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Phobos mission docking in Earth orbit

by

Walter B. Myers/Novapix

Reference

e-exm01-00023

Date

2011-03-09

An Orion class command module, upper right, prepares to dock with a Phobos mission rocket in Earth orbit. Below at a distance of approximately 200 miles is the eastern Sahara desert. Lower left are the crew quarters for the 16 month mission.