This is a photo taken from on board the International Space Station. The picture shows a spacecraft, called Soyuz TMA-12, bringing new supplies and members to the ISS. Three new astronauts were delivered on this mission. In the shot, you can see the docking system used to connect the spacecraft to the ISS. The supplies brought by the Soyuz TMA-12 will help astronauts make repairs to the ship, and do research regarding the effects of radiation on vitamin molecules and better ways to live in space. The ISS is currently orbiting about 350 km from Earth's surface and it can be seen by observors with the naked eye. The ISS is run in cooperation between several differnt countries including the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan, among others.
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