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The Space Shuttle Endeavour prepares to rendezvous with the FGB. Credit: NASA. |
In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, backdropped against a blanket of heavy cloud cover in December of 1998, the Russian-built FGB, also called Zarya, nears the Space Shuttle Endeavour and the U.S.-built Node 1, also called Unity (foreground). Inside Endeavour's cabin, the STS-88 crew readies the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) for Zarya capture as they await the carefully choreographed dance of the rendezvous.
Each weekday, SPACE.com looks back at the history of spaceflight through photos (archive).
