English: The Russian Docking Compartment, named Pirs (the Russian word for pier), is only seconds away from docking with the International Space Station (ISS). One of the Expedition Three crew members, using a digital still camera with a 35mm lens, recorded the image from onboard the orbital outpost. The vehicle was launched on September 14, 2001 and docking occurred on September 16.
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Cropped to airlock. The original can be viewed here: ISS S01 Pirs airlock.jpg: . Modifications made by
Subspace1250.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the
Soviet/
Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain.
The
SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use.
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