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The drag chute deployed for Atlantis' landing on February 20, 2008, following the 13-day STS-122 mission during which the crew installed the Columbus Research Module at the International Space Station, adding almost 1,000 cubic feet of habitable volume,and room for 10 additional scientific experiment racks.
July 8, 2011 5:26 AM PDT
Photo by: Scott Andrews/NASA
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