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Image: STS-129 Atlantis approaches ISS

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Description: Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station and Space Shuttle Atlantis' payload bay are featured in this image photographed by an STS-129 crew member as Atlantis and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. Docking occurred at 10:51 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 18, 2009.
Title: STS-129 Atlantis approaches ISS
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-129/html/s129e006451.html
Author: NASA
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License: Public domain
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