Vermot de Pas: NASA: The History of the Conquest of Space, 156574, Paris

Rare photograph of a Space Shuttle concept drawing depicting the Space Shuttle jettisoning its two solid-fuel booster rockets.

Launch of the DELTA rocket.

Artist's view of the Space configuration of a space station deployed in Space.

Beautiful takeoff of the MARISAT 1 rocket, the first link in a maritime satellite communication system successfully launched aboard a DELTA 120 launcher ...

Rare. 1st historic VIKING mission. First photographs of the planet MARS from the ground using the VIKING 1 Lander. 1976.

Rare. Historic VINKING 1 mission. First clear photographic explorations of the MARS planet. 1976.

Rare. Historic VINKING 1 mission. First clear photographic explorations of the MARS planet. 1976.

Rare. Historic VIKING 1 mission: approach to the planet MARS, June 25, 1976.

Planet MARS. The famous "BIG JOE" rock in front of the Viking 1 lander. 1976.

VIKING 1 mission. First views of the planet MARS, with the VIKING 1 lander's weather analysis arm in the background,

Rare. Historic VINKING 1 mission. First clear photographic explorations of the MARS planet. 1976.

Night launch from Kennedy Space Center of the ATLAS CENTAURE rocket on September 20, 1979.

Close-up of the Space Shuttle lift-off.

Rare view of the rear of the Space Shuttle and its entire engine system. Note the perfect triangle formed by the two wings and the end of the control surface.

VIKING mission. View of the planet MARS. 1980.

VIKING mission. View of the planet MARS. 1980.

VIKING mission. View of the planet MARS. 1980.

The 1st American space telescope concept as seen by an artist. This is a prefiguration of the HUBBLE space telescope, destined for launch in the mid-80s and finally launched in 1990. 1980.

Voyager 1. Impressive photograph of the planet Saturn taken on October 18, 1980, as the Voyager 1 probe approached the impressive planet, revealing previously unseen images.

The Space Shuttle Columbia, shortly before its historic liftoff, stands tall at night on its Cape Canavereral launch pad. 1981.

Rare view of the 1st American space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01) on its launch pad at Cape Kennedy, Florida.

Historic first liftoff of the space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01) on April 12, 1981.

Columbia's approach to Edwards Air Force Base in California on April 14, 1981.

Historic first moments of the liftoff of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01) on April 10, 1981 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

A rare and magnificent view of an exceptional column of smoke rising into the sky like a fantastic sculpture, topped by a line of flame and a space shuttle (COLUMBIA Mission STS-5).