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Earth and its Moon are nicely framed in this image taken from the aft windows of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998.
Image Credit: NASA
Published: October 4, 2017

Earth and its Moon are nicely framed in this image taken from the aft windows of the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. Discovery—on mission STS-95—was flying over the Atlantic Ocean at the time this image was taken.

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