astronomical.family: A blue and white part of Earth provides the backdrop for the scene. A small portion of a Russian spacecraft, docked with the station, is visible at top.
astronomical.family: Discovery STS-131 Mission Landing
astronomical.family: Rick Mastracchio right and Clayton Anderson mission specialists, are seen working in Discovery aft payload bay during the mission third and final session EVA
astronomical.family: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, STS-131 mission specialist, gets to put her skills to work at the controls for the shuttle Remote Manipulator System on Discovery
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astronomical.family: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA astronaut Naoko Yamazaki
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astronomical.family: The Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) and the Salton Sea, share this scene with a tiny part of the space shuttle Discovery starboard wing at left and the ISS
astronomical.family: Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is the focus of this still image downlinked from the International Space Station while docked with the space shuttle Discovery.
astronomical.family: Pacific Coast of southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico. The Imperial Valley and Salton Sea can be seen at top center.
astronomical.family: James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, uses a computer in the Harmony node of the ISS
astronomical.family: James P. Dutton Jr., STS-131 pilot, uses a computer in the Harmony node of the International Space Station
astronomical.family: Clayton Anderson, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity EVA
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astronomical.family: Rick Mastracchio, STS-131 mission specialist, participates in the mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA)
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astronomical.family: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov (left), Expedition 23 commander; along with NASA astronauts Clayton Anderson (center) and Rick Mastracchio, both STS-131 mission specialists
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