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Image: STS-130 ISS Approach

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Description: Backdropped by Earth's horizon and the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member as space shuttle Endeavour and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities. Docking occurred at 11:06 p.m. (CST) on Feb. 9, 2010, delivering the Tranquility node and its Cupola.
Title: STS-130 ISS Approach
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-130/html/s130e006569.html
Author: NASA.
Permission: PD-USGOV-NASA.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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