Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-114
Sunrise from orbit. Tail of the space shuttle Discovery seen against the sunlit atmosphere during the Return to Flight mission (STS-114). This was the first shuttle mission since the loss of Columbia on February 1, 2003. The mission launched on July 26, 2005 and landed safely 14 days later. Photographed on August 6, 2005.
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