COLLECTION NAME:
NASA Human Spaceflight Collection
Record
General Description:
International Space Station Imagery
Description:
ISS010-E-24868 (16 April 2005) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth?s horizon, the Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station (ISS). Onboard the spacecraft are cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer; and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italy. The Soyuz linked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 9:20 p.m. (CDT) on April 16, 2005 as the two spacecraft flew over eastern Asia. The docking followed Friday?s launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
image id:
Photo-iss010e24868
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
facet_where:
Italy
facet_where:
Kazakhstan
facet_where:
Russia
facet_who:
Roberto Vittori
facet_when:
16 April 2005
facet_when:
April 16, 2005
facet_when_year:
2005
UID:
SPD-SPFLT-Photo-iss010e24868
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