[bartman (Bart)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

this picture really shows how the ISS was built and "placed" so to speak in the void of space in a 3 dimensional point, just flying about.

I wonder how often they use onboard thrusters to maintain its orbit. laws of physics at its best.

So true for both those quotes! How often do they re-fuel the thruster engines????

Originally Posted by alistairsam

pages 40 through 44 show the ISS and shuttle at different angles taken from the soyuz while departing

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/...ndxpage41.html

Thank you Alistair for that link, I was just about to go hunting for more of the Soyuz pics, after the post I just put up before this one
Cheers
Bartman