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Description: The Space Shuttle Endeavour shortly before docking with the International Space Station on NASA mission STS-111. The Space Shuttle Endeavour approaches the International Space Station (ISS) in this digital still camera's view, recorded on June 7, 2002. The Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM), known as Leonardo, can be seen in Endeavour's payload bay. Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut, currently onboard the shuttle, will replace two American astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut now on the station. The other component seen in the payload bay is the Mobile Base System for Canadarm2.
Title: STS-111 approach with MPLM
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-111/html/iss004e13246.html
Author: NASA
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