Moving-in day at international space station

It was moving-in day today for the crew of Discovery, which planned to unload thousands of kilos of supplies and cargo from the US space shuttle to the international space station.

The astronauts were to move a huge container, nicknamed Leonardo, onto the space station by robotic arm. Among the goodies awaiting the space station crew were a new stationary bicycle for exercise, an oxygen generator that will eventually allow the space station to support six inhabitants, a machine that cools the station’s cabin air and a lab freezer for scientific samples.