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Video: Time lapse of ATV’s final departure from ISS

February 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

This time lapse video shows Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle backing away from the International Space Station for the last time Saturday. Undocking occurred at 1342 GMT (8:42 a.m. EST) as the space station flew 257 miles over Mongolia. Credit: NASA/ESA

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