The “Blue Marble” composite digital image of the

Earth and Moon – Courtesy NASA, NOAA and USGS

The European Space Agency’s Columbus Laboratory which will be attached to the

International Space Station – Artist's view by David Ducros for ESA.

Artist’s view of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

scheduled for launching in 2005 – Courtesy NASA

Launch of the first H-2A vehicle on 29 August 2001

Courtesy National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)

The International Space Station photographed from the

Space Shuttle Atlantis on 16 February 2001 – Courtesy NASA

Hubble Space Telescope image of dust clouds known as “globules”

in the star-forming region, IC 2944 – Courtesy NASA

Liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-93) on 23 July 1999 - Courtesy NASA