The Starliner OFT-2 capsule is stunning in these docking pictures by the station's crew.
Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station in this stunning photo by European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station by European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.
Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station by European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti.Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 looks like little more than a dot in this view by astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti during docking operations on May 20, 2022.International Space Station . Two others show the commercial space capsule after it linked up with a forward docking port on the station's U.S.-built Harmony module. Still another photo shows Starliner, but just barely. It was taken early in docking operations Friday, when Starliner was a mere light in the vast dark of space.at the time."Only a small dot for now, but soon she will knock at our door." Cristoforetti snapped her photos of Starliner as two NASA astronauts, Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines, watched over the spacecraft's approach to make sure it went according to plan. "Starliner is looking beautiful on the front of the space station," Hines radioed to Mission Control after the docking success.Russian cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov captured these views of Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 capsule as it waited near the International Space Station for docking on May 20, 2022. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship is seen at bottom.Russian cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov captured these views of Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 capsule as it waited near the International Space Station for docking on May 20, 2022. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship is seen at bottom.Russian cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov captured these views of Boeing's Starliner OFT-2 capsule as it waited near the International Space Station for docking on May 20, 2022. A Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship is seen at bottom. Still more stunning photos of Starliner were captured by Russian cosmonaut Sergey Korsakov, who snapped images of the approaching Starliner as it was poised behind a visiting Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship.
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