Crystal anniversary for International Space Station! Here's what it's been upto for 15 years
Astronauts celebrated 15 years of circling the Earth aboard the International Space Station
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The International Space Station as seen from the space shuttle Discovery after the undocking of the two spacecrafts in 2011. Reuters/Nasa
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Earth as seen from the Cupola on the earth-facing side of the International Space Station in 2013. Reuters/Nasa
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Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, a portion of the International Space Station photographed by a crew member aboard the station in 2010. Reuters/Nasa
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The space shuttle Discovery is pictured after it undocked from the International Space Station, in this 2011 photograph. Reuters/Nasa
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Space tourist Anousheh Ansari on board the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft while enroute to the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz capsule which undocked from the Station on September 28, 2006 and began its return to Earth. Reuters/Nasa
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Nasa astronauts Greg Chamitoff, mission specialist, and space shuttle Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly, work on the orbiter’s middeck in this 2011. Space shuttle Endeavour reached the International Space Station on Wednesday to deliver a premiere science instrument and spare parts during Nasa’s next-to-last shuttle mission. Reuters/Nasa
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Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams, Expedition 32 flight engineer, takes part in third session of extravehicular activity outside the International Space Station in this 2012 photo. Reuters/Nasa
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Nasa astronaut Karen Nyberg, currently serving as part of Expedition 36 aboard the International Space Station, demonstrates how she washes her hair in zero gravity in this 2013 photo. Reuters/Nasa
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Astronaut Mike Hopkins, Expedition 38 Flight Engineer, is shown in this handout photo provided by NASA as he participates in the second of two spacewalks which took place in 2013. Reuters/Nasa
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Astronaut Robert L. Satcher Jr. works outside the International Space Station as he participates in Space Shuttle Atlantis’ first spacewalk of mission STS-129 in 2009. Reuters/Nasa
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