The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm (left), or the Leading End Effector, seemingly stares at the camera as the Sun's rays light up Earth's blue atmosphere. At right, a variety of solar arrays criss-cross the view, including the cymbal-shaped Ultra-Flex solar arrays attached to the Cygnus space freighter, a portion of one of the International Space Station's main solar arrays, and (at bottom right) part of a docked Russian spacecraft's solar array.
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NASA
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The tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm (left), or the Leading End Effector, seemingly stares at the camera as the Sun's rays light up Earth's blue atmosphere. At right, a variety of solar arrays criss-cross the view, including the cymbal-shaped Ultra-Flex solar arrays attached to the Cygnus space freighter, a portion of one of the International Space Station's main solar arrays, and (at bottom right) part of a docked Russian spacecraft's solar array.