Amazing Photos from the Space Shuttle Discovery

Space Shuttle Discovery
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Lunar Lure
Magnificent as the shuttle missions could be, the astronauts were always aware that the generation that flew before them journeyed much further. During a Discovery flight in July 1995, the moon reminded the crew of that fact—silently, but compellingly.

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