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Space shuttle Discovery's heat shield seen from ISS 07/2005

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-sts11-43001

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

Underside view of the Discovery photographed by cosmonaut Sergei K. Krikalev, Expedition 11 commander, and astronaut John L. Phillips, NASA Space Station science officer and flight engineer, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Jul 28 2005.

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2005 - DISCOVERY - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EXPEDITION 11 - HEAT SHIELD - HIGH ANGLE - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - RENDEZVOUS - SPACE - SPACE SHUTTLE - SPACE STATION - SPACESHIP - STS-114 - TILE -