"jg" wrote in
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Just watched Discovery undock from ISS...

Could of sworn as Discovery moved away that it looked like something
was floating away from the Shuttle cargo bay in the general direction
of ISS (slightly to the left).

Whoever was controlling the camera on the shuttle immediately tried to
zoom in on what ever this object was, but as they zoomed towards it,
it began to look more of like a glare.

E. Collins mentioned it, and mission control said they were sure it
was some type of glare.

Anybody else see this? I'm wondering if something wasn't tied down
around the docking collar, and when the shuttle moved away it floated
out. It looked to me like the object had a slow rotation going, but I
can't be sure. Watching online.

From the RMS elbow camera, it appeared that a small piece of debris came
out of the vestibule right after undocking. It's a high-traffic area so
it's easy for debris to get stuck in the nooks and crannies, then get loose
after undocking. The crew cleans it out before undocking but apparently
they missed something. Looks like one of the crewmembers owes the rest a
beer!

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