Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Approaching the International Space Station
Explanation:
Earlier this month the crew of the US [ http://www.cia.gov/…] Space Shuttle Endeavor [ http://science.ksc.…] took in this view [ http://spaceflight.…] as they approached the developing International Space Station [ http://spaceflight.…] (ISS). The Endeavor [ http://spaceflight.…] and ISS crew [ http://spaceflight.…] installed Italy [ http://www.cia.gov/…]'s Raffaello, a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module [ http://spaceflight.…] and successfully deployed Canada [ http://www.cia.gov/…]'s Canadarm2 [ http://spaceflight.…], a robot remote-controlled arm that can move about the outside of the station [ http://spaceflight.…]. The shuttle undocked from the ISS [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] yesterday and is scheduled to return to Earth today. A manned [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.g…] Russian [ http://www.cia.gov/…] Soyuz spacecraft [ http://www.spaceand…] is scheduled to dock with Earth's busiest orbiting outpost [ http://spaceflight.…] early today.
Credit and Copyright:
STS-100 Crew [ http://spaceflight.…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
space shuttle
keyword:
ISS
keyword:
Tito
facet_where:
Canada
facet_where:
Italy
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_what:
International Space Station (ISS)
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap010430

Approaching the International Space Station
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