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The International Space Station (ISS) April 17 2002
author: Nasa/Novapix
reference: e-is004-00309
Image Size 300 DPI: 35 * 35 cm
This close-up view of the International Space Station (ISS), newly equipped with the 27,000 pound S0 (S-zero) truss, was photographed by one of the astronauts on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis. S0 is the first segment of a truss structure, which will ultimately expand the station to the length of a football field. Atlantis pulled away from the complex at 1:31 p.m. (CDT) as the two spacecraft flew some 247 statute miles above Earth. After more than a week of joint operations between the shuttle and station crews, astronaut Stephen N. Frick, pilot, backed Atlantis away to a distance of about 400 feet in front of the station, where he began a 1 ¼-lap flyaround of the ISS. Apr 17 2002.
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