Shuttle Endeavour closes in for station linkup
Posted on Sunday, November 16 @ 16:32:26 CST by Raulken |
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Endeavour closed in for a 220-mile-high linkup with the international space station on Sunday, hauling gear for a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live up there beginning next year...
 By MARCIA DUNN The Associated Press Sunday, November 16, 2008; 5:05 PM CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Space shuttle Endeavour has docked with the international space station 220 miles up. Commander Christopher Ferguson guided the shuttle to a smooth docking late Sunday afternoon. His ship's radar worked just fine, despite earlier trouble with the antenna. The linkup kicks off a huge home makeover that will allow twice as many astronauts to live on the space station beginning next year. An hour before the docking, Ferguson guided Endeavour through a 360-degree backflip. Mike Fincke and another space station resident took zoom-in pictures of the somersaulting shuttle. The images will help NASA determine whether Endeavour sustained any damage during liftoff Friday night. At least two pieces of debris have been spotted so far in launch pictures. Source: Washington Post
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