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STS-120 Crew Closes Hatches To Station; Discovery To Undock Monday
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 05, 2007 The STS-120 crew bid farewell to the Expedition 16 crew before the hatches closed at 3:03 p.m. EST Sunday between Discovery and the station. Attention now turns to Discovery's undocking from the station a little after 5:30 a.m. Monday. STS-120 arrived at the station Oct. 25, delivering the Harmony Node 2 module to the station. The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and conducted four spacewalks during its stay at the station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss. The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array. Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani. He replaced astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson arrived at the station in June with STS-117. Before Discovery begins the journey home, Pilot George Zamka will perform a fly-around to allow crew members to collect video and imagery of the station in its new configuration. Discovery is scheduled to land at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., a little after 1:00 p.m. Wednesday. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links STS-120 Mission Overview Shuttle at NASA Watch NASA TV via Space.TV Space Shuttle News at Space-Travel.Com
US shuttle mission to ISS extended
Washington (AFP) Oct 30, 2007NASA said on Tuesday it would extend the space shuttle Discovery's mission by one day to allow for a closer inspection of a flawed rotary joint that turns the solar arrays aboard the International Space Station. |
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