Orbit Collection (page 2)

Large solar prominence in extreme ultraviolet light, 1973. This picture taken by Skylab 4 on 19 Dec 1973, shows one of the most spectacular solar flares ever recorded

False colour image of a solar flare from Skylab, 1973. Skylab, Americas first space station launched on 14 May 1973, carried many scientific experiments

The earth from space, 1968. This picture was probably taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts during the first lunar orbital mission over Christmas 1968

Geological map of the moon, 1967. This map is based largely on photographs taken by the US Lunar Orbiter 4 spacecraft. Launched on 4 May 1967

Front side of the moon, 22 July 1969
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Part of the Grand Canyon, Marineris Vallis, on Mars, 1976. This view was taken by the Viking Orbiter 1 spacecraft. The canyons are some 4000 kilometres long and are over 6 kilometres deep in places

View of Mars, August 1976. Taken from the Viking 2 Orbiter, this photograph shows the large Ascreaus Mons volcano swathed in clouds of ice crystals in the top right corner

Colour-enhanced view of Saturn, 1980. Taken from the Voyager 2 spacecraft. The enhancement brings out the details in the cloud bands

The planet Saturn, 1980. This picture was taken from Voyager 1 at 34 million kilometres and shows clear detail in Saturns rings

Close up of Saturns rings, 1981. Taken by Voyager 2 the clear ring structure can be seen as well as the distinct gap in the rings

Full view of Saturn and her rings, 1980. This picture, taken from Voyager 1 at 34 million kilometres, clearly shows the cloud patterns on the planet and the gap in the ring system

The Hubble Space Telescope orbiting the Earth, c1990s. Launched in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was designed to see seven times further into space than had been possible before

Copernicus heliocentric model of the Universe, 1543. Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) is considered to be the father of modern astronomy and founder of heliocentric cosmology

View of Earth from Apollo 10 orbiting the Moon, 1969. Europe, Asia and parts of Africa are visible with some cloud cover in this photograph taken from a distance of approximately 100, 000 miles

Saturn, 1659. Diagram of Saturn and its orbit and the altering appearance of its rings from different angles. Dutch physicist

Hubble Space Telescope above the Earth. The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) was put into orbit from the Space Shuttle Discovery, mission STS-31, on 24 April 1990

Copernican (heliocentric / Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761
Copernican (heliocentric/Sun-centred) system of the Universe, 1761. Illustration showing the orbits of the planets around the Sun. The orbits of the moons of Earth, Jupiter and Saturn are also shown

Ptolemaic (geocentric / Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708
Ptolemaic (geocentric/Earth-centred) system of the Universe, 1708. Illustration showing the position of the Sun, Moon and planets and the band of the ecliptic

Transparent Solar System, educational plate, c1857. The chart shows the path of Halleys Comet in 1835, as well as the orbits of the planets and some of the asteroids (planetoids) discovered up to 1857

Descartes system of the universe, 17th century, (1761). French philosopher and mathematician Descartes (1596-1650) system of the universe showing his idea of the formation of the stars in vortices

Geocentric universe, 1493. God enthroned surrounded by the chosen and Angels, sits above a diagram of the geocentric Ptolemaic universe, with the Earth surrounded by water, air and fire

The two crews of the joint US / USSR ASTP docking in Earth orbit mission
The two crews of the joint US/USSR ASTP docking in Earth orbit mission. CREDIT: NASA

Illustration from De la Terre a la Lune by Jules Verne, 1865. The space capsule Columbiad orbiting close to the Moon. From De la Terre a la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon) by Jules Verne

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