I) and a sounder (MTG-S). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellites MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). MTG will be three - axis stabilized and based on a twin - satellite concept. Under this concept, there will be two types of satellites, one for imaging (MTG - I) and one for sounding (MTG - S). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

Meteorology satellites MTG - MTG satellites. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite project MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). The MTG system will consist of twin satellites - an imager (MTG-I) and a sounder (MTG-S). This development programme will run from 2009 to 2020. Artist view of european meteorological satellites MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). MTG will be three - axis stabilized and based on a twin - satellite concept. Under this concept, there will be two types of satellites, one for imaging (MTG - I) and one for sounding (MTG - S). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020

P. Carril

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Satellite Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite orbiting Earth. This satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be dedicated exclusively to the study of carbon dioxide on Earth. The mission, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main human - produced driver of climate change. It will provide the first global picture of the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide and the places where this important greenhouse gas is stored. Such information will improve global carbon cycle models as well as forecasts of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of how our climate may change in the future

Satellite Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's concept of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory - Artist's view of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite orbiting Earth. This satellite, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be dedicated exclusively to the study of carbon dioxide on Earth. The mission, scheduled to launch in early 2009, will be the first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main human - produced driver of climate change. It will provide the first global picture of the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide and the places where this important greenhouse gas is stored. Such information will improve global carbon cycle models as well as forecasts of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and of how our climate may change in the future

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La Terre et l'exoplanete Gliese 581c - Earth and Gliese 581 c compared - Artist's view of the exoplanete Gliese 581c compared to the Earth. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible extra-terrestrial life. Gliese 581 c is believed to be about five times more massive than the Earth with a diameter about half - again as large as Earth's. Depending upon the planet's composition, whether mostly rock or a combination of rock a water, a visitor would experience a surface gravity between 1.25 to 2.2 times the Earth's. Gliese 581 c is about 20 light years away, a “” next door neighbor”” in stellar terms, but far beyond the reach of human visitors with today's technology. This image of a rocky and variegated Gliese 581 c with an atmosphere and clouds is purely speculative

La Terre et l'exoplanete Gliese 581c - Earth and Gliese 581 c compared - Artist's view of the exoplanete Gliese 581c compared to the Earth. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible extra-terrestrial life. Gliese 581 c is believed to be about five times more massive than the Earth with a diameter about half - again as large as Earth's. Depending upon the planet's composition, whether mostly rock or a combination of rock a water, a visitor would experience a surface gravity between 1.25 to 2.2 times the Earth's. Gliese 581 c is about 20 light years away, a “” next door neighbor”” in stellar terms, but far beyond the reach of human visitors with today's technology. This image of a rocky and variegated Gliese 581 c with an atmosphere and clouds is purely speculative

Walter B Myers

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Back to the Moon: artist's view from the start to the Moon - The Orion spacecraft onward to Moon - Lunar program Constellation. The module inhabited Orion is secured to the planing module in Earth orbit and propels to the moon through a stage of the Ares 5 rocket. Ares 5 is a cargo rocket that will be used around 2020 to carry the landing module as well as the various elements needed to build a base on the Moon. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Orion crew exploration vehicle docking with the Altair lunar lander, contained within the earth departure stage of an Ares V rocket. This rendezvous will take place in low earth orbit before the earth departure stage, Orion and Altair make the transit towards the moon. The earth departure stage will be discarded on the way

Back to the Moon: artist's view from the start to the Moon - The Orion spacecraft onward to Moon - Lunar program Constellation. The module inhabited Orion is secured to the planing module in Earth orbit and propels to the moon through a stage of the Ares 5 rocket. Ares 5 is a cargo rocket that will be used around 2020 to carry the landing module as well as the various elements needed to build a base on the Moon. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Orion crew exploration vehicle docking with the Altair lunar lander, contained within the earth departure stage of an Ares V rocket. This rendezvous will take place in low earth orbit before the earth departure stage, Orion and Altair make the transit towards the moon. The earth departure stage will be discarded on the way

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The probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Artist view - Artist view of the probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two probes of the EJSM mission (Europa Jupiter System Mission). This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two Europa Jupiter System Mission spacecraft. Possible launch in 2020

The probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Artist view - Artist view of the probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two probes of the EJSM mission (Europa Jupiter System Mission). This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two Europa Jupiter System Mission spacecraft. Possible launch in 2020

