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måndag, maj 17, 2010

Atlantis Docks With Space Station

The shuttle Atlantis glided to a smooth docking with the International Space Station Sunday, capping a two-day orbital chase that began with blastoff Friday.


Piloting the shuttle from the aft flight deck, Commander Kenneth Ham deftly guided the 120-ton spacecraft to a picture-perfect docking with the lab's forward port at 10:28 a.m. EDT, as the 1-million-pound shuttle-station complex sailed 220 miles above the South Pacific Ocean, reports CBS News space analyst Bill Harwood. /CBS

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