ISS020-E-029759 (10 Aug. 2009) --- Expedition 20 crew members give a "thumbs-up" signal as they pose in "star-burst" formation for an in-flight portrait in the Harmony node of the International Space Station. Pictured clockwise from the bottom (center) are cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, commander; NASA astronaut Tim Kopra, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, cosmonaut Roman Romanenko, European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne and NASA astronaut Michael Barratt, all flight engineers.
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ISS020-E-040520 (17 Sept. 2009) --- A close-up view of the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in the grasp of the International Space Station's robotic Canadarm2. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk and European Space Agency astronaut Frank De Winne, all Expedition 20 flight engineers, used the station's robotic arm to grab the cargo craft and attach it to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony node. The attachment was completed at 5:26 (CDT) on Sept. 17, 2009.
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ISS020-E-039182 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by rugged Earth terrain, Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-128) is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009. The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is visible in Discovery's cargo bay.
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ISS020-E-038507 (5 Sept. 2009) --- European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang, STS-128 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, one-minute spacewalk, Fuglesang and NASA astronaut John "Danny" Olivas (out of frame), mission specialist, deployed the Payload Attachment System (PAS), replaced the Rate Gyro Assembly #2, installed two GPS antennae and did some work to prepare for the installation of Node 3 next year. During connection of one of two sets of avionics cables for Node 3, one of the connectors could not be mated. This cable and connector were wrapped in a protective sleeve and safed. All other cables were mated successfully.
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ISS020-E-038488 (5 Sept. 2009) --- A portion of the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by a space walking astronaut during the STS-128 mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the station. The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.
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