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Images Dated 20th February 2012

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Images Dated 20th February 2012: Voyager spacecraft, stereo image

Voyager spacecraft, stereo image
Voyager spacecraft, stereo artwork. Two Voyager spacecraft (one shown here) were launched in 1977, taking advantage of a rare alignment of the giant outer planets that made it possible to visit them

Images Dated 20th February 2012: ATV boosting the ISS, artwork

ATV boosting the ISS, artwork
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV, lower left) boosting the International Space Station (ISS), artwork. An ATV is an unmanned resupply vehicle used by the European Space Agency to supply

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Gas giant planets, artwork

Gas giant planets, artwork
Gas giant planets. Artwork of Jupiter (upper right), Saturn (bottom) and Neptune (centre left), three of the four gas giant planets of the Solar System

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Mars 96 surface station, artwork

Mars 96 surface station, artwork
Mars 96 surface station. Artwork showing one of the surface stations of the Russian Mars 96 mission landing on Mars after being released from orbit

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Lanthanum

Lanthanum. Sample of the rare earth metal Lanthanum (La). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Astronomical collage. Artwork showing (from left to right): the Earth, a planet and its parent star, nebulae (red, green and black), the surface of a star, a ringed gas giant planet, a comet

Images Dated 20th February 2012: MTFF space station, artwork

MTFF space station, artwork
MTFF space station in Earth orbit, cutaway artwork. The Man-Tended Free Flyer (MTFF) was a space station that was planned by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the late 1980s

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Soyuz-2 rocket launch, artwork

Soyuz-2 rocket launch, artwork. This launch is taking place at the Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz (ELS) or Soyuz Launch Complex at Frances Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Ariane 5 rocket launch, artwork

Ariane 5 rocket launch, artwork. This Ariane 5 rockets two solid-fuel booster rockets have just separated from the main stage. The fairing (upper right) contains the payload

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Yttrium

Yttrium. Sample of the rare earth metal Yttrium (Y). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Mars Express booster rocket, artwork

Mars Express booster rocket, artwork. This European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft was launched on 2 June 2003. A Soyuz-FG rocket placed it and its Fregat booster (yellow tanks)

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Vanadium

Vanadium. Sample of the element Vanadium (V). Vanadium is a hard, silvery-grey transition metal. Vanadium is mainly used as an alloy in steel to confer strength

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Samarium

Samarium. Samples of the rare earth metal Samarium (Sm). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Cassini-Huygens probe at Titan, artwork

Cassini-Huygens probe at Titan, artwork
Cassini-Huygens probe at Titan. Artwork of the joint NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens spacecraft firing its engine on one of its encounters with Titan in 2004

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Ruthenium

Ruthenium. Samples of the element Ruthenium (Ru). Ruthenium is a hard, white transition metal in the platinum group. Ruthenium is mainly used as an alloy with platinum

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Bismuth

Bismuth. Samples of the metal element bismuth (Bi). Bismuth is a trivalent poor metal. Its compounds and alloys are used widely in cosmetics, medicines, magnets and solders

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Manganese

Manganese. Sample of the element Manganese (Mn). Manganese is a hard, silvery-grey transition metal. Vanadium is mainly used as an alloy in steel and with aluminium

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Geostationary orbit diagram

Geostationary orbit diagram. This orbit (blue circle) is used for telecommunication and weather satellites. The satellites orbit at an altitude of 35, 786 kilometres above the equator

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Lutetium

Lutetium. Sample of the rare earth metal Lutetium (Lu). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Mars Express rocket, artwork

Mars Express rocket, artwork
Mars Express rocket, cutaway artwork. The first Mars mission carried out by the European Space Agencys (ESA), Mars Express was launched on 2 June 2003 and arrived at Mars in December 2003

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Graphite rod

Graphite rod. Graphite is a form of carbon. Carbon is the basic building block of all organic life on Earth and has numerous uses, including as a filter material, and burning in the form of coal

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Picard satellite, artwork

Picard satellite, artwork
Picard satellite in Earth orbit, artwork. This satellite, one of the MYRIADE microsatellites from the French space agency (CNES), is designed to study the Sun and its effect on the Earths climate

