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December 15, 2011
Backdropped by rugged Earth terrain, space shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 21 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 3:53 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 25, 2009.
Topics:
Environment, Progress spacecraft, Edwards Air Force Base, Spaceflight, Disaster Accident, International Space Station, Soyuz TMA-9, Shuttle–Mir Program, Human spaceflight, Space Shuttle program
