Discovery docks with space station

Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station today, delivering its newest inhabitant – a German astronaut who will return the orbiting complex’s crew to three for the first time in three years.

Discovery docks with space station

Space shuttle Discovery docked with the international space station today, delivering its newest inhabitant – a German astronaut who will return the orbiting complex’s crew to three for the first time in three years.

The shuttle’s jets cut off and space station latches automatically hooked onto the shuttle as the two travelled 17,500 miles per hour, about 220 miles above Earth.

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