M. Carroll

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Back to the Moon: artist's view from the start to the Moon - The Orion spacecraft onward to Moon - Lunar program Constellation. The module inhabited Orion is secured to the planing module in Earth orbit and propels to the moon through a stage of the Ares 5 rocket. Ares 5 is a cargo rocket that will be used around 2020 to carry the landing module as well as the various elements needed to build a base on the Moon. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Orion crew exploration vehicle docking with the Altair lunar lander, contained within the earth departure stage of an Ares V rocket. This rendezvous will take place in low earth orbit before the earth departure stage, Orion and Altair make the transit towards the moon. The earth departure stage will be discarded on the way

Back to the Moon: artist's view from the start to the Moon - The Orion spacecraft onward to Moon - Lunar program Constellation. The module inhabited Orion is secured to the planing module in Earth orbit and propels to the moon through a stage of the Ares 5 rocket. Ares 5 is a cargo rocket that will be used around 2020 to carry the landing module as well as the various elements needed to build a base on the Moon. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Orion crew exploration vehicle docking with the Altair lunar lander, contained within the earth departure stage of an Ares V rocket. This rendezvous will take place in low earth orbit before the earth departure stage, Orion and Altair make the transit towards the moon. The earth departure stage will be discarded on the way

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The probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Artist view - Artist view of the probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two probes of the EJSM mission (Europa Jupiter System Mission). This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two Europa Jupiter System Mission spacecraft. Possible launch in 2020

The probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Jupiter Europa Orbiter - Artist view - Artist view of the probe Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two probes of the EJSM mission (Europa Jupiter System Mission). This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO), one of the two Europa Jupiter System Mission spacecraft. Possible launch in 2020

M. Carroll

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Probe Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter - Artist view - Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter spacecraft - Artist view - Artist view of the probe Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) orbit around Ganymede. This probe from the European Space Agency is one of the two probes of the EJSM (Europa Jupiter System Mission) mission. This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) spacecraft. With the Nasa's Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) this European Space Agency 'spaceprobe will explore the Jupiter system. Possible launch in 2020

Probe Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter - Artist view - Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter spacecraft - Artist view - Artist view of the probe Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) orbit around Ganymede. This probe from the European Space Agency is one of the two probes of the EJSM (Europa Jupiter System Mission) mission. This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) spacecraft. With the Nasa's Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) this European Space Agency 'spaceprobe will explore the Jupiter system. Possible launch in 2020

M. Carroll

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European launchers - Illustration - European launch vehicles family in 2009 - Illustration - Artist's view of the various fusees used by the European Space Agency and launches from the Guyanese Space Centre. From left to right, the Vega launcher, Soyuz - ST, Ariane 5 ES ATV and Ariane 5 ECA. Artist view of the family of launchers to be operated on behalf of ESA from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, English Guiana. From left to right: Vega, ESA's new small launcher, is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. Soyuz - ST, the improved version of Russia's Soyuz workhorse launcher with a new digital avionics and a wider, Ariane 4 - type payload fairing. A new launch pad is being built in th

European launchers - Illustration - European launch vehicles family in 2009 - Illustration - Artist's view of the various fusees used by the European Space Agency and launches from the Guyanese Space Centre. From left to right, the Vega launcher, Soyuz - ST, Ariane 5 ES ATV and Ariane 5 ECA. Artist view of the family of launchers to be operated on behalf of ESA from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, English Guiana. From left to right: Vega, ESA's new small launcher, is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. Soyuz - ST, the improved version of Russia's Soyuz workhorse launcher with a new digital avionics and a wider, Ariane 4 - type payload fairing. A new launch pad is being built in th

D. Ducros

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European launchers - Illustration - European launch vehicles family in 2009 - Illustration - Artist's view of the various fusees used by the European Space Agency and launches from the Guyanese Space Centre. From left to right, the Vega launcher, Soyuz - ST, Ariane 5 ES ATV and Ariane 5 ECA. Artist view of the family of launchers to be operated on behalf of ESA from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, English Guiana. From left to right: Vega, ESA's new small launcher, is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. Soyuz - ST, the improved version of Russia's Soyuz workhorse launcher with a new digital avionics and a wider, Ariane 4 - type payload fairing. A new launch pad is being built in th

