S129-E-006405 (18 Nov. 2009) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-129 crew member as Space Shuttle Atlantis and the station approach each other during rendezvous and docking activities on flight day three. Docking occurred at 10:51 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 18, 2009.