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The International Space Station (ISS) March 2001

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-is002-00100

Date

2006-05-22

The International Space Station (ISS) backdropped against clouds and snow-covered mountains was photographed with a digital still camera from the Space Shuttle Discovery on March 18, 2001. It is a standard operation for the shuttle to make a final fly-around of the outpost following unlinking from it. A new crew comprised of cosmonaut Yury V. Usachev and astronauts James S. Voss and Susan J. Helms will spend several months aboard the station. Mar 18 2001.