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| S106-E-5299 (18 September 2000) --- Backdropped against the
blackness of space, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen following
its undocking with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. After accomplishing all mission
objectives in outfitting the station for the first resident crew, the seven
astronauts and cosmonauts undocked at 3:46 (GMT) on Sept. 18 over Russia
near the northeastern portion of Ukraine. When Atlantis was at a safe distance
from the station, about 450 feet, astronaut Scott D. Altman, pilot, performed
a 90-minute, double-loop fly around to enable the crew to document the station’s
exterior. He fired Atlantis’ jets one final time to separate from the station
at 5:35 GMT, September 18. |
