Space Collection (page 9)

Seagull Nebula, composite image. The image combines visible data and infrared data (orange). This star formation region is around 3500 light years distant on the borders of the constellations of

Helix Nebula, VISTA image C023 / 0103
Helix Nebula. Infrared image of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a planetary nebula located 700 light-years from Earth. Imaged by VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy)

Solar activity, SDO image C023 / 8088
Solar activity, SDO image. Coloured image of the surface of the Sun, showing one of an unusual series of eruptions that led to a series of fast puffs

Kepler-35 planetary system, artwork C015 / 0790
Kepler-35 planet system, artwork. This Saturn-size planet orbits a binary star system (top). The larger star is similar in size to the Sun, while the smaller stars diameter is 4/5th that of the Sun

M22 Globular Star Cluster, Hubble image C017 / 3722
M14 Globular Star Cluster (NGC 6656). This globular cluster lies around 10, 400 light years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius

Milky Way-Andromeda galactic collision C014 / 4726
Milky Way-Andromeda galactic collision. Artwork showing the future collision between the Milky Way Galaxy (disrupted) and the Andromeda Galaxy (spiral, lower left)

Copernican worldview, 1708
Copernican worldview. This is plate 5 from the 1708 edition of the star atlas Harmonica Macrocosmica by the Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665)

Super-Earth extrasolar planet, artwork C015 / 0800
Super-Earth extrasolar planet seen from the surface of its moon, artwork. Its parent red dwarf star is at lower centre, being transited by an inner planet

Spiral galaxy, HST image C013 / 5098
Spiral galaxy. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3982. It is located in the constellation Ursa Major, approximately 68 million light years from Earth

Herschels observations of galaxies. At the time of these observations, these objects were considered to be within our galaxy

Nebulae drawn by William Herschel, 1811 C002 / 5044
Nebulae drawn by the British astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1811

Nearside half moon showing the following Maria, Crisium, Fecunditatis, Tranquilitatis and Serenitatis, seen over Nosara, Costa Rica, Central America

Stars at night - Milky Way in winter - Lower Saxony - Germany
USH-5615 Stars at night - Milky Way in winter Lower Saxony - Germany Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

A model of Sputnik 1. Photograph, 1957
SPACE: SPUTNIK 1, 1957. A model of Sputnik 1. Photograph, 1957

GRAMMAR SCHOOL, 1790s. A schoolmaster instructing a class at a school in New England, 1790s. Wood engraving

Fairies at the New Moon
Fairies are excited by the new moon, and like to dance by its minimal light. Date: 1908

Inspection of the Soviet space shuttle, Buran
Buran, the Soviet space shuttle, being inspected on the runway at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, after landing. Burans test flight of November 15th 1988 lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes

Salyut 7 space station in orbit
The Salyut 7 space station photographed in orbit. Attached to the space station at bottom, with the separate solar panels, is the Soyuz T14 ferry spacecraft

Soyuz 11 crew before launch, 1971
Soyuz 11 crew before launch. Soviet cosmonauts (left to right) Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Art of space shuttle exploration
Planetary exploration. Computer artwork depicting the space shuttle being launched to explore the planets of our solar system. The planets are not drawn to scale

Sputnik 1 rocket track. Long exposure photograph of the night sky showing the track of the rocket that carried Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite

Nuclear-powered spacecraft, artwork
Nuclear-powered spacecraft at Ganymede, computer artwork. Ganymede is one of the moons of Jupiter. The spacecraft is powered by nuclear fusion, the same process that takes place in the Sun

Glowing ball UFO over Stonehenge
Glowing ball UFO at Stonehenge, computer artwork. Glowing ball UFO reports are common. While such a report may not be satisfactorily explained, there are several possible explanations

Earth and Moon with dwarf planets. Scaled computer artwork of (from left) Earth, the Moon, Pluto and Ceres. The latter are two of the solar systems dwarf planets

Leo constellation with Mars. Optical image of the zodiacal constellation Leo, the lion, seen with the planet Mars (orange, centre)

Saturns rings. Artwork of the rings of Saturn, as seen from Saturns upper cloud layers. The most visible rings extend outwards from Saturn for around 120, 000 kilometres

Canis Major constellation. Optical image of the constellation Canis Major, the great dog. North is at top. At upper right is Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), the brightest star in the sky

Triton and Neptune. Computer artwork of a geyser (black) erupting from Triton, the largest moon of Neptune (blue). Triton is the coldest world in the solar system

Overall view and cut-away of the Ariane 5 launcher
Ariane 5. Artwork showing an overall view (left) and cut-away view (right) of the European Ariane 5 launcher. Ariane 5 consists of a large first stage (lower 2/3rds of the central vehicle)

