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Paolo Nespoli floats in the Harmony node of the International Space Station

Paolo Nespoli during the Discovery crew's welcome home ceremony at Houston's Ellington Field

Paolo Nespoli helps spacewalk

Paolo Nespoli and Daniel Tani

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli exercising during the STS-120 mission

Earth view captured from on board the International Space Station during the STS-120 mission

Spacewalk to repair the Station's torn solar array

Spacewalk to repair the Station's torn solar array

Spacewalk to repair the Station's torn solar array

Nespoli, Parazynski and Wheelock prepare for the mission's fourth spacewalk

Spacewalk to repair the Station's torn solar array

Nespoli inside sleeping bag in Harmony

Platforms are extended toward Space Shuttle Atlantis

Romfergen Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Space Shuttle Atlantis rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Space Shuttle Atlantis rollout to Launch Pad 39A

Payload canister holding Columbus is lifted up toward the payload changeout room on Launch Pad 39A

Payload canister holding Columbus is atop its transporter reaches the top of Launch Pad 39A

Payload canister holding Columbus rolls out of the Canister Rotation Facility

Deployment of Jules Verne ATV's solar arrays at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou

Preparing to install Jules Verne ATV's solar arrays at Europe's Spaceport, Kourou

Inspection of deployed solar array for Jules Verne ATV

Inspection of deployed solar array for Jules Verne ATV

Rosetta closes in on Earth

Media interview following the landing of Discovery

Gerhard Thiele congratulates members of the crew

Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 7 November 2007.

Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 7 November 2007.

Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 7 November 2007.

Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 7 November 2007.

Space Shuttle Discovery lands at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 7 November 2007.

ISS configuration following undocking of Discovery on STS-120 mission - 5 November 2007

Venus, Earth and Mars

Columbus laboratory is lifted from the work stand

An overhead crane lifts the European Columbus laboratory from its stand

Columbus is weighed before being transferred to the payload canister

The European Columbus laboratory is lowered into the payload canister

An overhead crane lifts the European Columbus laboratory module away from its stand

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli inside the Station's Quest Airlock

MARSIS composite left

Topographic divide between the Martian highlands and lowlands

MARSIS composite right

A section of Jules Verne ATV is rotated in order to attach the solar arrays to the spacecraft

A section of Jules Verne ATV is rotated in order to attach the solar arrays to the spacecraft

A section of Jules Verne ATV is rotated in order to attach the solar arrays to the spacecraft

A section of Jules Verne ATV is rotated in order to attach the solar arrays to the spacecraft

A section of Jules Verne ATV is rotated in order to attach the solar arrays to the spacecraft

Expedition 16 crew portrait

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