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While we’re at it… another moment in Earth orbit history
NASA and the Russian space agency kicked off a new era in international space cooperation in June of 1995, when the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. (NASA)
While we’re at it… other moments in Earth orbit history
An overhead view from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules of the Skylab space station cluster in Earth orbit.
Photo: NASA Johnson Space Center
Nice view
SpaceX Dragon and the ISS, hanging together
Got it (SpaceX Dragon grabbed by the International Space Station’s robotic arm at 9:56 a.m. ET)
Go for capture
Just don’t call it a dot
First view of Dragon capsule from one of the ISS cameras. (NASA/SpaceX via @HoustonGC/WilliamFoster)
Looking like a bright star streaking up into a black sky, a rocket took off before dawn today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida carrying an unmanned capsule filled with food, clothes, and other supplies for astronauts on the international space station.
But this robotic cargo ship doesn’t belong to NASA. Instead, it’s owned by a company called SpaceX, which made history by launching the first ever private spacecraft on a mission to the station.
SpaceX has a $1.6 billion cargo-delivery contract with NASA, which is turning routine flights to the station over to industry so that the veteran space agency can start to focus on more ambitious exploration efforts. (NPR)
Photo: Historic @SpaceX #DragonLaunch to ISS. @NASA on Twitpic
This false color photograph of Neptune was made from Voyager 2 images taken in January 1996. (NASA/JPL)
Enterprise, before the move
Photos: Avie Schneider
@kerstinshamberg - The shuttle #Enterprise flies past #WTC in Lower Manhattan #NYC #shuttleHP #SpottheShuttle http://pic.twitter.com/z7FqytNb
#Enterprise flyover was impressive!#spottheshuttle via @hhristov
