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Keywords: ISS, astronaut, space
![Свободный полет в космосе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/09/27/0001236282/freeflyer_nasa.preview.jpg)
27.09.2009
At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut McCandless, pictured above, was floating free in space.
![Робот Декстре за работой на космической станции](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/06/17/0001228381/dextre_iss017.preview.jpg)
11.06.2008
What's the world's most complex space robot doing up there? Last week, Dextre was imaged moving atop the Destiny Laboratory Module of the International Space Station (ISS), completing tasks prior to the deployment of Japan's Kibo pressurized science laboratory.
![Южное небо с МКС](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/05/07/0001190040/southernsky_iss.preview.jpg)
7.05.2003
Look up from Earth's South Pole, and this stellar starscape is what you might see. Alternatively, this patch of sky is also visible from many southern locations as well as the orbiting International Space Station, where the above image was recently recorded.
![Космическая станция, Венера, Солнце](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/07/20/0001198737/issvenus_maruska.preview.jpg)
20.07.2004
On June 8, Venus was not the only celestial object to pass in front of the Sun. A few well-situated photographers caught the International Space Station also crossing the Sun simultaneously. Pictured above...
![Грузовой корабль приближается к космической станции](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/24/0001199377/supply_iss.preview.jpg)
24.08.2004
The crew on board the International Space Station sometimes needs supplies. As the US Space Shuttle fleet prepares to return to flight, supplies usually now come from a robot Progress supply vessel launched from Kazakhstan.
![Астронавты Меркурия и Красный Камень](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/09/08/0001192802/merc_astronaut_big.preview.jpg)
4.04.1998
Space suited project Mercury astronauts John H. Glenn, Virgil I. Grissom, and Alan B. Shepard Jr. (left to right) are posing in front of a Redstone rocket in this vintage 1961 NASA publicity photo. Project Mercury was the first U.S. program designed to put humans in space.
![МКС: из света в тень](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2008/02/28/0001226476/iss07feb08_credner_p.preview.jpg)
28.02.2008
Orbiting 400,000 kilometers above the Earth, the Moon slid into Earth's shadow to begin last week's total lunar eclipse. Of course the International Space Station (ISS) slides into Earth's shadow every 90 minutes, the time it takes it to complete one orbit at an altitude of about 400 kilometers.
![Новая ферма для Международной космической станции](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/04/15/0001175949/isstruss_nasa.preview.jpg)
15.04.2002
The International Space Station (ISS) is being fitted with a backbone. During the present visit of Space Shuttle Atlantis, astronauts are installing a huge truss on the growing space outpost. The truss is over 13 meters long and about 4.5 meters wide.
![СоюзTMA 2 на борту ракеты R7](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2005/10/11/0001208506/tma2_nasa.preview.jpg)
9.10.2005
It takes a big rocket to go into space. In 2003 April, this huge Russian rocket was launched toward Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS), carrying two astronauts who will make up the new Expedition 7 crew.
![Монтаж Международной космической станции](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2004/08/14/0001199195/issassemble_sts88_big.preview.jpg)
10.12.1998
Batteries and solar panels were included with this version of the International Space Station (ISS) but some assembly is still required. On Saturday, December 5th, the STS-88 crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavor achieved the in orbit docking of the Zarya and Unity (foreground) ISS modules.
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