Up above the sky so blue, astronauts are working hard on their experiments and observations.

Sidenote: Of all the things that have been written on this site, we swear “Hot Space Docking Action” is what we may future regret the most.

Endeavour’s Starry Night
Orbiting this island earth at 17,000 miles per hour.

Space Shuttle and Space Station Photographed Together
Thanks to a Russian supply ship, Space Bastards(like us) get the photograph we always imagined and have always seen in fiction.

If you want more of these images be sure to check out the NASA’s ISS gallery.

The supply ship was the Russian Soyuz TMA-20 which landed in Kazakhstan later that day. The above spectacular image well captures the relative sizes of the station and docked shuttle. Far below, clouds of Earth are seen above a blue sea.

A Last Landing for Space Shuttle Endeavour
Sad now.

All told, space shuttle Endeavour flew 25 flights since being deployed by NASA in 1992, spending a total of 299 days in space. Endeavour’s next mission will be a stationary one in the California Science Center.

APOD: 1, 2, 3, NASA