Ferguson pilots shuttle to station docking
Posted on Monday, November 17 @ 04:32:43 CST by Raulken |
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By Nancy Phillips As a child, Christopher Ferguson loved to play with rockets and told his mother he wanted to be an astronaut. Yesterday, as commander of the shuttle Endeavour, Ferguson, 47, docked the shuttle at the International Space Station to...
 A Nasa shuttle, carrying seven astronauts, has docked with the International Space Station as part of a mission to refit its living quarters. The Endeavour is carrying 14,000lb (6,350kg) of fittings to allow the station to accommodate six crew members instead of the current three. A new astronaut, Sandra Magnus, is also joining the ISS crew. "International Space Station is indeed ready for extreme home makeover," joked ISS station commander Mike Fincke. Endeavour docked with the ISS at 2201 GMT, a few minutes earlier than scheduled, as the spacecraft passed over India. 'Extreme make-over' Engineers studying film of Endeavour's launch from Florida have found no obvious signs of damage from debris. MISSION TASKS Repair and servicing of the space station solar arrays Installation of new crew quarters and water system Drop off astronaut Sandra Magnus and pick up Greg Chamitoff
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