Atlantis from the ISS. View of the Space Shuttle Atlantis taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during the final mission (STS-135) of the S


Atlantis from the ISS. View of the Space Shuttle Atlantis taken from the International Space Station (ISS) during the final mission (STS-135) of the Space Shuttle Program, and Atlantis' final flight. The shuttle 'posed' for photo and visual surveys and performed a back-flip for the rendezvous pitch manoeuvre (RPM). Photographed on 10th July 2011.


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Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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