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Soyuz spacecraft - 12/2009

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-is022-00101

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 11 cm

The Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, Soyuz commander and Expedition 22 flight engineer, along with NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, both flight engineers. Docking to the Zarya nadir port occurred at 4:48 p.m. (CST) on Dec. 22, 2009. The trio launched aboard the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft at 3:52 p.m. on Dec. 20 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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2009 - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 22 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - RENDEZVOUS - SOYUZ - SOYUZ TMA-17 - SPACE - SPACE STATION - SPACECRAFT - SPACESHIP -