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Space Shuttle Backflip

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Written by Paul Strauss | November 20, 2009

17,500 mph has never looked so graceful: Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) does a rendezvous pitch maneuver–a backflip–to allow ISS crew to examine its heat shield for damage.