On November 2, 2000, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalyov and NASA astronaut William Shepherd docked at the International Space Station (ISS). Expedition 1 was the first long-duration stay on the ISS. The mission lasted for 136 days, from November 2000 to March 2001. It was the beginning of human habitation in space. Impressive images taken from the ISS - in this photo gallery.
ISS: 15 years orbiting the Earth
On November 2, 2000, a Russian Soyuz rocket carrying Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalyov and NASA astronaut William Shepherd docked at the International Space Station
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Earth observation taken during a night pass of Spain and Italy by the Expedition 43 crew aboard the International Space Station, March 28, 2015
© NASA Night Earth observations of aurora, September 13, 2014
© NASA A night pass of city lights, October 18, 2015
© NASA Italy and Sicily, taken from ISS, July 26, 2014
© NASA Aurora Australis, seen from a point over the southeast Tasman Sea near southern New Zealand, September 17, 2011
© NASA Typhoon Maysak "eye" of the category 5 (hurricane status), March 31, 2015
© NASA A nighttime view of the Earth, August 10, 2015
© NASA ISS and the docked space shuttle Endeavour, taken from the Soyuz TMA-20 following its undocking on May 23, 2011
© NASA Distant view of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Kounotori 5 H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV-5) during its final approach for docking with the ISS, August 24, 2015
© NASA Night Earth observations, Automated Transfer Vehicle 5, September 13, 2014
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