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Discovery's astronauts prepare for today's spacewalk

Cape Canaveral, USA - On Saturday the space shuttle docked to the ISS

Two days after the very delayed and long-awaited successful launch, made on February 24 from the Kennedy Space Center, on Saturday Discovery docked to the ISS, the International Space Station, two minutes earlier than scheduled. To welcome the space shuttle, the crew already on the ISS, including the Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who has sent some pictures of Discovery's approach to Earth, welcoming...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1126300
Rome, Italy, 02/28/2011 14:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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