Images Dated 24th February 2005

Mstislav Keldysh, Russian physicist

Mstislav Keldysh (1911-1978), Russian mathematician and physicist. Keldysh spent the inter-war years working on better aerodynamical models for aircraft, producing important advances in the knowledge of compressible air flows. After the Second World War he became involved in rockets and space flight, playing a leading role in the development of the first Soviet missile and in the planning of space travel. In recognition of his achievements he was made president of the USSR Academy of Sciences

© RIA NOVOSTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Full Moon; view above Earths horizon and airglow

A full moon is visible in this 24 February, 2005 view above Earth's horizon and airglow, photographed by an Expedition 10 crewmember on the International Space Station (ISS). AFP PHOTO/HO/NASA / AFP PHOTO / NASA

© Agence France-Presse (AFP) - All Rights Reserved

Astronautics, Astronomy, Illustration, Moon, Planet, Vertical

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - On board hospital ship

The so-called bird cage walk'. On board the hospital ship Victor Emmanuel'. Two invalids read while recuperating during the Ashanti expedition. The second Ashanti War fought between, 1873-74, was between King Kofi Karikari, ruler of the Ashanti (or Asantehene), and the British. Both were trying to secure the coastal town of Elmina on the West Coast of Africa also known as the Gold Coast

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10221688