The shuttle Discovery performed an orbital backflip before docking at the International Space Station on Oct. 25, 2007 to expose its belly-mounted heat shield tile (shown in this ISS camera view) for a photo inspection by the station's Expedition 16 crew. Credit: NASA TV.

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