European launchers - Illustration - European launch vehicles family in 2009 - Illustration - Artist's view of the various fusees used by the European Space Agency and launches from the Guyanese Space Centre. From left to right, the Vega launcher, Soyuz - ST, Ariane 5 ES ATV and Ariane 5 ECA. Artist view of the family of launchers to be operated on behalf of ESA from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport, in Kourou, English Guiana. From left to right: Vega, ESA's new small launcher, is designed to loft single or multiple payloads to orbits up to 1,500 km in altitude. Its reference payload capability is about 1,500 kg to a circular 500 - km - high Sun - synchronous orbit but it can also loft satellites from 300 kg to more than 2 metric tons, as well as piggyback microsatellites of less than 100 kg each. Soyuz - ST, the improved version of Russia's Soyuz workhorse launcher with a new digital avionics and a wider, Ariane 4 - type payload fairing. A new launch pad is being built in th

D. Ducros

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Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wa

Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wa

D. Ducros

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Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) - Artist view - Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) - Artist view - Artist view of the EJSM (Europa Jupiter System Mission) mission, with Nasa's Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) probe and ESA's Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) probe. This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the two Europa Jupiter System Mission spacecraft - Nasa's Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) and the European Space Agency's Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) exploring the Jupiter system. Possible launch in 2020

Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) - Artist view - Europa Jupiter System Mission (EJSM) - Artist view - Artist view of the EJSM (Europa Jupiter System Mission) mission, with Nasa's Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) probe and ESA's Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) probe. This mission proposes an in-depth exploration of Jupiter's system and its moons to study the emergence of habitable worlds around giant planets. JEO will explore Jupiter and the Io satellite, then further study Europe; JGO will explore Jupiter and the Callisto moon and will enter into orbit around Ganymede for a comprehensive and detailed study. Launch planned around 2020. Artist's concept of the two Europa Jupiter System Mission spacecraft - Nasa's Jupiter Europa Orbiter (JEO) and the European Space Agency's Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter (JGO) exploring the Jupiter system. Possible launch in 2020

M. Carroll

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Artist's view of the solar system - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. On the right, the terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon) Mars; on the left, the gas giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. A comet, the asteroid belt and Pluto's orbit are also represented. Our solar system features eight planets, seen in this artist's diagram. Although there is some debate within the science community as to whether Pluto should be classified as a Planet or a dwarf planet, the International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto. This representation is intentionally fanciful, as the planets are depicted far closer together than they really are. Similarly, the bodies' relative sizes are inaccurate. This is done for the purpose of being able to depict the solar system and still represent the bodies with some detail. (Otherwise the Sun would be a mere speck, and the plan

Artist's view of the solar system - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. On the right, the terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon) Mars; on the left, the gas giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. A comet, the asteroid belt and Pluto's orbit are also represented. Our solar system features eight planets, seen in this artist's diagram. Although there is some debate within the science community as to whether Pluto should be classified as a Planet or a dwarf planet, the International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto. This representation is intentionally fanciful, as the planets are depicted far closer together than they really are. Similarly, the bodies' relative sizes are inaccurate. This is done for the purpose of being able to depict the solar system and still represent the bodies with some detail. (Otherwise the Sun would be a mere speck, and the plan

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Herschel Satellite - Illustration - Herschel Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Infrared astronomy is as young as it is fruitful. In less than three decades infrared astronomers have unveiled tens of thousands of new galaxies, and have made discoveries as surprising as the huge amounts of water vapour that fill the galaxy. Yet scientists know there is still much more to d

Herschel Satellite - Illustration - Herschel Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Infrared astronomy is as young as it is fruitful. In less than three decades infrared astronomers have unveiled tens of thousands of new galaxies, and have made discoveries as surprising as the huge amounts of water vapour that fill the galaxy. Yet scientists know there is still much more to d

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Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wa

Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory will be bigger and better than any of its predecessors. Moreover, it will observe at wa

D. Ducros

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Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 fairing with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observa

Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 fairing with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observa

D. Ducros

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SMOS Satellite - Artist's view of the European satellite SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) in orbit around the Earth. This satellite will perform the first global mapping of soil moisture and ocean salinity. The satellite was launched and put into orbit on 2 November 2009. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission make global observations of soil moisture over Earth's landmasses and salinity over the oceans. Variations in soil moisture and ocean salinity are a consequence of the continuous exchange of water between the oceans, the atmosphere and the land - Earth's water cycle. SMOS was launched on November 2, 2009

