http://www.spaceflightnow.com/shuttl...0211flyaround/
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... The idea is to have a Russian Soyuz spacecraft undock so its three-man crew can photograph the station from a distance, showing the completed lab complex with the shuttle attached, along with Russian, European and Japanese cargo ships and crew capsules. Discovery's mission represents the last time a shuttle and all current types of visiting spacecraft will be present at the station before the shuttle fleet is retired later this year. ...
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Last time they tried this was with Mir, and a computer malfunction could have caused a disaster. Russia may not agree with the idea.