File:Mir space station 12 June 1998-cropped.jpg

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Description	English: As photographed through a hatch window on the Space Shuttle Discovery, Russia's Mir space station is backdropped against Earth's horizon. The photo was made during the final fly-around of the members of the fleet of NASA shuttles.
Date	Taken on 12 June 1998
Source	http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-91/html/91707060.html
Author	NASA

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