SMOS Satellite - Artist's view of the European satellite SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) in orbit around the Earth. This satellite will perform the first global mapping of soil moisture and ocean salinity. The satellite was launched and put into orbit on 2 November 2009. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission make global observations of soil moisture over Earth's landmasses and salinity over the oceans. Variations in soil moisture and ocean salinity are a consequence of the continuous exchange of water between the oceans, the atmosphere and the land - Earth's water cycle. SMOS was launched on November 2, 2009

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Exoplanete Corot-7b: Artist's view of the extrasolar planet Corot-7b, a small terrestrial exoplanet located in the constellation of Unicorn. Artist's impression of the extrasolar planet Corot-7b a small exoplanet located in the constellation of Monoceros

Exoplanete Corot-7b: Artist's view of the extrasolar planet Corot-7b, a small terrestrial exoplanet located in the constellation of Unicorn. Artist's impression of the extrasolar planet Corot-7b a small exoplanet located in the constellation of Monoceros

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Exoplanete Gliese 581 e: Artist's view of the extrasolar planet Gliese 581 e. Artist's impression of the star red dwarf Gliese 581 shining with the extrasolar planet Gliese 581 e foreground

Exoplanete Gliese 581 e: Artist's view of the extrasolar planet Gliese 581 e. Artist's impression of the star red dwarf Gliese 581 shining with the extrasolar planet Gliese 581 e foreground

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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The End of the Earth - Artist's View - Earth's end - Artist view: Artist view of the Earth in 4 billion years. The Sun, becoming a red giant, will make life impossible on Earth. As a red giant, the sun begins to melt the earth's surface

The End of the Earth - Artist's View - Earth's end - Artist view: Artist view of the Earth in 4 billion years. The Sun, becoming a red giant, will make life impossible on Earth. As a red giant, the sun begins to melt the earth's surface

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 stage with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, launched on 14 May 2009, is studying in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel is in orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory

Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 stage with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, launched on 14 May 2009, is studying in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel is in orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory

D. Ducros

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Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 fairing with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, launched on 14 May 2009, is studying in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel is in orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observato

Satellite Herschel - Illustration - Ariane 5 fairing with satellite Herschel. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel during its launch by an Ariane 5 rocket. The Herschel Space Observatory, launched on 14 May 2009, is studying in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel is in orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Objects such as other planetary systems, or processes like the birth of galaxies in the early universe, can best be studied with infrared space telescopes in space. This is the reason for Esa's Herschel. ESA's Herschel Space Observato

D. Ducros

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The End of the Earth - Artist's View - Earth's end - Artist view: Artist view of the Earth during the flash of the helium, the moment when the sun turned red-like sun blows its outer layers to become a planetary nebula. A helium flash strips the sun of its remaining outer atmosphere, further devastating the earth.

The End of the Earth - Artist's View - Earth's end - Artist view: Artist view of the Earth during the flash of the helium, the moment when the sun turned red-like sun blows its outer layers to become a planetary nebula. A helium flash strips the sun of its remaining outer atmosphere, further devastating the earth.

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Back to the Moon: upper floor of the Altair module - The Altair spacecraft in lunar orbit - Lunar program Constellation. Artist's view of the upper floor of the Altair landing module in orbit around the Moon after its departure from the Moon. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Altair Lunar Lander's ascent stage orbiting the moon. The Nasa's Project Constellation plans to send human explorers back to the Moon by 2020, and then onward to Mars

Back to the Moon: upper floor of the Altair module - The Altair spacecraft in lunar orbit - Lunar program Constellation. Artist's view of the upper floor of the Altair landing module in orbit around the Moon after its departure from the Moon. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Altair Lunar Lander's ascent stage orbiting the moon. The Nasa's Project Constellation plans to send human explorers back to the Moon by 2020, and then onward to Mars

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Early Earth - Artist's View - Early Earth - Artist's view of Earth bombed by asteroids and comets about 4 billion years ago. Volcanoes dominate the landscape. Asteroids impacts on Earth, four billion years ago, massive volcanoes and lava fields dominate the Earth landscape

Early Earth - Artist's View - Early Earth - Artist's view of Earth bombed by asteroids and comets about 4 billion years ago. Volcanoes dominate the landscape. Asteroids impacts on Earth, four billion years ago, massive volcanoes and lava fields dominate the Earth landscape

