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Discovery Separates From Space Station

After more than a week of working together in space, the Space Shuttle Discovery and International Space Station crews bid each other farewell tonight.Space Shuttle Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 3:24 a.m. EDT. Pilot Jim Kelly flew the orbiter in a loop around the Station, allowing the Shuttle crew to photograph the orbiting outpost before a final separation burn moved Discovery away from the Station.