space shuttle endeavour silhouetted against earth’s horizon as it approaches the international space station for docking during the sts-130 mission.
photographed from orbit by an expedition 22 crew member.

by Suspicious-Slip248

6 Comments

  1. Suspicious-Slip248 on

    The colored band highlights distinct layers of Earth’s atmosphere, including the troposphere (orange) and stratosphere (white)This photo was taken during the STS-130 mission in February 2010

    Endeavour was built to replace the Challenger, and was in service between 1992 and 2011.

    Courtesy to r/ArchiveOfHumanity — originally shared there, thought this sub would appreciate it too.

  2. Affectionate_Tea1134 on

    Cool photo i just recently been made aware of a particular website that tracks the space station and Satellites because I wanted to see the path of that one satellite that crashed back to earth.