Vermot de Pas: NASA PHOTOGRAPHS - HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE, 160182, Paris

Large format. The planet Saturn during one of its equinoxes in 2009.

LARGE FORMAT. HUBBLE telescope. Observation of galaxies NGC#4038 and NGC#4039.

LARGE FORMAT. HUBBLE. Beautiful photographic painting depicting a superb view of the Carina Nebula.

Extravehicular activity in Earth orbit. Astronaut Randy Bresnik (near the Columbus laboratory), STS-129 Mission Specialist, participates in the mission's second extravehicular activity (EVA) session as construction and maintenance continue on the Internat

LARGE FORMAT. Perfect bottom view of Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-131) flying over the Caribbean Sea.

LARGE FORMAT. DEEP SPACE. This fantastic, craggy mountain peak, surrounded by glowing clouds, resembles a bizarre landscape from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings The stranger-than-fiction photograph from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures the chaotic acti

LARGE FORMAT. Fantastic view of the moon created from a mosaic of nearly 1,300 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's wide-angle camera.

DEEP SPACE. LARGE FORMAT.

Impressive photograph of the International Space Station (ISS) during the U.S. space shuttle DISCOVERY (STS-116) mission.

LARGE FORMAT. Space Shuttle Atlantis is featured in this image photographed by a member of the Expedition 23 crew aboard the International Space Station shortly after the Shuttle and Station began their relative separation after undocking.

Large format. Observing the Earth's horizon from space from the International Space Station.

Impressive and rare image of Mimas, moon of the planet Saturn, photographed on February 13, 2010 by the Cassini space probe (image reconstructed from several shots taken by the probe). The huge "Herschel" crater can be seen in the center of this astonishi

Astrophysical photograph from Earth showing the M51 galaxy or "Whirlpool" galaxy located 27.4 million light-years from Earth.

Astrophysical photograph from Earth of the M20 Trifid nebula in the Sagittarius constellation, 5200 light-years from Earth.

Astrophysical photograph from Earth showing galaxy M64.

Planet Mars. LARGE FORMAT. PHOBOS MOON.

GRAND FORMAT. In the Rosette nebula, a large yellow arc separates newly-forming stars from stars in formation.

LARGE FORMAT. Superb photograph captured from the Sun by NASA of what appears to be a giant smiley face looking down at the Earth.

LARGE FORMAT. A superb photograph of space shuttle ENDEAVOUR (Mission STS-134) shot from a NASA training aircraft.

Observation of major solar flares.

LARGE FORMAT. Fantastic observation of the "North America" nebula, named for its resemblance to the North American continent.

LARGE FORMAT. This extraordinary swirling landscape of stars is known as the "North American Nebula".

LARGE FORMAT. History.

Magnificent lift-off of a DELTA II rocket, renowned for producing exceptional wisps of smoke that rise up the length of the launcher, creating a scene of "convulsive beauty" or apocalyptic beauty. Here, the DELTA II rocket carries one of the satellites in

LARGE FORMAT. This image of the International Space Station and the docked Space Shuttle ENDEAVOUR, flying at an altitude of around 320 kilometers, was taken by astronaut Paolo Nespoli, a member of the SOYUZ TMA- 20 crew.