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Satellite Planck. Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Planck separating from the upper floor of the Ariane V rocket, 30 minutes after its launch. This satellite measures temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe. Planck separates from upper stage. Planck separated from the launcher about 30 minutes after launch, a couple of minutes after Herschel. The two spacecraft independently headed towards their respective orbits around the second Lagrange point of the Sun - Earth system (L2), some 1.5 million km from Earth in the direction opposite to the Sun. Planck is the first european mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang. Ever since the detection of small fluctuations in the temperature of this radiation, called Cosmic Microwave Background, astronomers have used the fluctuations to understand both the origin of the Universe and the formation of galaxies

Satellite Planck. Illustration - Artist's view of the European satellite Planck separating from the upper floor of the Ariane V rocket, 30 minutes after its launch. This satellite measures temperature fluctuations in the fossil radiation of the primordial universe. Planck separates from upper stage. Planck separated from the launcher about 30 minutes after launch, a couple of minutes after Herschel. The two spacecraft independently headed towards their respective orbits around the second Lagrange point of the Sun - Earth system (L2), some 1.5 million km from Earth in the direction opposite to the Sun. Planck is the first european mission to study the relic radiation from the Big Bang. Ever since the detection of small fluctuations in the temperature of this radiation, called Cosmic Microwave Background, astronomers have used the fluctuations to understand both the origin of the Universe and the formation of galaxies

D. Ducros

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Back to the Moon: Altair joins the Orion module - The Orion and Altair spacecrafts in lunar orbit - Lunar program Constellation. Artist's view of the upper floor of the Altair landing module after its departure from the Moon, joining the Orion module remains in orbit. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Altair Lunar Lander's ascent stage docking with the Orion crew exploration vehicle after a mission to the lunar surface

Back to the Moon: Altair joins the Orion module - The Orion and Altair spacecrafts in lunar orbit - Lunar program Constellation. Artist's view of the upper floor of the Altair landing module after its departure from the Moon, joining the Orion module remains in orbit. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Altair Lunar Lander's ascent stage docking with the Orion crew exploration vehicle after a mission to the lunar surface

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Back to the Moon: Altair joins the Orion module - The Orion and Altair spacecrafts in lunar orbit - Lunar program Constellation. Artist's view of the upper floor of the Altair landing module after its departure from the Moon, joining the Orion module remains in orbit. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Altair Lunar Lander's ascent stage docking with the Orion crew exploration vehicle after a mission to the lunar surface

Back to the Moon: Altair joins the Orion module - The Orion and Altair spacecrafts in lunar orbit - Lunar program Constellation. Artist's view of the upper floor of the Altair landing module after its departure from the Moon, joining the Orion module remains in orbit. This is a NASA artist's rendering of the Altair Lunar Lander's ascent stage docking with the Orion crew exploration vehicle after a mission to the lunar surface

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Earth Devastee by a solar eruption - Deadly solar flare: An artist's view of the Earth reached by a gigantic solar eruption. A massive solar flare or coronal mass ejection floods the earth with deadly radiation

Earth Devastee by a solar eruption - Deadly solar flare: An artist's view of the Earth reached by a gigantic solar eruption. A massive solar flare or coronal mass ejection floods the earth with deadly radiation

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Gamma Ray Burst - Artist view - Gamma Ray Burst - Artist view - Artist view of a gamma burst, a powerful and brief emission of gamma rays whose origin is linked either to the collision of two neutron stars or to the death of a hypermassive star. Gamma - ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful flashes of energetic gamma - rays lasting from less than a second to several minutes. They release a tremendous amount of energy in this short time making them the most powerful events in the Universe. They are thought to be mostly associated with the explosion of stars that collapse into black holes. In the explosion, two jets of very fast - moving material are ejected, as depicted in this artist's illustration. If a jet happens to be aimed at Earth, we see a brief but powerful gamma - ray burst

Gamma Ray Burst - Artist view - Gamma Ray Burst - Artist view - Artist view of a gamma burst, a powerful and brief emission of gamma rays whose origin is linked either to the collision of two neutron stars or to the death of a hypermassive star. Gamma - ray bursts (GRBs) are powerful flashes of energetic gamma - rays lasting from less than a second to several minutes. They release a tremendous amount of energy in this short time making them the most powerful events in the Universe. They are thought to be mostly associated with the explosion of stars that collapse into black holes. In the explosion, two jets of very fast - moving material are ejected, as depicted in this artist's illustration. If a jet happens to be aimed at Earth, we see a brief but powerful gamma - ray burst