Halo planets. Artwork showing the sky of a planet in the outer halo of a galaxy (seen from far left to upper right). The planets moon is seen at centre left

Comparing planetary systems, artwork
Comparing planetary systems. Artwork comparing the sizes of the 55 Cancri (a Sun-like system, left) and the Cha 110913-773444 (upper right) planetary systems

Supernova remnant IC 443, composite image. This is a combination of X-ray (blue), radio (green) and optical (red) data. A supernova remnant (SNR)

Humanity and the universe, artwork. Titled A Far Sunset, this artwork shows a silhouetted human couple standing in a shallow sea with mist rising from the surface

Ceres, artwork
Ceres. Computer artwork, based on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images, of the dwarf planet Ceres (1 Ceres) with the Sun in the distance. Ceres has a diameter of 950 kilometres

Marcus Manilius, Roman astronomer. This woodcut was made by Albrecht Durer in 1515. Manilius was a Roman author. He wrote a book called Astronomica around the year AD15

Open star cluster NGC 290. This cluster of young stars lies in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy orbiting our Milky Way

Astronaut descending Lunar Module ladder
Astronaut descending ladder of Apollo Lunar Module at the National Air & Space Museum, Washington DC. The lunar module is a flight model spacecraft (LM-2)

Space station toilet
Russian space station toilet made by Zvezda for the Mir station. Photographed at the National Space Centre, Leicester, UK

Explorer 1 in orbit, artwork
Explorer 1 in orbit. Computer artwork of Americas first successful artificial satellite, Explorer 1, in orbit over Earth. Explorer 1 was launched on 31 January 1958

Hubble Space Telescope in orbit, artwork
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in orbit over the Earth, artwork. The HST is an astronomical satellite in orbit around Earth

Meccano Apollo lunar module on display at the National Space Centre, Leicester, UK. According to the label, the 2579 pieces were assembled by " the MeccanoTeam, Calais, France" in 257 hours

Globular star cluster NGC 6101. This globular star cluster is located in the constellation Apus. It is around 50, 000 light years from Earth, and 36, 500 light years from the galactic centre

Lunar map of 1854. This map of the Moons surface was published in Germany, and the title across top in in German. The Moon is orientated with celestial North at bottom

18th Century astronomical diagrams. Historical diagrams describing various 18th Century theoretical systems used to describe the motion of the planets in our solar system

Evolution of the Universe, artwork
Evolution of the Universe. Computer artwork showing the evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang (far left) 12-15 billion years ago to the present day (far right)

Kepler-10b exoplanet, artwork
January 10, 2011 WASHINGTON -- NASAs Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth

First Russian spacesuit
Yuri Gagarin spacesuit. A Zvezda SK-1 spacesuit, the type worn by Yuri Gagarin on the first manned space flight in 1961

International Space Station, 2010
International Space Station (ISS), February 2010, taken from the Space Shuttle Endeavour prior to docking at the beginning of its mission to the ISS

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"Exploring the Vastness: A Journey through Space" "Pale Blue Dot, Voyager 1: Our tiny home amidst the cosmic ocean. " "Earthrise over Moon, Apollo 8: Witnessing our planet's beauty from a lunar perspective. " "Sunrise in Space by Leonov: Capturing the breathtaking dawn beyond Earth's atmosphere. " "Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2012: Peering into the depths to uncover its hidden wonders. " "An Ideal Home No. V. The Spare Room by William Heath Robinson: Imagining living quarters beyond our earthly boundaries. " "An Ideal Home No. II. The Folding Garden: Envisioning nature flourishing in zero gravity environments. " "Laika the space dog postcard: Remembering the brave pioneers who ventured into orbit before us. " "Earthrise over Moon, Apollo 8 (again): Reminding us of humanity's first glimpse at our shared home from another celestial body" "A Star Explodes - Norman Lindsay : Witnessing the explosive grandeur of stellar phenomena. "Earthrise photographed from Apollo 11 spacecraft : Iconic image capturing mankind's first steps on another world and reflecting on Earth's fragility. "Flat Earth map of the world showing it to be a plane : Reflecting on how far we've come in understanding our place in an ever-expanding universe. "The Sketch Ideal Home No. VI Sports Without Broad Acres by. . : Dreaming up unconventional sports and leisure activities for future extraterrestrial dwellings. In this captivating journey through space, we explore iconic moments like Voyager 1 capturing Earth as a Pale Blue Dot and witnessing an awe-inspiring Earthrise over Moon during Apollo missions; we marvel at Leonov’s depiction of sunrise beyond our atmosphere and delve deep into Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field images revealing distant galaxies.