STS-88 Space Shuttle Endeavour

The Unity connecting module prior to docking with the Zarya module during construction of the International Space Station (ISS), backdropped against the blackness of space during Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-88, 7th December 1998. The primary payload of STS-88 (4th to 16th December 1998) is to transport the first American module, the Unity node, to the International Space Station (ISS); other payloads include the IMAX Cargo Bay Camera (ICBC), the Argentine Scientific Applications Satellite-S (SAC-A), the MightySat 1 Hitchhiker payload, the Space Experiment Module (SEM-07) and Getaway Special G-093.