Author: Stephen Johnson / Source: Big Think
- The spacecraft belong to Russia and two private American aerospace companies.
- Six astronauts are currently aboard the International Space Station to conduct a variety of experiments.
- On Monday, Russian cosmonauts conducted a spacewalk to investigate the nature and cause of a mysterious 2-millimeter-wide hole in a Russian spacecraft.
Alexander Gerst, an astronaut for the German European Space Agency and current commander of the International Space Station (ISS), tweeted photos on Monday of a rare sight: four spacecraft viewed at once from the ISS cupola.
Something even rarer: there were actually two more out of sight, a total of six spacecraft simultaneously docked to the ISS.
Those craft include two Soyuz (Russian), two Progress (also Russian), one Cygnus (American, Orbital Sciences) and one Dragon (American, SpaceX).
A rare sight: 4 different spaceships in one photo. Overall there are 6 spacecraft docked to the International… https://t.co/2iGXUdP7cV
— Alexander Gerst (@Astro_Alex)
Gerst also posted other striking photos taken from the ISS, where he…
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