 Thierry Legault |
Silhouettes of the shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station pass over the sun’s disk in a May 16 picture captured by astrophotographer Thierry Legault. Click on the image to see a larger view from Legault’s website, Astrophoto.fr. |
The space shuttle Atlantis’ final mission is hitting new heights for fantastic pictures – in part because every flight brings improvements in NASA’s capability to capture imagery, and in part because photographers are taking extra care to document the end of the shuttle era. For us earthbound spectators, it’s the next best thing to being there.
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