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This STS-29 mission onboard photo depicts the External Tank (ET) falling toward the ocean after separation from the...
S131-E-005978 (5 April 2010) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the STS-131 external fuel tank (ET)...
S131-E-006008 (5 April 2010) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the STS-131 external fuel tank (ET)...
S131-E-005956 (5 April 2010) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, the STS-131 external fuel tank (ET)...
S131-E-006014 (5 April 2010) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, the STS-131 external fuel tank (ET)...
S131-E-005989 (5 April 2010) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the STS-131 external fuel tank (ET)...
S131-E-005953 (5 April 2010) --- Backdropped by a cloud-covered part of Earth, the STS-131 external fuel tank (ET)...
S131-E-005928 (5 April 2010) --- Space shuttle Discovery?s external fuel tank (ET) is featured in this image...
S131-E-005919 (5 April 2010) --- Space shuttle Discovery?s external fuel tank (ET) is featured in this image...
S125-E-005085 (11 May 2009) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the STS-125 external fuel tank (ET)...
S122-E-005032 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped against the blackness of space, the STS-122 external fuel tank (ET)...
S124-E-005058 (31 May 2008) --- Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the STS-124 external fuel tank (ET)...
S122-E-005005 (7 Feb. 2008) --- Backdropped against a blanket of clouds, the STS-122 external fuel tank (ET) begins...
STS029-72-059 (13 March 1989) --- This 70mm photograph, taken by Astronaut James P. Bagian 16 minutes and 7 seconds...
S134-E-005085 (16 May 2011) --- The STS-134 external fuel tank is seen during its release from space shuttle...
S134-E-005102 (16 May 2011) --- The STS-134 external fuel tank is seen during its release from space shuttle...
S134-E-005014 (16 May 2011) --- The STS-134 external fuel tank is seen during its release from space shuttle...
S134-E-005013 (16 May 2011) --- The STS-134 external fuel tank is seen during its release from space shuttle...
As the external fuel tank separates, space shuttle Endeavour and crew reach space.
External Tank Separates; Discovery In Orbit -- STS-119 mission begins.
STS078-457-006 (20 June 1996) --- One of the first still pictures recorded by the crew members was this 35mm image...
STS-132: Atlantis Reaches Space -- With the separation of the external fuel tank, the shuttle and crew are in orbit.
Live television as Discovery jettisons it's External Fuel Tank. All normal with the cut-off of Discovery's main...
Reaching space, the external fuel tank separates from space shuttle Atlantis as the crew begins mission STS-129 to...