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VERY RARE TOTAL SUN ECLIPSE observed from London.

Photograph taken at the Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1930s.

Historic astrophotography photograph. Observation from the Lick telescope.

Historic photograph of astrophotography. Observation from the Lick telescope.

Photograph of the lunar surface taken at the famous Mount Wilson Observatory. This is the Clavius region.

Historic photograph of astrophotography. Observation from the Lick telescope.

Beautiful view of a crescent Moon observed through a telescope, circa 1930.

A superb view of the planet Jupiter from the famous American Mount Wilson Observatory, which wrote the first great pages in the history of world astrophysics.

The "BAKER" monkey training for space flight alongside other monkeys in a simulation compartment similar to those used for JUPITER missiles.

Mount Wilson Observatory. A superb, enigmatic and bewitching view of the planet Saturn.

Astronaut Scott Carpenter, an American veteran of the space program, prepares for his historic flight with a pack that provides his spacesuit with air conditioning.

Historic liftoff of the MERCURYATLAS rocket carrying the first American in space: John GLENN.

Rangers VII. The Rangers VII probe approaches the lunar surface at high speed, preparing for impact.

Spectacular view of the Gemini 7 capsule as seen from the Gemini 6A capsule at an altitude of approximately 300km above the Earth's surface.

Gemini 4 mission. Historic spacewalk by the 1st American Ed. White on June 5, 1965.

Rocket lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Rocket takeoff from Cape Kennedy.

Victory parade on June 14, 1965 of the "Space Twins": Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt (right) after their historic achievement of enabling the first spacewalk by an American.

GEMINI 4 MISSION. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH. Astronaut ED WHITE performs the first American spacewalk.

Recovery at sea of the manned module from a GEMINI mission.

Lift-off of the GEMINI IV spacecraft.

Historic Gemini 4 mission: first American spacewalk.

Historic Gemini IV mission. Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini 4 spacecraft, floats in the weightlessness of space with a member of the Earth in the background.

Impressive view of the GEMINI 7 spacecraft from the GEMINI 6 during a rendezvous in Earth orbit.

LUNAR ORBITER II mission. Dark side of the Moon.