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Harnessing the Sun

Harnessing the Sun
This image, taken during the fifth and final spacewalk of the STS-127 mission, is of one of the International Space Station's solar panels intersecting Earth's horizon. Eleven astronauts and cosmonauts remained inside the orbital outpost and the shuttle to which it was docked, while Tom Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy made their spacewalk.

This image, taken during the fifth and final spacewalk of the STS-127 mission, is of one of the International Space Station’s solar panels intersecting Earth’s horizon. Eleven astronauts and cosmonauts remained inside the orbital outpost and the shuttle to which it was docked, while Tom Marshburn and Christopher Cassidy made their spacewalk on July 24, 2009.Image Credit: NASA