Space image: Conjoined

March 1, 2011

Space image: Conjoined

Image Credit: NASA

(�鶹��ԺOrg.com) -- The docked space shuttle Discovery and the Canadian-built Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator, are featured in this photograph taken by the STS-133 crew aboard the station.

The blackness of space and Earth's horizon provide the backdrop for the scene.

Space shuttle Discovery on Saturday, making its final visit before being parked at a museum.

Provided by JPL/NASA

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