How's it hanging?

Asteroids that cross Earth's orbit are called, "Apollo," asteroids. William K. Hartmann's depiction of an Apollonian recon shows a ship floating in sync with a small asteroid (check the size compared to the astronauts).

But this is a historic moment. It is 'first contact' with a 'world' beyond the Moon. What was visionary stuff in 1984 is now commonplace thought at NASA and increasingly in the public mind.

Say, look there... its Terra and Luna in the distance at lower right!