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Space station streaks over Atlantis
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 5, 2006

As space shuttle Atlantis stands bathed in powerful flood lights at launch pad 39B on the evening before blastoff, its destination -- the International Space Station -- soars overhead as photographed in this time-lapse image from the Kennedy Space Center press site.


Credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now
 

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