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

Night landing of space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-101) on Runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center.

HUBBLE. LARGE FORMAT. DEEP SPACE. Spectacular galactic "fireworks" at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years.

LARGE FORMAT. Superb photograph of the MIR Space Station.

Impressive launch of the space shuttle ENDEAVOUR (Mission STS-100) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 19, 2001.

57 seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-102) marks its presence in the sky with a fantastic plume of deep pink smoke, thanks to nightfall.

LARGE FORMAT. Spacewalker Lee M.E. Morin assembles new modules for the International Space Station.

DEEP SPACE. LARGE FORMAT. A striking composite image of one of the universe's most popular sights: the Sombrero galaxy.

During the Space Shuttle Columbia mission (STS-107), the 113th flight of a space shuttle, the "SOLSE-2" (Shuttle Ozone Limb Sounding Experiment-2) system designed to monitor the Earth's ozone layer was tested. On this occasion, astronauts on the Internati

Large format. Planet Mars.

Magnificent observation of a red and green aurora borealis observed from Earth orbit.

LARGE FORMAT. HUBBLE telescope view of the famous Pleiades star cloud.

DEEP SPACE. This photograph shows that the gas bubble that forms the remnant of a supernova appears differently depending on the type of light.

HUBBLE telescope. Exceptional triple eclipse for Jupiter.

LARGE FORMAT. A perfect photograph of a complete galaxy taken by the HUBBLE space telescope.

This colorful cosmic rainbow represents a section of Saturn's magnificent rings, four centuries after their discovery by Galileo Galilei. Saturn's rings were first observed in 1610.

LARGE FORMAT. One of the most beautiful views of Saturn's Moon: ENCELADE.

LARGE FORMAT. Impressive extravehicular activity (EVA) showing astronaut Stephen K.

Rare optical effect due to the Earth's atmosphere, showing an extraordinary Moon Crescent from space and from the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 13 mission.

Hubble telescope observation of the Abell#901/902 super nebula, made up of several hundred galaxies. The magenta (red) color here represents the most enigmatic matter in the universe: BLACK MATTER.

LARGE FORMAT. Planet MARS. The impressive "VICTORIA CRATER" reveals a strangely jagged circumference.

LARGE FORMAT. An exceptional view of the Sun.

LARGE FORMAT. An extraordinary view of space shuttle ENDEAVOUR (Mission STS-118).

Photographic montage showing the planets Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io. The photograph of Io shows a major eruption in its darkest part, that of its volcano "Tvarshtar".

HUBBLE telescope. Infrared observation of the planet Saturn by the HUBBLE telescope.

Perfect close-up view of the disk of the planet Saturn. As Saturn advances in its orbit towards equinox, and the Sun moves progressively north of the planet, the shifting shadows of Saturn's rings and the changing colors of its atmosphere continue to tran