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An asteroid hits the Earth - An asteroid hits the Earth: Artist's view of a North American city hit by an asteroid. An asteroid the size of the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs impacts North America

An asteroid hits the Earth - An asteroid hits the Earth: Artist's view of a North American city hit by an asteroid. An asteroid the size of the one that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs impacts North America

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Artist view of Beta Pictoris b - Beta Pictoris b. Artwork: Artist's view of Beta Pictoris b, a huge exoplanet with a mass equivalent to 9 times the mass of Jupiter orbit around the star Beta Pictoris. This artist's impression shows how the planet inside the disc of Beta Pictoris may look. Only 12 million years old, or less than three-thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light-years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best-known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc

Artist view of Beta Pictoris b - Beta Pictoris b. Artwork: Artist's view of Beta Pictoris b, a huge exoplanet with a mass equivalent to 9 times the mass of Jupiter orbit around the star Beta Pictoris. This artist's impression shows how the planet inside the disc of Beta Pictoris may look. Only 12 million years old, or less than three-thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light-years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best-known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Mine sur un asteroide - Illustration - Mining base on an asteroid - Illustration: Artist's view of a mining base installed on an asteroid. Illustration for advanced future mining of asteroids to make up for deficits in our Earth based resources and the construction of outer space exploration vehicles built outside of the Earth's atmosphere.

Mine sur un asteroide - Illustration - Mining base on an asteroid - Illustration: Artist's view of a mining base installed on an asteroid. Illustration for advanced future mining of asteroids to make up for deficits in our Earth based resources and the construction of outer space exploration vehicles built outside of the Earth's atmosphere.

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The End of Oceans on Earth - Artist's View - Earth's oceans end - Artist view: When the Sun swells to become a giant yellow star, the heat on Earth will evaporate the oceans. As the sun gets older, it begins to swell. As it enters the yellow giant stage, the earth becomes so warm that the oceans dry up

The End of Oceans on Earth - Artist's View - Earth's oceans end - Artist view: When the Sun swells to become a giant yellow star, the heat on Earth will evaporate the oceans. As the sun gets older, it begins to swell. As it enters the yellow giant stage, the earth becomes so warm that the oceans dry up

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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The End of the Earth - Artist's View - Earth's end - Artist view - Artist view from the Earth in 4 billion years. The Sun, becoming a red giant, will make life impossible on Earth. In about six billion years our sun is expected to dramatically expand and grow hotter as its helium core contracts and ignites the outer layers of hydrogen, eventually becoming a type of star called a “Red Giant.” The Sun will continue to bloom for the next few hundred million years until it fills the sky and eventually engulfs the Earth entirely

The End of the Earth - Artist's View - Earth's end - Artist view - Artist view from the Earth in 4 billion years. The Sun, becoming a red giant, will make life impossible on Earth. In about six billion years our sun is expected to dramatically expand and grow hotter as its helium core contracts and ignites the outer layers of hydrogen, eventually becoming a type of star called a “Red Giant.” The Sun will continue to bloom for the next few hundred million years until it fills the sky and eventually engulfs the Earth entirely

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Back to the Moon: Arrival in Lunar Orbit - Artist's View - The Orion and Altair spacecrafts in lunar orbit - Lunar Program Constellation. The module resides Orion docks to the Altair planing module in orbit around the Moon. Orion should be able to take a crew of astronauts to the Moon in 2020. The Orion manned spacecraft, docked to the lunar module Altair, in lunar orbit. The Nasa's Project Constellation plans to send human explorers back to the Moon by 2020, and then onward to Mars; each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of four to six astronauts

Back to the Moon: Arrival in Lunar Orbit - Artist's View - The Orion and Altair spacecrafts in lunar orbit - Lunar Program Constellation. The module resides Orion docks to the Altair planing module in orbit around the Moon. Orion should be able to take a crew of astronauts to the Moon in 2020. The Orion manned spacecraft, docked to the lunar module Altair, in lunar orbit. The Nasa's Project Constellation plans to send human explorers back to the Moon by 2020, and then onward to Mars; each Orion spacecraft will carry a crew of four to six astronauts

