Shuttle Mission

Shuttle docks with the ISS.

"Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station on Thursday morning and then the two ships opened their hatches about 100 minutes later. Discovery delivered its newest inhabitant -- German astronaut Thomas Reiter, who will return the orbiting complex's crew to three for the first time in three years."

The shuttle did a flip so the station crew coulod photograph the underside of the orbiter and look for possible damage. The plan tomorrow is to install the cargo module the shuttle is carrying. At least two spacewalks are planned later in the mission, one on July 8 and the other on the 10th.

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