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To: Boplicity who wrote (237)	9/10/2000 11:45:10 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 65232

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To: Boplicity who wrote (237)	9/11/2000 12:20:01 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Respond to of 65232

Hang Em High...<g> Click on url for a nice photo abcnews.go.com Getting Connected Shuttle Docks With International Space Station A camera mounted inside the docking hatch of Atlantis has a clear view of the International Space Station with the Earth in the background as the two crafts prepare to dock. (NASA TV/AP Photo) The Associated Press C A P E C A N A V E R A L, Fla., Sept. 10 — Space shuttle Atlantis flew up to the international space station and docked early this morning, a complicated job made even tougher by a failed navigation device. The linkup took place nearly 230 miles above Kazakstan, with both spacecraft zooming along at 17,500 mph. “Congratulations on a fine rendezvous and docking,” Mission Control told the crew once the spacecraft were latched together. “That was letter-perfect. Great to watch.” Commander Terrence Wilcutt had to rely on a single star tracker for the rendezvous. Normally two star trackers are used, but only one was working aboard Atlantis. To compensate for the failure, Wilcutt and his co-pilot, Scott Altman, had to add a couple of flip-flop maneuvers to their repertoire. Although still uninhabited, the space station has expanded since astronauts last visited in May. Will Install Toilet The arrival of the Russian control module, Zvezda, 1½ months ago nearly doubled the space station’s size. A Russian supply ship carrying toilet components, oxygen generators and other gear quickly followed. Atlantis’ seven astronauts and cosmonauts will unload the supply ship as well as the shuttle later this week. They will install as much of the equipment as possible to ease the burden for the first permanent residents, who are due to move in at the beginning of November. In preparation of Atlantis’ arrival, flight controllers turned on the heaters inside the U.S. segment of the space station. They also were going to cleanse the air inside the much larger Russian section. Following docking, the crew planned to duck into an outer space station compartment to take an air sample for analysis back on Earth. NASA wants to see how well the air filters inside the station work. Spacewalk on Monday The five Americans and two Russians will not venture all the way into the space station until Tuesday. First, two of the crew will go out on a spacewalk Monday to string power and data cables between Zvezda and the other Russian module, Zarya. The star-tracker failure, detected shortly after Friday’s launch, meant extra work for the two shuttle pilots. Wilcutt and Altman rolled Atlantis 90 degrees once the shuttle was about 45 miles from the space station late Saturday. Then they flipped it back into the proper position for the final approach. The switch in position allowed the working star tracker, which points out toward the left cockpit window, to lock onto the space station and provide all the necessary navigation data. The astronauts trained for such an event before the mission, said flight director Phil Engelauf. He could not recall a star tracker failing on the 98 previous shuttle missions.