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14 July 2006

The International Space Station
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Backdropped against the blackness of space, the International Space Station seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as it approached during rendezvous and docking activities on 6 July 2006.

Credits: NASA
 
 
ISS passing Jupiter
Steven Penfold from Hampshire, England, captured this colourful timelapse photograph of ISS passing Jupiter on the night of 16 June 2006.

Credits: Steven Penfold
 
 
ISS amongst the stars
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Image shows the trace of the International Space Station as it passed over Fontefria, in Spain - star constellations have been superimposed to give orientation in the night sky. The photo was taken with a Canon Powershot A85 ISO400 15" exposure.
Location: Fontefria (A Cañiza- Pontevedra - Spain)
Lat:42.2308° N, 8.3156° W
Elevation: 790 meters
Time Zone: GMT +2:00 Summer time

Credits: Ricardo Isaac Lago Martínez
 
 
ISS video John Locker
Animation of International Space Station captured by John Locker from the Wirral, England. This video was captured using a Philips webcam attached to an 8 inch Meade telescope. Tracking is manual.

Orbit 43250.7 3h56m09s -1.9m az:183.1d S h:60.9d dist:400.9km alt:353.3km

Credits: John Locker

 
 
ISS from Italy
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Alberto Zampieron from Gattinara, near Vercelli, in Italy, took this ISS image using a Newton 114/900 and a webcam, he followed the ISS manually through the finder.

Credits: 2006 Alberto Zampieron
 
 
ISS over Cordoba
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Using manual tracking Paco Bellido, from Cordoba, in Spain, used a Celestron 9,25" Schmidt-Cassegrin telescope with a barlow lens TeleVue PowerMate 2.5X and a Canon EOS 350D camera at ISO 800 1/125 sec. exposure setting (4 July 2006)

Credits: Paco Bellido
 
 
ISS and airplane
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This image was taken by Enrique Luque Cervigón, from the city of Alcalá de Henares in Spain. The ISS is the white line at the top of the image, whereas the one at the bottom is a contrail from an airplane.

Credits: Enrique Luque Cervigón
 
 
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