Science and Exploration

Watching Visitors Dock at the ISS

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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In this photo taken on 2 July 2009 Three monitors in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station show views of the relocation of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from the Zvezda Service Module’s aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 4:26 p.m. (CDT) and docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 4:54 p.m. on July 2, 2009. high res (0.7 M) low res (103 K)

In this photo taken on 2 July 2009 Three monitors in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station show views of the relocation of the Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft from the Zvezda Service Module’s aft port to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; along with NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata, both flight engineers, undocked the Soyuz spacecraft at 4:26 p.m. (CDT) and docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment at 4:54 p.m. on July 2, 2009. high res (0.7 M) low res (103 K)

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