International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery Fading away into earth's shadow

International Space Station and Space Shuttle Discovery Fading away into earth's shadow
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This picture show the international space station with space shuttle discovery docked passing overhead over Meijendel, near The Hague in The Netherlands. Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen where outside the station conducting an EVA during this flyby. There are 12 people aboard the station/shuttle stack at the moment this picture was taken. 6 expedition 26 station crew members, and 6 space shuttle crew members. Vehicles docked to the station at the moment this picture was taken are: America's Space Shuttle Discovery, two russian Soyuz TMA's (TMA-01M and TMA-20), one russian progress (M-09M), the japanese Kounotori 2 (HTV-2) and the european Johannes Kepler (ATV-2). STS-133 is the last flight and mission for the 27 year old space shuttle discovery before she retires.

The stripe is fading out at the bottom as ISS disappears in earth's shadow.
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