STS-98, ISS from Space Shuttle Atlantis, 2001
With its new Destiny laboratory contrasted over a blue and white Earth, the ISS was photographed by one of the STS-98 crew members aboard Atlantis following separation of the shuttle and the outpost at the end of several days of joint activities. STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-98 delivered to the station the Destiny Laboratory Module. All mission objectives were completed and the shuttle reentered and landed safely at Edwards AFB on February 20, 2001, after 12 days in space. The Destiny module is the primary operating facility for research payloads aboard the ISS. Destiny is NASA's first permanent operating orbital research station since Skylab was vacated in February 1974. Astronauts work inside the pressurized facility to conduct research in numerous scientific fields. Scientists throughout the world will use the results to enhance their studies in medicine, engineering, biotechnology, physics, materials science, and Earth science.
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