Astronauts aboard space
Endeavour docked at the space station Wednesday morning at 12:06 a.m. EST (0506 GMT),
But not so during Endeavour's arrival. It took about 45 minutes for the relative motion to damp out. Only
Space shuttle flight
With Endeavour docked at the
But unlike small round
"One of the external forces
While the 11 astronauts
On Earth's surface, the
Spacecraft counter the
The space station is a
But it has modules jutting
"This creates what we call a
Typically, visiting shuttles
So while Endeavour's six astronauts had to wait a bit longer than normal to join their
"It's a lot less common, but
Endeavour's crew, commanded
The astronauts launched
The mission is the first of
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