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Rhenium

Rhenium. Sample of the element Rhenium (Re). Iridium is a hard, silvery-white transition metal. It is mainly used as an alloy to confer strength and temperature stability

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Mars Express mission, artwork

Mars Express mission, artwork
Mars Express mission at Mars, artwork. This European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft was launched from Earth on 2 June 2003 to travel to Mars

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Dysprosium

Dysprosium. Sample of the rare earth metal Dysprosium (Dy). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Zirconium

Zirconium. Sample of the element Zirconium (Zr). Zirconium is a soft, grey-white transition metal. It is used as a hardening agent in steel alloys

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Ytterbium

Ytterbium. Sample of the rare earth metal ytterbium (Yb). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Boron. Sample of the metalloid element boron (B). Major industrial-scale uses of boron compounds are in sodium perborate bleaches, and the borax component of fibreglass insulation

Mars Express mission, artwork. This European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft was launched from Earth (lower left) on 2 June 2003 to travel to Mars (upper right)

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Mars 96 penetrator, artwork

Mars 96 penetrator, artwork
Mars 96 penetrator. Artwork showing one of the penetrator probes of the Russian Mars 96 mission landing on Mars after being released from orbit

Images Dated 20th February 2012: ATV in orbit, stereo image

ATV in orbit, stereo image
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in orbit, stereo artwork. This is an unmanned resupply vehicle used by the European Space Agency to supply the International Space Station (ISS)

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Hermes space shuttle, artwork

Hermes space shuttle, artwork
Hermes space shuttle, cutaway artwork. This proposed European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft was intended to perform a role similar to that of NASAs Space Shuttle

Images Dated 20th February 2012: ATV approaching the ISS, artwork

ATV approaching the ISS, artwork
Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV, top) approaching the International Space Station (ISS), artwork. This is an unmanned resupply vehicle used by the European Space Agency to supply the ISS

Images Dated 20th February 2012: ELS launch pad, Guiana Space Centre

ELS launch pad, Guiana Space Centre. Diagram of the support services surrounding a rocket on the Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz (ELS) or Soyuz Launch Complex at Frances Guiana Space Centre

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Satellite launch sequence diagram

Satellite launch sequence diagram. This sequence shows a telecommunications satellite being launched from the equator into geostationary orbit (yellow circle)

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Neodymium

Neodymium. Sample of the rare earth metal Neodymium (Nd). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Russian ISS module rockets, artwork

Russian ISS module rockets, artwork
Russian ISS module rockets, cutaway artwork. Both Zvezda (the Service Module, left) and the Zarya (the Functional Cargo Block, FGB) are modules of the International Space Station (ISS)

Vanadium. Sample of the element Vanadium (V). Vanadium is a hard, silvery-grey transition metal. Vanadium is mainly used as an alloy in steel to confer strength

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Lithium

Lithium. Samples of the alkali metal lithium (Li). Lithium has many uses. Some lithium salts are useful as a class of mood stabilizing drugs; lithium and its compounds have commercial applications

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Columbus ISS module, stereo image

Columbus ISS module, stereo image
Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS), cutaway stereo artwork. This module, provided by the European Space Agency

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Europium

Europium. Sample of the rare earth metal Europium (Eu), that is becoming oxidised as it is exposed to air. The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Cupola ISS module, artwork

Cupola ISS module, artwork
Cupola ISS module. Artwork of the Cupola viewing module of the International Space Station (ISS), mounted on the Node-3 module

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Planck and Herschel rocket, artwork

Planck and Herschel rocket, artwork
Planck and Herschel rocket, cutaway artwork. These two missions were launched into space on 14 May 2009 by this Ariane 5 rocket

Dysprosium. Sample of the rare earth metal Dysprosium (Dy). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Cerium. Vial containing samples of the most abundant rare earth metal, Cerium (Ce). The rare earth metals, or rare earth elements, are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table

Tin. Samples of the metal tin (Sn). Tin is one of the earliest metals used by man and is a relatively scarce element. It is silver-white, malleable, somewhat ductile

Images Dated 20th February 2012: Ariane 5 payload deployment, artwork

Ariane 5 payload deployment, artwork. This is the second stage of an Ariane 5 rocket, being used to deploy two satellites (one inside carrier)

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