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STS-121 Shuttle Mission Imagery
STS-121 external tank after separation from Space Shuttle Discovery on launch day
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S121-E-05006 (4 July 2006) --- This picture of the STS-121 external tank was taken with a digital still camera by an astronaut only seconds after separation from the Space Shuttle Discovery on launch day. Engineers, managers and flight controllers have carefully studied this image and other frames from this series as well as a number of pictures showing the falling ET as photographed from umbilical well cameras.

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 08/29/2006
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