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'Take your classroom into space' winners announced



 


Unique environment
 
ISS after addition of Japanese Kibo module
 
Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS-124 and Expedition 17 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work on board the Shuttle and Station. (11 June 2008)

Space and ground
 
ESA's Columbus laboratory on the ISS
 
With the blackness of space and the Earth's horizon as a backdrop, NASA astronaut Ron Garan completes the third spacewalk of the STS-124 mission in June 2008. ESA's Columbus laboratory is seen in the foreground of the picture.



Release date: 22 April 2009