Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the STS-127 external fuel tank begins its relative separation from the space shuttle Endeavour following its successful launch, July 15, 2009. The 7-man crew is on a 16 day service mission to the International Space Station to install the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex. (UPI Photo/NASA)

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