
ISS013-E-38937 (19 June 2006) --- Backdropped by the blackness of space, an unpiloted Progress 20 supply vehicle departs from the Pirs Docking Compartment of the International Space Station on June 19, 2006, carrying its load of trash and unneeded equipment to be deorbited and burned up in Earth's atmosphere. The undocking clears the way for the arrival of a new Progress 22, planned to launch June 24 and dock with the station on June 26.
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