The International Space Station seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour
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The International Space Station seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour
If you’d been aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission in 2011, you may’ve had a chance to snap a photo of the International Space Station, too. This was to be the final mission for NASA’s lauded Space Shuttle program, and it was Endeavour’s swan song. But like a movie detective a few days from retirement, one last space shuttle mission was booked before the end of the year, and Atlantis got the job.
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