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ATV Johannes Kepler

by

NASA/Novapix

Reference

e-is026-31121

Date

2011-03-09

Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, the European Space Agency's "Johannes Kepler" Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) approaches the International Space Station. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 10:59 a.m. (EST) on Feb. 24, 2011.