SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Black Holes, Shuttle, ISS, More

SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Black Holes, Shuttle, ISS, More
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May 29, 2009--A camera aboard the International Space Station snapped a Soyuz spacecraft just before it docked with the station's Zarya module. The Soyuz craft delivered three new crew members to the ISS, doubling the station's permanent crew for the first time in its ten-year history.

The station itself, now 81 percent complete, has expanded over the years to include five sleeping compartments, two toilets, two kitchens, and two small gyms. A dining table big enough for all six crew members will be launched early next year, the Associated Press reports.
—Photograph courtesy ESA
 
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