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Image: ISS-11 Discovery heat shield photograph

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Description: This underside view of the Space Shuttle Discovery was photographed by cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev and astronaut John Phillips, as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip to allow photography of its heat shield. Astronaut Eileen Collins, guided the Shuttle through the flip.
Title: ISS-11 Discovery heat shield photograph
Credit: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-11/html/iss011e11263.html
Author: NASA
Permission: PD
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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