# Stunning image of a space shuttle docked to ISS

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**Created:** [June 8, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-image-of-a-space-shuttle-docked-to-iss/584723 "2011-06-08T10:09:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-image-of-a-space-shuttle-docked-to-iss/584723/1 "2011-06-08T10:09:22Z")

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[Beauty](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13691608) and [more.](http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/e27depart.html)

\*It is a stunning image and one that is bound to be reproduced over and over again whenever they recall the history of the US space shuttle.

The picture was taken by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli as he left the International Space Station in May in a Soyuz capsule to return to Earth.

Safety procedures mean the Russian vehicle would never normally be in transit when a shuttle is present.

It makes this the first-ever image of an American orbiter docked to the ISS.\*

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stunning-image-of-a-space-shuttle-docked-to-iss/584723/2 "2011-06-08T10:24:01Z")

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O brave new world, That has such people off’t!