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

Observing the Moon through a telescope.

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

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

Astronomy. Rare photograph of the planet JUPITER in blue light from the MONT WILSON observatory showing the large "RED SPOT". JUPITER's moon, GANYMEDE, and its shadow are visible at the bottom of the image.

Superb first-generation Deep Space photograph. Unidentified terrestrial observatory.

Superb first-generation Deep Space photograph. Unidentified terrestrial observatory.

A magnificent photograph of the far side of the Moon, highlighting the "Terminator", the space that separates the illuminated part of the Moon from the darker part. The multitude of craters on the part of the lunar surface hidden from the Earth are clearl

Historic liftoff of the MERCURYATLAS rocket carrying the first American in space: John GLENN. The FRIENDSHIP 7 capsule makes a 5-hour flight around the Earth before returning to Earth almost 1,000 kilometers southeast of Bermuda.

Astronaut Scott Carpenter has just donned his astronaut suit before being sent into orbit from Cape Canaveral in the AURORA 7 capsule.

LARGE FORMAT. Historic Gemini IV mission. Astronaut ED WHITE floats in the vacuum of space in front of a deep blue globe during his spacewalk on June 3, 1965.

LARGE FORMAT. Historic spacewalk by astronaut ED. WHITE.

LARGE FORMAT. Gemini IV mission.

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

Rare. The first historic zenithal photograph of the Martian soil, taken by the MARINER 4 space probe on July 15, 1965.

Lunar Orbiter Mission. The purpose of the Lunar Orbiter mission was to produce a detailed map of the lunar surface in preparation for the Apollo mission's final lunar landing.

Lift-off of the Saturn SA-9 rocket, carrying the first meteorite detection satellite "PEGASUS".

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 6 mission: Astronaut Walter M. Shirra Jr, commander of Gemini VI, checks that the water supply device he will use during his mission is working properly.

Gemini 4 mission. Historic first spacewalk by an American on June 3, 1965.

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 12 mission. Astronaut EDWIN A. ALDRIN performs a spacewalk around the Gemini 12 capsule.

Earth-orbit rendezvous of the Gemini 11 mission. The Agena target docking vehicle is about 100 meters from the Gemini-11 spacecraft.

Lift-off of the Gemini-Titan 11 (GT-11) rocket from Cape Canaveral's Complex 19. The Gemini 11 mission includes a rendezvous with the "Agena" target vehicle.

Close-up view of the Copernicus lunar crater from the LUNAR ORBITER space probe.