Science Fiction, for Real

Posted by Greg at 02:38, 08 Jun 2011

You know how in sci-fi movies they have those scenes where a spacecraft docks with a space station? It also happens in real-life:

Space Shuttle Docked to the International Space Station

The above image is one of a whole set of photos showing Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to the International Space Station, released today by NASA (high-res versions available at the link). They were taken by yet another spacecraft, a Russian Soyuz mission that had just left the ISS.

For more on the images, see Alan Boyle's latest entry at Cosmic Log.

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Posted by The Cancer Man on 08 Jun 2011 at about 15:11.

I came over here and was going to share these pics with you, and as per usual it's already here... very cool!

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Ooooh
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Posted by red pill junkie on 08 Jun 2011 at about 16:30.

Poppa's got a new desktop background :)

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Posted by Inannawhimsey on 08 Jun 2011 at about 22:04.

We truly do live in an age of constant wonder and miracle.

(and hey, isn't that Artie & Kubrick waving from the shuttle?)

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