George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt (32 page)

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Astronaut floating in the International Space Station (ISS).

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Astronauts making burgers aboard the ISS.

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ISS astronaut with fresh fruit in microgravity conditions.

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ISS with new solar panels, 2006.

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View of a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, photographed from a U.S. space shuttle.

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SpaceShipOne
, a private spacecraft, reentering the Earth's atmosphere from orbit.

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Computer artwork of
SpaceShipOne
, successfully launched into space in June 2004.

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Sir Isaac Newton's own drawing of his reflecting telescope.

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Dome of the Isaac Newton Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands.

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Kalahari Desert, Namibia, as seen from space.

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Leonid meteor shower.

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View from Earth of the planet Venus with the Moon.

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Deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) from the space shuttle
Discovery
, 1990.