Soyuz TMA-16 Docking (time lapse)

Time lapse of the NASA TV feed of the rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft with the International Space Station (ISS) on October 2, 2009.

This marks the first time that three Soyuz spacecraft have been docked to the ISS simultaneously.

The video is preceded a NASA graphic showing the docked locations on the ISS of the three Soyuz spacecraft and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) HTV-1 automated cargo craft.

The time-lapse portion of the video is at approximately 30 times actual speed. Some video clips have been rotated 180 degrees for clarity of orientation. There is no audio track.

Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, and Canadian space tourist Guy Laliberte launched aboard Soyuz TMA-16 on September 30, 2009.

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