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

Aboard the USS HORNET, the ship that has just picked up the astronauts of the APOLLO 11 Mission straight from the Moon, staff and guests watch President Richard N. NIXON speak to the heroes of Space and History.

Large format. Apollo 11. Rare "survey of the Earth" from the Apollo 11 command module during a lunar orbit.

LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 11 mission. Probably the most famous of all salutes to the human flag: Buzz Aldrin's salute to the American flag that has just been raised on the Moon.

LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph of the first human footprint on extraterrestrial soil. Marked forever in the history of mankind on July 20, 1969 by astronaut Buzz Aldrin on lunar soil.

Apollo 12 mission. Astronaut Alan Bean standing on the lunar surface, photographed by Commander Charles Conrad. December 1969.

Apollo 11 mission. July 20, 1969. Astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN standing on the lunar surface.

The lunar module in its landing configuration during the Apollo 9 mission training above the Earth on March 9, 1969.

APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin operates the lunar seismograph he has just deployed.

APOLLO 11 mission. Historic photograph of astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN saluting the American flag that has just been unfurled on lunar soil.

APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN standing in front of the American flag.

APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN descends the ladder of the lunar module EAGLE on July 20, 1969

APOLLO 11 mission. Astronaut BUZZ ALDRIN has just descended the ladder of the lunar module EAGLE on July 20, 1969

LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 11 mission. July 20, 1969. The ascent of the lunar module with astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin aboard, who had just walked on the Moon,

Space shuttle Enterprise lifts off on its Boieing 747 carrier for a test flight.

Impressive silhouette of the Space Shuttle Enterprise carried during flight tests by its Boeing 747.

Misison Apollo 13. View of launch pad A from Cape Kennedy's Complex 39, the Saturn 5 rocket sits majestically on its launch pad.

Beautiful view of the Saturn V rocket's nose cone during the final countdown test.

Beautiful rocket takeoff from Cape Canaveral.

APOLLO 13 mission. A superb view of an almost full Moon as the astronauts return to Earth.

APOLLO 13 MISSION. Superb lift-off of the SATURNE V rocket, which carried the astronauts of the famous APOLLO 13 mission into space.

Superb view of the Earth taken by the members of the APOLLO 13 mission as they head for their unexpected destination.

Apollo 13 mission. Beautiful view of the globe half plunged into darkness as the astronauts of the Apollo 13 mission struggle to return safely to Earth...

Impressive view of the 5 engines of the Saturn 5 rocket.

LARGE FORMAT. APOLLO 15 mission. A superb view of the lunar landscape from the lunar module's porthole. 1971.

LARGE FORMAT. APOLLO 15 mission. A superb lunar payasage view taken during the APOLLO 15 mission. 1971.