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Soyuz TMA-16
October 3rd, 2009 | 
Author: Pictures of the Soyuz spacecraft approaching ISS on Oct. 2, 2009.
(2 Oct. 2009) – The Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft approaches the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams, Expedition 21 flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, Soyuz commander and flight engineer; and spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte. Williams and Suraev will spend six months on the station, while Laliberte will return to Earth on Oct. 10 with two of the Expedition 20 crew members currently on the complex. Docking to the Zvezda Service Module aft port occurred at 3:35 a.m. (CDT) on Oct. 2, 2009.
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Picture of the crew of the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft that launched into orbit on the 30th of last month.
Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Jeffrey N. Williams, top, Flight Engineer Maxim Suraev, middle, and Spaceflight Participant Guy Laliberté wave farewell from the bottom of the Soyuz launch pad prior shortly before their launch onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009. (Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Shelter Island
So Opportunity seems to be quiet good at happening across meteorites, this being the third one I believe. The MER Opportunity team of course named it too, Shelter Island. Though Block Island was more impressive.