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Artist's view of the solar system - Solar system artwork - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Other dwarf planets are not represented. The planets are shown in the correct order of distance from the Sun, the correct relative sizes, and the correct relative orbital distances. The sizes of the bodies are greatly exaggerated relative to the orbital distances. The faint rings of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are not shown. Eris, Haumea, and Makemake do not appear in the illustration owing to their highly tilted orbits. The dwarf planet Ceres is not shown separately; it resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

Artist's view of the solar system - Solar system artwork - Artist's view of the solar system. Planets are represented in order of proximity to the sun. From left to right: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Other dwarf planets are not represented. The planets are shown in the correct order of distance from the Sun, the correct relative sizes, and the correct relative orbital distances. The sizes of the bodies are greatly exaggerated relative to the orbital distances. The faint rings of Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune are not shown. Eris, Haumea, and Makemake do not appear in the illustration owing to their highly tilted orbits. The dwarf planet Ceres is not shown separately; it resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

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Artist view of Beta Pictoris b - Beta Pictoris b. Artwork: Artist's view of Beta Pictoris b, a giant exoplanet with a mass equivalent to 9 times the mass of Jupiter orbit around the star Beta Pictoris. This artist's impression shows how the planet inside the disc of Beta Pictoris may look. Only 12 million years old, or less than three-thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light-years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best-known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc. Earlier observations showed a warp of the disc, a secondary inclined disc and comets falling onto the star, all indirect, but tell-tale signs that strongly suggested the presence of a massive planet. Observations done with the NACO instrument on Eso's Very Large Telescope in 2003, 2008 and 2009, have proven the presence of a planet around Beta Pictoris. It is located at a distance between 8 and 1

Artist view of Beta Pictoris b - Beta Pictoris b. Artwork: Artist's view of Beta Pictoris b, a giant exoplanet with a mass equivalent to 9 times the mass of Jupiter orbit around the star Beta Pictoris. This artist's impression shows how the planet inside the disc of Beta Pictoris may look. Only 12 million years old, or less than three-thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light-years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best-known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc. Earlier observations showed a warp of the disc, a secondary inclined disc and comets falling onto the star, all indirect, but tell-tale signs that strongly suggested the presence of a massive planet. Observations done with the NACO instrument on Eso's Very Large Telescope in 2003, 2008 and 2009, have proven the presence of a planet around Beta Pictoris. It is located at a distance between 8 and 1

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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View from the Artist's Window, (oil on canvas)

View from the Artist's Window, (oil on canvas)

Gore, Frederick (1913-2009)

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Beta Pictoris b - Artist's view of Beta Pictoris b, a giant exoplanet with a mass equivalent to 9 times the mass of Jupiter orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. This artist's impression shows how the planet inside the disc of Beta Pictoris may look. Only 12 million years old, or less than three - thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light - years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best - known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc. Earlier observations showed a warp of the disc, a secondary inclined disc and comets falling onto the star, all indirect, but tell - tale signs that strongly suggested the presence of a massive planet. Observations done with the NACO instrument on Eso's Very Large Telescope in 2003, 2008 and 2009, have proven the presence of a planet around Beta Pictoris. It is located at a distance between 8 and 15 times the Earth - Sun separation -

Beta Pictoris b - Artist's view of Beta Pictoris b, a giant exoplanet with a mass equivalent to 9 times the mass of Jupiter orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. This artist's impression shows how the planet inside the disc of Beta Pictoris may look. Only 12 million years old, or less than three - thousandths of the age of the Sun, Beta Pictoris is 75% more massive than our parent star. It is located about 60 light - years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter) and is one of the best - known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc. Earlier observations showed a warp of the disc, a secondary inclined disc and comets falling onto the star, all indirect, but tell - tale signs that strongly suggested the presence of a massive planet. Observations done with the NACO instrument on Eso's Very Large Telescope in 2003, 2008 and 2009, have proven the presence of a planet around Beta Pictoris. It is located at a distance between 8 and 15 times the Earth - Sun separation -

