Docking in space
Mar. 13 – The space shuttle Endeavour has linked up with the International Space Station.
Endeavour is on a mission to deliver a Japanese laboratory.
During their 12-day station stay, the Endeavour crew will perform five spacewalks to install the first part of the laboratory and a new Canadian-built robotic system.
Andrew Potter reports.
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Docking in space
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- The shuttle meets the Space Station at 320Km above the earth.
- The shuttle was sent from Singapore.
- It will take 12 days to complete installation of the Japanese laboratory.
- The laboratory looks like a double-decker bus.
- There were a few problems with the docking of the shuttle.
- Ringing the bell when a space ship arrives is a space tradition.
- The astronaut says "that’s the sweetest sound I ever heard".
- The space walks are for inspection and repairs.
- The Space Station needs to be completed by 2010.
- After that date new shuttles will be built.
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