New Station Module Attached

At 8:20 a.m. EDT, the Russian module Rassvet arrived at its permanent home on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman and Piers Sellers maneuvered the station robotic arm to deliver the module to its new position. They connected the module to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module as the space station orbited about 220 miles above Argentina. Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov monitored the automated docking sequence and final attachment to station from the Russian segment. Rassvet will provide additional storage space and a new docking port for Russian spacecraft.