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Endeavour, docking to the ISS carried out

Cape Canaveral, USA - Hatches opened about one hour before scheduled time

Space shuttle Endeavour, departed on Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral (see AVIONEWS) docked to the ISS, International Space Station. Hatches separating the shuttle and the orbiting station were opened at 7:38 EDT, about one hour ahead then scheduled (08:36 EDT), and Expedition 27 members welcomed the STS-134 mission crew. The historic first meeting of two Italian astronauts in...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1129771
Rome, Italy, 05/18/2011 12:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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