Discovery Arrives at Space Station - Thursday, October 25, 2007

Discovery Arrives at Space Station
Joint Operations to Begin Soon
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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About Above Image: Space shuttle Discovery performs a back-flip over the Atlantic Ocean about an hour before docking to the International Space Station.
Image credit: NASA TV
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Space Shuttle Discovery and the STS-120 crew arrived at the International Space Station at 8:40 a.m. EDT, delivering a new module and crew member to the orbital outpost. The STS-120 astronauts and the station’s Expedition 16 crew will conduct pressure and leak checks before the hatches between the two spacecraft open about 10:30 a.m. After the crews greet each other, they will quickly begin joint operations.

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One of the first major tasks is the station crew rotation. STS-120 Mission Specialist Daniel Tani will switch places with Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson, who will be wrapping up a four-month tour of duty as an Expedition crew member. Tani is scheduled to stay on the station until he returns to Earth with STS-122 later this year.

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Tani will officially become a member of Expedition 16 when his custom-made seat liner is swapped out with Anderson’s in the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station. Also, preparations will begin today for the first of five scheduled STS-120 spacewalks. It is set to kick off at 6:28 a.m. Friday.

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I’ll be posting on all the space walks over the next few days so check back...
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GOD SPEED to the Crew of STS-120 Discovery...
AubreyJ.........