Vermot de Pas: NASA: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE - TO THE MOON!, 155526, Paris

Spectacular view of astronaut Bruce McCandless during an extravehicular activity (EVA) aboard the space shuttle CHALLENGER (Mission STS-41B).

Astronaut Bruce McCandless mounts the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) in front of the aft flight deck.

Magnificent photograph showing a space shuttle rising from the Florida swamp in a deluge of fire and smoke.

Space shuttle liftoff.

Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-STS-51G) on June 17, 1985 from Cape Canaveral Space Station.

Discovery and an international team of seven astronauts lift off from launch pad 39A on June 17, 1985 for Space Shuttle mission 51G, with a French and a Saudi astronaut on board.

View of the Earth from the Space Shuttle (spectacular fall of ice flakes over southeastern Labrador), 1985.

Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, anchored at the foot of the Remote Manipulator System (RMS), approaches the tower-like ACCESS (Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures).

A superb lift-off of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-27) from Kennedy Space Center and its mythical launch pad 39B.

Space shuttle Atlantis is placed on its external tank using a lifting crane in preparation for mission STS-27.

Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-28) for a mission dedicated to the U.S. Department of Defense on August 8, 1989

The space shuttle takes off in a deluge of fire and flames.

Panoramic takeoff of the space shuttle DISCOVERY.

Space shuttle Chalanger.

Space shuttle liftoff at dawn from Cape Canaveral and its famous marshes, illuminated by the morning glow and the warm light of the deluge of fire that forms a perfect cone behind the space shuttle as it heads into space.

View of the globe from the US space shuttle.

The space shuttle lifts off from Cape Kenedy in an impressive deluge of flames and smoke in the early hours of the morning.

Perfect silhouette of the space shuttle on its transport cart between the assembly hall and the launch pad.

Impressive shot of two space shuttles on their respective launch pads, awaiting delivery to their launch pads.

Exceptional liftoff of Space Shuttle DISCOVERY (Mission STS-31) from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39-B on April 24, 1990.

Magnificent view from Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS40) of the Canary Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Africa.

Superb orbital observation (2/3) of Typhoon Yuri. Observed from the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-44)

Exceptional photographic painting showing an oblique view of hurricane "FEFA" in the Pacific Ocean captured by the crew of the space shuttle mission ATLANTIS (Mission STS-43).

Superb liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-37) on April 5, 1991.

An extraordinary historical view of the MAGELLAN Space Probe deployed in Space from the payload bay of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (MISSION STS-30R) on May 4, 1989.