Editor’s Note: This image was taken by shuttle Endeavour — this lovely, illuminated International Space Station is where we get all of the great images from high above the Earth!
Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member as space shuttle Endeavour and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities. Docking occurred at 11:06 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 9, 2010, delivering the Tranquility node and its Cupola.
Image/caption credit: NASA
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spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-22/html/…
More about the Crew Earth Observation experiment aboard the International Space Station:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/experiments/CE…
More about space station science:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/index.html
There’s a Flickr group about Space Station Science. Please feel welcome to join! www.flickr.com/groups/stationscience/
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