Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, the International Space Station (ISS) was photographed by a crewmember aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-112 during rendezvous and docking operations. Docking occurred at 11:17 a.m. (EDT) on October 9, 2002. [2964 x 1964]

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