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Endeavour Departs ISS

Endeavour Departs ISS
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Nathan Eddy
Nathan Eddy
Jun 2, 2011
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Endeavour Departs ISS

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The view of the ISS Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation.


Dazzling Journey

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The docked space shuttle, back-dropped by a nighttime view of Earth and a starry sky, photographed by an Expedition 28 crewmember on the ISS.


All Together

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STS-134 and Expedition 28 crewmembers gather on the middeck of Endeavour while docked with the ISS.


Docked Operations

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The forward section of Endeavour is pictured with two components of the ISS—the Harmony node (left) and the European Space Agency’s Columbus laboratory.


Second Spacewalk

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NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel, STS-134 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s second spacewalk.


In Place at Last

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The newly installed Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 is visible at center left in this photo of the ISSs starboard truss.


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Dramatic Backdrop

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Solar array wings on the ISS intersect the thin line of Earth’s atmosphere.


Endeavour’s Final Flight

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Space shuttle Endeavour rises on twin columns of flame from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Close-up

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As part of the survey and part of every mission’s activities, Endeavour performed a backflip for the rendezvous pitch maneuver.


Back on Earth

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Endeavour landed for the final time at NASAs Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134.

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