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Shuttle Discovery docks at Space Station
www.chinanews.cn 2005-07-29 09:36:10
(Agencies)
A view from the International Space Station shows space shuttle Discovery
as it approaches the station for docking. The crew of Discovery boarded
the ISS, as NASA said it needed three more days to assess any damage to
the space shuttle.(Photo: AFP)
Wendy Lawrence, left, Charles Camarda, center and Japanese astronaut
Soichi Noguchi float in view of a television camera after entering the
Destiny module of the International space station. (Photo: AP)
SPACE CENTER, Houston, July 28 - Discovery docked at the international
space station Thursday after performing an unprecedented back flip to
allow those aboard the outpost to photograph the shuttle's belly for
signs of damage.
The digital camera images will be analyzed by NASA to spot any signs of
trouble. It wasn't immediately clear how long that analysis will take.
Discovery was just 600 feet beneath the station when Commander Eileen
Collins manually steered the shuttle's nose up and slowly flipped the
spacecraft over.
Collins then repositioned the shuttle and locked onto the station just
after 7 a.m.
About two hours later, following leak and pressure checks, Discovery's
astronauts entered the orbital lab, where they were greeted with hugs and
bread and salt��a Russian tradition thought to bring good luck when
visiting another's home.
The station's crew then took Discovery's astronauts on a tour.
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