Recent photos from orbit. Bashny.Net

Yesterday was a day of astronautics, there are a selection of recent photographs from orbit. As you know now employs 13 ISS astronauts and cosmonauts mounted module Leonardo, the work is in full swing. Under the cut you can find some interesting pictures and plunge into the exciting world of space exploration.
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1.Shattl Discovery prepares to dock.





Engine nozzle.



Cab shuttle closeup.



Discovery



Meet the new arrivals.



And work has begun ...



The spacewalk.



Man Overboard.



Installing the Leonardo MPLM



Leonardo MPLM



Sunrise.



Japanese Kibo module.



Installing the Leonardo MPLM



The sun illuminates the construction of the ISS.



Two Russian spacecraft docked to the ISS.



ISS at a distance from the shuttle.



Once on board the International Space Station is just 13 astronauts and cosmonauts in the kitchen getting a little crowded. NASA astronaut James P. Dutton Jr. is preparing a dinner (left). Also pictured (left to right) Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Alexander Kornienko, NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson, astronaut Naoko Yamazaki JAXA, NASA astronaut Dorothy Metcalf-Lindendurger and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. (AP Photo / NASA)



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