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An Extraordinary Voyage
The Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle, named for the science fiction author, was a robotic spacecraft designed to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. It successfully docked with the ISS earlier in 2008. After its mission, the ATV undocked and deorbited, completing its extraordinary voyage. This image captures the ATV's journey.
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Released on your day
Space pictures released on your month and day in other years, or a few days either side. Each one is sharp enough to print as a poster.
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Released on 17 October 2008 The Mimas Atlas See it as a poster -
Released on 17 October 2005 Dione in Full View See it as a poster -
Released on 17 October 2006 Colliding galaxies make love, not war See it as a poster -
Released on 17 October 2006 Wide view of the Antennae galaxies (ground-based image) See it as a poster -
Released on 17 October 2010 NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 17 OCT 2008 falls under Libra (♎). The sign's window runs from 09-23 through 10-22. Libra is the only zodiac constellation named for an inanimate object, the scales of judgment. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 OCT 2008.