The International Space Station Expands Again
			
		
		
			Credit: 
STS-133 Shuttle Crew,
NASA
		
		
			The developing
International Space Station (ISS) has changed its appearance again.  
In a recently completed rendezvous, the
Space Shuttle orbiter
Discovery, in its 
final flight, visited the ISS and added components that included the
Leonardo Multi Purpose Logistics Module.
The ISS and many of its modules and expansive solar panels are visible in
the above picture 
taken by the Discovery Crew after leaving the
ISS
to return to Earth.  
The world's foremost
space outpost can be seen developing over the past several years
by comparing the above image
to
other 
past
images.  
Also visible above are many
different types of modules and 
supply ships.  
Construction began on the ISS in 1998.