太空漫游
![](633947283_5a05de0734.jpg) Astronaut Steven Swanson during the mission's second spacewalk.
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![](634813616_fbc44b4786.jpg) Inspection of the thermal shield.
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![](634815766_59a0f9a2e8.jpg) Shuttle's payload bay is clearly visible, with a valuable cargo inside.
![](634816462_dad4f5a1e0.jpg) Shuttle approaching the International Space Station
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![](634817796_ee53ef0a5c.jpg) "The Backflip" - flipping Atlantis on her "belly" to allow for closer examination of the heat shield.
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![](634821058_bdc578897d.jpg) Giving out packages from Earth...
![](633956667_4d43855df9.jpg) Astronaut Jim Reilly during spacewalk.
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![](633960141_ff5b1aa2b7_o.jpg) STS-117 noticed a gap in the thermal blanket, which would be repaired during a spacewalk.
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![](634831670_0155f42511.jpg) Mission's first spacewalk (connecting station's newly installed truss)
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![](634833192_8711c74edb.jpg) Construction of the International Space Station continues - activating new truss segments.
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![](633969285_a1fa3042a8.jpg) Folding the older solar arrays...
![](633969969_94d2812b4e.jpg) Astronaut Patrick Forrester during the mission's fourth spacewalk.
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![](633971371_7c7cdc305d.jpg) New solar array configuration. Future missions will add more arrays to each side and several science modules.
Aurora Borealis as seen from space:
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Sunset over the Pacific:
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