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Artist's impression of sunset on the super - Earth world Gliese 667 Cc - This artist's view represents a sunset seen from Super Earth Gliese 667Cc. The brightest star in the sky is the red dwarf Gliese 667 C, which is part of a triple star system. The other two more distant stars, Gliese 667 A and B also appear right in the sky. Gliese 667 Cc is an exoplanet orbiting the star Gliese 667 C, located about 23 years from Earth in the constellation of the scorpion. This super Earth was detected using the HARPS program at the La Silla Observatory in Chile in October 2009. This artist's impression shows a sunset seen from the super - Earth Gliese 667 Cc. The brightest star in the sky is the red dwarf Gliese 667 C, which is part of a triple star system. The other two more distant stars, Gliese 667 A and B appear in the sky also to the right. On 19 October 2009, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6 - metre te

Artist's impression of sunset on the super - Earth world Gliese 667 Cc - This artist's view represents a sunset seen from Super Earth Gliese 667Cc. The brightest star in the sky is the red dwarf Gliese 667 C, which is part of a triple star system. The other two more distant stars, Gliese 667 A and B also appear right in the sky. Gliese 667 Cc is an exoplanet orbiting the star Gliese 667 C, located about 23 years from Earth in the constellation of the scorpion. This super Earth was detected using the HARPS program at the La Silla Observatory in Chile in October 2009. This artist's impression shows a sunset seen from the super - Earth Gliese 667 Cc. The brightest star in the sky is the red dwarf Gliese 667 C, which is part of a triple star system. The other two more distant stars, Gliese 667 A and B appear in the sky also to the right. On 19 October 2009, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6 - metre te

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Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c - Artwork of exoplanet Gliese 581c: The star Gliese 581 seen from the surface of the exoplanete Gliese 581c. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible alien life. In April 2007 the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland announced the discovery of a “super-earth”” extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. Dubbed Gliese 581 c, it's been called a super-earth because it is one of the few known extrasolar planets that has a mass near Earth's, and the only one to occupy its sun's “” habitable zone.””

Artist's view of the exoplanet Gliese 581c - Artwork of exoplanet Gliese 581c: The star Gliese 581 seen from the surface of the exoplanete Gliese 581c. Gliese 581c, with a radius of 1.5 times that of the Earth, is the first exoplanet gathering the necessary elements to imagine the existence of a possible alien life. In April 2007 the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland announced the discovery of a “super-earth”” extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. Dubbed Gliese 581 c, it's been called a super-earth because it is one of the few known extrasolar planets that has a mass near Earth's, and the only one to occupy its sun's “” habitable zone.””

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Asteroides strike the Earth - Meteorites hit the Earth - New York City artist's view hit by an asteroid. Pummeled by meteors, New York City takes a hit from a meteor the same size as the one that created Meteor Crater in Arizona

Asteroides strike the Earth - Meteorites hit the Earth - New York City artist's view hit by an asteroid. Pummeled by meteors, New York City takes a hit from a meteor the same size as the one that created Meteor Crater in Arizona

Miller, Ron (b.1947)

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Artist's view of the European satellite Cryosat - 2 in orbit around the Earth. - Artist's view of the European satellite Cryosat - 2 in orbit around the Earth. Designed to study polar ice, this satellite will be launched in 2009

Artist's view of the European satellite Cryosat - 2 in orbit around the Earth. - Artist's view of the European satellite Cryosat - 2 in orbit around the Earth. Designed to study polar ice, this satellite will be launched in 2009

P. Carril

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Herschel Satellite - Illustration - Herschel Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Infrared astronomy is as young as it is fruitful. In less than three decades infrared astronomers have unveiled tens of thousands of new galaxies, and have made discoveries as surprising as the huge amounts of water vapour that fill the galaxy. Yet scientists know there is still much more to d

Herschel Satellite - Illustration - Herschel Satellite. Artwork - Artist's view of the European satellite Herschel. The Herschel Space Observatory, scheduled to launch in 2009, will study in the infrared the formation of galaxies, stars and planetary systems. This satellite measures nearly 7 metres high by 4.3 metres wide and weighs 3.25 tonnes. Its telescope has a 3.5-meter mirror, making it the largest mirror ever made for a scientific space mission. Herschel will orbit around Lagrange 2, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. ESA's Herschel Space Observatory (formerly called Far Infrared and Submillimetre Telescope or FIRST) will solve the mystery of how stars and galaxies were born. Infrared astronomy is as young as it is fruitful. In less than three decades infrared astronomers have unveiled tens of thousands of new galaxies, and have made discoveries as surprising as the huge amounts of water vapour that fill the galaxy. Yet scientists know there is still much more to d

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