ISS during STS-128 Approach

S128-E-006625 (30 Aug. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-128 crew member as Space Shuttle Discovery and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. Docking occurred at 7:54 p.m. (CDT) on Aug. 30, 2009.