images

ISS: deployment of Unity module. 12/1998

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-is000-00011

Date

2006-09-28

One of the STS-88 astronauts aimed a 35mm camera through Endeavour's aft flight deck windows to record this Dec. 5 image of the Unity connecting module as it was being unberthed in the cargo bay. The berthing and mating process constituted the first link in a long chain of events that led up to the eventual deployment in Earth orbit of the connected Unity and Zarya modules later in the 11-day mission. Dec 05 1998.