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The space shuttle Discovery is slowed by a parachute as it completes Mission STS-121 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida July 17, 2006. [Reuters]
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![The space shuttle Discovery is slowed by a parachute as it completes Mission STS-121 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida July 17, 2006. [Reuters]](xin_530703172219229205327.jpg)
