Thursday, 17. October 2002
Topic: - on October 17, 2002 at 2:28:06 PM CEST
Station grows into largest man-made space vehicle
When shuttle Atlantis departed the International Space Station on Wednesday, it left behind the largest man-made vehicle in space. Opinions differ about whether it's aesthetically pleasing. Shot from a distance, the photographs of Alpha look like a string of silvery beer cans stretching 146 feet long -- about the length of two mobile homes sitting end to end. Set against the blackest of backgrounds, the steely look of the modules is complemented by the shimmering gold of solar panels that stretch almost the length of a football field.
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