Photo Gallery: Endeavour docked at space station

Shuttle Endeavour has returned to Earth.  While at the ISS it was photgraphed from the departing Soyuz TMA-20 capsule.

I guess if you want pictures of the ISS from space it will have to be this way for awhile, just take a snap from a departing Soyuz capsule.

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http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts134/soyuz/

Photo Gallery: Endeavour docked at space station

It was "the ultimate photo op" as Expedition 27 crew member Paolo Nespoli, inside the departing Soyuz TMA-20 capsule, snapped pictures of the International Space Station with shuttle Endeavour docked at the orbiting complex. Photos: NASA

[Which see here and on NASA http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/e27depart.html ]

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The media post at NASA.

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http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jun/HQ_M11-114_Nespoli_Pics.html

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-114

UNIQUE 'PORTRAIT' OF SHUTTLE AND INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION RELEASED

WASHINGTON -- Newly-released portraits show the International Space
Station together with the space shuttle, the vehicle that helped
build the complex during the last decade. The pictures are the first
taken of a shuttle docked to the station from the perspective of a
Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

On May 23, the Soyuz was carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev,
NASA astronaut Cady Coleman and European Space Agency astronaut Paolo
Nespoli back to Earth. Once their vehicle was about 600 feet from the
station, Mission Control Moscow, outside the Russian capital,
commanded the orbiting laboratory to rotate 130 degrees. This move
allowed Nespoli to capture digital photographs and high definition
video of shuttle Endeavour docked to the station.

The Soyuz landed in Kazakhstan and was taken to Moscow for routine
post-landing analysis. NASA and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos,
then processed the imagery as part of the standard disposition of
spacecraft cargo.

Additional images and high definition video are being processed and
will be posted on NASA's website. To view the still images, visit:
http://go.nasa.gov/stationportrait

For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For information about the International Space Station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station

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Just one more shuttle launch to go, then stick out your thumb for a lift to the ISS.

Is the meter running?  How much is the fare?  That much?  I thought it was only...

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/shuttle_google_earth.html

Real-Time Space Shuttle in Google Earth (Beta Version)

You can now track the space shuttle during launch and landing in Google Earth using real-time data from Mission Control.

[I guess we won't need this feature much longer. - LRK -]

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http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/index.html

Preparations Move Forward for STS-135

Space shuttle Atlantis is set to liftoff on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. Launch is targeted for July 8.

› Space Shuttle Section

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html

Preparations Move Forward for STS-135

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:46:12 AM PDT

Today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, launch pad technicians are loading oxidizer into space shuttle Atlantis' forward and aft reaction control systems. Both solid rocket booster hydraulic power units have been filled with hydrazine and the tanks have been pressurized.

The four STS-135 crew members are set to fly back to their home base at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston where they will resume training for the upcoming mission. The astronauts are expected to depart from Kennedy's Shuttle Landing Facility in T-38 jets this morning

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