Stepping stones to sister worlds
New possibilities for space commerce
Public interest project about de-risking the uncertainties of off-Earth commerce. Creative Commons and public domain imagery. Educational public policy comment. Fair dealing use.
[link to PDF with complete image credits listing]
Video
Solar System Animation – Fly-through animation of our solar system.
https://www.videvo.net/video/solar-system-animation/4826/
jonaslisting: Royalty-Free. Use in all projects and media.
Images
Apollo 17, Command/Service Module viewed from the lunar module during SIM Bay inspection
https://archive.org/details/as17-145-22257
NASA Public Domain
Astronaut Moon Flag
https://pixabay.com/en/astronaut-moon-flag-usa-639570/
NASA Public Domain
Businessman checking stock market online
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1437659
CC0 Public Domain – Free for personal and commercial use – No attribution required Learn more
Chelyabinsk meteor trace, 2013
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2013_Chelyabinsk_meteor_trace.jpg
Alex Alishevskikh, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Clip Art (various)
Public domain
PIA19687: Rosetta Comet Marches On – Comet 67P
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19687
NASA Public Domain
Debris around Earth
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2018/09/Debris_around_Earth
ESA Public Domain
Debris plot by NASA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Debris-GEO1280.jpg
NASA Public Domain
Dinosaur-allosaurus-skeleton-bone
https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-ozwfi
Free for commercial use, DMCA
Earth [Used in Moon/Earth image & Earth/Gear image]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Earth_Eastern_Hemisphere.jpg
NASA Public Domain
Europa
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/102/natural-and-false-color-views-of-europa/?category=moons/jupiter-moons_europa
NASA Public Domain
File: Angular Parameters of Elliptical Orbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist#/media/File:Angular_Parameters_of_Elliptical_Orbit.png
Peo~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0
File: Angular Parameters of Elliptical Orbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_assist#/media/File:Angular_Parameters_of_Elliptical_Orbit.png
Peo~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0
Fire Outdoors.
http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Late-Fire-People-Fireplace-Outdoor-1614238
Free Image. Link referral required.
[Ground Surveying Instrument] Laying out Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI) lights
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laying_out_Precision_Approach_Path_Indicator_(PAPI)_lights.jpg
US Government Public Domain
Illuminated crescent of Earth (South_America & Antarctica)
http://www.esa.int/var/esa/ [truncated]
ESA Public Domain
International Criminal Court – Logo
[logo: link truncated]
International Criminal Court, Public Domain
International Space Station above the Earth
http://blogs.esa.int/orion/2015/01/06/atv-5-mission-manager-23-mission-report-reentry/
NASA Public Domain
ISS over New Zealand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#/media/File:STS-116_spacewalk_1.jpg
NASA Public Domain
ISS-48_Towering_cumulonimbus_and_other_clouds_over_the_Earth_(3)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-48_Towering_cumulonimbus_and_other_clouds_over_the_Earth_(3).jpg
NASA Public Domain
Jupiter
https://en.wikipedia.orG/wiki/File:Jupiter_and_its_shrunken_Great_Red_Spot.jpg#/media/File:Jupiter_and_its_shrunken_Great_Red_Spot.jpg
By NASA, ESA, and A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Lava Tube Cave
https://www.needpix.com/photo/1426824/lava-volcano-tunnel-nature-phenomenon-background-wallpaper-public-domain
Nona Lohr CC0
Earth (used in campfire image)
35 Stunning Hi-Res “Public Domain” Astronomy Images
https://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Mars/Viking/valles_marineris_enhanced
NASA Public Domain
Mars
https://mars.nasa.gov/system/content_pages/main_images/418_marsglobe.jpg
NASA/Caltech Public Domain
Meteor Fire Comet Free Photo (meteor-1420503_1280.jpg)
https://www.needpix.com/photo/642368/meteor-fire-comet-planet-earth
CC0
Moon
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/main/index.html
NASA Public Domain
Moon Landscape
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/multimedia/returntothemoon/moon_landscape_HI.html
NASA Public Domain
NASDAQ Stock Market Display
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASDAQ_stock_market_display.jpg
By bfishadow on Flickr [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
News Screenshots
• News: Huge asteroid that narrowly missed Earth ‘slipped through the net’, Nasa emails reveal ‘I wonder how many times this has happened without the asteroid being discovered at all?’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/asteroid-nasa-near-miss-earth-emails-2019-ok-a9113846.html By Andy Gregory, Saturday 21 September 2019 09:24
• News: NASA Missed ‘Closest-Ever’ Asteroid Passing Earth Last Weekend by : Lucy Connolly on : 18 Aug 2020 17:24 https://www.unilad.co.uk/science/nasa-missed-closest-ever-asteroid-passing-earth-last-weekend/
• News: NASA Says Bus-Size Asteroid Narrowly Missed Earth Thursday https://www.voanews.com/science-health/nasa-says-bus-size-asteroid-narrowly-missed-earth-thursday By VOA News, September 24, 2020 09:26 AM
Flags
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_sovereign_state_flags
Pavonis Mons lava tube skylight crop (cave system skylight)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caves_of_Mars_Project#/media/File:Pavonis_Mons_lava_tube_skylight_crop.jpg
NASA, Public Domain, 4 August 2011
Rocket launch (Clouds_Fire_launch_liftoff_Rocket_science_Sky_Smoke-1621908.jpg)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1621908
CC0 Public Domain
Ruins-city-ladder-rocks-ruin-old
https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-iulns
Free for commercial use, DMCA
Satellite over Planet (actual photo not named)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/22845
CC0 Public Domain, Free for personal and commercial use
No attribution required
Solar System
PIA12114.jpg (JPEG Image, 3300 × 2485 pixels) – Scaled (37%)
https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA12114.jpg
NASA Public Domain
SpaceX_Crew_Dragon_docking_with_the_International_Space_Station
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpaceX_Crew_Dragon_docking_with_the_International_Space_Station.jpg
SpaceX, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (non-commercial use)
Tea Lights
https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-qjkhq
Pxfuel, DMCA
Titan’s Northern Lakes: Salt Flats?
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=pia17470
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/University of Idaho Public Domain
Tunnel on the 7 Subway Extension, under construction (NYC) – cropped
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:7_Subway_Extension_tunnel_construction.jpg citing https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/9127173712
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)
Public Domain: Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
UN Plenary Overview
Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/unfccc/13063609244/in/photostream/
United Nations Public Domain
United Nations General Assembly- Special Event (21133476130)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_Nations_General_Assembly-_Special_Event_%2821133476130%29.jpg
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas UN photos must be used in strict accordance with UN Photo Usage Guidelines:
www.unmultimedia.org/photo/guidelines.html – w:en:Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license
US-capitol-building-washington-dc-826993
https://pixabay.com/photos/us-capitol-building-washington-dc-826993/
Pixabay License: Free for commercial use – No attribution required
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