On 23 May 2011, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft undocked from the ISS to return astronauts to Earth. As a consequence, a historic opportunity presented itself – that of acquiring (for the first time) pictures of a free flying Shuttle and ISS docked to each other in orbit. The pictures (see picture gallery) were taken by Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli from the vantage point of the co-orbiting Soyuz craft.
I have also included an image of the final touchdown of shuttle Endeavour
– notice the beautiful wing tip vortices emphasised by the backlighting during
the nightime landing. Endeavour is
now retiring to a science museum in California.
I have also included an image of the final touchdown of shuttle Endeavour
– notice the beautiful wing tip vortices emphasised by the backlighting during
the nightime landing. Endeavour is
now retiring to a science museum in California.
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