Shuttle crew prepares for space station docking

The crew of the US space shuttle Discovery woke up today on course to dock with the international space station after a two-day journey from Earth.

Shuttle crew prepares for space station docking

The crew of the US space shuttle Discovery woke up today on course to dock with the international space station after a two-day journey from Earth.

A recording of Elton John’s Daniel woke the crew up, a choice of the wife and two sons of European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter, who was set to become a member of the space station’s crew after the shuttle docked.

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