Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest, 172873, Paris

Apollo 15 mission. Perfect photographic composition for this salute to the American flag during the Apollo 15 mission.

Apollo 15 mission. Superb lunar survey observed from lunar orbit by the crew of the APOLLO 15 mission from the command module during its lunar orbit.

Apollo 17 mission. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, the last man to set foot on the Moon, takes samples of lunar rock.

Apollo 16. Famous photograph of a spectacular acceleration of the lunar rover driven by astronaut John W. Young.

Mosaic of the planet MARS taken by the Mariner 9 space probe.

Magnificent panorama of the launch of the Saturn V rocket on April 16, 1972

Apollo 17. Observation of a lunar hill from the Lunar Rover, with the 16mm camera in the foreground.

Apollo 16. Astronaut John W. Young collects samples from the top of the lunar "Plum Crater" at the Descartes landing site.

APOLLO 16 mission. Beautiful view of a human work scene on extraterrestrial soil, with the Apollo 16 Lunar Surface Magnetometer in the foreground.

Apollo 16. Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, leaps into the air while saluting the American flag.

Superb photograph from APOLLO 16 of the far side of the Moon, whose many craters are shown here in perfect relief.

APOLLO 16. Superb view of the globe from the APOLLO 16 command module.

APOLLO 17 mission. View of the lunar module, lunar module pilot, astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, the flag and the lunar rover

APOLLO 17. View from Station 6, of an impressive lunar boulder taken during the third extravehicular activity (EVA).

Planet Earth, 3rd planet of a star called the Sun. The Earth resembles a sphere, essentially composed of rock.

Apollo 17 mission. Spectacular crescent of the Earth rising above the lunar horizon observed from the Apollo 17 spacecraft during the final mission of the Apollo program.

View of the globe from space. The American continent appears at the center of the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Rare view of the Space Shuttle Enterprise carried in flight by its special Boeing 747 for gliding tests.

Planet MARS. 1st Mission: VIKING 1. Here, ... the American flag on the planet MARS.

Rare. 1st historic VIKING mission. First photographs of the planet MARS from the ground using the VIKING 1 Lander.

Rare. 1st historic VIKING mission. First photographs of the planet MARS from the ground using the VIKING 1 Lander.

Pioneer 11 mission. Historic photograph. The planet Saturn and its moon Titan top left.

Space shuttle liftoff.

Close-up of space shuttle lift-off.

Planet Mars. This abstract photographic painting is a view from Martian orbit of the Marineris Valley relief, famous for its mountain range.