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Awesome Video of the Shuttle Flying Around the International Space Station

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On March 19, 2009, the crew of the Discovery flew around the International Space Station after undocking at the end of mission STS-119. They filmed this awesome video—which has been sped up—that shows the orbiting structure in amazing detail. It’s hard to believe we built that thing—and at the same time, I wish we had a much larger one by now. Just like 2001.

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