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Galileo Leaves Atlantis
 
 
Galileo Leaves Atlantis
Date: 10.18.1989
The Galileo spacecraft mounted atop the inertial upper stage (IUS) is tilted to a 58-degree deployment position by deployment equipment aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

The bluish-white glow on the left is Earth.

Image Credit: NASA
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