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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Международная космическая станция снова расширяется http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1250297/eng |
Credit & Copyright: STS-133 Shuttle Crew,
NASA
Explanation:
The developing
International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again.
In a recently completed rendezvous, the
Space Shuttle orbiter
Discovery, in its
final
flight, visited the ISS and added components that
included the
Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics
Module.
The ISS and many of its modules and expansive solar panels are visible in
the above picture
taken by the Discovery Crew
after leaving the
ISS
to return to Earth.
The world's foremost
space outpost can be seen developing over the past several years
by comparing the above image
to
other
past
images.
Also visible above are many
different types of modules and
supply ships.
Construction began on the ISS in 1998.
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Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.