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ATV Johannes Kepler

author: NASA/Novapix

reference: e-is026-31120

Image Size 300 DPI: 24 * 36 cm

Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, the European Space Agency's "Johannes Kepler" Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) appears very small as it approaches the International Space Station. Docking of the two spacecraft occurred at 10:59 a.m. (EST) on Feb. 24, 2011.

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2011 - ATMOSPHERE - ATV - DOCKING - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 26 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - KEPLER - KEPLER JOHANNES - RENDEZVOUS - SPACE - SPACE STATION -