Friday, July 07, 2006
Space shuttle Discovery successfully ported with the International Space Station (ISS) at 10:52 a.m. EDT Thursday, according to NASA TV.
The two space behemoths linked up smoothly. The shuttle hatches would open about two hours after linkup and the seven crewmembers would go in the station.
They bring fresh supplies and a fresh station crewmember, Thomas Reiter. He would become Expedition 13's third crew member. His arrival would return the station's crew balance to three for the first time since Expedition 6 left in May 2003.
About an hour previous to this delicate linkup, the shuttle performed a nose over tail flip at a range of 600 feet (about 183 meters) below the station, so that on plank ISS Commander Pavel Vinogradov and Flight Engineer Jeff Williams took high-resolution photos of the shuttle's underside heat shield.
The shuttle Discovery is at present listed to depart the space station on July 14 and land in Florida on the 16th.
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