Space Shuttle returns Photogallery

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The International Space Station is seen against the blackness of space and Earth's horizon after undocking from the Space Shuttle Discovery. (Reuters/NASA)

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A parachute deploys as the space shuttle Discovery lands after a 15-day flight at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 07, 2007. (AFP Photo/Stan Honda)

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The crew of U.S. space shuttle Discovery takes part in a press conference after their return to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida November 07, 2007. (Reuters/Joe Skipper)

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The Space Shuttle Discovery rolls to a stop on the runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida after its successful mission to the International Space Station, November 07, 2007. (Reuters/NASA)

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Space Shuttle Discovery Commander Pamela Melroy speaks with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin after the shuttle returned to the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 07, 2007. (Reuters/Pierre DuCharme)