Vermot de Pas: NASA: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE - TO THE MOON!

An extraordinary photograph of one of the HUBBLE telescope's most famous images: the 3 Pillars of Creation, taken 25 years after it was first captured.

Magnificent photographs of the iconic "Pillars of Creation".

Fabulous and rare Earth survey observed by the LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER spacecraft from lunar orbit.

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

Apollo 17 mission. A superb Earth survey observed from lunar orbit (rotationally cropped).

Cassini mission. The last photograph of the planet Saturn taken by the CASSINI probe in September 2017.

APOLLO 8 mission. Historic photograph depicting the 1st Earthrise observed by man from lunar orbit on December 24, 1968.

Fantastic view of astronaut BRUCE MC CANDLESS during a historic extravehicular activity (EVA): 1st untethered human spacewalk at a distance of over 300 meters from the CHALLENGER spacecraft.

Extraordinary view of astronaut Bruce McCandless, II during an extravehicular activity (EVA), taken from inside the aft flight deck of the space shuttle Challenger (Mission STS41B).

A superb and spectacular view of the interior of the payload bay of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-43) in this scene, in reverse over the southern two-thirds of the Florida peninsula.

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

This exceptional photograph of Deep Space reveals what astonomists call a "snake" visible in the upper left of the image and a stormy cosmic environment surrounding it.

Exceptional photograph of the Orion nebula observed by the HUBBLE telescope.

Spectacular photograph of a spacewalk performed during construction of a new module for the International Space Station.

A superbly photogenic group of interacting galaxies is captured here by the HUBBLE space telescope.

This composite view from the HUBBLE space telescope is one of the largest ever taken of a complete galaxy.

The Milky Way galaxy modeled by NASA scientists.

A magnificent scattering of stars appears in this photograph as it is captured some 180,000 light-years from Earth in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Superb photograph of the famous Ring nebula in eastern Lyra.

Superb galactic portrait located some 120 million light-years from Earth.

A superb phantom galaxy appears at its brightest in this infrared image combined with data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Webb Space Telescope.

Magnificent iconic photograph of the rings 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.

The iconic Pillars of Creation reach out here like a ghostly hand (a spine-chilling prospect: these "fingers" are some 5 light-years long!).

A perfect photographic tableau showing a night panorama of the lift-off of Space Shuttle Atlantis (Mission STS-121).