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The International Space Station (ISS) April 29 2001

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: e-is002-00710

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 25 cm

Backdropped against the blue and white Earth and sporting a readily visible new addition in the form of the Canadarm2 or space station robotic arm, the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed following separation from the Space Shuttle Endeavour. With six astronauts and a Rosaviakosmos cosmonaut aboard the shuttle, the spacecraft performed a fly-around survey of the station, which was inhabited by two astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut. Apr 29 2001.

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2001 - ATMOSPHERE - CANADARM2 - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 2 - HORIZON - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - LIMB - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - OCEAN - ROBOTIC ARM - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACE STATION - STS-100 - UNDOCKING - UNITY - ZARYA - ZVEZDA -