iss020e046427 (Oct. 4, 2009) --- The sun sets below Earth's horizon illuminating the atmosphere with its last rays in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 216 miles near the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa.
iss020e041303 (Sept. 17, 2009) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm reaches out to grapple the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) before installing the HTV to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port on the International Space Station. This was the Canadarm2's first free-flying capture of a spacecraft and the first flight of the HTV cargo craft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
ISS020-E-041304 (17 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 prepares to grapple the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as it approaches the station. 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.
ISS020-E-041306 (17 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station's Canadarm2 grapples the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) as it approaches the station. 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.
iss020e041309 (Sept. 17, 2009) --- The Canadarm2 robotic arm grapples the Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) before installing the HTV to the Harmony module's Earth-facing port on the International Space Station. This was the Canadarm2's first free-flying capture of a spacecraft and the first flight of the HTV cargo craft from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).